May 2025

Bitcoin hits $101.7K as US strategic reserve bills become law and BTC mass adoption accelerates 2025-05-08 at 22:22 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Key takeaways: Bitcoin rallies to $101,707 against a backdrop of strong fundamentals in the regulatory and traditional finance space. Traders are confident that $100,000 will hold as support. Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied

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OpenAI drafts Instacart boss as CEO of Apps to lure in the normies 2025-05-08 at 22:22 By Tobias Mann A B2B, API move this ain’t, in our view Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is leaving to become CEO of Applications at OpenAI, reporting directly to Sam Altman, the AI heavyweight announced on Thursday.… This article is

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The final bookworm-based Raspberry Pi OS update arrives 2025-05-08 at 21:42 By Richard Speed Last big release until trixie shows up Debian bookworm is getting what could be its last hurrah as the basis for Raspberry Pi’s operating system, with what’s likely to be its final appearance on a release for the diminutive computers.… This

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SEC considers new rules easing security token issuance 2025-05-08 at 21:24 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering rule changes to let companies more freely issue tokenized securities, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said in a speech published on May 8. The regulator is “considering a potential exemptive order”

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Bitcoin tops $100K for first time since February after Trump trade deal with UK 2025-05-08 at 20:49 By Reuters However, the world’s largest cryptocurrency remains below the record high of more than $109,000 reached in January. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

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The IRS plans to replace fired enforcement workers with AI 2025-05-08 at 20:41 By Brandon Vigliarolo Another mask-off moment, although fresh research says RoI for the tech is still lacking Following considerable cuts to its enforcement workforce, the US’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to use AI to supplement its ability to collect taxes from

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Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’ 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Singer Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security. But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the

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Missouri bill ending capital gains tax heads to governor for signature 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Missouri House Bill 594, a bill that would eliminate capital gains tax in the US state, has passed a vote in the state House of Representatives and now heads to Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk for

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38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an “industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation” engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years. The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin. “FreeDrain

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Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By 61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place. This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a

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Judge tosses nearly all claims against Tom Brady, Stephen Curry, Shohei Ohtani in FTX lawsuit 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Reuters The investors said the defendants ignored “red flags” and hid millions of dollars of payments to promote FTX as “brand ambassadors.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

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Apple seeks pause on Epic Games contempt ruling that could cost App Store ‘billions’ 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Thomas Barrabi Tim Cook’s Apple has asked a federal appeals court in California to pause an April 30 ruling requiring the company to open up its App Store to rivals – and claims it will suffer irreparable

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GNOME Foundation’s new executive director is Canadian, a techie, and a GNOME user 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Liam Proven Steven Deobald certainly talks the talk The GNOME Foundation has hired a new executive director to lead the organization, acting as GNOME’s public face and leading the non-profit’s fundraising efforts.… This article is an excerpt from

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Bitcoin price reclaims $100K for first time since January 2025-05-08 at 19:28 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Bitcoin has reclaimed the $100,000 price level for the first time since January, reflecting renewed bullish sentiment among investors. Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed the $100,000 mark on May 8 at 3:22 pm UTC, surging 4.2% from the intraday low

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Ex-Celsius CEO asks to travel for a wedding after sentencing 2025-05-08 at 19:28 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky will probably be allowed to travel for his daughter’s wedding regardless of the outcome of his May 8 sentencing hearing. In a May 8 filing in the US District Court for the

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Marks & Spencer Hackers Tricked IT Workers Into Resetting Passwords 2025-05-08 at 19:28 By More information on the cyberattacks against Marks & Spencer (M&S) and Co-op has emerged, revealing that hackers deceived IT workers into resetting passwords.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this

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I asked Chat GPT who should be the next Pope — here’s what AI platforms said 2025-05-08 at 18:24 By Ariel Zilber Each chatbot approached the query differently — but all shared a surprisingly common trait. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

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SonicWall Patches 3 Flaws in SMA 100 Devices Allowing Attackers to Run Code as Root 2025-05-08 at 18:23 By SonicWall has released patches to address three security flaws affecting SMA 100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances that could be fashioned to result in remote code execution. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-32819 (CVSS score:

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