October 2025

Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority 2025-10-01 at 23:34 By Thomas Claburn Use your home subscription with your work Microsoft 365 account Your job may not support BYOD, but how about BYOC? Microsoft has declared that people can bring their personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions to work to access various Copilot […]

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up internet after decades of service 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Associated Press It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

US lawmakers grapple with crypto tax policy amid government shutdown 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Senate lawmakers debated whether cryptocurrencies should have special tax exemptions to encourage everyday use and the industry’s growth. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Crypto industry groups weigh in on CFTC’s future after key withdrawal 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright It’s unclear when US President Donald Trump could announce another pick to chair the CFTC amid a government shutdown with no end in sight. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Brandon Vigliarolo The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex Social Security CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and leaving cybersecurity operations

Tech tycoon Tony Hsieh’s family can’t find source of bizarre ‘mystery will’ as battle looms over $500M estate 2025-10-01 at 22:45 By Ariel Zilber Tony Hsieh, who resuscitated online shoe retailer Zappos before it was sold to Amazon for $1.2 billion, died from injuries sustained in a 2020 house fire. This article is an excerpt

Bitcoin rallies as US government shutdown begins: Will BTC gains continue? 2025-10-01 at 22:45 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Traders and data suggest that Bitcoin may benefit from the US government shutdown, but how long will the gains last? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

‘Delightful’ root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover 2025-10-01 at 22:45 By Jessica Lyons Who wouldn’t want root access on cluster master nodes? A 9.9 out of 10 severity bug in Red Hat’s OpenShift AI service could allow a remote attacker with minimal authentication to steal data, disrupt services, and fully

AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study 2025-10-01 at 21:17 By Thomas Claburn Other studies are finding the same thing Yale researchers say that despite the anxiety about AI taking people’s jobs, there’s very little evidence of it actually happening.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

Price predictions 10/1: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, LINK, AVAX 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin started October on a strong note by rallying to $118,200. That clears the path for BTC to chase new all-time highs. Which altcoins could follow? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

US government shutdown enters day 1: How is the SEC still functioning? 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright In addition to restrictions on enforcement actions and ongoing litigation, the agency will likely stop reviewing crypto ETF applications. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Abu Dhabi agricultural regulator bans use of farmland for crypto mining 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The regulator stated that farmland must be used only for agricultural purposes to qualify for government services, subsidies, and utilities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Jessica Lyons Uncle Sam can’t quit Redmond Exclusive  The US Air Force confirmed it’s investigating a “privacy-related issue” amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable

Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Liam Proven Based on Universal Blue, it’s akin to Fedora Kinoite with knobs on… A lot of knobs Aurora, a relatively young distro from Austria, bills itself as “your stable, privacy-respecting and ultimate productivity OS.” These are rather bold claims, though many

New WireTap Attack Extracts Intel SGX ECDSA Key via DDR4 Memory-Bus Interposer 2025-10-01 at 20:50 By In yet another piece of research, academics from Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have demonstrated that the security guarantees offered by Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) can be bypassed on DDR4 systems to passively decrypt sensitive data.

Meta hits back at Joseph Gordon-Levitt op-ed blasting AI —noting star’s wife was behind OpenAI coup 2025-10-01 at 20:34 By Ariel Zilber “It’s hard to describe how angry this makes me,” the “3rd Rock from the Sun” star said in a New York Times video op-ed, noting he’s a father to an 8-year-old. This article

Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future 2025-10-01 at 20:34 By Iain Thomson Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running Microsoft boss Satya Nadella told staff on Wednesday that he’s appointing Judson Althoff to a new role as CEO of the company’s commercial

Elon Musk’s Tesla hikes lease prices on all electric cars as US tax credit expires 2025-10-01 at 20:23 By Reuters Sales could drop after the credits dry up, auto executives and analysts have warned. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Bitcoin pushes for $118K as analysis calls US gov’t shutdown ‘non-event’ 2025-10-01 at 20:00 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin eyes its highest levels in six weeks as weak US jobs data drives crypto and risk assets higher, with shutdown dips now “buy opportunities.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Hundreds of orgs urge Microsoft: don’t kill off free Windows 10 updates 2025-10-01 at 19:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo Petitions pile up on Satya’s desk while Windows 7 mysteriously surges back from the grave With Windows 10 support set to expire on October 14, hundreds of repair shops, nonprofits, and advocacy groups are urging Microsoft to