Cross-border intelligence

Discover tools at runtime with AWS Agent Registry

Hardcoded tool wiring breaks down as an agent's catalog grows from a handful of tools to hundreds. This post walks through a runtime Discover, Instantiate, Execute loop built on AWS Agent Registry, where an orchestrator discovers MCP server

Can Best Buy be the new gaming boss?

The electronics retailer is piloting a gaming hub that brings together content, deals and preorders, and will also open a dedicated gaming hub inside a store in California.

Benchmark diesel price up as market takes a short breather

After months of volatility, the diesel market going into Tuesday appeared to have calmed down, at least for now. The day also featured the release of the weekly benchmark diesel price from the Department of Energy/Energy Information Adminis

FairStress: A deeper evaluation of fairness in LLM decision-making

Accredited official statistics: Government revenues from UK oil and gas production: October 2026

Government revenues from oil and gas production, including payments and repayments of offshore Corporation Tax, Supplementary Charge, Energy Profits Levy and Petroleum Revenue Tax.

Securing AI agent identity with X.509 PKI on AWS

Learn how to secure multi-agent AI systems with cryptographic identity using Keyfactor EJBCA and AWS services. This reference architecture combines signed request envelopes, user-signed delegation assertions, RFC 8693 audience-scoped tokens

Mastercard Debuts Tool to Help AI Agents Purchase Digital Services

Mastercard has launched early access to Agent Pay for Machines, a tool designed to let autonomous artificial intelligence agents purchase digital services. The new offering builds on x402, an open protocol that allows digital services to re

Synchrony: Broad-Based Consumer Spending Drives Q3 Purchase Volume to Record High

Consumer financing company Synchrony saw record third-quarter purchase volume, with both discretionary and non-discretionary out-of-partner spend on its consumer co-branded cards growing by double digits, Synchrony President and CEO Brian D

SAMR Releases a Batch of Typical Cases of False Advertising in Online Food Sales (Second Batch)

Official industry reference index; publication dates differ from statistical periods; please read the original text for scope of application and detailed data.

Treasury Stablecoin Proposal Draws Questions Over Foreign Access

Treasury’s effort to regulate payment stablecoins hinges on questions on when a coin has actually been issued, who issued it and how a stablecoin created outside the country can legally reach a customer in the United States. The department’

China Warns UK of Firm Retaliation over Electric Vehicle Tariffs

British Trade Minister Anas Sarwar confirmed ongoing talks with European partners as London seeks access to the EU’s Made in Europe program.

Google Offers Gemini Agent to Government Workers

After introducing an artificial intelligence (AI) agent for workers in the private sector, Google is shifting its focus to public employees. The tech giant on Tuesday (Oct. 20) announced the preview of its Gemini agent for government servic

Utah’s Healthcare AI Sandbox Tests Limits of Regulatory Oversight

Utah is expanding its artificial intelligence sandbox with three healthcare pilots. At the same time, regulators are developing answers to questions about patient protection, such as who bears liability when an automated system causes harm,

ALTK-Evolve: How learned memory tops the τ²-bench leaderboard on customer service tasks without a frontier model

Guidance: Open general export licence (export of dual-use items)

Licence permitting a wide range of dual-use listed items to a variety of destinations, including EU member states, the United States, and others.

Guidance: Open general export licence (military goods, software and technology: government or NATO end-use)

Licence for the export of military goods to a government or a NATO organisation in any of the destinations or countries listed in the OGEL.

Guidance: Open general export licence (military goods, software and technology)

Licence for the export of a wide range of military equipment to low-risk destinations.

Finsei Picks Thredd to Help Launch New Debit Offering

London-based payments firm Finsei has picked issuer processing platform Thredd to power its new Mastercard debit offering. “The partnership reflects a shared focus on simplifying an increasingly complex payments environment,” Thredd said in

Google Mandates Further Verification for US and Canada Financial Ads

Google is bringing to the United States and Canada a Financial Services Verification program that already protects 2 billion internet users in 42 countries from financial scam ads, the company said in a Tuesday (Oct. 20) blog post emailed t

How new capacity is raising rates in chaotic ocean market

Container rates rise as the Red Sea return threatens to worsen oversupply in 2027. The post How new capacity is raising rates in chaotic ocean market appeared first on FreightWaves.

Texas sues Nestlé’s Gerber over alleged heavy metals in baby food

Gerber says it employs “careful ingredient sourcing, supplier requirements, testing and quality controls" to reduce heavy metal levels in its products.

Anthropologie’s holiday marketing seeks to balance emotion, business impact

Sentimental ads and a creator-led social series are complemented by offerings like a new DoorDash partnership, CMO Barbra Sainsurin said.

Finastra Makes Trade Finance Technology More Accessible for Regional Banks

Finastra has launched a cloud-enabled solution designed to help U.S. banks digitize and automate their standby letter of credit (SBLC) flows, without having to deploy a full trade finance platform, the company said in a Monday (Oct. 19) pre

New-style tea drinks face elimination rounds—is the golden age over?

New-style tea drinks shift from a battle for growth to a game over existing stock.