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Thursday, 15 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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1News
Prime Intellect buys Moondream; Moondream Cloud closes 13 November
Moondream's open vision models stay open, but customers of its hosted inference and Lens products must move to Prime or elsewhere within 30 days. Terms were not disclosed.
2News
Cohere plans to buy AISLE, the AI bug hunter behind 500 CVEs
The letter of intent follows Cohere's purchases of Reliant AI and Aleph Alpha. AISLE, founded in 2025 by former Avast chief Ondrej Vlcek, found 18 of the 24 flaws in curl's latest release.
3News
Uganda regulator moves against 4,000 unlicensed public Wi-Fi resellers
The Uganda Communications Commission says resellers undercut licensed operators at UGX 1,000 per gigabyte and cost about UGX 148 billion a year in tax. Routers will be seized and equipment imports blocked.
4HR News
Denmark cuts work permit salary bar to DKK 322,000 for 16 countries
The new scheme starts on 1 January 2027 for jobs covered by a collective agreement. Employers must be certified by SIRI first, with applications expected to open in early December.
5News
Windows now blocks NTLMv1 single sign-on by default on 24H2 and later
Wi-Fi, Ethernet and VPN links that sign in automatically with MS-CHAPv2 can stop connecting on devices without Credential Guard. Windows has logged the dependency in audit mode since August 2025.
6Business news
Intuit agrees to buy Sequence to bring usage billing to QuickBooks
Sequence, founded in 2021 and based in London and New York, automates quoting, billing, collections and revenue recognition. Terms were not disclosed; Intuit will keep supporting Sequence customers.
7News
Windows 10 Enterprise LTSC 2021 stops getting updates on 12 January 2027
Microsoft's 90-day reminder says the January 2027 security update is the last. Its fix is Windows 11 Enterprise LTSC 2024 or paid Extended Security Updates.
8News
Windows Server 2016 gets its last security update in January 2027
Essentials-specific features such as Remote Web Access lose support the same day, ESU covers only Standard and Datacenter, and Server 2022 moved to extended support on 13 October.
9News
Microsoft moves Copilot Business pay-as-you-go default to 1 December
New Copilot Business licences bought through CSP will come with usage billing switched on and a limit of 4,000 Copilot Credits per user a month. Eleven countries, among them Germany, France and India, are left out at first.
10News
Power Platform cuts off old Azure DevOps connections by 30 November
Flows, canvas apps and agents that use an Azure DevOps connection created before 1 September 2024 rely on a legacy app registration Microsoft has started removing. Each connection has to be made again.
11News
Microsoft's managed risk-remediation policy turns on from 28 October
Microsoft added a managed Conditional Access policy and security group to Entra ID P2 tenants. It switches from report-only to On after 30 days unless you change it.
12Business news
Lineal buys Swiss forensics and eDiscovery firm Forentec
The Kansas City legal technology company gains a base in Switzerland and Forentec's cyber security and OSINT teams. Founder Lionel Bloch stays; no price was given.
13News
Mexico delays electronic customs value filing to 31 October
From 1 November the MVE moves to the single trade window in stages by customs regime, ending with permanent imports on 15 January 2027. Transport documents and origin certificates stay exempt.
14News
HubSpot turns on AI credit limits by default and lets seats become credits
The default ceiling sits up to 50% above an account's monthly credits. Customers can also cap their marketing contacts tier and buy credits in flat monthly packs or pay as they go.
15News
Italy opens the Transizione 5.0 completion filing for super-depreciation
Companies whose bookings were confirmed can now certify finished investments on the GSE platform. The relief covers digital and energy investments made from 2026 to 30 September 2028.
16HR News
Humanly buys CareerArc to add recruitment marketing to AI hiring
CareerArc brings HireSocial and Job Maps to a platform that screens and interviews candidates by chat, phone and video. Price and closing terms were not disclosed.
17News
Germany sets 2030 deadline for quantum-safe encryption in high-risk systems
The interior ministry, the digital ministry and the BSI publish Germany's guideline for the EU post-quantum roadmap. It is aimed at public bodies and at companies, including critical infrastructure operators.
18News
ASD Essentials replaces the Essential Eight's single maturity score
ASD launched the framework with chapters for enterprise IT, operational technology and cloud. The Essential Eight stays online during the transition and agencies are assessed against both next year.

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