Dog that hunts invasive sea creature named animal of the year. Sgiath is thought to be the United Kingdom's first sea squirt-hunting dog and has been trained to sniff out the marine pest.

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Axios: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents operating inside customer accounts, with some agents attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources tell Axios. The difficulty in distinguishing between a human and an unauthorized bot is forcing banks to block the technology and rapidly rewrite their terms of service. [...] This presents significant security risks: banking executives fear the steps agents with login access might take, especially if a user has granted purchase authority or the ability to shift funds. In other instances, some banks have tracked activity when agents -- programmed to fulfill requests or complete tasks on a user's behalf -- contact call centers or appear to take actions independent of user instructions, the people said.

Bank executives described the situation as horrifying, with one official saying the industry has grave concerns about agents gaining access to customer accounts and taking steps that could impact user finances. The concerns are at the root of the decision by several banks to restrict third-party AI agent access, the people said. Morgan Stanley has begun blocking third-party agents from accessing its platforms, sources familiar with the decision said. JPMorgan, Bank of America and Citi are also restricting agents. [...] Many banks are broadly not able to parse whether agent account activity is user-directed, sources said.

[...] On one hand, banks are best positioned to respond to the threats and opportunities of AI given their cash on hand and experience as critical infrastructure. But money isn't necessarily enough to solve this problem, one source said, because of how quickly the technology is developing and revealing new weaknesses in real time. Banks are investing in preventing worst-case scenarios, but they are also preparing for when those could happen, including with "day after" scenario planning that would allow them to quickly secure or restore customer access, sources said.

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My social media was abuzz around the launch of the new iPhones. I have a 15 Pro Max and was thinking that the 18 might be the generation I’d make the upgrade for. I used to do every other year but I didn’t see the leaps and bounds in improvements with the 17 to tickle that FOMO gland into forking over oodles of cash.

The new Duo looked compelling and all the videos made it look like Apple has created an enjoyable user experience around it. After reviewing specs, I realized that while the form factor is different than what I have now, it didn’t really improve on anything like the camera or any app that I use with regularity. Switching from watching TikTok on a small screen to a slightly larger screen isn’t enough. A number of videos say that Apple Pencil support is coming and it’ll be like a small iPad. But I already got rid of my small iPad and haven’t been on the hunt for a new one.

As such, I dismissed it and shifted my gaze upon the new iPhone 18 Pro Max. The new camera and extended battery life are the two things that were compelling enough for me to pull the trigger.

The phone arrived and I’ve had a week or so with it. My initial thoughts are that the things I wanted are better. It definitely has a better camera and it has a better battery life. And that’s it. At the same time, I’m not sure what the phone could have, feature-wise, that would’ve left me absolutely thrilled with the upgrade. Design-wise, it feels like a regression with the rounder edges and a difficulty (for me) to tell screen-side from backside just by touch alone. I don’t notice the smaller “island”. The camera button is annoying more than anything, since it sits right where I tend to pick up the phone.

If you were also on a 15 or newer, would I recommend that you upgrade? Probably not. You could easily wait another generation or more without feeling like you’re missing out on much.

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Energy can be hard to find on Friday mornings, which is why The Register uses them to offer a fresh instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your hopefully empowering tech support stories. This week, meet a reader we’ll Regomize as “Lachlan,” who told us he once did tech support for a senior exec who had a side hustle writing essays for Japanese university students attending UK universities. The exec asked Lachlan for help diagnosing a sudden inability to send or receive email, an obvious hindrance to the side hustle. This story took place in the dialup age, so Lachlan sensibly assumed that the exec’s modem was misbehaving. “I checked the network settings, nothing wrong there,” he told On Call. Next, he checked the cables, and if the line the modem used had a dial tone. Again, all was well. “At this point I decided to make sure the device was correctly installed in Windows Device Manager,” Lachlan wrote. “I had a lot of experience in the dark arts of serial communications and there was an option in the advanced settings in Device Manager to send a series of low level AT commands to the modem, which would return responses.” He ran the tests, and Windows reported that the modem was in the pink of health. With all that done, Lachlan decided the time had come to replace the modem. “When I opened the PC, I got a faint whiff of that unmistakable scorched PCB smell,” he wrote. “By looking at the modem you couldn’t normally see if any of the chips were faulty. In this case there was a black soot mark in the shape of the voltage regulator chip which sits between the phone line and the sensitive chips on the modem.” “This was to protect the device from the 70V line voltage BT used to create a phone connection,” he explained. “However, in this instance the chip had been vaporized. That wasn’t just a slight over voltage – this was way higher.” Lachlan asked the exec when his email had stopped working, and if he could recall any recent electrical storms. He replied by saying his email stopped working while he watched a really impressive display of lightning. “That voltage regulator chip sacrificed itself for the greater good,” Lachlan wrote. Has Windows failed to find an obvious fault? Or has lightning lightened your load? In either case, click here to send your story to On Call so we can electrify your fellow readers on a future Friday. ®

BELGRADO (ANP/DPA) - Tienduizenden mensen verzamelden zich donderdag in de Servische hoofdstad Belgrado voor een laatste manifestatie van een door studenten gesteunde oppositielijst, drie dagen voor de parlementsverkiezingen van zondag.

De onlangs gevormde studentenlijst daagt de regerende Servische Progressieve Partij (SNS) uit, de partij van de populist Aleksandar Vučić, die al veertien jaar de Servische politiek domineert. Volgens peilingen wordt het een nek-aan-nekrace tussen beide kampen.

Critici beschuldigen de regering-Vučić van corruptie en incompetentie. Vučić trad in september af als president. Die stap wordt door velen gezien als een tactische manoeuvre om de weg vrij te maken voor een overstap naar het premierschap.

Daarnaast verwijten critici hem dat hij een groot deel van de rechterlijke macht onder zijn controle heeft gebracht, politieke tegenstanders intimideert en de persvrijheid inperkt. Onder het bewind van Vučić heeft Servië nauwelijks vooruitgang geboekt in een toetreding tot de Europese Unie.

Weer voor Rotterdam 🌦️ - 23-10-2026 07:15 CEST

In één oogopslag:
• 11.7°C · Lichte motregen 🌦️ | Min 10.8°C / Max 13.0°C | Kans op neerslag 87%

Verwachting voor vandaag:
• Min 10.8°C, Max 13.0°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 28.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 87%, 🧭 991.9 hPa ↘️ -9.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 40.0 km/u (11.1 m/s), richting: ↑ 171°

Uurlijkse voorspelling voor de komende 12 uur:

• 08:00: 11.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 1000.9 hPa ➡️ 0.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 26.6 km/u (7.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 152°
• 09:00: 11.7°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 90%, 🧭 1000.1 hPa ↘️ -0.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 26.6 km/u (7.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 157°
• 10:00: 11.5°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 75%, 🧭 998.9 hPa ↘️ -1.2 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 25.2 km/u (7.0 m/s), richting: ↖ 153°
• 11:00: 11.5°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 65%, 🧭 997.5 hPa ↘️ -1.4 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.4 km/u (7.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 152°
• 12:00: 12.3°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 62%, 🧭 995.6 hPa ↘️ -1.9 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 28.4 km/u (7.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 149°
• 13:00: 12.1°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 63%, 🧭 993.1 hPa ↘️ -2.5 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.0 km/u (7.5 m/s), richting: ↖ 145°
• 14:00: 11.8°C (Lichte motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 991.0 hPa ↘️ -2.1 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.7 km/u (7.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 137°
• 15:00: 11.5°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.6 mm, Kans op neerslag 77%, 🧭 988.2 hPa ↘️ -2.8 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 30.2 km/u (8.4 m/s), richting: ↖ 139°
• 16:00: 11.4°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 0.8 mm, Kans op neerslag 90%, 🧭 985.2 hPa ↘️ -3.0 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 27.4 km/u (7.6 m/s), richting: ↖ 138°
• 17:00: 11.2°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 983.1 hPa ↘️ -2.1 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 32.0 km/u (8.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 132°
• 18:00: 11.3°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 7.2 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 984.4 hPa ↗️ +1.3 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 33.1 km/u (9.2 m/s), richting: ↖ 118°
• 19:00: 11.2°C (Lichte regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 1.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 100%, 🧭 987.1 hPa ↗️ +2.7 hPa/1h, Windsnelheid: 31.3 km/u (8.7 m/s), richting: → 269°

Voorspelling voor de komende dagen:

• zaterdag 24 oktober: Min 10.2°C, Max 12.9°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 19.7 mm, Kans op neerslag 67%, 🧭 1003.7 hPa ↗️ +11.8 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 46.4 km/u (12.9 m/s), richting: ↗ 235°
• zondag 25 oktober: Min 11.2°C, Max 13.2°C (Matige regen) 🌧️, Neerslag 10.5 mm, Kans op neerslag 46%, 🧭 996.7 hPa ↘️ -7.0 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 42.5 km/u (11.8 m/s), richting: → 258°
• maandag 26 oktober: Min 10.2°C, Max 14.6°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 3.3 mm, Kans op neerslag 25%, 🧭 1011.6 hPa ↗️ +14.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.5 km/u (6.5 m/s), richting: ↗ 221°
• dinsdag 27 oktober: Min 12.2°C, Max 17.9°C (Matige motregen) 🌦️, Neerslag 2.1 mm, Kans op neerslag 28%, 🧭 1010.3 hPa ↘️ -1.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 23.9 km/u (6.6 m/s), richting: ↗ 220°
• woensdag 28 oktober: Min 9.8°C, Max 13.9°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 17%, 🧭 1024.2 hPa ↗️ +13.9 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 20.9 km/u (5.8 m/s), richting: → 256°
• donderdag 29 oktober: Min 8.6°C, Max 13.7°C (Bewolkt) ☁️, Kans op neerslag 2%, 🧭 1028.5 hPa ↗️ +4.3 hPa/24h, Windsnelheid: 9.6 km/u (2.7 m/s), richting: ↖ 154°

Details:
• 🌡️ Huidige temperatuur (om 07:15): 11.7°C (Lichte motregen)
• 🤚 Gevoelstemperatuur: 7.9°C (-3.8°C)
• 💨 Windsnelheid: 24.8 km/u (6.9 m/s), richting: ↖ 149°
• 🌬️ Windstoten: 49.0 km/h (13.6 m/s)
• 💧 Luchtvochtigheid: 89%
• 🧭 Luchtdruk: 1000.9 hPa ↘️ -2.0 hPa/3h
• 👁️ Zichtbaarheid: 50.0 km
• ☀️ UV-index: 0.0
• 🌅 Zonsopgang: 08:20 · 🌇 Zonsondergang: 18:31

Luchtkwaliteit:
• AQI: 33 🟢 (Goed)
• PM2.5: 3.9 μg/m³
• PM10: 4.6 μg/m³

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