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2026

Guide Excel CSV imports that mangle zeros and dates: 12 traps tested
Analysis Power Automate vs Zapier for Microsoft 365: 35 apps checked
News Nextcloud Collabora flaw joins CISA list; 29 and older get no fix
Guide Bank statement PDFs to Excel: 3 free tools tested on 5 layouts
News Brotli flaw spreads past Node.js to Python, Envoy, Istio and Bun
Guide PDF invoices to Excel: free tools tested, paid APIs priced
News OpenAI Decisions API leaves beta with no charge for output
Analysis Self-hosted n8n is free while only staff build the workflows
News Arc browser stops working December 22; export keeps only links
Analysis Office Scripts vs VBA: what each can still do in 2026
News eMudhra quits TLS after key flaw; old trust stores still at risk
Guide Mail merge from Google Sheets to Gmail, with a PDF for each row
News GitLab CVSS 10 flaw hits every release since 7.0; patch again
Analysis Google Apps Script vs Power Automate: limits and prices compared
News PHP fixes are out: 8.5.12, 8.4.27, 8.3.36 and 8.2.35
Analysis Employee monitoring and GDPR: why consent fails and what works
News PHP patches two critical bugs today; 8.1 and older get no fix
News Gemini small-business hub: which account keeps receipts private
News Google Cloud London outage: one-zone power event hit 38 products
Analysis xkcd's automation table, recomputed with upkeep counted
Analysis Zapier, Make and n8n priced for one workflow at 10,000 runs
Analysis Task mining vs process mining: logs are cheap, screens are risky
Guide Gmail to Google Sheets automatically, with and without code
Guide Automation payback: a formula that counts the time to fix it
Guide Email data into Excel automatically: three methods tested
News Cloudflare's Clairic reads invoices for $0.10 per million tokens
Guide Outlook attachments saved automatically: three ways, no VBA
Analysis Anthropic's AI agents wait on people 80% of the time
News Cloudflare sends new projects to Workers; static sites stay free
Analysis Boring tools win: five tests before a small team buys automation
Guide Choosing an AI assistant: 6 vendor questions and a 2-week trial
Guide Weekly reports can send themselves: 9 steps, little or no code
Analysis Office tasks worth automating hide in habits; a tally finds them
Analysis Scheduled scripts fail silently; seven checks make them speak up