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Presented by EDB As enterprises give AI agents more autonomy — the ability to plan, decide, and act across systems without a human approving each step — a hard question moves to the center of every architecture review: When an agent tries to complete an action that it was never authorized to do, what actually stops it?These are your agents, running on your models, touching your data in your infrastructure — and the responsibility for what they do sits with you. That responsibility can’t be met in hindsight or with a set of abstract policies that live on paper but…

The Hacker NewsAug 27, 2026Artificial Intelligence / Webinar Security teams have spent years trying to detect threats faster. AI is changing the harder part: how much time defenders have left to act. Advanced AI models can now help attackers discover vulnerabilities, generate exploit code, and move through weaknesses faster than traditional security processes were built to handle. The challenge is no longer just finding another vulnerability or generating another alert. It is knowing which exposures matter, what an attacker can reach, and which issues need to be fixed first. That is the focus of next week’s webinar, How to Build…

Bitcoin again closed in on the $81,000 mark on Thursday before dropping again as its stellar week continued.  The leading cryptocurrency was recently trading for $80,236 after notching as high as $80,793 earlier in the day in New York.  Bitcoin is now up more than 2% over the past day after gaining 10% in a week. The coin’s rise comes ahead of Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh’s keynote on Friday where he is expected to talk about digital payments — including crypto.  The Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City will hold the annual event at Jackson Hole, Wyoming, where central…

Costa Rican lawmakers unanimously voted to require wildlife crossings for new and existing road infrastructure when evidence shows the infrastructure interrupts natural connectivity and threatens wildlife safety. The measure, approved in August 2026, will help wildlife avoid being struck by cars while crossing roads and connect habitat, the regulation notes. Once signed into law by the president, the regulation will require that new infrastructure projects must include wildlife crossings in the earliest stage of development and budgeting. Costa Rica’s National Environmental Technical Secretariat will be responsible for confirming such plans are sufficient and appropriate before they grant approval…

Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Situation Report. Here’s what’s on tap for the day: Rising settler violence in the West Bank, the CIA director’s visit to Moscow, and North Korea’s disinterest in meeting with Trump. Violence by Israeli settlers against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank is spiraling out of control, and the Israeli government is facing growing global criticism—including allegations that it has poured fuel on the fire by embracing far-right policies and ignoring the problem. Settlers have clashed with Israeli forces in some instances, but the military has also been accused of standing by during attacks on Palestinians.…

People in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson were on Thursday urged to leave due to intensifying Russian attacks that risked cutting electricity and heating supplies for an extended period. “I am once again addressing the residents of Kherson, especially families with children and elderly people: if you have the possibility … please leave,” regional governor Oleksandr Prokudin wrote on Telegram. Prokudin said there was an “extremely difficult security situation” in Kherson, which had about 280,000 inhabitants before the start of Russia’s invasion in February 2022. “The enemy is intensifying its attacks every day on the region’s critical infrastructure,” he…

Spain forward Esther Gonzalez has attracted backlash after signing for Saudi Women’s Premier League side Al Qadsiah.The 33-year-old agreed a mutual contract termination with National Women’s Soccer League champions Gotham FC in July to temporarily step away from the sport to “attend to personal matters in Spain”, according to the club’s statement.Gonzalez, whose contract was due to expire in 2027, said on Instagram the decision was “due to strictly personal reasons”, adding New York-based Gotham will “always hold a special place in my heart”.However, on Sunday, Al Qadsiah announced the signing of the 2023 World Cup winner, sparking criticism from…

How has your summer been? Done anything nice? As MPs prepare to head back to parliament next week, you’ll be relieved to hear that some of the most prominent figures in British politics have been enjoying the season’s cultural highlights – and without paying a penny. MPs throughout the Commons have received £400,000 of “freebies” to concerts, sports matches and other events so far this year, according to the most recent disclosures.Over the summer alone, Wes Streeting, now the defence secretary, enjoyed the Chelsea flower show thanks to Lloyds Banking Group covering the £1,839 cost, as did the shadow chancellor,…

A clampdown on “rogue bailiffs” has been launched by Andy Burnham amid concerns that vulnerable people are being overcharged and face aggressive behaviour.In the latest in a series of “everyday fixes” to ease the cost of living and “make Britain fairer”, the prime minister said he was strengthening the rules that apply to bailiffs in England and Wales to better protect people in debt.He also announced measures to target “cowboy” tradespeople, including builders who rip off homeowners.The crackdown on bailiffs comes two months after the Guardian revealed that the government had been accused of dragging its feet on the issue.In…

A group of 100 firms, including Google, Microsoft, Anthropic and OpenAI, have signed an open letter calling on countries and organisations around the world to beef up their cyber defences before AI grows powerful enough to override them.The letter warns, external cyber-attacks which use AI will become both more widespread and more sophisticated in a matter of months as the technology rapidly improves.The group says current “status quo” security measures “won’t be enough” and criticises the “historic under-resourcing” of security around critical infrastructure.”We have a limited window to improve cyber defences,” the letter begins.Other firms to have signed the letter…