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Sunday, 4 October 2026

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  1. 1News

    South Korea's FSC orders a financial-sector security review after suspected AI-driven attacks on six banks

    After suspected AI-driven attacks exposed customer data at Shinhan, KB Kookmin, Hana and other banks, South Korea's Financial Services Commission ordered firms on 2 October to inventory external systems and close authentication gaps.

  2. 2Business news

    Inworld acquires Seattle voice AI company Ultravox; Ultravox customers move to Inworld's voice technology

    Inworld has acquired Ultravox, the Seattle voice AI company that began as Fixie, for an undisclosed sum. Both companies' sites carry the news, and Ultravox customers are to be upgraded to Inworld's Realtime TTS-2 voice technology.

  3. 3News

    Nigeria FCCPC draft sales promotion rules would make firms register AI marketing; comments due by 20 October 2026

    Nigeria's competition and consumer protection commission published draft Sales Promotion (Amended) Regulations 2026, reported to require registration and labelling of AI-driven marketing. Comments close on 20 October 2026.

  4. 4News

    UK grants: UK Space Agency and Space Florida partnership call closes 11 January 2027; UKRI AI adoption call closes 1 December 2026

    Two UK calls opened on 29 September: a UK Space Agency and Space Florida grant for UK–Florida company partnerships (closes 11 January 2027, 15:00) and UKRI funding for AI adoption in science and engineering (closes 1 December, 16:00).

  5. 5News

    Korea K-Startup: Silicon Valley go-to-market programme closes 9 October, Super-Gap host organisation call closes 12 October 2026

    Two K-Startup calls close this week: KISED's Silicon Valley go-to-market support for Korean startups (9 October, 18:00 KST) and the 2027 Super-Gap Startup Project call for host organisations (12 October, 15:00 KST).

  6. 6News

    State Bank of Pakistan opens its second regulatory sandbox cohort for AI, payments and remittances; applications close 30 November 2026

    Pakistan's central bank has opened the second cohort of its regulatory sandbox for AI in financial services, payment innovation, technology-enabled inward remittances and next-generation services. Applications close on 30 November 2026.

  7. 7News

    China MIIT consults on 29 recommended national standards, led by connected-vehicle supply-chain cybersecurity, until 29 October 2026

    China's MIIT published 29 proposed recommended national-standard projects for comment from 30 September to 29 October 2026, headed by supply-chain cybersecurity requirements and tests for intelligent connected vehicles.

  8. 8News

    German court: an Impressum e-mail address must accept mail; an auto-rejecting address breaches section 5 of the Digital Services Act (DDG)

    Berlin's Kammergericht ruled that a contact address in a website's Impressum that automatically refuses incoming e-mail breaches section 5 DDG. Bots may sort mail and not every message needs an answer, but mail must be accepted.

  9. 9News

    Egypt's central bank issues updated customer due-diligence guidelines for banks, folding in eKYC

    The Central Bank of Egypt issued updated customer due-diligence and anti-money-laundering guidelines binding on banks and their foreign branches, folding in electronic KYC and setting full checks for occasional transactions above USD 15,000.

  10. 10News

    RealPage algorithmic rent-pricing antitrust case survives dismissal: what pricing-software buyers should check

    A US federal court in North Carolina refused to dismiss the antitrust case brought by California and other states against RealPage and large landlords over rent-pricing software built on landlords' competitively sensitive data.

  11. 11News

    Kuwait issues a new Media Regulation Law replacing its electronic media law: in force in six months

    Kuwait published Decree-Law No. 102 of 2026 on 4 October, a single Media Regulation Law replacing its publications, audiovisual and electronic media laws. It takes effect in six months; operators then get six months to comply.

  12. 12News

    Microsoft Defender for Office 365 turns on Promotions tagging for all tenants by late October 2026; the folder move stays an admin setting

    Microsoft says promotional mail will be tagged as Promotions in every Defender for Office 365 tenant at worldwide general availability, completing by late October 2026; moving it to a Promotions folder depends on the Bulk moves setting.

  13. 13News

    Microsoft Teams admin center device state rule and health alerts retire in late October 2026: rebuild alerts in the Pro Management portal

    Microsoft is retiring the Device state rule and its device health alerts in the Teams admin center in late October 2026. Alerts and webhooks stop, and existing rules will not move to the Teams Rooms Pro Management portal.

  14. 14News

    Nigeria's NITDA advises organisations not to put confidential or personal data into public AI tools

    Nigeria's IT development agency, through its emergency response team, has advised staff not to enter personal, classified or confidential data into public AI chatbots, to use organisation-approved tools and to anonymise data first.

  15. 15News

    GitHub Copilot deprecates four models on 2 October 2026: update pinned workflows and Enterprise model policies

    GitHub deprecated four models across every Copilot experience on 2 October 2026, effective the same day. Workflows pinned to them need a supported model, and Copilot Enterprise admins may have to enable the replacements in model policies.

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