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CVE disclosures hit 10,740/month by August 2026. Agent middleware: 50% of AI flaws, +347%. Seven trust-through-defaults auth bypasses show the identity layer is the front line.
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Heath Callahan (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Attorney General Todd Blanche has drawn a sharp line around the Department of Justice’s role in artificial intelligence: the DOJ will prosecute crimes that happen to involve AI, but it will not …
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Priya Nair (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Agent Trust turns detection into a protocol-agnostic registry and transaction-level enforcement. No federal mandate requires it.
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Hot, windy weather stokes fires in southern California with mandatory evacuation orders in place for manyA fast-moving fire spread into neighborhoods in southern California on Friday as the region …
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Lois Beckett , Gabrielle Canon , Eline Gordts in Dana Point, and agencies (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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The concept of ‘paying to suffer’ soars in popularity, with simulated disasters proving a modern twist on visiting sites of historic tragedies When Leon Lv was looking for somewhere to travel …
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Danny Vincent in Hong Kong (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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The tawaki, or Fiordland crested penguin, known for its prominent yellow eyebrows, has for years baffled scientists with its unusual habitsDeep in the misty fjords of New Zealand’s South Island, a …
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Eva Corlett in Wellington. Photography Derek Morrison (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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One teacher and three children killed after Griffin J John II, 16, barged into elementary school and began shootingOregon elementary school shooting: what we know so farThe 16-year-old who barged …
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Dani Anguiano in Bend, Oregon, Uwa Ede-Osifo, Anna Betts and Abené Clayton (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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John Swinney will tell SNP conference the stars are aligning for independence but three polls published this week show Scots are split on the constitution and rank it well below the cost of living in …
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/16/26
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When an AI agent buys something on your behalf, who is actually authorizing the transaction? For a long time, the industry has treated this as a problem for specific corners of the financial world. …
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Dana Ellison (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem died after reportedly ‘passing out’ and falling off Goliath rollercoaster in GeorgiaThe family of a man who was ejected from a rollercoaster at a Six Flags amusement park …
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Marina Dunbar (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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Gloucester 36-36 Bordeaux BèglesWill Trenholm makes vital impact off bench for hostsThe new Champions Cup season is only just under way but the defending champions Bordeaux are already having to …
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Robert Kitson at Kingsholm (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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Disgraced music mogul moved to Pennsylvania prison after reports of perks and fight injuries at New Jersey lockupSean “Diddy” Combs, who was convicted of prostitution-related crimes, has been …
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Associated Press and Agence France-Presse (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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Kaylub Giamanco, who was reportedly driving home when he heard gunshots, ‘not seeking recognition’, family saysDetails are beginning to emerge about Kaylub Giamanco, the man who brought the …
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Gabrielle Canon (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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The plumbing for agentic commerce is settling into place. Following the Chain of Trust demonstration and Stripe’s claim that activity went vertical in September, the checkout map has matured. The …
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Autonomous agents are moving from experimental sandboxes to production-grade infrastructure, forcing a structural shift in how we isolate execution. The commoditization of per-agent isolation has …
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Blair Hayes (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Veteran BJP leader LK Advani has been admitted to Delhi's Indraprastha Apollo Hospital with a chest infection. The 98-year-old leader is under medical observation and receiving treatment in the …
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Via IB Times
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10/16/26
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US President Donald Trump has fired White House press secretary Katie Zacharia after just five days in the role. Her brief tenure faced scrutiny following criticism of her first press briefing and …
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Via IB Times
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10/16/26
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Police and fire crews attend an incident on Whitefriars Crescent, Perth, as drivers and pedestrians are urged to avoid the area on October 16.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/16/26
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A critical authentication bypass in the Budibase low-code platform allows unauthenticated remote attackers to hijack pending administrative invitations. By exploiting flaws in the OIDC/SSO login …
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Heath Callahan (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Forest clearance at smallest total since records began in 1988 in success for Lula ahead of presidential run-offDeforestation in the Brazilian Amazon has fallen to its lowest level since records …
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Jonathan Watts (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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