August 2025

A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive

A Linux alternative? Debian/Hurd shows microkernel Unix dream is alive 2025-08-18 at 12:19 By Liam Proven The official GNU microkernel is still breathing – and now it’s 64-bit Before Linux, GNU was working on its own Mach-based Unix compatible OS. Now, in the footsteps of Debian 13, there is a new release.… This article is […]

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Generative AI isn’t just a matter of life and death. It’s far more important than that

Generative AI isn’t just a matter of life and death. It’s far more important than that 2025-08-18 at 11:48 By Rupert Goodwins Visions of immortality are uniformly dull. But this is gonna get ugly Opinion  Real versus virtual. Stolen versus synthesized. Generative AI is blurring the lines we used to think we could read between.

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Google to pay $36M fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia’s largest telecom networks

Google to pay $36M fine for anti-competitive deals with Australia’s largest telecom networks 2025-08-18 at 11:31 By Reuters The consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country’s two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New

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South Korea’s Jeju City targets crypto holdings of alleged tax dodgers

South Korea’s Jeju City targets crypto holdings of alleged tax dodgers 2025-08-18 at 10:09 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The South Korean government passed laws in 2021 allowing regulators to seize crypto from accused tax delinquents. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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EV startup Faraday Future plans multibillion-dollar crypto strategy

EV startup Faraday Future plans multibillion-dollar crypto strategy 2025-08-18 at 10:09 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Faraday Future said it plans to initially buy $30 million worth of crypto, with plans for “tens of billions” more, and is exploring the idea of launching a crypto ETF. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

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Someone’s poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers

Someone’s poking the bear with infostealers targeting Russian crypto developers 2025-08-18 at 10:09 By Simon Sharwood If you wanted to hurt Putin’s ransomware racketeers, these info-stealing npm packages are one way to do it Researchers at software supply chain security outfit Safety think they’ve found malware that targets Russian cryptocurrency developers, and perhaps therefore Russia’s

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In Otter news, transcription app accused of illegally recording users’ voices

In Otter news, transcription app accused of illegally recording users’ voices 2025-08-18 at 10:09 By Simon Sharwood Vidchat hosts probably know Otter.ai records everything and feeds it into AI. Their guests may not Voice transcription service Otter.ai has found itself on the wrong end of a lawsuit that claims it trains its speech recognition tech

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How security teams are putting AI to work right now

How security teams are putting AI to work right now 2025-08-18 at 09:42 By Mirko Zorz AI is moving from proof-of-concept into everyday security operations. In many SOCs, it is now used to cut down alert noise, guide analysts during investigations, and speed up incident response. What was once seen as experimental technology is starting

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Buttercup: Open-source AI-driven system detects and patches vulnerabilities

Buttercup: Open-source AI-driven system detects and patches vulnerabilities 2025-08-18 at 09:42 By Help Net Security Buttercup is a free, automated, AI-powered platform that finds and fixes vulnerabilities in open-source software. Developed by Trail of Bits, it recently earned second place in DARPA’s AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC). Main components Buttercup is made up of four main

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‘ReVault’ Firmware Flaws Put Millions of Dell Laptops at Risk

‘ReVault’ Firmware Flaws Put Millions of Dell Laptops at Risk 2025-08-18 at 09:29 View original post at Safety Detectives Security researchers have uncovered a set of serious flaws in Dell’s ControlVault3 firmware that could allow attackers to steal passwords, bypass biometric security, and even maintain access to a system after a full Windows reinstall. Cisco

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University of Western Australia Hit by Cyberattack: Thousands of Accounts Locked

University of Western Australia Hit by Cyberattack: Thousands of Accounts Locked 2025-08-18 at 09:11 View original post at Safety Detectives The University of Western Australia (UWA) is investigating a cybersecurity breach that exposed thousands of staff and student passwords, forcing a weekend-long system lockdown. The incident, detected late Saturday, involved unauthorised access to password information.

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Review: Data Engineering for Cybersecurity

Review: Data Engineering for Cybersecurity 2025-08-18 at 08:12 By Mirko Zorz Data Engineering for Cybersecurity sets out to bridge a gap many security teams encounter: knowing what to do with the flood of logs, events, and telemetry they collect. About the author James Bonifield has a decade of experience analyzing malicious activity, implementing data pipelines,

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Solana hits 100K TPS milestone with stress test transaction spike

Solana hits 100K TPS milestone with stress test transaction spike 2025-08-18 at 07:48 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Solana briefly achieved over 100,000 transactions per second, which a developer says could eventually see the blockchain perform to at least 80,000 TPS. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Thailand plans launch of a crypto payment sandbox for tourists

Thailand plans launch of a crypto payment sandbox for tourists 2025-08-18 at 07:48 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The Thai government is reportedly set to allow tourists to exchange crypto for Thai baht and make electronic payments through e-money service providers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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India’s PM laments missing out on global chipmaking dominance – in 1964!

India’s PM laments missing out on global chipmaking dominance – in 1964! 2025-08-18 at 07:48 By Simon Sharwood Prime Minister promises first local silicon will appear this year, decades after Fairchild Semi’s Robert Noyce made polite inquiries Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has celebrated the nation’s independence day by pointing out that the nation is

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Weak alerting and slipping prevention raise risk levels for CISOs

Weak alerting and slipping prevention raise risk levels for CISOs 2025-08-18 at 07:47 By Mirko Zorz Prevention effectiveness is falling, detection gaps remain wide, and attackers are exploiting weaknesses in data protection and credentials. Data theft prevention has dropped to 3 percent, password cracking success rates have nearly doubled, and new threat groups are bypassing

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