December 2025

UK pushes ahead with facial recognition expansion despite civil liberties backlash 2025-12-05 at 13:38 By Carly Page Plan would create statutory powers for police use of biometrics, prompting warnings of mass surveillance The UK government has kicked off plans to ramp up police use of facial recognition, undeterred by a mounting civil liberties backlash and […]

FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built 2025-12-05 at 13:38 By Liam Proven Project retires 32-bit ports, embraces pkgbase, and modernizes build process The latest release of FreeBSD contains a lot of crucial under-the-hood changes – and drops 32-bit support on both x86 and POWER, although ARM-v7 survives.… This article is

Pension portal launch fail sends Capita running to Microsoft for help 2025-12-05 at 12:44 By Lindsay Clark Union fields member complaints as it presses outsourcer over botched rollout Capita has sought Microsoft’s help after the launch of the Civil Service Pension Scheme (CSPS) left users facing a malfunctioning website designed to process important financial information.…

Cloudflare suffers second outage in as many months during routine maintenance 2025-12-05 at 12:44 By Richard Speed The Reg is still standing (this time) despite our best efforts Routine Cloudflare maintenance went awry this morning, knocking over the company’s dashboard and API and sending sites around the world into error screens.… This article is an

Italy sets hard MiCA deadline for crypto platforms to comply 2025-12-05 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben Italy’s markets regulator sets firm MiCA deadlines, forcing VASPs to seek authorization or exit by Dec. 30, and urges investors to check providers’ compliance plans. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Ethereum sees 25% validation drop post-Fusaka as Prysm bug nears finality loss 2025-12-05 at 12:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski A 25% dip in Ethereum’s voting participation coincided with a bug in the Prysm consensus client shortly after the Fusaka upgrade, with the network just 9% away from losing finality. This article is an excerpt

Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what’s real on the net? 2025-12-05 at 11:33 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols You can improve the odds by combining skepticism, verification habits, and a few technical checks Opinion  Liars, cranks, and con artists have always been with us. It’s just that nowadays their reach has gone from

CISA Reports PRC Hackers Using BRICKSTORM for Long-Term Access in U.S. Systems 2025-12-05 at 10:48 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Thursday released details of a backdoor named BRICKSTORM that has been put to use by state-sponsored threat actors from the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to maintain long-term persistence on

5 Cybersecurity Predictions for 2026 2025-12-05 at 09:05 By Quantum computing, biometrics and more — these are five predictions for the cybersecurity landscape in 2026. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

US investors consider crypto less as risk-taking drops: FINRA study 2025-12-05 at 08:59 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte FINRA found the number of people invested in crypto was steady from 2021 to 2024, but fewer were considering either buying more or investing for the first time. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Bitcoin unlikely to replicate January’s surge to new high: 21Shares founder 2025-12-05 at 08:59 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin’s downturn has barely anything to do with “anything crypto specific,” but it’s unlikely to surge early next year, says 21Shares co-founder Ophelia Snyder. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

XRP sentiment plummets, which could set token up for rally: Santiment 2025-12-05 at 08:59 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Santiment says social sentiment toward XRP has hit its lowest levels since October, entering the fear zone, but suggested that has preceded a rally in the past. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View