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Notepad++ Hosting Breach Attributed to China-Linked Lotus Blossom Hacking Group 2026-02-03 at 07:11 By A China-linked threat actor known as Lotus Blossom has been attributed with medium confidence to the recently discovered compromise of the infrastructure hosting Notepad++. The attack enabled the state-sponsored hacking group to deliver a previously undocumented backdoor codenamed Chrysalis to users […]

Tether releases open-source operating system for Bitcoin mining 2026-02-03 at 06:07 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Tether first announced plans for an open-source mining OS in June last year as it wanted Bitcoin miners to “enter the game” without expensive third-party vendors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Tom Lee tips lack of leverage and gold ‘vortex’ for Ether’s 21% slump 2026-02-03 at 06:07 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ether has fallen despite strong fundamentals as leverage remained absent and precious metals diverted risk appetite, according to Fundstrat’s research head. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trump denies knowledge of $500M Abu Dhabi stake in WLFI 2026-02-03 at 05:14 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The reported World Liberty Financial deal, said to have been made four days before the president’s inauguration, would make the UAE company the largest WLFI shareholder. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

FTX users, Fenwick agree to settle lawsuit over firm’s role in FTX 2026-02-03 at 05:14 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in 2023, accusing the law firm of playing “a key and crucial role” in “how the FTX fraud was accomplished.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Bitcoin flash crash recovery to $100K may take 6 months: Analyst 2026-02-03 at 05:14 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Multiple charts and historical data suggest that Bitcoin’s recovery from its weekend crash below $75,000 could take at least 6 months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

ISM Manufacturing PMI at 40-month high: Analysts say BTC could benefit 2026-02-03 at 03:33 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The rise and fall of the manufacturing index from mid-2020 through 2023 closely mirrored Bitcoin and the broader crypto market’s price movements over the same timeframe. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Elon Musk merges xAI into SpaceX to spread universal consciousness via a sentient sun 2026-02-03 at 03:33 By Tobias Mann Burning Man woo woo values rocket factory at $250 billion Elon Musk on Monday revealed his space company SpaceX has acquired his AI outfit xAI, and that the two will work together to escape the

Notepad++ hijacking blamed on Chinese Lotus Blossom crew behind Chrysalis backdoor 2026-02-03 at 01:35 By Jessica Lyons The group targets telecoms, critical infrastructure – all the usual high-value orgs Security researchers have attributed the Notepad++ update hijacking to a Chinese government-linked espionage crew called Lotus Blossom (aka Lotus Panda, Billbug), which abused weaknesses in the

Let them eat Pi: RAM shortage bumps Raspberry prices as much as $60 2026-02-03 at 00:35 By Avram Piltch Second price increase in just two months That slice of Pi is getting much more expensive. Everyone’s favorite single-board computer, the Raspberry Pi, is jumping up in price again, with increases ranging from $10 to $60,

Teamsters demand Waymos be pulled from California streets after robo-taxi hit child 2026-02-03 at 00:28 By Zain Khan The largest union in the state put Golden State officials on blast, telling them to pull the company’s license to operate the futuristic vehicles. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post

Jeffrey Epstein boasted about ‘wild’ dinner with Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman in unsealed 2015 email 2026-02-03 at 00:28 By Thomas Barrabi Jeffrey Epstein once boasted about meeting Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman, Elon Musk and Peter Thiel at what he described as a “wild” dinner,” an email released by the Justice Department showed. This article is

Bitcoin hits ‘fire-sale’ value as capital flows capitulate: Bitwise 2026-02-03 at 00:28 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin flashed a major discount signal after capital outflows increased following BTC’s abrupt drop below $75,000. Historical data now points to a potential 10% rebound rally in the short-term. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Intel welcomes memory apocalypse with Xeon workstation refresh 2026-02-02 at 23:41 By Tobias Mann Chipzilla touts 4 TB of DDR5 and 128 lanes of PCIe 5 for less than the House of Zen just in time for memory winter Intel’s workstation lineup is getting a much-needed refresh with the launch of its Xeon 600-series processors,

White House officials met with crypto execs to discuss market structure bill 2026-02-02 at 23:07 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The meeting came more than two weeks after the Senate Banking Committee postponed a markup on the CLARITY Act, adding that everyone “remains at the table“ to work on the bill. This article is an

There’s nothing micro about this super-sized Arduino Uno 2026-02-02 at 23:07 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s 7x the size of the regular board Arduino boards power everything from robots to RGB lights, but they’re a little on the small side. YouTuber UncleStem has his own solution: build a gigantic, yet fully functional one.… This article is

Want more ads on your web pages? Try the AdBoost extension 2026-02-02 at 23:07 By Thomas Claburn ‘If we don’t feed the advertisers, then we’ll be forced to pay artists for their creative work’ Come on, admit it. You like seeing banner ads on your favorite web pages, because they provide a nice break from

DRAM prices expected to double in Q1 as AI ambitions push memory fabs to their limit 2026-02-02 at 23:07 By Tobias Mann NAND flash now expected to surge 55–60% compared to Q4 The memory shortage is worse than most of us first thought. Prices on DRAM and NAND flash memory are expected to surge in

StopICE hacked to send alarming text messages, admins accuse border patrol agent of sabotage 2026-02-02 at 23:07 By Jessica Lyons The ICE-tracking service says it doesn’t store usernames or addresses ICE-reporting service StopICE has blamed a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent for attacking its app and website and sending users text messages warning

Researchers Find 341 Malicious ClawHub Skills Stealing Data from OpenClaw Users 2026-02-02 at 23:06 By A security audit of 2,857 skills on ClawHub has found 341 malicious skills across multiple campaigns, according to new findings from Koi Security, exposing users to new supply chain risks. ClawHub is a marketplace designed to make it easy for