2026

UK names Barnsley as first Tech Town to see whether AI can fix… well, anything 2026-02-03 at 15:15 By Dan Robinson South Yorkshire becomes ground zero for nationwide experiment with £500K seed funding AI-pocalypse  Barnsley, a town in South Yorkshire, England, best known for coal mining and glassmaking, is being thrust into the limelight as […]

When Cloud Outages Ripple Across the Internet 2026-02-03 at 15:15 By Recent major cloud service outages have been hard to miss. High-profile incidents affecting providers such as AWS, Azure, and Cloudflare have disrupted large parts of the internet, taking down websites and services that many other systems depend on. The resulting ripple effects have halted

Bitcoin traders explain why BTC price could rebound toward $85K 2026-02-03 at 13:18 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale The return of spot Bitcoin ETF inflows could fuel a Bitcoin price recovery, as signs of a potential rebound to $80,000 and $85,000 emerge. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin ETFs bounce $562M after $1.5B sell-off, as headwinds linger 2026-02-03 at 13:18 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew $562 million in inflows Monday, partially offsetting $1.5 billion outflows last week, while Ether ETFs remained in the red. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Musk’s xAI seeks crypto expert to train AI on market analysis 2026-02-03 at 13:18 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Elon Musk’s xAI is recruiting a crypto specialist to train its models in onchain data, market structure and real-world trading behavior. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Firefox makes AI optional, like it probably should have been all along 2026-02-03 at 13:17 By Carly Page Users can disable every generative feature in one click – not everyone wants a chatbot bolted to their tabs Mozilla has decided that if AI is going to live in your browser, you should at least be

NASA delays Artemis II to March after hydrogen leaks bedevil countdown test 2026-02-03 at 12:36 By Richard Speed This is starting to sound oddly familiar NASA has concluded a Wet Dress Rehearsal (WDR) for Artemis II, but recurring liquid hydrogen leaks forced the test to be halted short of completion, prompting the agency to delay

DIY AI bot farm OpenClaw is a security ‘dumpster fire’ 2026-02-03 at 12:36 By Thomas Claburn Your own personal Jarvis. A bot to hear your prayers. A bot that cares. Just not about keeping you safe OpenClaw, the AI-powered personal assistant users interact with via messaging apps and sometimes entrust with their credentials to various

British military to get legal OK to swat drones near bases 2026-02-03 at 11:40 By Dan Robinson Armed Forces Bill would let troops take action against unmanned threats around defense sites Britain’s defense personnel will be given the authority to neutralize drones threatening military bases under measures being introduced in the Armed Forces Bill, currently

APT28 Uses Microsoft Office CVE-2026-21509 in Espionage-Focused Malware Attacks 2026-02-03 at 11:40 By The Russia-linked state-sponsored threat actor known as APT28 (aka UAC-0001) has been attributed to attacks exploiting a newly disclosed security flaw in Microsoft Office as part of a campaign codenamed Operation Neusploit. Zscaler ThreatLabz said it observed the hacking group weaponizing the

Family offices prefer AI as key investment theme over crypto: JPMorgan 2026-02-03 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Almost 89% of the family offices polled by JPMorgan report zero crypto exposure, with average allocations to digital assets and Bitcoin remaining well below 1%. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bank ING Germany expands crypto ETPs and ETNs with Bitwise, VanEck 2026-02-03 at 11:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz ING Germany expands crypto access with Bitwise ETPs and VanEck ETNs covering Bitcoin, Ether, Solana, XRP and other major digital assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source