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Flux off: CISA, annexable allies warn of hot DNS threat 2025-04-04 at 02:02 By Thomas Claburn Shape shifting technique described as menace to national security The US govt’s Cybersecurity Infrastructure Agency, aka CISA, on Thursday urged organizations, internet service providers, and security firms to strengthen defenses against so-called fast flux attacks.… This article is an…

Why Trump isn’t keen on Amazon being a part of TikTok deal 2025-04-04 at 01:47 By Charles Gasparino I know what you’re saying, hasn’t The Donald and Amazon founder Jeff Bezos patched things up? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to…

EigenLayer to begin ‘slashing’ restakers in April 2025-04-04 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell EigenLayer plans to start “slashing” restakers on April 17, resulting in the Ethereum restaking protocol’s “first feature-complete iteration,” it said in an April 2 announcement.  Implementing slashing will mark EigenLayer’s final step toward establishing the protocol as “infrastructure for a…

Gemini to open Miami office after judge stays SEC case 2025-04-04 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The cryptocurrency exchange Gemini, backed by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss, plans to move into a Miami-area office space, as US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) enforcement case may have reached its end. According to a March 31…

XRP holds $2 support as chart pattern hints at 73% gain 2025-04-04 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale XRP (XRP) stabilized near its $2 support after today’s marketwide sell-off sent the altcoin and several other cryptocurrencies close to their swing lows. Data now shows the XRP/USD pair exhibiting early signs of a bullish breakout. …

How to sell crypto via MetaMask: A beginner’s guide to cashing out 2025-04-04 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Key takeaways Not all tokens can be sold immediately. Airdropped or obscure tokens may lack liquidity or could be scams, so it’s important to check before attempting to cash out. Swapping and bridging may be…

Windows intros 365 Link, a black box that does nothing but connect to Microsoft’s cloud 2025-04-04 at 00:06 By Richard Speed And it can be yours for a rather steep $349 Microsoft’s Windows 365 Link has reached general availability, although some may question its value.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

Trump tariffs could force Apple to jack up iPhone price to over $2K with sales already floundering 2025-04-03 at 23:32 By Reuters Most iPhones are still made in China, which was hit with a 54% tariff. If those levies persist, Apple has a tough choice: absorb the extra expense or pass it on to customers. This article…

10-year Treasury yield falls to 4% as DXY softens — Is it time to buy the Bitcoin price dip? 2025-04-03 at 23:00 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman On April 3, yields on long-term US government debt fell to their lowest levels in six months as investors reacted to growing concerns over the global trade war…

Suspected Chinese spies right now hijacking buggy Ivanti gear – for third time in 3 years 2025-04-03 at 22:22 By Jessica Lyons Simple denial-of-service blunder turned out to be a remote unauth code exec disaster Suspected Chinese government spies have been exploiting a newly disclosed critical bug in Ivanti VPN appliances since mid-March. This is…

Microsoft Warns of Tax-Themed Email Attacks Using PDFs and QR Codes to Deliver Malware 2025-04-03 at 21:20 By Microsoft is warning of several phishing campaigns that are leveraging tax-related themes to deploy malware and steal credentials. “These campaigns notably use redirection methods such as URL shorteners and QR codes contained in malicious attachments and abuse…

US lawmakers vote to advance anti-CBDC bill 2025-04-03 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The US House Financial Services Committee has advanced a bill aimed at preventing federal banks from using or issuing central bank digital currencies, or CBDCs, paving the way for a vote in the chamber. In an April 2 committee session,…

Bitcoin drops 8%, US markets shed $2T in value — Should traders expect an oversold bounce? 2025-04-03 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin (BTC) and US stock markets all sold off sharply after US President Donald Trump shook up financial markets by announcing a list of reciprocal tariffs on several countries. On April…

Meta whistleblower to testify after explosive memoir slamming Mark Zuckerberg was blocked 2025-04-03 at 20:34 By Fox News Censorship is what Big Tech does best, and since Facebook is trying to quash her story, my subcommittee is going to officially investigate it,” Sen Josh Hawley said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites now boarding the rocket to relevance 2025-04-03 at 20:33 By Richard Speed Jeff Bezos’ other space business finally shows signs of life with launch scheduled for next week The first batch of Amazon’s Project Kuiper satellites is due to be lofted into orbit next week.… This article is an excerpt from…

New York’s last typewriter repair shop gets some help from George Clooney to stay afloat, despite sinking industry 2025-04-03 at 20:17 By Brooke Kato “It’s a beautiful sound,” typewriter technician Jay Schweitzer told The Post of the old-school machine’s clickety-clack. “I mean, there’s nothing like it.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Bitcoin falls toward $80K and prints ‘death cross’ as US stocks mimic 2020 COVID-19 crash 2025-04-03 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) hit new monthly lows at the April 3 Wall Street open as US unemployment data added to pressure on risk assets. BTC/USD 4-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin gives early April…

Apple loses $300B in market value as Trump tariffs threaten China-heavy supply chain 2025-04-03 at 18:46 By Thomas Barrabi Apple lost a whopping $300 billion in market value in intraday trading Thursday as fears that President Trump’s reciprocal tariffs will hammer supply chains sparked a market bloodbath. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

The Evolution of App Control, A Carbon Black Legend 2025-04-03 at 18:05 By Alisha Smith Assume nothing, trust nothing—and secure everything This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

ParaSwap rebrands to Velora, introduces intent-based DEX trading feature 2025-04-03 at 18:05 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Decentralized exchange (DEX) aggregator ParaSwap announced its rebrand to Velora and is moving on to a new intents-based trading feature. According to an announcement shared with Cointelegraph, Velora’s just introduced its Delta v.2.5 upgrade. This supposedly results in…

How zero-knowledge proofs can make AI fairer 2025-04-03 at 18:05 By Cointelegraph by Rob Viglione Opinion by: Rob Viglione, co-founder and CEO of Horizen Labs Can you trust your AI to be unbiased? A recent research paper suggests it’s a little more complicated. Unfortunately, bias isn’t just a bug — it’s a persistent feature without…

When disaster strikes, proper preparation prevents poor performance 2025-04-03 at 18:05 By Iain Thomson It’s going to happen to you one day, so get your ducks in a row As Benjamin Franklin famously said: “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” and that’s especially true when it comes to disaster recovery.… This…

Mediatek wants to make Chromebooks more like Copilot+ PCs 2025-04-03 at 17:32 By Dan Robinson Arm-based silicon to help Google hardware muscle in on territory of Microsoft’s own Arm-based PCs MediaTek is bringing out a new chip for Chromebooks that blurs the boundary with Copilot+ PCs, sporting an 8-core CPU cluster and a neural processing…

Beyond the hype: How Bitcoin stays true to its values 2025-04-03 at 17:04 By Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis Bitcoin’s (BTC) journey from a radical experiment to a trillion-dollar asset has been fueled by grand narratives: Digital gold, decentralized money and an alternative financial system. Beyond the hype, how does Bitcoin remain true to its core…

Bill Gates unearths Microsoft’s ancient code like a proud nerd dad 2025-04-03 at 16:32 By Richard Speed Founder shares 4K Altair BASIC source ahead of 50th anniversary Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has shared the 1975 source code for Altair BASIC.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Lazarus Group Targets Job Seekers With ClickFix Tactic to Deploy GolangGhost Malware 2025-04-03 at 16:32 By The North Korean threat actors behind Contagious Interview have adopted the increasingly popular ClickFix social engineering tactic to lure job seekers in the cryptocurrency sector to deliver a previously undocumented Go-based backdoor called GolangGhost on Windows and macOS systems.…

Trump ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs create chaos in markets, recession concerns 2025-04-03 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood US President Donald Trump introduced a slew of tariffs on April 2, sending markets into a tailspin and dividing crypto observers as to their possible long-term effects.  At a special event at the White House, Trump signed…

Wintermute transfers $75M FDUSD since depegs, in $3M arbitrage opportunity 2025-04-03 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Market makers’ blockchain transactions point to a potential $3 million arbitrage opportunity related to the depegging of the FDUSD stablecoin. The First Digital US dollar-pegged stablecoin (FDUSD) depegged on April 2, after Tron founder Justin Sun claimed…

CEX listings outperform Nasdaq and Dow IPOs with 80% average returns 2025-04-03 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Cryptocurrency listings have outperformed the average of traditional stock listings, despite recent community criticism regarding the manipulation potential of token listings on centralized exchanges. Token listing procedures on centralized cryptocurrency exchanges (CEXs) drew significant controversy after…

Why is someone mass-scanning Juniper and Palo Alto Networks products? 2025-04-03 at 16:02 By Jessica Lyons Espionage? Botnets? Trying to exploit a zero-day? Someone or something is probing devices made by Juniper Networks and Palo Alto Networks, and researchers think it could be evidence of espionage attempts, attempts to build a botnet, or an effort…

Zorin OS 17.3 takes the Brave step of changing its default browser from Firefox 2025-04-03 at 15:17 By Liam Proven To be fair, it sounds like the team has ironed out the more controversial features Comment  The latest version of Zorin OS, a popular Windows-macOS-like Ubuntu Linux remix, looks good, but there’s one change that…

AI Threats Are Evolving Fast — Learn Practical Defense Tactics in this Expert Webinar 2025-04-03 at 15:17 By The rules have changed. Again. Artificial intelligence is bringing powerful new tools to businesses. But it’s also giving cybercriminals smarter ways to attack. They’re moving quicker, targeting more precisely, and slipping past old defenses without being noticed.…

US sanctions 8 crypto wallets tied to Garantex, Houthis 2025-04-03 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski The US Treasury Department sanctioned eight cryptocurrency wallet addresses linked to Russian crypto exchange Garantex and the Houthis. The United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned eight crypto addresses that data from blockchain forensic firms Chainalysis…

EU: These are scary times – let’s backdoor encryption! 2025-04-03 at 14:31 By Iain Thomson ProtectEU plan wants to have its cake and eat it too The EU has issued its plans to keep the continent’s denizens secure and among the pages of bureaucratese are a few worrying sections that indicate the political union wants…

AI Adoption in the Enterprise: Breaking Through the Security and Compliance Gridlock 2025-04-03 at 14:18 By AI holds the promise to revolutionize all sectors of enterpriseーfrom fraud detection and content personalization to customer service and security operations. Yet, despite its potential, implementation often stalls behind a wall of security, legal, and compliance hurdles. Imagine this…

Crypto donations top $1B in 2024, gain traction after Myanmar, Thailand quake 2025-04-03 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Binance co-founder Changpeng “CZ” Zhao donated over half a million dollars worth of crypto to the earthquake disaster relief effort in Thailand and Myanmar, in another testament to the growing utility of blockchain-based emergency charity…

System builders say server prices set to spike as Trump plays customs cowboy 2025-04-03 at 13:31 By Dan Robinson Tariff moves threaten supply chain stability The cost of buying servers for business will inevitably rise as a result of US President Donald Trump’s trade policies, at least in the short term, as uncertainty grips the…

Heterogeneous stacks, ransomware, and ITaaS: A DR nightmare 2025-04-03 at 12:35 By Chris Mellor Recovery’s never been harder in today’s tangled, outsourced infrastructure Comment  Disaster recovery is getting tougher as IT estates sprawl across on-prem gear, public cloud, SaaS, and third-party ITaaS providers. And it’s not floods or fires causing most outages anymore – ransomware…