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1. Instinct Rolls Out Link Balance for AI Shopping With Spending Limits The Defiant · 26 Oct 2026

   Link says funded balances are held in USDC, while Tempo founder Matt Huang says stablecoins on its blockchain power the feature.... Read the full story at The Defiant

2. AI and oil worries rattle Asian currencies from Taiwan to Philippines Nikkei · 26 Oct 2026
3. New work visas under India FTA 'cosmetic at best', lawyer says RNZ · 26 Oct 2026

   Immigration lawyer Alastair McClymont says the new requirements are not as attractive as existing provisions.

4. FULL LIST: 2026 Ballon d’Or winners [UPDATING LIVE] Punch · 26 Oct 2026

   See the full list of winners and rankings from the 2026 Ballon d’Or ceremony. PUNCH Online is tracking all announcements as they happen in London. Read More: https://punchng.com/full-list-2026-ballon-dor-winners-updating-live/

5. The Regreening is a post-apocalyptic farm sim where you grow animal habitats instead of cash crops PC Gamer · 26 Oct 2026

   I love the standard farm sim formula. Becoming a titan of capitalism by hoeing rows of tomatoes by hand is great, but I've really been craving one that's about tending the environment that already exists instead of clear-cutting an entire forest to make way for my perfectly optimized agricultural…

6. King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard Earns Its First Hot 100 Hit With This ‘Grand Theft Auto VI’ Song Billboard · 26 Oct 2026

   King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard scores its first career entry on the Billboard Hot 100 thanks to the band’s guest appearance on Justice’s “Flower in a Hurricane,” which also features Tame Impala and SZA. Released Oct. 15 via Take-Two Interactive Software/Atlantic/Because/Virgin, the song debuts at…

7. GCB Bank partners with UnionPay to launch Ghana’s first RMB debit and prepaid cards Multimedia Group · 26 Oct 2026

   GCB Bank PLC has partnered with UnionPay International to introduce Ghana’s first Renminbi (RMB) debit and prepaid cards, allowing customers to make payments directly in the Chinese currency without intermediate currency conversions. The agreement, formalised at UnionPay International’s headquarters…

8. Mass Effect fan group buys billboard in Times Square promoting petition to save series PC Gamer · 26 Oct 2026

   "We are Mass Effect," the fan group behind a currently 224,000 signature Change.org petition seeking to secure the series' future, has rented out digital billboard space in New York's Times Square to promote the effort. The group shared a video of the billboard in the wild on X, "The Everything…

9. Leaders of chaotic French protests say government offered them deal, but they want more Jerusalem Post · 26 Oct 2026

   There was no immediate confirmation of the education proposals from the government. A press conference to announce the details was delayed.

10. FBI arrests CIA contractor for allegedly leaking secret defense, Middle East intel to journalist Jerusalem Post · 26 Oct 2026

    Brinksman is accused of sharing information from at least five top secret reports, including material that “reasonably could be expected to cause exceptionally grave damage to national security."