WATCH: From Washington's focus on crypto scams to Stablecoin's major expansion, Fiona Jones rounds up the crypto stories of the week reut.rs/4dVhARz

Spotify forecasts fourth-quarter profit above estimates on AI bets reut.rs/4yWzM5M reut.rs/4yWzM5M

Lumpy Jio IPO inflows push rupee into 'overbought' zone just as oil renews rise reut.rs/4zHETGR reut.rs/4zHETGR

Cloud services firm Cloudflare saw millions of exploitation attempts after the public disclosure of critical vulnerabilities in the widely used programming language PHP, CEO Matthew Prince said in a post on X. More here: reut.rs/4k9Bo7F

A class-action lawsuit has been filed in an Australian court against Meta’s Facebook and Instagram that alleges the social media platforms exposed children to harmful content and kept them addicted through algorithms. More here: reut.rs/3VOuwCK

Meta has struck a deal with Mark Zuckerberg to keep him living in California after the CEO warned he was considering leaving the state that houses the company's headquarters if voters pass a wealth tax proposal next month. More here: reut.rs/4k3GTVq

A Chinese state-aligned hacking group used an AI-driven penetration testing tool to compromise IT services firm ConnectWise as part of a campaign that targeted hundreds organizations globally, Microsoft said. More here: reut.rs/4zMpLYL

Tesla cut its annual capital expenditure forecast by a fifth and posted surprise positive free cash flow in the third quarter, after investing far less in its AI and robotics ambitions than Wall Street had expected. Read more: reut.rs/4yzxNU2

Germany's SAP hits €10 billion quarterly revenue milestone, lifts 2026 view reut.rs/3VSOcFz reut.rs/3VSOcFz

Government websites across Europe went dark on October 21 as operators raced to patch two critical vulnerabilities in PHP, one of the most widely used programming languages on the web. Here is what you need to know: reut.rs/4z428uQ

Orange says network incident disrupts mobile services across France reut.rs/4ifBrMM reut.rs/4ifBrMM

Turkish prosecutors order detention of 31 suspects in fund probe reut.rs/4jubIT3 reut.rs/4jubIT3

Taiwan regulator blocks Grab's purchase of Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan reut.rs/3VRtcPv reut.rs/3VRtcPv

WATCH: From Microsoft pulling out of a major data center deal in the UK to ‘Klara and The Sun’ hitting the big screen, Francis Maguire rounds up the latest stories from the AI revolution reut.rs/4elAMrQ

Auto industry bosses expect software, China growth to reshape sector by 2035, survey shows reut.rs/4sgrCTf reut.rs/4sgrCTf

Europe weighs giving utilities, infrastructure companies more powers to bring down drones reut.rs/4i7FFG6 reut.rs/4i7FFG6

US President Trump said that companies building data centers should pay a ‘dividend’ to the communities where they are sited if they want to make the developments popular. Read more: reut.rs/4ByeeOK

China's Moonshot AI to operate in Singapore, jobs post shows reut.rs/4dRb6mL reut.rs/4dRb6mL

State Bank of India reported a cyberattack that resulted in the disclosure of 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information on the dark web. Read more: reut.rs/4k6WH9U

Exclusive: Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix are upgrading their China factories to produce more advanced memory chips, aiming to fend off competition from a fast-growing Chinese rival and meet huge AI demand. Read more - reut.rs/4yvIpTW