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Violent clashes in France after cost-of-living protests
Protests over the cost of living drew more than half a million people across France. Clashes, looting and fires followed, and over 1,000 people were arrested.
Wire archives
October 2026
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Meta removes scraping and AI training language from its terms
Meta removed wording that raised concerns about scraping news sites for AI training. A spokesperson said the change does not alter how Meta crawls the web.
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Replit makes OpenAI its default model provider over Anthropic
Replit CEO Amjad Masad says OpenAI will replace Anthropic as the platform's default model provider. Claude remains available to customers.
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Anthropic says its workforce is less junior and spends more time in meetings
Anthropic says the mix of its staff and the work they do have changed a lot in the past year. The company gave no figures in the feed summary.
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TikTok permanently suspends the Musk documentary account
TikTok banned the social media account for Alex Gibney's Musk documentary just before its wider release. The distributor was reportedly told a permanent suspension was imminent.
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Mercedes-AMG unveils the 2028 GT SUV with over 1,150 hp
Mercedes-AMG has shown its first ground-up SUV, the 2028 AMG GT SUV, an electric model with fast charging. The brand's GT four-door coupe has over 1,150 hp.
Analysis · AI
How to Block or Allow AI Agents on Your Website: robots.txt, Signed Agents and Bot Verification
robots.txt only stops polite crawlers. Here is how user-agent rules, Web Bot Auth signatures, rate limits and login gates compare for AI agents, and what each one misses.
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Hackers breach Microsoft 365 tenants through ConnectWise Cloud Backup
ConnectWise shut customer access to its Cloud Backup service after attackers reached application identities and compromised Microsoft 365 tenants.
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Drupal patches two critical RCE flaws, exploits may follow
Drupal released fixes for two critical flaws that could allow remote code execution on any supported version. The project warns exploits may emerge soon.
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Meta removes language that allowed scraping of news sites for AI training
After backlash, Meta removed commercial-terms wording that suggested it could use content from sites, including news sites, to train its AI.
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Websites block AI agents as autonomous browsing spreads
Some websites are blocking AI agents that browse on users' behalf, The Verge reports, as OpenAI, Meta, Google and others promote agents that do tasks online.
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Apple tightens App Store rules against nudify apps
Apple's updated App Store rules more explicitly ban AI apps that generate intimate images of people without consent.