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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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Associated Press (via WISH-TV Indianapolis)
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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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Dana Ellison (via Forkast)
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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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Blair Hayes (via Forkast)
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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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A convicted criminal killed a woman amid claims his treasured watch had been stolen
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Via The Herald Scotland
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10/18/26
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I spent last weekend trying to figure out why my smart vacuum kept bumping into the same chair leg, and it occurred to me that we are all just one firmware update away from our appliances deciding to …
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Mila Cohen (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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Mastercard has finally stopped pretending that stablecoins are a peripheral experiment. On October 15, 2026, the company launched its Global Money Platform, a move that looks less like a product …
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Nolan Pratt (via Forkast)
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10/18/26
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