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Technology company F5 fixed a critical remote code execution vulnerability in its BIG-IP Access Policy Manager (APM) platform on Tuesday. The flaw impacts deployments configured as OAuth authorization servers and was already under active exploitation in the wild before the patch became available. BIG-IP APM is a software component in F5’s BIG-IP hardware platform that enables companies to control access to internal network resources. APM performs various client-side checks and handles authorization and authentication, along with providing VPN connectivity for remote users. The flaw, tracked as CVE-2026-94127, is described as a heap-based buffer overflow and is rated 9.8 on the…

BlackRock says AI could create a new class of stablecoin customer: machines that spend continuously without human approval.The world’s largest asset manager sees increasingly autonomous AI systems purchasing data, accessing software, and acquiring computing resources on their own, potentially adding a new source of transaction demand to digital assets beyond trading and human payments.That prospect sits at the center of BlackRock’s new report, The Machine-Native Economy, which argues that artificial intelligence could eventually change who initiates economic activity. Instead of people making individual payment decisions, software could execute thousands of small transactions to complete a task.Stablecoins enter that market with…

Brazilian tin-producing company, White Solder, has been accused of acquiring a mineral  illegally mined in the Yanomami Indigenous Territory in the Brazilian Amazon. White Solder has supplied hundreds of metric tons of tin to companies with U.S. Department of Defense contracts, according to an investigation by Repórter Brasil. White Solder, which describes itself as one of the world’s largest tin producers, supplied at least 525 metric tons of tin to U.S.-based Indium Corporation between May 2023 and August 2025, according to records analyzed by Repórter Brasil. Indium Corporation in turn supplied solder to Raytheon, a major U.S. defense…

Nadia Khomami provides an excellent analysis of current dilemmas regarding political songs and engagement (‘A maelstrom of his own making’: how Ed Sheeran’s tour turned into a full-blown culture war, 19 September).However, I do feel that it lacks a longer timeframe. Outspoken, overtly political singers and songwriters have been active for decades. My own generation was brought up on Bob Dylan and Joan Baez. A bit  further back were Woody Guthrie and Billie Holiday. Who would dare to write Strange Fruit today? In all, far too many are being deterred by fears of censorship by media billionaires and their like. They need…

The claim that Danish officials played “Send in the Clowns” when U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio arrived at the signing of a U.S.-Denmark-Greenland agreement is unproven. The rumor stems from footage circulating online that social media users claimed showed Rubio entering the signing ceremony on Sept. 22, 2026, as Judy Collins’ song “Send in the Clowns” played in the background. Two separate live streams of the event both showed that Collins’ song did play while Rubio entered the signing ceremony with Greenland and Denmark’s Ministers of Foreign Affairs. All three men were in frame while parts of the song…

A few days after the 25th anniversary of the terrorist attacks that took place on September 11, 2001, British former Conservative MP Andrew Bridgen cast doubt on the official narrative when he implied that a plane did not hit the south tower of the World Trade Center. In reality, the south tower was indeed hit by a United Airlines Boeing 767 which had been hijacked by al Qaeda terrorists.  The former MP shared a video on September 15, 2026 that he claimed showed proof that a plane didn’t actually hit the south tower. The video, which garnered more than a…

“Beaucoup de questions portent sur l’utilisation des réseaux sociaux et sur leur inscription dans les comptes”, rapporte l’ancien magistrat à la Cour des comptes, passé par la direction de l’Agence nationale pour l’emploi. Pas plus tard que le 22 septembre, la Commission a répondu à Renaissance, le parti de Gabriel Attal, qui voulait des précisions sur le statut des interviews avec des créateurs de contenu. “La liberté, qu’elle soit d’expression, d’opinion, d’information, est là. C’est compliqué d’incriminer un influenceur qui fait un podcast avec un candidat, s’il n’y a pas de contrepartie financière derrière”, acte le haut fonctionnaire. A l’inverse,…

Andy Burnham has branded a ban on fans being allowed to drink alcohol in the stands during men’s football matches as “discrimination”.The prime minister told reporters that “I don’t think it’s fair for football fans to be singled out”, as he suggested a change could be trialled.Laws have been in place since 1985 which have prevented drinking in view of the pitch at stadiums for clubs in the top five tiers of men’s football in England. Other sports do not face such a restriction.The Football Supporters’ Association (FSA) said the “outdated” legislation should be reviewed, but police chiefs have warned…

The Tories estimate the proposed changes would move about 350,000 claimants onto the lower rate of Universal Credit, saving around £538m a year.Under the proposals, anyone fit to work would get six months on full benefits to find a job.Every two years a claimant has previously worked would buy an extra year on the full rate of Universal Credit – but those who have not contributed enough would drop to a new “Subsistence Allowance”, worth 70% of the full rate.The party said this would protect “those with a strong employment record”.For example, a 58-year-old who has worked since leaving school…

This week I bring news of a daring casino caper hatched by a pair of rogue AI agents—as well as the clever trick that revealed their antics.After researchers instructed them to count cards during a game of blackjack, the agents—which were controlled by the same model—developed a spontaneous secret code to help them get ahead. Though the episode happened inside an Oxford University lab, rather than a real casino, it has troubling real-world implications: It suggests that agents deployed in industries like finance and ecommerce could figure out how to partner up and cheat in ways that are difficult to…