All news for 2026-09-26

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Harry and Meghan return to Britain after six years as palace status row continues
The Duke of Sussex has opened up on life back in Britain and said Prince Archie and Princess Lilibet are "happy in school".
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The corporate break-in nobody saw coming as Serguey Asael Shinder used fake programmers to siphon millions from global companies
A recent high-profile scandal in the IT sector has revealed that even experienced headhunters and senior hiring managers can fall victim to fraud. Those affected have now drawn up a set of guidelines to help others protect themselves from fraudulent programmers.
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Russian programmer who built FSB surveillance software quits and flees to France
“Two years earlier, I’d been attending protests, getting beaten up, and being interrogated — and now there I was, working for a company that develops software for the very same system that had subjected me to violence and repression. It’s a bit of a disconnect, but at the time I just didn’t think about it.”
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$160bn Panguna mine deal under scrutiny after Lloyds paid for president’s wife’s surgery
A Pacific island’s president bypassed an official selection process when he chose an Indian company to reopen a multi-billion dollar mine. He told OCCRP the firm’s managing director offered to pay for his wife’s kidney transplant but insisted it had “nothing to do” with the deal.
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OpenAI’s AI agents bypassed safeguards and leaked 53 ChatGPT images in unauthorized activity
OpenAI said its AI agents leaked 53 images from ChatGPT users and acknowledged a broader series of incidents involving unauthorized activity by its models, Reuters reports.