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Technology, AI, software, security, crypto and businessWednesday, October 21, 2026

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LIVE IN BERLIN NVIDIA GTC: DESIGNING FOR FLEXIBILITY AND EFFICENCY GOOGLE CLOUD

The agentic era demands dynamic, workload-optimized compute, and we are among the first to bring A5X [5], accelerated by NVIDIA's next-generation Vera Rubin NVL72 rack-scale systems to market. A5X combines cutting-edge accelerators with Google's deep systems innovation. As AI models scale, ML teams need infrastructure that doesn't sacrifice agility or cost. Join Google Cloud in Berlin on Thursday, October 22 at 7:30 AM CEST [6] for an exclusive roundtable on the AI Hypercomputer.

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THE RESULTS ARE IN: AGENTIC ADOPTION IS OUTPACING SECURITY PREPAREDNESS

79% of orgs are evaluating or deploying agentic AI to troubleshoot, process internal data – even to make changes to production code. 3 in 5 orgs have confirmed or suspected an AI-related incident. Teleport conducted the 2026 Infrastructure Identity Survey to discover this information, and more.

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YOUR AI CODING COSTS ARE TRYING TO TELL YOU SOMETHING

The biggest model. Maximum reasoning. Let it run. AI coding costs can climb fast. Simply capping usage can get in the way of productive work. Databricks found much bigger levers: model choice, routing, reasoning effort, context management and smarter guardrails. See what we learned managing AI coding at scale. Keep teams moving without giving AI spend a blank check.

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BUILD A VOICE AGENT IN MINUTES WITH LIVEKIT

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BUILD THE NEXT GENERATION OF AI WITH AKAMAI IN SF

Learn how to optimize and scale AI workloads at the Akamai AI Summit at Oracle Park. Discover new ways to maximize model performance and solve infrastructure challenges.

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FOUNDATIONS FOR AI, A VIRTUAL EVENT ON NOV 5

See how a gateway governs what agents access and what they spend plus, Anaqua's CIO on their rollout.

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TRY THE POSTGRES THAT TOOK CLERA FROM 100% CPU TO 10–20%, WITH $300 IN FREE CREDITS

Clera is an AI talent agent. Its Postgres database was stuck at 100% CPU for six straight days. Primary-key lookups took three seconds, and writes failed under load. So they tested Supabase, Neon, PlanetScale and ClickHouse Managed Postgres on their own production data. ClickHouse won. They then migrated 500+ tables overnight [5], and CPU now typically runs at 10–20%.

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DON'T GIVE YOUR AGENT A TOKEN. GIVE IT A PROXY.

What happens when you give your agent an access token and it gets hijacked? Relay [12] (early access) keeps the credential at WorkOS and injects it only on requests to allowlisted hosts. A hijacked agent can still make bad calls, but it can't walk away with the token, and the

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BROWSER TAMPERING SHOT UP ALMOST 200% IN 2026

1 in 5 visits now come through a VPN, and “normal” traffic keeps shifting. Here's what Fingerprint data from 23B+ ID events shows about

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BLOCK A SIMULATED ATTACK WITH FORTIGATE ON AWS

Traffic moving between your AWS Region and Outposts can bypass inspection if your security stack isn't positioned in the middle. This solution template deploys a fully configured FortiGate Next-Generation Firewall [5] with AWS Gateway Load Balancer in one AWS CloudFormation stack. What you get: • Automated deployment: VPCs, Transit Gateway, IAM roles, and security policies — pre-configured. • Unified hybrid inspection: Monitor north-south and east-west traffic across VPCs and Outposts from one dashboard. • Hands-on IPS test: Create a sensor and block a simulated malicious download, step by step.

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ADDRESS API AND AGENTIC AI RISKS

Discover how excessive data exposure, tool poisoning, privilege escalation, and shifting trust boundaries affect modern architectures. Hear practical guidance for embedding security early, improving token hygiene, and preparing for regulatory scrutiny. Watch the webinar on

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ALL AI ATTACKERS NEED IS ONE CREDENTIAL. WE FOUND OVER HALF A MILLION.

An AI agent broke into Hugging Face with one stolen credential. Truffle Security found 543,699 live credentials in the public code AI models train. Read what security leaders need to know before an agent

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THIS STUDY MEASURED THE DESIGN CHOICES BEHIND A YEAR OF LIVE ADS – HERE'S WHAT ACTUALLY WORKS

When should the logo appear? Can 3D carry an ad on its own? What is the right balance between live-action/graphics? Vidmob, Kroger, and MMA Global tested design choices across 1,934 live ads in Meta and

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FAKE SIGNUPS USED TO BE NOISE. WITH AI CREDITS, EACH ONE COSTS YOU INFERENCE.

Fake accounts have never been cheaper. Abusers can rotate email addresses and devices without ever touching a keyboard, while your product keeps handing out credits and paying inference costs. WorkOS Radar [4] evaluates each signup against device fingerprints and email signals, then allows, challenges, or blocks it before the account gets access. It automatically blocks common threats [4] like bots and credential stuffing, and you can start in log-only mode to see what it would catch before it touches a real user.

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YOUR BUSINESS MOVES FAST. SO SHOULD YOUR MONEY.

Your business moves quickly. Your money should, too. Stripe Treasury brings payments and financial tools together, helping you pay vendors, send payouts, issue cards, and manage cash flow with less complexity. Build more efficient financial operations on the same platform your business already uses for payments as you continue growing.

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STRETCH YOUR RUNWAY WITH INTERNATIONAL HIRES. IT'S FREE FOR YOUR FIRST 3 MONTHS

Find A-players from 185+ countries, skip the entity setup. RemoFirst handles contracts, payroll, and taxes. $199/month, or $0 for your first 3 months if you sign by Dec 31 [14].

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