Business & Finance
Zcash Continues to Outperform Every Other Major Cryptocurrency This Year. So Is ZEC Now a Buy?
As of Oct. 13, the privacy coin Zcash(CRYPTO: ZEC) is up by 121% year-to-date, more than eight times the gain of the best performer among the largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. But that doesn't make it invincible. On Oct.
Venture capital fund Tidal Ventures leads Mastercard-backed fintech RedOwl’s seed funding round
Venture capital fund Tidal Ventures has led a capital raising for Mastercard-backed RedOwl, giving the artificial-intelligence powered fintech a near $40 million price tag.
MAS Tightens Safeguards on Roadshows Selling Financial Products
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will expect financial institutions to hold public prospecting activities, such as roadshows, only within designated areas at commercial premises.
XRP’s ETFs Are $160 Million Behind Solana’s and Closing. Solana’s Funds Have Had Outflows on Six of Seven October Days.
Solana ETFs have been bleeding cash for most of October while XRP funds keep pulling in fresh investment, and the gap between them is shrinking fast.
MAS Plans Next Phase of Wholesale CBDC Settlement With Tokenised Bills
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plans to use wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) to settle tokenised MAS Bills.
Technology & AI
Artificial Intelligence Under the UNFCCC: Existing Work and Emerging Questions
6. AI has featured only to a limited extent in UNFCCC negotiations to date. The first references to AI appeared in decisions adopted at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) and 5th Conference of the Parties…
Manage private pricing offers for Amazon Bedrock with managed entitlements
Managing AI model access across dozens or hundreds of AWS accounts creates operational friction when each workload account must subscribe and accept AWS Marketplace Private Pricing Offers (MPPOs) individually.
The Conference That Wasn’t: A Fake Biotech Event Shows How Your Employees Might Let Ransomware In Th | Security, Privacy and the Law
We are all deluged with invitations to industry conferences. As a recent report in the Boston Business Journal shows, that deluge makes such an invitation a very effective lure that leads to malware.
Bill Gates Warns AI Could Fuel Cyberattacks And Bioterrorism
Bill Gates warns that criminals could exploit unregulated artificial intelligence to launch devastating cyberattacks and bioterrorism, urging stronger safeguards against AI misuse. “The real danger right now is not the AIs getting out of control.
Vodacom, UJ and AWS expand AI skills training
Vodacom, the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expanding efforts to develop South Africa’s artificial intelligence talent through a student hackathon that turns technical knowledge into practical solutions to solve real-world challenges.
Geopolitics & Trade
Netherlands deploys nuclear-capable F-35 fighters for NATO’s Steadfast Noon exercise
The Netherlands is participating with F-35 fighter jets in NATO’s annual Steadfast Noon nuclear exercise, which began in Italy on October 13. Aircraft from 17 countries are taking part in the training, which uses no live nuclear weapons.
U.S. Supreme Court won’t reverse sanctions against lawyers in Kari Lake’s 2022 Arizona voting case
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t reverse over $100,000 in sanctions against the attorneys who filed a failed lawsuit on behalf of Kari Lake and state lawmaker Mark Finchem in an attempt to force Arizona to hand count ballots.
Bulgaria Calls for EU, NATO, Turkey and Romania to Aid Black Sea Security
With the security situation deteriorating in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials are calling for the European Union and NATO to support the efforts to enhance security, while Bulgaria says it is also working with Turkey and Romania for increased regional…
EU adopts its largest-ever package of sanctions listings, targeting the industry behind Russia’s war
The EU adopts its largest-ever set of sanctions listings, targeting almost 1,600 individuals and entities in Russia’s military-industrial complex and going deeper into the supply chains sustaining its war against Ukraine.
West African port congestion exposes gaps beyond terminal gates
By Alexander Whiteman 13 October 2026 Congestion along West Africa’s coast is exposing infrastructure that appears dramatically ill-suited to the region’s rapidly developing container market, with concerns that the level of investment, and its intended developments, are not where they…
Science & Green Tech
Solar Power at the Tiny House | Sustainability
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa – I get many questions about the solar panel sitting beside the tiny house, and it sparked my interest to learn more about it myself. I sat down with Dr.
Taiwan seeks new grid, renewable energy solutions as AI computing hubs hit power constraints
As the global AI industry and AI data centers (AIDCs) experience explosive growth, developing compute hubs presents severe power supply challenges alongside stringent international supply chain mandates for carbon reduction and renewable energy usage...
CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) Dips More Than Broader Market: What You Should Know
In the latest close session, CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) was down 3.45% at $51.55. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.06%.
The electrical assets driving Australia’s energy transition
Australia’s renewable energy sector is expanding at an unprecedented pace. New wind and solar projects, battery storage systems and grid infrastructure developments are reshaping how electricity is generated and delivered across the country.
WindEurope: Wind Energy and Nature Protection Can Advance Together – News and Statistics
WindEurope used the Brussels Night of Darkness to argue that wind energy and nature protection can advance together, according to WindEurope.
Mobility
Travel
Lifestyle
Norwich City: Mirko Topic and Gabe Forsyth fitness updates
The 25-year-old central midfielder suffered a knee ligament injury two games into Philippe Clement's tenure, but is targeting minutes against West Ham's Under-21s on Friday.
Register Today: Wellness, Engagement & Belonging Symposium
Registration is now open for WPI’s Wellness, Engagement & Belonging Symposium on Thursday, October 15th.
Cedar Rapids forum to focus on families navigating mental health, recovery
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Families dealing with a loved one’s mental health or substance use concerns will be the focus of a free public forum next weekend in Cedar Rapids.
MP urges NHS bosses to stop Bishop Auckland ward move
The trust revealed earlier this week that it would move Ward 7, the frailty unit, from Bishop Auckland to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
Knicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about grief for World Mental Health Day
NEW YORK – Karl-Anthony Towns has been traded from Minnesota, lost the conference finals and won the NBA title for his childhood team — and still feels he is in the period of grief that began six years ago.
Work
CRAN Child Rights & Safeguarding Assistant Volunteer Opportunity 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya: Apply by 23 October (with remote work arrangements)
Professionals and aspiring advocates passionate about child protection, human rights and community development have an opportunity to support child-focused legal programmes and advocacy across Africa.
Banning Microsoft from Bringing Immigrants is a Big Mistake
Last week, the Trump administration announced a crackdown on the issuance of employment-based visas to eight companies and ten universities, with Vice President J.D.
YouTube Creator Economy Report: Why Discovery Is Becoming Policy
YouTube is making a straightforward argument about Europe’s creator economy: it is already too important to be treated as a cultural side project.
From Women in HR to People-First CEOs: Recognising the leaders shaping the future of work
HR leadership has moved well beyond managing the employee lifecycle. As people strategy increasingly shapes growth, productivity, capability building, and organisational resilience, senior people leaders' decisions are becoming business decisions in their own right.
The folly and fallacy of arbitrary return-to-office mandates
Six years ago, the credit union I work for owned two office buildings, occupying most of one for our corporate headquarters and hanging onto the second in the anticipation that we'd eventually expand into it.
Entertainment
Who was Mackayla “Kash” Paige, the reality TV star who died in California?
On Sunday, October 11, authorities were alerted to a shooting in Oakland, California. According to information reported by local media, officers responded to the 200 block of 14th Street, where they found Mackayla Paige, popularly known as “Kash,” suffering from…
Four celebrities who rejected roles on The Great British Bake Off
Gordon Ramsay said no to being a judge The Great British Bake Off viewers are acclimatising to the combination of Nigella Lawson, Paul Hollywood, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond. But the line-up for the show could have looked very different.
Monica Barbaro Wore a Sequined Dior Dress for Her Red-Carpet Debut With Andrew Garfield
We love a sweet, hard-working, unproblematic couple. Oh, and stunning too. While we weren’t looking, Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro made their red-carpet debut.
The Biggest Revelations From Collin Gosselin’s New Book
Collin Gosselin is pulling back the curtain on his reality TV childhood, his estranged relationship with mom Kate Gosselin and more in his new memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood, out now.
Celebrities urge PM to fix palliative care
A host of household names have called on the Prime Minister to act on his conviction that end-of-life care funding needs fixing.
Business & Finance
Zcash Continues to Outperform Every Other Major Cryptocurrency This Year. So Is ZEC Now a Buy?
As of Oct. 13, the privacy coin Zcash(CRYPTO: ZEC) is up by 121% year-to-date, more than eight times the gain of the best performer among the largest cryptocurrencies by market cap. But that doesn't make it invincible. On Oct.
Venture capital fund Tidal Ventures leads Mastercard-backed fintech RedOwl’s seed funding round
Venture capital fund Tidal Ventures has led a capital raising for Mastercard-backed RedOwl, giving the artificial-intelligence powered fintech a near $40 million price tag.
MAS Tightens Safeguards on Roadshows Selling Financial Products
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will expect financial institutions to hold public prospecting activities, such as roadshows, only within designated areas at commercial premises.
XRP’s ETFs Are $160 Million Behind Solana’s and Closing. Solana’s Funds Have Had Outflows on Six of Seven October Days.
Solana ETFs have been bleeding cash for most of October while XRP funds keep pulling in fresh investment, and the gap between them is shrinking fast.
MAS Plans Next Phase of Wholesale CBDC Settlement With Tokenised Bills
Get the hottest Fintech Singapore News once a month in your Inbox The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) plans to use wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) to settle tokenised MAS Bills.
Technology & AI
Artificial Intelligence Under the UNFCCC: Existing Work and Emerging Questions
6. AI has featured only to a limited extent in UNFCCC negotiations to date. The first references to AI appeared in decisions adopted at the 28th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP28) and 5th Conference of the Parties…
Manage private pricing offers for Amazon Bedrock with managed entitlements
Managing AI model access across dozens or hundreds of AWS accounts creates operational friction when each workload account must subscribe and accept AWS Marketplace Private Pricing Offers (MPPOs) individually.
The Conference That Wasn’t: A Fake Biotech Event Shows How Your Employees Might Let Ransomware In Th | Security, Privacy and the Law
We are all deluged with invitations to industry conferences. As a recent report in the Boston Business Journal shows, that deluge makes such an invitation a very effective lure that leads to malware.
Bill Gates Warns AI Could Fuel Cyberattacks And Bioterrorism
Bill Gates warns that criminals could exploit unregulated artificial intelligence to launch devastating cyberattacks and bioterrorism, urging stronger safeguards against AI misuse. “The real danger right now is not the AIs getting out of control.
Vodacom, UJ and AWS expand AI skills training
Vodacom, the University of Johannesburg (UJ), and Amazon Web Services (AWS) are expanding efforts to develop South Africa’s artificial intelligence talent through a student hackathon that turns technical knowledge into practical solutions to solve real-world challenges.
Geopolitics & Trade
Netherlands deploys nuclear-capable F-35 fighters for NATO’s Steadfast Noon exercise
The Netherlands is participating with F-35 fighter jets in NATO’s annual Steadfast Noon nuclear exercise, which began in Italy on October 13. Aircraft from 17 countries are taking part in the training, which uses no live nuclear weapons.
U.S. Supreme Court won’t reverse sanctions against lawyers in Kari Lake’s 2022 Arizona voting case
The U.S. Supreme Court won’t reverse over $100,000 in sanctions against the attorneys who filed a failed lawsuit on behalf of Kari Lake and state lawmaker Mark Finchem in an attempt to force Arizona to hand count ballots.
Bulgaria Calls for EU, NATO, Turkey and Romania to Aid Black Sea Security
With the security situation deteriorating in the Black Sea, Bulgarian officials are calling for the European Union and NATO to support the efforts to enhance security, while Bulgaria says it is also working with Turkey and Romania for increased regional…
EU adopts its largest-ever package of sanctions listings, targeting the industry behind Russia’s war
The EU adopts its largest-ever set of sanctions listings, targeting almost 1,600 individuals and entities in Russia’s military-industrial complex and going deeper into the supply chains sustaining its war against Ukraine.
West African port congestion exposes gaps beyond terminal gates
By Alexander Whiteman 13 October 2026 Congestion along West Africa’s coast is exposing infrastructure that appears dramatically ill-suited to the region’s rapidly developing container market, with concerns that the level of investment, and its intended developments, are not where they…
Science & Green Tech
Solar Power at the Tiny House | Sustainability
NEW WILMINGTON, Pa – I get many questions about the solar panel sitting beside the tiny house, and it sparked my interest to learn more about it myself. I sat down with Dr.
Taiwan seeks new grid, renewable energy solutions as AI computing hubs hit power constraints
As the global AI industry and AI data centers (AIDCs) experience explosive growth, developing compute hubs presents severe power supply challenges alongside stringent international supply chain mandates for carbon reduction and renewable energy usage...
CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) Dips More Than Broader Market: What You Should Know
In the latest close session, CRISPR Therapeutics AG (CRSP) was down 3.45% at $51.55. The stock's performance was behind the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.06%.
The electrical assets driving Australia’s energy transition
Australia’s renewable energy sector is expanding at an unprecedented pace. New wind and solar projects, battery storage systems and grid infrastructure developments are reshaping how electricity is generated and delivered across the country.
WindEurope: Wind Energy and Nature Protection Can Advance Together – News and Statistics
WindEurope used the Brussels Night of Darkness to argue that wind energy and nature protection can advance together, according to WindEurope.
Mobility
Travel
Lifestyle
Norwich City: Mirko Topic and Gabe Forsyth fitness updates
The 25-year-old central midfielder suffered a knee ligament injury two games into Philippe Clement's tenure, but is targeting minutes against West Ham's Under-21s on Friday.
Register Today: Wellness, Engagement & Belonging Symposium
Registration is now open for WPI’s Wellness, Engagement & Belonging Symposium on Thursday, October 15th.
Cedar Rapids forum to focus on families navigating mental health, recovery
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — Families dealing with a loved one’s mental health or substance use concerns will be the focus of a free public forum next weekend in Cedar Rapids.
MP urges NHS bosses to stop Bishop Auckland ward move
The trust revealed earlier this week that it would move Ward 7, the frailty unit, from Bishop Auckland to Darlington Memorial Hospital.
Knicks champion Karl-Anthony Towns opens up about grief for World Mental Health Day
NEW YORK – Karl-Anthony Towns has been traded from Minnesota, lost the conference finals and won the NBA title for his childhood team — and still feels he is in the period of grief that began six years ago.
Work
CRAN Child Rights & Safeguarding Assistant Volunteer Opportunity 2026 in Nairobi, Kenya: Apply by 23 October (with remote work arrangements)
Professionals and aspiring advocates passionate about child protection, human rights and community development have an opportunity to support child-focused legal programmes and advocacy across Africa.
Banning Microsoft from Bringing Immigrants is a Big Mistake
Last week, the Trump administration announced a crackdown on the issuance of employment-based visas to eight companies and ten universities, with Vice President J.D.
YouTube Creator Economy Report: Why Discovery Is Becoming Policy
YouTube is making a straightforward argument about Europe’s creator economy: it is already too important to be treated as a cultural side project.
From Women in HR to People-First CEOs: Recognising the leaders shaping the future of work
HR leadership has moved well beyond managing the employee lifecycle. As people strategy increasingly shapes growth, productivity, capability building, and organisational resilience, senior people leaders' decisions are becoming business decisions in their own right.
The folly and fallacy of arbitrary return-to-office mandates
Six years ago, the credit union I work for owned two office buildings, occupying most of one for our corporate headquarters and hanging onto the second in the anticipation that we'd eventually expand into it.
Entertainment
Who was Mackayla “Kash” Paige, the reality TV star who died in California?
On Sunday, October 11, authorities were alerted to a shooting in Oakland, California. According to information reported by local media, officers responded to the 200 block of 14th Street, where they found Mackayla Paige, popularly known as “Kash,” suffering from…
Four celebrities who rejected roles on The Great British Bake Off
Gordon Ramsay said no to being a judge The Great British Bake Off viewers are acclimatising to the combination of Nigella Lawson, Paul Hollywood, Noel Fielding and Alison Hammond. But the line-up for the show could have looked very different.
Monica Barbaro Wore a Sequined Dior Dress for Her Red-Carpet Debut With Andrew Garfield
We love a sweet, hard-working, unproblematic couple. Oh, and stunning too. While we weren’t looking, Andrew Garfield and Monica Barbaro made their red-carpet debut.
The Biggest Revelations From Collin Gosselin’s New Book
Collin Gosselin is pulling back the curtain on his reality TV childhood, his estranged relationship with mom Kate Gosselin and more in his new memoir, In the Shadow of Eight: Surviving the Reality of My Childhood, out now.
Celebrities urge PM to fix palliative care
A host of household names have called on the Prime Minister to act on his conviction that end-of-life care funding needs fixing.
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Venture capital fund Tidal Ventures leads Mastercard-backed fintech RedOwl’s seed funding round
Venture capital fund Tidal Ventures has led a capital raising for Mastercard-backed RedOwl, giving the artificial-intelligence powered fintech a near $40 million price tag.
‘If attacked, immediate counterattack’ NATO raises warning level against Russia, accelerating rearmament amid Kaliningrad and Baltic Sea tensions
'Immediate counterattack if attacked' NATO warns of tough response to Russian military provocations Increasing military pressure from Russia highlights possibility of armed conflict in Kaliningrad and the three Baltic states From nuclear deterrence exercises to defense budget increases and joint…
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YouTube Creator Economy Report: Why Discovery Is Becoming Policy
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AT Tokyo strengthens Osaka connectivity with redundant AWS links
Japanese data centre operator AT Tokyo is expanding connectivity within the Osaka Zone of its ATBeX network platform, adding new connection services and a new connection point to provide more resilient access to the AWS Osaka Region.
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