May 2025

UK tax collector puts half a billion on table for call center services 2025-05-27 at 14:32 By Lindsay Clark Taxpayers on hold for 798 years might wish for a better service The UK’s tax collector has confirmed plans to contract out call center services with an associated price tag of £500 million ($677 million).… This […]

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Bitcoin shows signs of ‘easing momentum’ but traders still expect $150K 2025-05-27 at 14:01 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Bitcoin’s RSI has dropped 15% and is now below the overbought threshold. Bitcoin futures flip bearish with a 43% decline in perpetual CVD. Analysts predict Bitcoin could reach $150,000 as long as a key

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Luxembourg flags crypto companies as high risk for money laundering 2025-05-27 at 14:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Luxembourg classified virtual asset service providers (VASPs) as high-risk entities for money laundering in its 2025 National Risk Assessment (NRA), highlighting concerns over the crypto industry’s exposure to financial crime. According to the report, the inherent risk

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Metaplanet’s Bitcoin ‘premium’ nears $600k per BTC 2025-05-27 at 14:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Japanese investment firm Metaplanet’s Bitcoin premium is almost $600,000 per coin, as Asia’s leading Bitcoin treasury firm pushes forward with its plan to purchase 21,000 BTC by 2026. Metaplanet’s stockholders are paying a more than fivefold premium on Bitcoin’s (BTC)

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Employees Searching Payroll Portals on Google Tricked Into Sending Paychecks to Hackers 2025-05-27 at 13:47 By Threat hunters have exposed a novel campaign that makes use of search engine optimization (SEO) poisoning techniques to target employee mobile devices and facilitate payroll fraud. The activity, first detected by ReliaQuest in May 2025 targeting an unnamed customer

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Some signs of AI model collapse begin to reveal themselves 2025-05-27 at 13:34 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Prediction: General-purpose AI could start getting worse Opinion  I use AI a lot, but not to write stories. I use AI for search. When it comes to search, AI, especially Perplexity, is simply better than Google.… This article

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Bitget enters real-world asset race with yield-bearing BGUSD stable asset 2025-05-27 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Crypto exchange Bitget has entered the expanding market for crypto investment products with the launch of BGUSD, a yield-bearing stable asset backed by tokenized real-world assets. The company announced that BGUSD offers an annual yield of 4%,

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Blockchain.com expands in Africa as local crypto rules take shape 2025-05-27 at 13:06 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Blockchain.com is stepping up its presence in Africa, targeting markets where governments are beginning to implement crypto regulations. The UK-based exchange plans to open a physical office during the second quarter in Nigeria — its “fastest-growing market”

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The elusive goal of Unix – or Linux – simplicity 2025-05-27 at 12:37 By Liam Proven Or, rediscovering the KISS principle, the long way round Comment  Linux distro wars are nothing new. “Advocacy” (a euphemism for angry argument) about hardware, OSes, programming languages and editors goes back as long as different computers have existed. Computers

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AI’s enormous energy appetite can be curbed, but only through lateral thinking 2025-05-27 at 11:47 By Rupert Goodwins Nothing will change while big tech sets the rules. We’ll need someone even scarier Opinion  How much harm does AI cause the environment? As a report from the MIT Technology Review just confirmed, nobody knows, and almost

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Hackers Are Calling Your Office: FBI Alerts Law Firms to Luna Moth’s Stealth Phishing Campaign 2025-05-27 at 11:30 By The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has warned of social engineering attacks mounted by a criminal extortion actor known as Luna Moth targeting law firms over the past two years. The campaign leverages “information technology

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Thailand to allow crypto spending for tourists, eyes regulatory reform 2025-05-27 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Thailand is preparing to let tourists spend cryptocurrency via credit card-linked platforms as part of a broader strategy to modernize its financial system and embrace digital assets. The plan was announced by Deputy Prime Minister and Finance

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France arrests over 12 suspects linked to crypto kidnappings: Report 2025-05-27 at 10:05 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan French authorities have arrested more than 12 people who have been linked to two high-profile crypto kidnapping cases in Paris, France, local media reports. Those arrested include several minors, with charges against them including kidnapping, attempted kidnapping

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Humanoid AI-powered robots duke it out in China fight comp 2025-05-27 at 10:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Four artificial intelligence-enhanced robots have been put through their paces in a Chinese robot fighting competition, duking it out in kickboxing matches until one was declared the champion. The World Robot Competition Mecha Fighting Series had four

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Russia-Linked Hackers Target Tajikistan Government with Weaponized Word Documents 2025-05-27 at 10:04 By The Russia-aligned threat actor known as TAG-110 has been observed conducting a spear-phishing campaign targeting Tajikistan using macro-enabled Word templates as an initial payload. The attack chain is a departure from the threat actor’s previously documented use of an HTML Application (.HTA)

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Europe warns giant e-tailer to stop cheating consumers or face its wrath 2025-05-27 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood No, not Amazon. China’s SHEIN is in the spotlight for fake discounts, grubby greenery, and evading inquiries The European Commission has warned Chinese e-tailer SHEIN to clean up its act, after finding several practices on its website

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Former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo joins crypto bank Sygnum 2025-05-27 at 09:09 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Christopher Giancarlo, former chairman of the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), has joined Sygnum in an advisory role, where he will help the crypto bank navigate global regulations amid growing institutional interest in digital assets.  Giancarlo’s appointment

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