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James Allan has been appointed director of the West Highland Way Trust, which aims to secure funding and protect the 96-mile Scottish trail.
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10/18/26
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More than 30,000 Scottish NHS waits still exceed a year, six months after John Swinney’s March 2026 target was missed, with ministers giving no new date.
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10/18/26
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DeepSeek is selling search and fetch access to agents at $0.75 per 1,000 requests. Every established competitor charges at least $5. On October 17, the company launched its Search and Fetch APIs …
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Lena Park (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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Your Home MCP Server Is Probably Unsecured — And the Protocol’s Own Maker Calls the Flaw ‘By Design’
You might think your smart home setup is just a collection of lights and thermostats, but if you are experimenting with the Model Context Protocol (MCP), you are effectively running a small, …
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Mila Cohen (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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PARIS (AP) — French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday voiced the public’s “anger” and “shame” over rioting and looting during nationwide protests against rising living costs and poor …
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SYLVIE CORBET and ALEXANDER TURNBULL Associated Press (via WISH-TV Indianapolis)
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10/18/26
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MIAMI (AP) — Hurricane Trudy lashed parts of Mexico’s Pacific coast with heavy rain and strong winds Sunday but was forecast to move away, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The Category 2 …
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10/18/26
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The market for agent risk management has moved past the experimental phase. Over the last six weeks, six startups in the security and governance space have secured more than $218 million in funding. …
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10/18/26
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China’s Ministry of Commerce and Ministry of Science and Technology issued Announcement No. 48 of 2026 on October 16, signaling a fundamental shift in the nation’s approach to AI governance. For …
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10/18/26
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The market for AI infrastructure is currently defined by a paradox: the foundational layers are rapidly commoditizing, yet Modal Labs has secured a $750 million Series D at a $15.75 billion …
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Lena Park (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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An attacker can hijack OAuth2 token requests in the SAP Cloud SDK for Python by manipulating the tenant_subdomain parameter, a flaw that exposes application client IDs and secrets without requiring …
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Heath Callahan (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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Police Scotland is assessing whether Reform UK Holyrood candidates broke Holyrood election spending rules.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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An 80-year-old man who died in a light aircraft crash near Loch Lomond alongside a 16-year-old boy has been named locally as Ian Haggis
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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Carnoustie Golf Links is lifting the lid on the skill, technology and hard work required to maintain one of Scotland's most famous golfing venues
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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Money20/20 USA 2026 opens today at The Venetian in Las Vegas. Its Monday panel, “Know Your Agent: Here’s How Banks Are Updating Identity Verification,” brings Skyfire CEO Amir Sarhangi, Firmly …
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Heath Callahan (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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The SEC Comment Deadline The comment period for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) proposal, Regulation Crypto Assets (File No. S7-2026-27), concludes on Tuesday, October 20, 2026. This …
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Priya Nair (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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Can a payment network actually distinguish between a human shopper and a piece of autonomous software? Mastercard is attempting to answer this with a new intelligence layer in its Agent Pay Trust …
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Tessa Vaughn (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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For years, the crypto industry treated stablecoin market capitalization as a scoreboard for adoption. We tracked supply growth with religious fervor, assuming that more tokens in circulation meant …
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Nolan Pratt (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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The University of Edinburgh's announcement that 90 specialist degree programmes will close has raised questions about the purpose of university.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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John Swinney has been compared to dictators as McGill's Group threatens legal action over plans to bring buses in Scotland under public control.
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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A manhunt has been launched after a teenager was injured in a hit and run incident in Midlothian
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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