April 2025

Ethereum’s weekly blob fees hit 2025 lows 2025-04-02 at 00:01 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The Ethereum network’s main source of income from layer-2 (L2) scaling chains — “blob fees” — has sunk to the lowest weekly levels so far this year, according to data from Etherscan.  In the week ending March 30, Ethereum earned

Andreessen Horowitz could help buy out TikTok’s Chinese investors ahead of Saturday deadline: report 2025-04-01 at 23:32 By Thomas Barrabi Andreesen Horowitz has reportedly joined negotiations to potentially buy out TikTok’s Chinese investors ahead of a crucial deadline this Saturday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York

To avoid disaster-recovery disasters, learn from Reg readers’ experiences 2025-04-01 at 22:53 By Simon Sharwood Nobody’s tested the tapes this decade, thinks to back up the Recycle Bin, or takes care when using rm On Call Special  How can you avoid a disaster recovery disaster?… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Nvidia’s AI suite may get a whole lot pricier, thanks to Jensen’s GPU math mistake 2025-04-01 at 21:50 By Tobias Mann The old naming convention didn’t just ‘screw up’ the NVLink nomenclature – it left money on the table Comment  At its GPU Technology Conference last month, Nvidia broke with convention by shifting its definition

Meta trying to persuade Trump to fight European Union’s looming antitrust fine 2025-04-01 at 21:37 By Thomas Barrabi Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is asking the Trump administration to intervene as it faces a looming fine under the European Union’s strict antitrust rules. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

Over 1,500 PostgreSQL Servers Compromised in Fileless Cryptocurrency Mining Campaign 2025-04-01 at 20:45 By Exposed PostgreSQL instances are the target of an ongoing campaign designed to gain unauthorized access and deploy cryptocurrency miners. Cloud security firm Wiz said the activity is a variant of an intrusion set that was first flagged by Aqua Security in

US lawmaker will reintroduce crypto retirement bill to help Trump agenda 2025-04-01 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright For the second time, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is set to reintroduce a bill aimed at allowing Americans to add cryptocurrency to their retirement savings plans. In a March 31 Fox News interview, Sen. Tuberville said

Grayscale files S-3 for Digital Large Cap ETF 2025-04-01 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Asset manager Grayscale has filed to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding a diverse basket of spot cryptocurrencies, US regulatory filings show. On April 1, Grayscale submitted an S-3 regulatory filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC),

FAA closes investigations into Blue Origin landing fail, Starship Flight 7 explosion 2025-04-01 at 19:34 By Richard Speed New Glenn landing scuppered by engine problems The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is closing its investigations into both the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion and Blue Origin New Glenn-1 landing failure.… This article is an excerpt

Enterprise Gmail Users Can Now Send End-to-End Encrypted Emails to Any Platform 2025-04-01 at 19:33 By On the 21st birthday of Gmail, Google has announced a major update that allows enterprise users to send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) to any user in any email inbox in a few clicks. The feature is rolling out starting today

Bitcoin price flips volatile as traders eye $84.5K breakout 2025-04-01 at 19:05 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) repeated earlier volatility at the April 1 Wall Street open as US trade tariff talk kept markets nervous. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin stays erratic ahead of crunch tariffs Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and

Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition 2025-04-01 at 18:50 By Richard Speed Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of

OpenAI raises $40B at $300B valuation in round led by SoftBank 2025-04-01 at 18:20 By Thomas Barrabi Sam Altman’s OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a funding round led by investment giant SoftBank as it looks to stave off competition like Elon Musk’s xAI and China-based DeepSeek. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology

Multiple altcoins crash on April Fools’ day, crypto market holds steady 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz A number of altcoins and memecoins saw a sharp sell-off on April Fools’ Day, April 1, with some tokens, including Act I The AI Prophecy, dropping nearly 60% in minutes. Act I The AI Prophecy (ACT),