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This month’s issue, open on the desk.

India’s data protection rules arrive in phases, accessibility becomes a market rule in Europe, and agents need a way to ask before they act. Consent, designed in rather than bolted on.

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  1. Issues from August 2026 01 No. 01 · Thresholds The numbers that decide whether work ships 4 stories · 4 min
  2. Issues from September 2026 02 No. 02 · Provenance Where a thing came from is becoming part of the thing 4 stories · 4 min
  3. Issues from October 2026 03 No. 03 · Consent Permission is a design material 4 stories · 4 min
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