April 2025

DOGE dilettantes ‘didn’t test’ Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Iain Thomson Feds claim creaky COBOL, user spike is real reason key portal now flaky The United States Social Security Administration’s internet portal has frequently gone offline in recent weeks, and presented inaccurate or incomplete information to users, perhaps […]

Hackers hide crypto address-swapping malware in Microsoft Office add-in bundles 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Malicious actors are attempting to steal crypto with malware embedded in fake Microsoft Office extensions uploaded to the software hosting site SourceForge, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. One of the malicious listings, called “officepackage,” has real Microsoft

Trump tariffs could lower Bitcoin miner prices outside US, says mining exec 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs could collapse US demand for Bitcoin mining rigs, which would benefit mining operations outside the country as manufacturers will look outside the US to sell their surplus inventory for cheaper,

Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on female colleagues at work, home 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Thomas Claburn Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been accused of compromising the US healthcare organization’s

AI entrepreneur sent avatar to argue in court – and the judge shut it down fast 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Thomas Claburn We hear from court-scolded Jerome Dewald, who insists lawyer-bots have a future Interview  The founder of an AI startup who attempted to use an artificially generated avatar to argue his case in court

Tough luck, Windows 10 users. No fix yet for ransomware-exploited OS bug 2025-04-09 at 02:49 By Iain Thomson A novel way to encourage upgrades? Microsoft would never stoop so low Patch Tuesday  Patch Tuesday has arrived, and Microsoft has revealed one flaw in its products under active exploitation and 11 critical issues in its code

TSMC blew whistle on suspected verboten exports to Huawei – that may cost it $1B+ 2025-04-09 at 01:12 By Tobias Mann What did we learn today, hm? TSMC could end up paying $1 billion or more to settle a US investigation into whether the Taiwanese outfit busted sanctions by indirectly producing AI accelerators for America’s

Cboe BZX files to list Canary’s SUI ETF 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Cboe BZX Exchange has asked United States regulators for clearance to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by Sui (SUI), the native token of the Sui Network, public filings show.  The request submitted on April 8 must be reviewed

Bitcoin weekly RSI hits bull market low as trader sees $70K BTC price bottom 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) has a new $70,000 reversal target as a leading indicator sets new bull market lows. In X analysis on April 7, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital predicted that BTC/USD could

Canadian nuclear watchdog green-lights construction of first licensed SMR 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another licence entirely Canadian nuclear regulators have approved an Ontario company’s request to build a single small modular reactor – the first such license issued in the country. But with the chosen design

China counters tariffs with yuan devaluation, which is ‘bullish for BTC’ 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi With US President Donald Trump imposing 104% tariffs on Chinese imports, Beijing is responding by letting the yuan weaken against the dollar — a move that analysts say could spark the next leg of the Bitcoin

Gaming NFT maker Aavegotchi votes to ditch Polygon for Base 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Aavegotchi, a non-fungible token (NFT) protocol focused on Web3 gaming, has opted to abandon blockchain network Polygon and “go all-in” on Base, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling chain, according to the results of an onchain vote.  On April

Ethereum price data highlights $1,000 as the final bottom for ETH 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ether (ETH), the native token of Ethereum, is showing signs of bullish exhaustion after a steep 65% decline over the past three months. The pace of the downtrend and the oversold conditions shown by various ETH

Meta accused of Llama 4 bait-and-switch to juice AI benchmark rank 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Tobias Mann Did Facebook giant rizz up LLM to win over human voters? It appears so Meta submitted a specially crafted, non-public variant of its Llama 4 AI model to an online benchmark that may have unfairly boosted its leaderboard

Boeing 787 radio software patch didn’t work, says Qatar 2025-04-08 at 22:31 By Iain Thomson ‘Loss of safe separation between aircraft, collision, or runway incursion’ is not what we want to hear Boeing issued a software patch for the VHF radio systems used on its 787 aircraft, and the update turned out to be ineffective,

Hi-ho, Cyber! Bizarre robotic horse dreamed up by motorcycle maker hits the ground running 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Ben Cost Here comes the Termi-neigh-tor. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

BlackRock taps Anchorage Digital for digital asset custody 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Asset manager BlackRock is partnering with Anchorage Digital for crypto custody services, a move aimed at addressing the rising demand for digital assets from retail and institutional investors. According to an April 8 announcement, BlackRock is the world’s largest