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SpaceX Plans $100 Billion Starship Launch Site in Louisiana

Wednesday, August 26, 2026
SpaceX announced Tuesday that it will build a $100 billion Starship launch complex in Vermilion Parish, Louisiana. The company is calling the project Starbase Louisiana. The site covers roughly 125,000 acres around Pecan Island on land formerly owned by Exxon. Construction is expected to begin in 2027, with the first launch targeted for 2029.... Read More

Thomson Reuters just built its own AI model

Tuesday, August 25, 2026
Thomson Reuters has released its own large language model, named Thomson. The company invested approximately $40 million to build the model in-house on an open-source foundation, training it exclusively on its own content from Westlaw, Practical Law, Checkpoint, and Reuters.... Read More

One sharing link you can change later

Monday, August 24, 2026
Microsoft 365 is rolling out a single main sharing link for files and folders in OneDrive and SharePoint. Late August through October. Copy link, email it, or grab the address out of the browser — it’s the same link. You can change who it works for after you’ve already sent it, instead of making a new one and hoping people use the new one.... Read More

Microsoft glued its two Copilot apps together. A few things disappeared with them.

Friday, August 21, 2026
Microsoft spent two years selling two Copilots. One was the consumer chat. The other sat next to Word and Outlook. This month they started folding both into a single app,...... Read More

Grok Bot launched with its own computer. What a Lindale office should decide before it signs in

Thursday, August 20, 2026
Lindale offices that already use Microsoft 365 do not need another chatbot. They need to know what happens when the chatbot can sign into the same inbox.On August 11, 2026,...... Read More

CISA flagged SharePoint and Windows flaws already in use. What Canton offices should check this week

Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Canton shops that keep vendor lists, invoices, and booth maps in Microsoft 365 have a real patch job this week. On Tuesday, August 18, 2026, CISA (Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency) added four holes to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog based on evidence of active exploitation.... Read More

Microsoft patched a Copilot “click the link” trick. Here’s what Mabank businesses should do this week

Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Microsoft 365 Copilot is in a lot of small offices now. It drafts email, summarizes files, and sits next to SharePoint and Teams. This week Microsoft shipped more complete fixes for a problem researchers at Varonis found by asking Copilot how its own safety rules worked.... Read More

What is IT Support? Everything Mabank, Texas Businesses Need to Know

Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Almost all modern businesses rely on information technology (IT) in their daily operations. Technology has revolutionized the way businesses manage their customers, collaborate on projects, and market their services/products.It can...... Read More

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