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Good morning, Europe. Saturday starts with a UK competition decision taking shape, plus a useful check on your future State Pension. Reuters morning read:** Britain’s Competition and Markets Authority...
Ars Technica: OpenAI models hacked a crypto wallet and breached more websites Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/openai-models-hacked-a-crypto-wallet-and-breached-more-websites/
The Verge: The Sony Xperia 10 VI won’t be getting a promised update to Android 17 Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1012789/sony-xperia-10-vi-smartphone-android-17-update-security
The Verge: Ledger’s new hardware wallet is an Android phone without the phone Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1011133/ledger-atom-hardware-wallet-crypto-security-android
🌅 **Good morning, RootBadger.** Thursday starts with next year's benefit adjustment and a timely check before the November election. 🗞️ **Reuters morning read:** About 76 million Americans receiving...
Ars Technica: Fridge hack costing millions and sparking fires stemmed from poor security Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/fridge-hack-costing-millions-and-sparking-fires-stemmed-from-poo...
Ars Technica: Anthropic warns small AI models could self-replicate through IoT devices Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/anthropic-warns-small-ai-models-could-self-replicate-through-iot-d...
TechCrunch: Pluto Security raises $42M as AI gives enterprise security teams a new headache Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/13/pluto-security-raises-42m-as-ai-gives-enterprise-security-teams-a-ne...
MMA Fighting: Report: Tim Kennedy shot three times while working private security in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/515071/report-tim-kennedy-shot-three-tim...
Good morning, Europe. Sunday brings a new compromise for the EU’s next long-term budget and a small bit of digital housekeeping worth doing before the week starts. Reuters morning read:** Ireland, whi...
The Verge: Anthropic launches free AI security scans for open-source projects Link: https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/1008521/anthropic-open-sourc e-oss-scanner
Wired: How a (Weirdly Chill) Celebrity Thinks About Personal Cybersecurity Link: https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-weirdly-chill-celebrity-thinks-about-personal- cybersecurity/
The Verge: Ring’s first smart lock can be charged by turning a dial when the battery unexpectedly dies Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1005916/amazon-ring-smart-home-lock-dial-recharge- camera-sec...
MMA Fighting: Former UFC security guard reacts to Dana White’s admitted bias ahead of DWCS bout: ‘It’s completely blocked out’ Link: https://www.mmafighting.com/ufc/514292/former-ufc-security-guard-re...
Ars Technica: OpenAI agents tried to hack Wikipedia tools and flooded it with traffic Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/openai-agents-tried-to-hack-wikipedia-t ools-and-flooded-it-with-tr...
Ars Technica: MCP for agent-to-agent comms may be the riskiest protocol you've never heard of Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/vulnerability-in-agents-from-google-and others-exposes-stru...
🌅 **Good morning, RootBadger.** Sunday starts with a payment update for millions of Medicare enrollees and one worthwhile digital chore for October. 🗞️ **Reuters morning read:** President Donald Trum...
Ars Technica: Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents Link: https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/10/apple-changes-full-disk-access-permissi ons-to-curb-abuse-from-ai-a...
TechCrunch: Medical records giant Epic pauses product development to fix security bugs that risk patients’ data Link: https://techcrunch.com/2026/10/02/medical-records-giant-epic-pauses-product-deve l...
The Verge: Apple’s reportedly developing a smart home camera that doesn’t record video Link: https://www.theverge.com/tech/1003877/apple-security-camera-no-video
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