NETANYAHU PREPARING TO ATTACK IRAN…

This is wild: The Iran war has driven the cost of chartering an oil tanker from the US to China upwards of $79.6 million. This voyage averaged under $8 million before the war. For comparison's sake, launching a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket into orbit costs $74 million!

Scoop: ABC has wiped staff devices exposed to malicious ads from an Israeli company that used digital advertising to hack and track devices without a click. ABC is just one of many Australian government/critical infra/media orgs reportedly targeted

DiscussingFish is never wrong, just early 😭

BREAKING: More than 30 UK government services have gone offline, with four others partially unavailable, amid a global cybersecurity issue involving PHP

SCOOP: Major U.S. banks are detecting unauthorized third-party AI agents inside customer accounts, including some attempting to take actions that appear to be independent of user instructions, sources told Axios. The findings have alarmed banking executives, who are racing to restrict access to their systems as AI moves at a velocity faster than financial institutions can respond, multiple industry and bank executives told Axios. Several banks are now preparing for worst-case and even “day after” scenarios, including how to rapidly secure or restore customer accounts if things go wrong, the people said. Several bank executives told Axios they're struggling to distinguish between human users and AI agents. One executive said banks also struggle to determine whether agents are authorized by customers or potentially operating without their permission, more akin to rogue agent behavior. Read my latest for Axios here: axios.com/2026/10/22/ai-agen…

The Financial Times makes clear: When China restricts access to critical minerals, the ripple effects reach far beyond its borders – threatening manufacturers, consumers, and industries worldwide. One year after the U.S. and Australia signed the Critical Minerals Framework, our two nations are working to build more secure, diversified supply chains and reduce this vulnerability. Japan ‘months’ from running out of critical rare earth as China squeezes supply ft.com/content/ebd3244a-9120… via @ft

Hey @grok, victim and perpetrator’s ethnicity only

This is sickening and antisemitic. An Iranian politician at his office filming himself tearing up a copy of the Jewish Torah book as he laughs. No wait, it's Michael Ben-Ari, an Israeli politician tearing up a bible for fun.