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Laser-cooled chips: Maybe coming soon-ish to a datacenter near you 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Brandon Vigliarolo Public-private partnership zaps photons at hotspots, hopes to ship by 2027 A startup backed by Sandia National Laboratories thinks it’s found a cool new way to keep the world’s supercomputers and datacenters cool enough to run efficiently: Zap ‘em…

Microsoft Patches 126 Flaws Including Actively Exploited Windows CLFS Vulnerability 2025-04-09 at 11:26 By Microsoft has released security fixes to address a massive set of 126 flaws affecting its software products, including one vulnerability that it said has been actively exploited in the wild. Of the 126 vulnerabilities, 11 are rated Critical, 112 are rated…

Trump tariffs reignite idea that Bitcoin could outlast US dollar 2025-04-09 at 10:17 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The lingering fears triggered by US President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs have analysts increasingly convinced that Bitcoin is now more likely than ever to challenge the US dollar in the years ahead. “Higher chance Bitcoin survives…

Copyright-ignoring AI scraper bots laugh at robots.txt so the IETF is trying to improve it 2025-04-09 at 10:17 By Simon Sharwood Recently formed AI Preferences Working Group has August deadline to develop ideas on how to tell crawlers to go away, or come for a feast The Internet Engineering Task Force has chartered a group…

Ethereum whale sells ETH after 900 days, missing $27M possible peak profit 2025-04-09 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte An Ether whale who had held 10,000 Ether for the last 900 days has sold their entire stash and missed out on a peak profit of $27.6 million when the cryptocurrency was worth over $4,000. …

Ethereum has outperformed Bitcoin just 15% of the time since its launch 2025-04-09 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ethereum has only outperformed Bitcoin for 15% of all trading days since its launch almost a decade ago, according to analysts. Since Ether (ETH) began trading in mid-2015, it has underperformed against Bitcoin (BTC) 85%…

EU markets regulator says crypto may cause ‘broader stability issues’ as market grows 2025-04-09 at 08:20 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has warned that crypto will increasingly threaten traditional financial markets’ stability as the industry grows and becomes more entwined with traditional finance players. “We cannot rule out…

AI agent platform Virtuals revenue plunges to $500 a day with token down 90% 2025-04-09 at 07:07 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The artificial intelligence agent creation and monetization platform Virtuals Protocol has seen its daily revenue plummet to just $500 as demand for crypto AI agents continues to wane. “Probably one of the wildest…

Two-thirds of financial institutions faced cyberattacks in 2024 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By A recent Contrast Security report revealed that the financial sector faced a surge in attacks, with 64% of respondents reporting cybersecurity incidents in the past 12 months. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React…

90% of US companies faced cyber fraud in 2024 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By According to a new report by Trustpair, cyber fraud (deepfakes, hacking, phishing, voice cloning, etc.) rose by 14% year over year (YoY). This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Adobe Patches 11 Critical ColdFusion Flaws Amid 30 Total Vulnerabilities Discovered 2025-04-09 at 07:06 By Adobe has released security updates to fix a fresh set of security flaws, including multiple critical-severity bugs in ColdFusion versions 2025, 2023 and 2021 that could result in arbitrary file read and code execution. Of the 30 flaws in the product,…

Shaquille O’Neal gets judge’s greenlight for $11M Astrals NFT settlement 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Former NBA star Shaquille O’Neal has been granted final court approval to settle a class-action lawsuit for $11 million with Astrals non-fungible token (NFT) buyers. Florida federal court judge Federico Moreno granted approval of the settlement between…

Melania Trump’s memecoin team ‘quietly sold’ $30M, says Bubblemaps 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Cointelegraph by Jody McDonald The team behind US first lady Melania Trump’s memecoin, Melania Meme (MELANIA), has moved $30 million worth of the token out of the project’s community funds and has begun selling them, says blockchain analytics firm Bubblemaps. Bubblemaps said…

DOGE dilettantes ‘didn’t test’ Social Security fraud detection tool at appropriate scale 2025-04-09 at 06:46 By Iain Thomson Feds claim creaky COBOL, user spike is real reason key portal now flaky The United States Social Security Administration’s internet portal has frequently gone offline in recent weeks, and presented inaccurate or incomplete information to users, perhaps…

Hackers hide crypto address-swapping malware in Microsoft Office add-in bundles 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Malicious actors are attempting to steal crypto with malware embedded in fake Microsoft Office extensions uploaded to the software hosting site SourceForge, according to cybersecurity firm Kaspersky. One of the malicious listings, called “officepackage,” has real Microsoft…

Trump tariffs could lower Bitcoin miner prices outside US, says mining exec 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The Trump administration’s sweeping tariffs could collapse US demand for Bitcoin mining rigs, which would benefit mining operations outside the country as manufacturers will look outside the US to sell their surplus inventory for cheaper,…

Pharmacist accused of using webcams to spy on female colleagues at work, home 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Thomas Claburn Lawsuit claims sick cyber-voyeurism went undetected for years, using hundreds of PCs, due to lax infosec A now-former pharmacist at the University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC) has been accused of compromising the US healthcare organization’s…

AI entrepreneur sent avatar to argue in court – and the judge shut it down fast 2025-04-09 at 05:41 By Thomas Claburn We hear from court-scolded Jerome Dewald, who insists lawyer-bots have a future Interview  The founder of an AI startup who attempted to use an artificially generated avatar to argue his case in court…

Tough luck, Windows 10 users. No fix yet for ransomware-exploited OS bug 2025-04-09 at 02:49 By Iain Thomson A novel way to encourage upgrades? Microsoft would never stoop so low Patch Tuesday  Patch Tuesday has arrived, and Microsoft has revealed one flaw in its products under active exploitation and 11 critical issues in its code…

TSMC blew whistle on suspected verboten exports to Huawei – that may cost it $1B+ 2025-04-09 at 01:12 By Tobias Mann What did we learn today, hm? TSMC could end up paying $1 billion or more to settle a US investigation into whether the Taiwanese outfit busted sanctions by indirectly producing AI accelerators for America’s…

Cboe BZX files to list Canary’s SUI ETF 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Cboe BZX Exchange has asked United States regulators for clearance to list an exchange-traded fund (ETF) backed by Sui (SUI), the native token of the Sui Network, public filings show.  The request submitted on April 8 must be reviewed…

Bitcoin weekly RSI hits bull market low as trader sees $70K BTC price bottom 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) has a new $70,000 reversal target as a leading indicator sets new bull market lows. In X analysis on April 7, popular trader and analyst Rekt Capital predicted that BTC/USD could…

Canadian nuclear watchdog green-lights construction of first licensed SMR 2025-04-09 at 00:18 By Brandon Vigliarolo Built by 2028? Maybe. Powering homes? That’s another licence entirely Canadian nuclear regulators have approved an Ontario company’s request to build a single small modular reactor – the first such license issued in the country. But with the chosen design…

China counters tariffs with yuan devaluation, which is ‘bullish for BTC’ 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi With US President Donald Trump imposing 104% tariffs on Chinese imports, Beijing is responding by letting the yuan weaken against the dollar — a move that analysts say could spark the next leg of the Bitcoin…

Gaming NFT maker Aavegotchi votes to ditch Polygon for Base 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Aavegotchi, a non-fungible token (NFT) protocol focused on Web3 gaming, has opted to abandon blockchain network Polygon and “go all-in” on Base, an Ethereum layer-2 scaling chain, according to the results of an onchain vote.  On April…

Ethereum price data highlights $1,000 as the final bottom for ETH 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ether (ETH), the native token of Ethereum, is showing signs of bullish exhaustion after a steep 65% decline over the past three months. The pace of the downtrend and the oversold conditions shown by various ETH…

Meta accused of Llama 4 bait-and-switch to juice AI benchmark rank 2025-04-08 at 23:12 By Tobias Mann Did Facebook giant rizz up LLM to win over human voters? It appears so Meta submitted a specially crafted, non-public variant of its Llama 4 AI model to an online benchmark that may have unfairly boosted its leaderboard…

Boeing 787 radio software patch didn’t work, says Qatar 2025-04-08 at 22:31 By Iain Thomson ‘Loss of safe separation between aircraft, collision, or runway incursion’ is not what we want to hear Boeing issued a software patch for the VHF radio systems used on its 787 aircraft, and the update turned out to be ineffective,…

Hi-ho, Cyber! Bizarre robotic horse dreamed up by motorcycle maker hits the ground running 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Ben Cost Here comes the Termi-neigh-tor. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

BlackRock taps Anchorage Digital for digital asset custody 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Asset manager BlackRock is partnering with Anchorage Digital for crypto custody services, a move aimed at addressing the rising demand for digital assets from retail and institutional investors. According to an April 8 announcement, BlackRock is the world’s largest…

Bitcoin futures divergences point to transitioning market — Are BTC bulls accumulating? 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin’s (BTC) price has dropped 5.6% over the past seven days, closing three daily candles below the $80,000 support for the first time since Nov. 9, 2024. Data from Glassnode highlighted Bitcoin witnessing a 64%…

Don’t open that JPEG sent to WhatsApp for Windows. It might be an .EXE 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Jessica Lyons What a MIME field A bug in WhatsApp for Windows can be exploited to execute malicious code by anyone crafty enough to persuade a user to open a rigged attachment – and, to be fair,…

Fortinet Urges FortiSwitch Upgrades to Patch Critical Admin Password Change Flaw 2025-04-08 at 22:03 By Fortinet has released security updates to address a critical security flaw impacting FortiSwitch that could permit an attacker to make unauthorized password changes. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-48887, carries a CVSS score of 9.3 out of a maximum of 10.0.…