August 2025

CFTC pressured to probe nominee Brian Quintenz over ties to Kalshi 2025-08-05 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US Representative Dina Titus has asked the CFTC to investigate Brian Quintenz, Donald Trump’s pick to run the agency, over his ties to Kalshi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React

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Trump Bitcoin adviser David Bailey wants to create a $200M PAC 2025-08-05 at 06:19 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A key priority of the proposed PAC would be to send the Bitcoin price to $10 million, according to Bailey, and positioning “for the long term.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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Foxconn says EV sales are so slow it’s converting a factory to build AI servers instead 2025-08-05 at 05:37 By Simon Sharwood Cites low demand and overcapacity for electric cars on the same day Tesla gives Elon Musk $29 billion for similar reasons Taiwanese contract manufacturing giant Foxconn has sold its US electric vehicle factory

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Jim Acosta ‘interviews’ AI-generated avatar of deceased teenager promoting gun control message 2025-08-05 at 04:08 By Fox News Liberal journalist Jim Acosta “interviewed” the artificially animated avatar of deceased teenager Joaquin Oliver to promote a gun control message on Monday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View

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CFTC seeks to allow spot crypto trading on registered exchanges 2025-08-05 at 03:46 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The CFTC is seeking feedback on how to more effectively regulate spot crypto trading as it moves to implement recommendations from the Trump administration. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to

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Antivirus vendors fail to spot persistent, nasty, stealthy Linux backdoor 2025-08-05 at 03:46 By Iain Thomson ‘Plague’ malware has been around for months without tripping alarms Researchers at German infosec services company Nextron Threat have spotted malware that creates a highly-persistent Linux backdoor and say antivirus engines do not flag the code as malicious.… This

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Google agrees to pause AI workloads to protect the grid when power demand spikes 2025-08-05 at 02:03 By Tobias Mann On hot summer days, air conditioning is rather more important than search summaries Google will pause non-essential AI workloads to protect power grids, the advertising giant announced on Monday.… This article is an excerpt from

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SonicWall investigates ‘cyber incidents,’ including ransomware targeting suspected 0-day 2025-08-05 at 00:46 By Jessica Lyons Bypassing MFA and deploying ransomware…sounds like something that rhymes with ‘schmero-day’ SonicWall on Monday confirmed that it’s investigating a rash of ransomware activity targeting its firewall devices, following multiple reports of a zero-day bug under active exploit in its VPNs.…

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GENIUS Act scrutinized for stablecoin yield ban as TradFi tokenization gains steam 2025-08-05 at 00:21 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The GENIUS Act’s ban on yield could dampen the appeal of digital dollars, particularly as tokenization efforts in traditional finance gain momentum. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to

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Perplexity AI accused of scraping content against websites’ will with unlisted IP ranges 2025-08-04 at 23:47 By Thomas Claburn Cloudflare finds AI search biz ignoring crawl prohibitions and trying to hide its spiders Perplexity, an AI search startup, has been spotted trying to disguise its content-scraping bots while flouting websites’ no-crawl directives.… This article is

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Forget the Space Force! Trump needs to create a Cyber Force, says think tank 2025-08-04 at 23:29 By Brandon Vigliarolo One new military branch per term would have to be some sort of record The US Space Force won’t be the only new military branch Donald Trump has created if forthcoming recommendations from a group

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Verb stock soars 200% after announcing TON treasury plan 2025-08-04 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Verb Technology is raising $558 million and rebranding as TON Strategy Co., becoming the first public company to hold Toncoin as a treasury asset. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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AI going critical: Hyundai to help build nuclear-powered datacenter in Texas 2025-08-04 at 22:32 By Tobias Mann Fermi America will also have 4GW of gas generators for the Amarillo ‘HyperGrid’ Nuclear power is enjoying something of a second renaissance in the US as hyperscalers grapple with AI’s seemingly insatiable appetite for power.… This article is

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Bitcoin price eyes $116K liquidity sweep with ETF comeback in focus 2025-08-04 at 22:11 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin ETF netflows may be key in gauging market appetite as exchange order-book liquidity puts $116,000 top of the list for bulls. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this

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Nvidia releases update for ‘critical’ vulnerabilities in AI stack 2025-08-04 at 22:11 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Triton is Nvidia’s open-source inference server designed to optimize AI model deployment, now at the center of newly disclosed security vulnerabilities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

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Python-powered malware snags hundreds of credit cards, 200K passwords, and 4M cookies 2025-08-04 at 21:40 By Jessica Lyons PXA Stealer pilfers data from nearly 40 browsers, including Chrome More than 4,000 victims across 62 countries have been infected by stealthy infostealers pilfering people’s passwords, credit card numbers, and browser cookies, which are then sold to

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Elon Musk says X will bring back Vine — with an AI twist — to rival TikTok, Reels 2025-08-04 at 21:22 By Ariel Zilber The billionaire announced the ambitious project on his social media platform X in late July, declaring: “We’re bringing back Vine, but in AI form.” This article is an excerpt from Latest

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Ex-Google exec’s shocking warning: AI will create 15 years of ‘hell’ — starting sooner than we think 2025-08-04 at 21:22 By Ariel Zilber “The next 15 years will be hell before we get to heaven,” Gawdat told British entrepreneur Steven Bartlett on his “Diary of a CEO” podcast on Monday. This article is an excerpt

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