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Microsoft and Alphabet join 14 other companies objecting to a plan by OKXICE, a venture of OKX and ICE, to trade blockchain-based versions of their shares (Camila Grigera Naón/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/2026/10/21/microsoft-alphabet-object-blockcha…

Microsoft and Alphabet opt out of tokenized stocks in latest blow to ambitious plan from OKK and NYSE parent firm
Sixteen companies have opposed plans to trade tokenized versions of their shares on Cuomo-backed platform OKXICE.

The office last night.
How it started/how it went 🤣

⚙️ Set "cooldown": {"period": "1 day"} under config.policy, or use COMPOSER_POLICY_COOLDOWN_PERIOD in CI. It applies on update and require, while composer install still installs exactly what the lock file says. Dev versions and platform packages are never withheld. Not enabled by default.

Bookmarked: CEAlex maps #Alexandria #Karten CartAlex is the CEAlex maps platform designed to become the…

OpenAI expands ChatGPT ads to 26 additional countries, taking the total to 83 countries, and says the platform's advertiser base is 100K , up from 20K in August (Alix Coutures/The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/o

OpenAI Expands ChatGPT Ads to 26 More Countries, Says It Has More Than 100,000 Advertisers
OpenAI is expanding ChatGPT ads to 26 more countries as it tries to turn advertising into a bigger source of revenue to help cover its AI costs. OpenAI also said more than 100,000 advertisers now use the platform, up from 20,000 in late August. The ad platform, which launched in February, is now available in 83 countries, up from 63 in September, the company said. The new markets include

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After patching #PHP yesterday, you need to patch your #Node instances as well...
https://nodejs.org/en/blog/vulnerabil…

Node.js — Wednesday, October 21, 2026 Security Releases
Node.js® is a free, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment that lets developers create servers, web apps, command line tools and scripts.

Gerade über "Handy" gestolpert: KI-basierte Live-Transkription per Hotkey in jedem Programm; basierend auf lokal laufenden Modellen:
https://handy.computer

Handy
Handy is a cross platform, open-source, speech-to-text application for your computer

TransLink replacing 40-year-old elevator at Patterson SkyTrain Station
Upgrade will improve accessibility and reliability
#Vancouver #Transit #SkyTrain
What's happening: Starting Nov. 3, the nearly 40-ye…

Woah, Puzzmo is soliciting web puzzle games for inclusion in the site. No details on payments or much business stuff, but "Zach [Gage] is interested in helping make your game feel like the best version of its idea it can be." What a draw!
Wish I wasn't deep in shipping my work game so I could put together something.

"Vaughn Palmer: Lorne Doerkson promised to repeal DRIPA. He's not likely to back down now.
Repealing the legislation will test Doerkson’s determination to implement the Conservative election platform."
#BCPOLI

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Oh, wie seltsam:
> But looking at the average number of likes his [Musks] posts have been receiving does raise eyebrows. Throughout October, his posts garnered an average of between 17,000 and 81,000 likes per day — until the past two days, the averages slid to a dismal 11,000 and 8,000, respectively.

Eyebrows Raise When Elon Musk's Twitter Engagement Shrivels After Destruction of Russian Data Centers Linked to Bot Farms
Could Ukraine's destruction of Russian data centers really be impacting Elon Musk's engagement on his own platform?

How ChatGPT Targets Ads To You Based On Your Prompts, Phone Number, and Email https://www.404media.co/how-chatgpt-targets-ads-to-you-based-on-your-prompts-phone-number-and-email/

Die Bundesanstalt für Straßen- und Verkehrswesen hat ausgeschrieben
"Fahrverhalten, Flächenanspruch und Sicherheit von Radverkehr auf Gefällestrecken"
Begründung
"Schließung der Erkenntnislücken zu Verkehrssicherheit, Fahrverhalten und Flächenbedarf von #Radverkehr auf Gefälle- bzw. Steigungsstrecken. Die Aussagen des gegenwärtigen Regelwerks hierzu sind nicht g…

From Daily Hive
David Eby's BC NDP commit $250 million toward TransLink's new Bus Rapid Transit line in Surrey
In its second public transit-related platform announcement this week, the BC NDP have made a specific promise to fulfill TransLink’s first Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project — the King George Boulevard BRT line between SkyTrain’s Surrey Central Station and Semiahmoo Town Centre in South Surrey, which would effectively also reach White Rock.
Today, BC NDP leade…

What's your excuse for still having an account on a #Meta platform (#facebook #instagram #whatsapp)? There's no…

42M records, including PII, exposed in GovTech platform data breach
https://www.expressvpn.com/research/citysourced-data-exposed

Alongside CUDA 13.3, Nvidia is releasing CUDA Python 1.0 as a direct CUDA interface for Python: #Nvidia #CUDA #Python

The US is a hostile entity.
They have joined X's appeal of their €120m fine with the explicit position that the EU has no role in regulating US tech giants.
Oligarchs and kleptocrats trying to rule the whole world.
In Le Monde:
"Nous ne tolérerons pas que la Commission européenne outrepasse ses prérogatives réglementaires pour contrôler les moteurs américains de l’innovation et de la croissance"
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2026/09/25/les-etats-unis-veulent-soutenir-x-dans-son-recours-contre-une-amende-de-l-union-europeenne_6782074_3210.html?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
but RTE is more neutral:
https://www.rte.ie/news/technology/2026/0925/1592973-eu-x-platform-fine/

Just read an article about Social Media for young ppl etc etc.
I always wonder what it needs to bring young people directly to an open platform in the beginning instead of trying to get them OFF a sealed commercial platform when they're locked in.
#socialMedia

CMA consultation on iPhone NFC access requirements:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-nfc-access-conduct-requirement-for-apples-mobile-platform

So, that execution livestream Trump wants violates the terms of every platform that will carry it:
#USpol

Today's Metacurity is a doozy, so check out the most critical infosec developments you should know, including
--Massive DHS leak exposes surveillance secrets as archive domain is suspended,
--Volt Typhoon's stealth infrastructure evades detection,
--Ukrainian ransomware hacker gets nearly six years,
--Google unveils Gemini 4 Carbon for cyber defense,
--FBI seizes bulletproof hosting service Virtualine,
--Pentagon investigates suspected hacks of military freezers,
--Chinese intelligence asset reportedly cultivated Nvidia CEO,
--Japan Airlines breach exposes 92k customers,
--ENGIE confirms customer data theft through partner platform,
--Android banking malware service targets Indian customers,
--FBI and ICE won't monitor 2026 elections,
--Sydney university weighs AI facial recognition surveillance,
--Poker cheater allegedly used spyware to see opponents' cards
https://www.metacurity.com/massive-dhs-leak-exposes-surveillance-secrets-as-archive-domain-is-suspended/

@… Glad to see you back on the platform again.

Hey Siri, we're ready! All of @…'s apps are ready for all of Apple's platform updates. No small juggling act, with OmniGraffle supporting three platforms, OmniOutliner and OmniPlan supporting four platforms, and OmniFocus supporting five.
This summer, that meant adapting our apps for this year’s refinements to Liquid Glass, while exploring how our apps can best leverage new capabilities coming with Apple’s refinements to Apple Intelligence and Siri AI.
https://www.omnigroup.com/blog/ready-for-os-27

Really nice cross-platform System Monitor
#MacOS #Windows #Linux #TaskManager