2025

Microsoft-owned GitHub: Open source needs funding. Ya think? 2025-07-24 at 15:22 By Gareth Halfacree ‘Industry, national governments, and the EU’ must pay for maintainers. El Reg says charity shouldn’t start at home GitHub, owned by money-bags Microsoft, has called upon the European Union to create a publicly funded “Sovereign Tech Fund” (EU-STF) to boost the

FTX to begin $1.9B payouts in September as claims no longer disputed 2025-07-24 at 15:11 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz FTX’s next $1.9 billion distribution would unlikely include repayments to jurisdictions questioned in an earlier motion, which is currently being rewritten, according to creditors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Men accused in New York crypto torture case out on bail 2025-07-24 at 15:11 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas The suspects allegedly held an Italian man hostage for weeks in a Manhattan townhouse, beating him and demanding access to his Bitcoin wallet. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Elon Musk floats robots in ‘cute outfits’ while Tesla earnings miss 2025-07-24 at 15:11 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Tesla’s retro-themed diner opened this week with lines around the block, but that didn’t stop the stock from dipping after hours as it reported its Q2 earnings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Watch This Webinar to Uncover Hidden Flaws in Login, AI, and Digital Trust — and Fix Them 2025-07-24 at 15:11 By Is Managing Customer Logins and Data Giving You Headaches? You’re Not Alone! Today, we all expect super-fast, secure, and personalized online experiences. But let’s be honest, we’re also more careful about how our data

Pentests once a year? Nope. It’s time to build an offensive SOC 2025-07-24 at 15:11 By You wouldn’t run your blue team once a year, so why accept this substandard schedule for your offensive side? Your cybersecurity teams are under intense pressure to be proactive and to find your network’s weaknesses before adversaries do. But

China-Based APTs Deploy Fake Dalai Lama Apps to Spy on Tibetan Community 2025-07-24 at 15:11 By The Tibetan community has been targeted by a China-nexus cyber espionage group as part of two campaigns conducted last month ahead of the Dalai Lama’s 90th birthday on July 6, 2025. The multi-stage attacks have been codenamed Operation GhostChat

Britain’s AI datacenter plans face energy, planning, investment challenges 2025-07-24 at 14:44 By Dan Robinson You don’t become a ‘superpower’ overnight Significant hurdles stand in the way of the UK government’s push to become a global AI superpower, including energy constraints, planning difficulties and the datacenter investment required for it all.… This article is an

Crypto hacks surpass $3.1B in 2025 as access flaws persist: Hacken 2025-07-24 at 14:13 By Cointelegraph by Lyne Qian Over $3.1 billion in crypto has been lost in 2025, according to a Hacken report. Access-control exploits are the primary cause. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

XRP price drops 19% but analysts say it’s a ‘healthy correction’ 2025-07-24 at 14:13 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale XRP price is down today due to overheated conditions, but analysts say it’s a normal market pullback that could precede a stronger rebound in the short term. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Hong Kong to criminalize unlicensed stablecoin promotions from Aug. 1 2025-07-24 at 14:13 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Starting Aug. 1, offering or advertising unlicensed stablecoins to retail investors in Hong Kong could get violators a 50,000 Hong Kong dollar fine and six months in jail. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Eau no! Dior tells customers their data was swiped in cyber snafu 2025-07-24 at 14:13 By Paul Kunert French fashion house dishes out notices after hackers raided a client database – ShinyHunters suspected Fashion house Dior has begun dropping data breach notices after cybercrooks with a taste for high-end targets made off with customer data.…

Storm-2603 Exploits SharePoint Flaws to Deploy Warlock Ransomware on Unpatched Systems 2025-07-24 at 13:51 By Microsoft has revealed that one of the threat actors behind the active exploitation of SharePoint flaws is deploying Warlock ransomware on targeted systems. The tech giant, in an update shared Wednesday, said the findings are based on an “expanded analysis

50 years ago, Gates and Allen made the deal that launched Microsoft 2025-07-24 at 13:32 By Liam Proven How the MITS Altair 8800, a $264 RAM board, and some BASIC changed the world This week marked the 50th anniversary of the birth of several empires. On July 22, 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen signed