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Wednesday, 7 October 2026

News: the stories TrustList published on this day, each in a line of our own. Open a story for the whole piece and its sources.

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1HR News
Austria lets single-permit holders change employer after 45 days
The law, which passed parliament as Federal Law Gazette I No. 81/2026, also lets permit holders keep status for six months of unemployment and caps most decisions at 90 days.
2Business news
Zeta Global to acquire Toronto AI firm Senso, terms undisclosed
Senso, founded in 2017 and a Y Combinator company, helps brands appear in answers from AI chatbots. Its team moves to Zeta, which gives no price or closing date.
3HR News
House bill would lift H-1B penalties to $250,000 and a 10-year ban
H.R. 10643 has five co-sponsors, all Republicans from Texas. It would also raise per-document fines for immigration document fraud. It has not passed, and current penalties still apply.
4News
Shopify caps Customer Account API at 3,000 requests a minute per customer
The limit is shared by every installed app on a store and sits on top of the existing cost-based limit; a scope-downgrade mutation arrives with API version 2027-01.
5News
Shopify POS cart calls will reject when the till refuses a change
Extensions on API version 2026-10 must catch errors on 15 cart mutations or risk stuck screens; versions 2026-07 and earlier keep the old behaviour.
6News
OneDrive adds pay-as-you-go storage billing for Microsoft 365 tenants
Admins choose which accounts may exceed their licensed quota and be billed by usage. Public preview is open to commercial tenants, with worldwide rollout from early November.
7News
OneDrive for iPhone and iPad will stop supporting iOS 18 and iPadOS 18
Microsoft gives no date in the App Store notes; devices that cannot run iOS 26 or later, such as the iPhone XS and XR, stay on an old build.
8Business news
FICO to cut about 15% of positions in AI-driven restructuring
A $27.0 million severance charge lands in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2026, and the plan should be substantially complete by the end of the third quarter of fiscal 2027.
9News
Hijacked .gh, .sl and .as domains used to get fake Google certificates
Chrome users are protected automatically, but other browsers and apps may not be. Google urges domain owners to watch certificate logs and restrict which certificate authorities may issue for them.
10News
Mexico's lower house passes digital payments law, 327 votes to 122
The Treasury could name sectors that accept only digital payment, and every level of government must take digital payment for public services. The Senate votes next.
11News
RBI says services EDF rule skips individuals, promises FAQs
The form has applied since 1 October and replaces SOFTEX for software exporters. Exporters can self-declare for bills up to Rs 10 lakh, the Governor said.
12News
Indonesia readies 50% e-commerce fee cut for local small sellers
The ministerial rule has applied since 17 June, but the discount slipped from a 1 August target to the end of October while the registration system is built.
13News
Signal says it won't comply with Canada's lawful access Bill C-22
The bill passed the House of Commons on 18 June and is now at second reading in the Senate; Tailscale and Windscribe have also opposed it.
14News
California's DROP passes 550,000 sign-ups as data brokers process deletions
Deletion processing began on 1 August; brokers have up to 90 days to report each result, and the fine for failing to delete is $200 a day per consumer.
15News
Vietnam deactivates tax numbers of nearly 180,000 businesses
More than 4,000 numbers were restored after review. About 600,000 firms had stopped operating without finishing dissolution as of June, and the clean-up targets invoice trading.
16News
Pakistan's FBR drafts rule to flag income tax return errors by machine
Taxpayers would get at least seven days to answer through the IRIS portal, with a second seven-day window after a reminder, and an officer reviews the reply before any enforcement.
17News
FTC writes to 24 healthcare firms: CMS price rules are no safe harbor
The letters cite Section 5 of the FTC Act and name no deadline or penalty. They follow a healthcare task force set up earlier this year.

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