Daily briefing: 2026-10-26
What’s new since yesterday in AI, security, the economy and finance, from this site’s automated collectors. Titles are the sources’ own; follow the links before relying on any of them. Full lists: AI and economy digest, KEV watch.
AI models and agents
- 2026-10-25 · hn_grok · GPT picks Democrats. Grok picks Republicans
- 2026-10-23 · hermes_releases · Hermes Agent v0.22.5
- 2026-10-15 · hermes_releases · Hermes Agent v0.22.2
- 2026-10-14 · hermes_releases · Hermes Agent v0.22.1
- 2026-10-14 · hermes_releases · Hermes Agent v0.22.0 — The Threshold Release
AI safety and security
- 2026-10-13 · cnbc_finance · ‘Boring is not bad’: CEO of Southeast Asia’s largest bank pitches Singapore as a haven amid global turmoil
- 2026-10-25 · helpnet_security · OpenSSL 4.1.0: What’s new, what’s removed, and what’s still broken
- 2026-10-25 · hn_ai · Lightning.ai October 2026 Security Incident
- 2026-10-25 · helpnet_security · Week in review: PHP vulnerabilities patched, exploited Palo Alto GlobalProtect VPN flaw
- 2026-10-24 · bleeping · BlackX UEFI bootkit exploits Baton Drop flaw to bypass Secure Boot
Economy and finance
- 2026-10-25 · hn_ai · Germany’s Idle Nuclear Plants Eye New Life as AI Data Centers
- 2026-10-25 · hn_ai · Nvidia eyes converting old nuclear plants into AI data centers
- 2026-10-25 · hn_ai · AI didn’t cause the tech jobs bust, but it explains why there’s no recovery
- 2026-10-21 · cnbc_finance · Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan and Morgan Stanley are dominating the AI stock boom. Here’s their edge
- 2026-10-20 · sec_press · SEC and AMF Announce Supervisory MOU To Enhance Cooperation for Investment Advisers and Investment Service Providers
Robotics
- 2026-10-25 · microduck_releases · daemon 0.17.8-dev.1434.01a9074 (ground-grasp-x)
- 2026-10-25 · robot_report · Teradyne Robotics partners with Sereact to scale physical AI in retail and logistics
- 2026-10-24 · microduck_releases · daemon 0.17.8-dev.1433.e603c93 (kicks-on-main)
- 2026-10-22 · microduck_releases · daemon 0.17.8-dev.1431.3c65a06 (docs-encoder-imports-dmabuf)
- 2026-10-21 · microduck_releases · daemon 0.14.1-dev.1430.b0d9466 (mediad-no-downscale)
Crypto and blockchain
- 2026-10-25 · scmp_tech · Standard Chartered-led Anchorpoint plans retail stablecoin as HSBC RedCoin launches
- 2026-10-25 · coindesk · Latvia targets tokenization rules in 2027 with commercial property in focus
- 2026-10-25 · coindesk · UK banks face 10,000 complaints in 3 months over crypto restrictions
- 2026-10-09 · cnbc_finance · Blockchain.com seeks U.S. approval for prediction markets, crypto derivatives trading
- 2026-10-09 · cnbc_finance · Tokenization could unleash tens of billions of dollars in trapped capital, Nasdaq CEO says
Countries
- 2026-10-25 · hn_ai · China increasingly depends on copying American AI
- 2026-10-25 · hn_ai · The Factory Outside Phoenix That Could Save American Manufacturing
- 2026-10-23 · cnbc_economy · Trump’s approval rating on economy hits all-time low as midterm looms: CNBC survey
- 2026-10-23 · bleeping · Quest Diagnostics confirms data breach exposed patient records
- 2026-09-18 · fed_press · Federal Reserve Board issues enforcement actions with former employee of Northstar Bank, former employee of American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., and former employee of Regions Bank
Exploited vulnerabilities (CISA KEV)
0 new entries since the previous run (1756 in the catalog), 0 AI-related.