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The 24-Hour Shift On October 15, 2026, three major open-weight models shipped within hours of each other. StepFun’s Step-5 BF16 landed after a same-day slip. Meta’s Muse Spark Open arrived with a …
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Lena Park (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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The portal at agent.livingsocial.com is functional, transparent, and deliberately limited. As of October 16, 2026, the system provides access to 56,256 live US offers through a REST API, an MCP …
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Australia has proposed a switch to force social media platforms to let users turn off recommended content.
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10/16/26
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On October 15, 2026, Perplexity released its execution sandbox to the public. The SPACE repository — Sandboxed Platform for Agentic Code Execution, written in Rust — carries an Apache 2.0 …
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Blair Hayes (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Stripe’s President Says Agentic Commerce Went ‘Vertical’ in September. He Has Not Shown the Numbers.
“It only as of September basically started going vertical.” That is how Stripe president John Collison described the company’s agentic commerce activity during an October 12 episode of the …
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Humza Yousaf says Palestinians’ right to exist is ignored as SNP MP Lara Bird attacks Ed Miliband and the UK Government over its Gaza response in Aberdeen.
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10/16/26
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Beijing warns against ‘discriminatory’ step after France drops opposition to British role in Made in Europe packageNo 10 has left the door open to imposing tariffs on Chinese-made electric …
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Rowena Mason, Lisa O’Carroll and Jasper Jolly (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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A $6.3 billion all-cash price tag, representing a 52% premium over pre-rumor stock levels, tells a specific story about how the market values agent governance. When Proofpoint announced its …
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Dana Ellison (via Forkast)
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10/16/26
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Ukrainian president says US limiting access was a ‘dangerous and unpleasant surprise’, amid reports the order came from inside White HouseEurope live – latest updatesVolodymyr Zelenskyy has …
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Jennifer Rankin in Brussels and Andrew Rothin Kyiv (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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Police Scotland searches continue for two men missing after fishing boat FV Kilda went missing off Lewis. MAIB imposes diver exclusion zone near Port of Ness.
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10/16/26
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Ivan McKee faced a fresh backlash at SNP conference as union leaders challenged NHS reform plans, job-loss fears and proposed cuts to management.
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10/16/26
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Scottish Government nearly doubles funding for Bridges Programmes’ Refugee Doctors Programme, helping refugee doctors gain GMC registration and join NHS Scotland.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/16/26
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Jack Dragsnes, 22, appears at Glasgow Sheriff Court accused of murdering 17-year-old Jack Mellon in Milton on October 14, and attempting to pervert justice.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/16/26
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⚽ All the latest football news heading into the weekend
⚽ Ten things to look out for | Football Daily | Email LukeSky are reporting that Reece James, who Chelsea confirmed this morning had …
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Simon Burnton (earlier) and Luke McLaughlin (earlier, and now) (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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The UK Government settles with 'scapegoat' Sir Olly Robbins after his dismissal by Keir Starmer over his alleged role in the Lord Mandelson scandal and judicial review
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/16/26
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GlasGLOW returns to Glasgow Botanic Gardens from October 16 to November 1 with its new Zombie Zoo theme, immersive displays and street food.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/16/26
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Film interviewing military insiders about mass killing of civilians in Gaza receives widespread praise around the worldCritics around the world have hailed the award-winning documentary NAZA as a …
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Sammy Gecsoyler (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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Vatican says Pope Leo – still in hospital after his lung surgery earlier this week – spoke with Russian president Vladimir Putin this afternoonAnalysis: attacks on Ukraine’s power plants show …
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Jakub Krupa (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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The 28-year-old detained by German police is accused of being part of the cyber-crime gang that hacked blood-test firm Synnovis in 2024.
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Via BBC News - Technology
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10/16/26
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The old certainties have gone. We will have to spend whatever it takes to protect ourselves in this new and dangerous worldDonald Trump must find it oddly frustrating. He keeps showing the world …
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Jonathan Freedland (via Guardian)
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10/16/26
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