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Europe: funding calls and deadlines closing soon (week of 26 October 2026)

Calls for software, AI, cybersecurity, chips, telecoms and car-industry firms from EU programmes and funders in France, Italy, Sweden, Finland, the Netherlands, Czechia, Portugal, Spain and Germany, closing from 28…

25 Oct 2026

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UK: funding calls and deadlines closing soon (week of 26 October 2026)

25 Oct 2026

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North America: funding calls and deadlines closing soon (week of 26 October 2026)

25 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

PingCAP breach: TiDB Cloud users told to replace API keys now

25 Oct 2026

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Cybersecurity

DreamHost resets email and SFTP passwords after a webmail incident

The reset is done and owners can set new passwords in the panel now; File Manager, webmail and email hosting were still marked disrupted, and DreamHost has not said what caused the incident.

25 Oct 2026

Artificial Intelligence Software

Moonshot to retire its Kimi K2 API models by the end of December

From 31 October new sign-ups lose access to kimi-k2.6 and kimi-k2.7-code; existing API users keep them until a retirement Moonshot plans for the end of December, and K3 bills cache writes separately.

25 Oct 2026

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Latin America: funding calls and deadlines closing soon (week of 26 October 2026)

Grants, co-funding and credit for technology companies from Brazil's FINEP and state foundations, Colombia's Minciencias, Uruguay's ANII, Argentina's AI programme and IDB Lab, closing from 6 November 2026 or open on a…

25 Oct 2026

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Middle East and Africa: funding calls and deadlines closing soon (week of 26 October 2026)

Start-up programmes, grants and development funding for technology companies in the UAE, Qatar, South Africa and Tunisia, from a Doha incubator deadline on 1 November to Hub71's February 2027 cohort, with terms as each…

25 Oct 2026

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Asia-Pacific: funding calls and deadlines closing soon (week of 26 October 2026)

Grants and start-up funds for software, AI, robotics, EV and deep tech firms in Japan, South Korea, Thailand, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Pakistan and India, closing from 28 October 2026 to January 2027 or open on…

25 Oct 2026

Software Development

Microsoft retires the legacy GitHub app in Teams on 16 November

The old app is renamed "GitHub (deprecated)" first. Its replacement is the former GitHub Notifications app, which now lets GitHub Copilot turn a notification thread into a pull request, if admins allow it.

24 Oct 2026

SME

Vietnam adds ap.vn and on.vn domain fees and widens free biz.vn

Circular 149/2026/TT-BTC takes effect on 23 November. From 2027, any Vietnamese business without a .vn domain, not only those under a year old, can get one biz.vn name free for three years.

24 Oct 2026

Regulatory Compliance

Colombia's CRC says Claro's remedies for the Azteca fibre deal fall short

On 778 of the 874 routes of the network more than 250 operators rely on, Comcel would be the only fibre provider. The regulator wants verifiable wholesale terms, independent audits and no automatic expiry.

24 Oct 2026

Regulatory Compliance

Teams meeting notes move to the organizer's OneDrive from mid-November

Loop and Facilitator notes from non-channel meetings will be owned by whoever set up the meeting, not whoever pressed the button. Existing notes stay put, so two storage rules will run side by side.

24 Oct 2026

Regulatory Compliance

US Treasury widens outbound investment curbs to biotech and four more countries

The proposed COINS Act rules would ban US investment in Chinese and other adversary-linked AI developers outright, add biotech and hypersonics, and require notice within 30 days. Comments close on 7 December.

24 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

Swiss regulator investigates pension software firm PK Softech after data theft

Data from several large second-pillar pension funds, including the federal fund Publica, left PK Softech's systems in a late-September attack. The FDPIC wants to know what the funds handed over and why.

23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

UK proposes security duties and direction powers for subsea cable firms

A White Paper would replace 140-year-old law with offences carrying up to 14 years in prison, statutory resilience duties for cable providers and a regime for sensing technology on fibre. Consultation runs 12 weeks.

23 Oct 2026

DataBase

DuckDB 1.4 support ends 17 November as 2.0 LTS ships

DuckDB 2.0 is supported until at least October 2027 and 1.5 has been extended to March 2027. Files written by 2.0 cannot be read by any older version, so upgrade order matters.

23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

Japan alert-mail service SpeeCAN RAIDEN breached, sent 1.4m phishing emails

Arcadia, whose services carry subscriber alert mail, school notices and the NET119 emergency service, is reporting to Japan's privacy regulator on its customers' behalf and asks them to reissue LINE secrets.

23 Oct 2026

Tax Compliance

Kenya blocks customs clearance without digital cargo insurance from 1 November

KRA and the Insurance Regulatory Authority will enforce mandatory Digital Marine Cargo Insurance: the certificate must reach the iCMS customs system before a declaration is lodged, or the consignment is held.

23 Oct 2026

Artificial Intelligence - AI

OpenAI Evals goes read-only on 31 October; Agent Builder ends 30 November

The Evals dashboard and API, the v1/prompts API and Agent Builder all shut down on 30 November. OpenAI points Evals users to Promptfoo and Agent Builder users to its Agents SDK; older image models go on 1 December.

23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

Mexico orders platforms to verify ages and report compliance in 30 days

A presidential decree in force since 14 October covers social networks, video games and app stores. Self-declared ages are no longer enough, and platforms must document their measures by 13 November.

23 Oct 2026

Telecommunications

Nigeria tells device sellers: no type approval, no network access

The NCC says every SIM-enabled device model sold in Nigeria needs type approval and each unit's IMEI must be verified before sale, with Customs checking imports. Non-compliant devices may be cut off.

23 Oct 2026

Telecommunications

Pakistan's PTA proposes 10-year radio licences decided in 15 working days

The draft Radio Based Services Licensing Regulations 2026 cover private radio networks, microwave links and satellite services used by businesses. PTA wants comments by email by 4 November.

23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

Brazil's data regulator drafts fines for child safety and platform rules

ANPD's draft extends its sanctions rulebook beyond the LGPD to the ECA Digital and the new Marco Civil decrees, including age checks. Comments close on 30 November; a public hearing is on 29 October.

23 Oct 2026

SME

Brazil's deadline to opt into the regular IBS and CBS regime is 30 October

The Receita Federal says 917,331 businesses had asked to use the new regime by 16 October; Simples Nacional firms refused by the 15 October cut-off have until 30 October to clear what blocked them.

23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

Italy opens a €150m cloud and cybersecurity voucher for small firms

Small businesses and self-employed professionals can claim up to half their spending, capped at €20,000, on cloud and security from registered suppliers. Applications open at noon on 10 November.

23 Oct 2026

Cybersecurity

Australia sanctions North Korean IT-worker networks behind remote jobs

Two people and two companies that place North Korean IT workers in remote contracts abroad are now on Australia's sanctions list. Paying them, even through a recruiter, can be a criminal offence.

23 Oct 2026

Artificial Intelligence - AI

Google Ads will pull landing-page images into new PMax ads by default

From 4 December, new Performance Max campaigns are opted in to image extraction even where an account has dynamic images switched off. Advertisers who do not want it must opt out per campaign.

22 Oct 2026

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