August 2025

U.K. Government Drops Apple Encryption Backdoor Order After U.S. Civil Liberties Pushback 2025-08-19 at 15:59 By The U.K. government has apparently abandoned its plans to force Apple to weaken encryption protections and include a backdoor that would have enabled access to the protected data of U.S. citizens. U.S. Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard,

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Why Your Security Culture is Critical to Mitigating Cyber Risk 2025-08-19 at 15:59 By After two decades of developing increasingly mature security architectures, organizations are running up against a hard truth: tools and technologies alone are not enough to mitigate cyber risk. As tech stacks have grown more sophisticated and capable, attackers have shifted their

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Grow a new Arm: UK advisory body wants investment in local AI chips 2025-08-19 at 15:50 By Dan Robinson Report recommends that the UK become a leader in chip design The British government’s advisory body on science and technology thinks the country could be a world leader in designing AI chips, if it could just

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August update leaves Windows reset and recovery dead in the water 2025-08-19 at 14:28 By Richard Speed Want to pass on that old PC? Perhaps wait until out-of-band patch arrives Microsoft has broken the Windows reset and recovery functionality so badly, it must push an out-of-band update.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

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Softbank bets $2 billion on Intel having a future 2025-08-19 at 10:46 By Simon Sharwood Takes two percent stake as rumours swirl Uncle Sam could do something similar Japanese tech investment concern SoftBank has made a $2 billion investment in Intel.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this

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Browser wars are back, predicts Palo Alto, thanks to AI 2025-08-19 at 10:46 By Simon Sharwood CEO says if you buy all your infosec stuff from him, life under assault from bots will be less painful Brace for a new round of browser wars, according to Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora.… This article is

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PyPI Blocks 1,800 Expired-Domain Emails to Prevent Account Takeovers and Supply Chain Attacks 2025-08-19 at 10:46 By The maintainers of the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository have announced that the package manager now checks for expired domains to prevent supply chain attacks. “These changes improve PyPI’s overall account security posture, making it harder for attackers

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3D-printed housing firm adopts Bitcoin, NFTs in blockchain pivot 2025-08-19 at 09:32 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Lib Work Co. is dipping its toes into Bitcoin, a month after using NFTs for the first time to tokenize the designs of one of its 3D printed houses. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

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Crypto-based lender Figure Technology files to go public in US 2025-08-19 at 09:32 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The blockchain lending company Figure Technology has filed to go public on the Nasdaq, days after announcing it had confidentially lodged its application with regulators. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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Faraday Future retreats 7% after sharing Q2 results, crypto plan 2025-08-19 at 09:32 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Despite the company posting a loss for the second quarter, the management remains optimistic for the second half of the year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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96% of Manufacturers Plan to Invest in Cybersecurity Platforms 2025-08-19 at 08:35 By Cybersecurity is increasingly becoming a business matter in manufacturing. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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Bitcoin bull and billionaire files for $250M SPAC targeting DeFi, AI 2025-08-19 at 08:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitcoiner Chamath Palihapitiya filed documents to raise $250 million for American Exceptionalism, a prospective SPAC focused on the DeFi, AI, energy, and defense sectors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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