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Friday, 23 October 2026 Daily Edition

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Friday, 23 October 2026

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The Takeaway

Google Cloud has introduced a new service called Agent Compute Engine, which is designed to host artificial intelligence agents in isolated environments. Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin's stock surged by 7% after the company reported a $292 billion contract backlog and an 11% increase in third-quarter sales to $20.7 billion. In Canada, a major expansion of the LNG Canada Phase 2 project has been approved, which will more than double the plant's output to 28 million tons annually.

In other news, Sri Lanka's Computer Emergency Response Team has issued a directive to restrict internet access to critical systems that cannot be updated due to security vulnerabilities. Vietnam has partnered with Denmark to advance its wind energy ambitions, leveraging its abundant wind resources and large pool of engineering talent.

Additionally, companies like AbbVie and Pfizer are being impacted by higher interest rates, which can affect their ability to pay generous dividends. Jaclyn Victor also held a concert with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra, celebrating her two-decade-long artistic growth.

Written by urgent.news from the day's reporting.

AI

AI

(LEAD) Seoul shares open sharply lower amid persistent AI woes, rising oil prices

SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korean shares opened sharply lower Friday, weig...

·en.yna.co.kr·2 outlets

Seoul's stock market opened sharply lower on Friday, October 23, due to persistent concerns surrounding artificial intelligence and rising oil prices. The Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) started the day 2.36 percent lower, falling 156.6 points, or 2.83 percent, to 5,377.17 by 9:15 a.m. local time.

Overnight, U.S. markets experienced mixed results, with major technology shares taking a hit, contributing to the decline in global markets. The Dow Jones Industrial Average managed a slight gain of 0.02 percent, while the S&P 500 fell 1.21 percent and the tech-focused Nasdaq Composite dropped 2.6 percent.

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Beyond Copilots: What AI Agents Need to Understand Cloud Operations

Why useful infrastructure investigations depend on operational context, clear boundaries, and verifiable evidence. Giving an AI agent access to infrastructure tools creates possibilities.

  • Opsphere addresses AI agents' need to understand cloud operations in live environments.
  • Agents require contextual understanding, not just tool access, to avoid incorrect conclusions.

·dev.to

How to Make AI Voice Sound More Human

Why “human‑like” matters in AI voice When you hear a synthetic voice that sounds too robotic, the magic of your app disappears.

  • Neural TTS models like Tacotron 2 grasp context better than traditional systems.
  • Voice cloning enables personalized TTS with brand-aligned voices.
  • SSML and post-processing techniques add natural pauses, emphasis, and realism.

·dev.to

How to Add AI Voice to Your Django App

Why Add AI Voice to Your Django App? Voice has become the new “screen” for many users. From hands‑free navigation to accessibility, integrating AI‑generated speech can make your Django project feel…

  • Add AI voice functionality to Django app for enhanced user experience
  • Use ElevenLabs API with REST interface for TTS integration
  • Implement voice.py module with synthesize function for text-to-speech

·dev.to

GitHub's New Whitespace Preferences: How to Review AI Code in Two Passes

A cleaner diff can help you understand a change. Before you merge, check what your review settings left out. You ask AI to fix one bug. It returns a change that also reformats half the file. Now you have two problems: understanding the fix and finding everything else that moved.

  • GitHub introduced new whitespace preferences for pull-request reviews.
  • First pass focuses on intended behavior and desired outcome.
  • Second pass reviews full diff, catching overlooked modifications.

·dev.to

SlothOps: The Open-Source AI Suite That Rewards Pure Laziness

This is a submission for the Hacktoberfest Open-Source AI Challenge Week 3: Slow and Steady What I Built Traditional hackathons glorify caffeine-fueled coding sprints. But Week 3 of Hacktoberfest invites us to embrace a different philosophy: channel our inner sloth and build tools that do the work so we don't have to.

·dev.to

Tech

Tech

Private File Storage in Next.js: A Server Action for Browser Direct Uploads

Short answer: for a B2B SaaS product accepting private user uploads, let a Next.js server action authorize a short-lived upload session, let the browser send bytes directly to private object storage, and issue an expiring download URL only after a separate read authorization check. The deciding constraint is not upload speed. It is the boundary between access control and delivery simplicity. The…

·dev.to

In the realm of B2B SaaS products that handle private user uploads, employing a Next.js server action offers an optimal approach. This method authorizes a short-lived upload session on the server side, enabling the browser to transmit the file bytes directly to private object storage. Crucially, the server generates an expiring download URL only after a separate read authorization check has been completed.

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Kubernetes Has Garbage Collection. Why Did We Build Another One?

This is article 2 of 10 in Beyond Kubernetes Defaults . Read article 1: When Kubernetes Primitives Aren’t Enough first. This article is cross-published from Zen Mesh .

  • Kubernetes has built-in resource lifecycle management features.
  • Zen Cleaner is a garbage collector for explicit cleanup policies.
  • Policy controller justified for unrelated resource kinds and different TTLs.

·dev.to

The On-Call Handoff Note That Fits in Five Lines

Monday, 8:02 AM. Your on-call week starts, and the only message from the last shift says "all good, a few alerts, nothing major." Twenty minutes later the same alert fires again, and you have no idea…

·dev.to

Read-Only Was Never Harmless: Identity Lessons from CVE-2026-114625

Read-Only Was Never Harmless: Identity Lessons from CVE-2026-114625 Security programmes routinely tier accounts by what they can change. Read-only access gets filed as low risk, suitable for auditors, monitoring integrations and customer viewers.

  • Read-only access in Arista VeloCloud Orchestrator can grant operator-level privileges.
  • Low-level credentials like Enterprise Read Only can be exploited by attackers.
  • Mitigation includes patching, account audits, and restricted administrative access.

·dev.to

Business

Business

This is Family Enterprise Partners, the family office that advises Mexican great fortunes

Daniel Cervantes and Rafael Alberca lead a firm that provides advisory and governance services to 35 families from Mexico, Spain and Central America, with financial assets of $1.5 billion.

·expansion.com

Daniel Cervantes and Rafael Alberca, who met in Colombia, have launched Family Enterprise Partners (FEP), a multifamily office providing comprehensive services to families, businesses, and wealth. The firm, established in 2020, advises 35 family groups with $1.5 billion in assets under management. FEP's approach focuses on building long-term relationships with clients, combining financial expertise with a holistic understanding of their needs.

The company's goal is to double its assets under management by 2030 while prioritizing exceptional client service over growth.

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Hyperscaler bonds pressure US public debt

According to a Vontebel study, with their large debt issuances to finance AI development, big tech companies are competing for demand with US Treasury bonds. These companies are also turning to an underutilized segment of the curve: the long end.

·expansion.com

The new Nokia that few people know

Nokia released today the result for the third quarter and its stock fell 15% in New York, closing at $7.88, less than half of the June peak. Operating profit rose 35%.

  • Nokia's Q3 operating profit rose 35%
  • IP network sales grew 43%, AI and cloud sales doubled
  • Operating margin of networking infrastructure division improved to 10%

·braziljournal.com

EDITORIAL. A sad day

In light of recent events involving the name of Brazil Journal, Flávio Carneiro decided to step away from the company and his executive functions. Over the past five years, Flávio decisively contributed to the commercial and strategic growth of the group.

·braziljournal.com

Finance & Markets

Finance & Markets

SK Hynix scraps Solidigm US IPO after shareholder opposition, ‘duplicate listing’ concerns

This follows regulatory concerns that the offering could potentially dilute existing shareholders

·businesstimes.com.sg·6 outlets

SK Hynix has abandoned plans for a US IPO of its Solidigm unit, citing strong shareholder opposition and regulatory concerns. The South Korean chipmaker also halted a pre-IPO investment process pursued alongside the listing. Financial market volatility and recent share price trends were among the reasons cited by the world's second-largest memory maker.

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Why Lockheed Martin Stock Soared Today

The national security leader's defense systems are in high demand.

  • Lockheed Martin's stock surged 7% after reporting $292B contract backlog.
  • Q3 sales grew 11% to $20.7B, driven by F-35, Patriot, THAAD platforms.
  • CEO Jim Taiclet sees $81B in annual sales and $30.75 EPS by 2026.

·fool.com·2 outlets

Glass bottle thrown toward Netanyahu's motorcade while passing Mahaneh Yehuda market

According to footage shared online of the incident, security personnel quickly jumped the barricade holding back the gathered crowd in attempt to locate the individual who threw the bottle.

  • Glass bottle thrown at Netanyahu's motorcade in Jerusalem
  • Celebration of Prime Minister's 77th birthday
  • Security personnel locate suspect without disrupting convoy

·jpost.com·2 outlets

SK hynix Halts Pre-IPO and IPO Plans for Solidigm Amid Market Volatility

SK hynix has suspended its review of a potential pre-initial public offering (pre-IPO) and initial public offering (IPO) for its U.S.-based NAND flash memory subsidiary Solidigm, citing heightened…

  • SK hynix suspends pre-IPO and IPO review for Solidigm
  • Market volatility and semiconductor stock downturns cited
  • Focus on Solidigm's growth potential and funding strategies

·koreaittimes.com

Kimberly-Clark vs. Coca-Cola: Which Dividend Stock Is the Better Buy Now?

They have different valuations, while profitability and cash generation also tell a starkly different story.

  • Kimberly-Clark faces risks from pending acquisition, competition, supply chain
  • Coca-Cola shows resilience with consistent dividend growth over 5 years
  • Coca-Cola's dividend yield (2.2%) is lower than Kimberly-Clark's (4.8%)

·fool.com

World

World

Powerful earthquake hits Tibet killing 16 people, reports say

The quake hit a mountainous, sparsely-populated area in what China calls the Tibet Autonomous Region.

·bbc.co.uk·12 outlets

A magnitude seven earthquake struck a mountainous area in Tibet, resulting in at least 16 deaths and dozens of injuries, according to Chinese state media. The quake's epicenter was in Baqên County within the Nagqu region, around 400km northeast of Lhasa, the capital of the Tibet Autonomous Region. China annexed this region in the 1950s.

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Appeals court to rule on Seoul mayor's high-stakes political funds trial

An appeals court was set to rule Friday on Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon's trial in a high-stakes political funds case stemming from opinion polls he allegedly received ahead of the 2021 mayoral by-election. If the Seoul High Court upholds his conviction by a lower court and the ruling is finalized through appeal, Oh will lose his mayorship…

·koreatimes.co.kr·2 outlets

Florida man arrested for threatening life of Jewish Rep. Jared Moskowitz

According to sources who spoke with CBS News, the suspect left a voicemail at the Moskowitz Coral Springs office with the intent to inflict physical harm on the representative.

  • Florida man arrested for threatening Jewish Rep. Jared Moskowitz's life.
  • Suspect left threatening voicemail at Moskowitz's office.
  • Moskowitz's opponent condemned the violent threats.

·jpost.com·2 outlets

Science

Science

Autonomous triangular modules could build tomorrow's mega-observatories

Private companies are getting better at launching more mass into space with larger rockets. But there is still a major constraint on the size of objects we can get into orbit—fairing size. This places physical constraints on the overall shape of what we can launch and severely limits the sizes of, say, a communications array or a power satellite. But a new paper from researchers at Nanjing…

·phys.org

Private companies are increasingly launching larger rockets, but the size of objects that can be deployed in orbit is limited by fairing size. This restricts the shapes of objects like communication arrays or power satellites. Researchers from Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics and the Beijing Institute of Technology have proposed a solution: self-shaping, deployable modules that can adjust their positioning and dimensions in orbit.

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Researchers show how leukemia cells 'hide' from treatment

In a first-of-its-kind study collaboration, new research has uncovered that chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) cells may switch between different survival signals, helping explain why treatments work well for some patients but stop working for others. These findings could ultimately help pave the way for more personalized treatment.

·medicalxpress.com

Health & Medicine

Health & Medicine

Emma Cline is known for her troubled young women. In Switzy, she inhabits a man with dementia

Switzy is an impressive, surprising novel that tackles a big topic: assisted dying, and how we might meet our own cognitive decline.

·theconversation.com

Emma Cline, acclaimed for her narratives about troubled young women, has penned Switzy, a novel that presents a distinct perspective. The protagonist, an elderly American man named David Hastings, is battling Alzheimer's disease, en route to Switzerland to end his life. The novel, longlisted for the Booker Prize, delves into the stories we tell ourselves, how we construct our own narratives, and the consequences when our ability to control these stories wanes.

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Culture

Culture

#SHOWBIZ: Jac's 'Gemilang' night with MPO

PERFORMING with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra (MPO) was more than just another career milestone for Jaclyn Victor.

·nst.com.my

Jaclyn Victor's concert with the Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra held a special meaning for the singer. This was more than a career milestone, it fulfilled a lifelong dream she nurtured since the early days of her career. The event celebrated her two-decade-long artistic growth and took place at the Dewan Filharmonik Petronas on October 17. About 900 attendees gathered to witness Jaclyn's powerful performance alongside the orchestra under the direction of Ahmad Muriz Che Rose.

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Japan’s newest tempura is…potato salad tempura?!? [Taste test]

Annual idea contest takes Tenya to a bold new tempura frontier. Tempura is one of the most versatile styles of Japanese cuisine, especially when it comes to vegetables. Onion, carrots, eggplant, and kabocha (Japanese pumpkin), to name just a few, all lend themselves to Japan’s traditional method of deep-frying, and they’re all things the…

·soranews24.com

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