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NFT founder stole millions from Bitcoin project, investors allege 2025-05-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Several investors in a non-fungible token (NFT) project, Hashling NFT, have accused its founder of misappropriating millions of dollars in profits from the project and a closely tied Bitcoin mining operation. According to the May 14 court filing…

Sonic Labs wins judgment for Multichain Foundation to wind up 2025-05-15 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A Singapore High Court has ruled in favor of Sonic Labs’ motion to force the Multichain Foundation to wind up in an effort to recover funds stolen during a 2023 hack. In the May 9 judgment in…

Here’s what we know about the DragonForce ransomware that hit Marks & Spencer 2025-05-15 at 09:47 By Jessica Lyons Would you believe it, this RaaS cartel says Russia is off limits DragonForce, a new-ish ransomware-as-a-service operation, has given organizations another cyber threat to worry about — unless they’re in Russia, which is off limits to…

New Chrome Vulnerability Enables Cross-Origin Data Leak via Loader Referrer Policy 2025-05-15 at 09:47 By Google on Wednesday released updates to address four security issues in its Chrome web browser, including one for which it said there exists an exploit in the wild. The high-severity vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4664 (CVSS score: 4.3), has been characterized…

Stablecoin bill won’t target Trump as Senate aims to pass it next week 2025-05-15 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The US Senate could pass a key bipartisan stablecoin bill as soon as next week after removing language targeting President Donald Trump and his family’s sprawling crypto interests. Republican Senator Cynthia Lummis said onstage…

Telegram shuts the ‘largest darknet marketplace to have ever existed’ 2025-05-15 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young A major Chinese darknet marketplace suspected of facilitating crypto scams and cybercrime has been shut down by the Telegram messaging service, upon which it operated. The internet’s largest illicit marketplace, Haowang Guarantee, formerly Huione Guarantee, said it…

Chainalysis CEO offers a clue into the recent spate of Paris crypto attacks 2025-05-15 at 09:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Some criminal organizations are yet to receive the memo — crypto is traceable — and could explain the recent string of crypto-related kidnappings, says Chainalysis CEO Jonathan Levin.  Law enforcement has been increasingly successful…

Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they’re ready to rock 2025-05-15 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood IT department keeps the infrastructure. Then this new persona takes over and handles the AI stuff Some organizations have started hiring for a new tech job: The Machine Learning Administrator – aka the…

Agentic AI Is Everywhere — So Are the Security Risks 2025-05-15 at 08:19 By The hype of AI agents is real, but so are the risks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Coinbase CEO looking at more acquisitions after $2.9B Deribit buy 2025-05-15 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong says his firm will continue to look for merger and acquisition opportunities after acquiring crypto derivatives platform Deribit. “We are always looking at M&A opportunities,” said Armstrong on Bloomberg Television on May 14.…

Europol helps dismantle $23M ‘mafia crypto bank’ 2025-05-15 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea European law enforcement in January arrested 17 suspects of a “mafia crypto bank” who are said to have laundered over 21 million euros ($23.5 million) in crypto for criminal entities in China and the Middle East. The money laundering services…

Dems seek suspicious activity reports linked to Trump crypto ventures 2025-05-15 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte US Democrat lawmakers have sent a letter to the US Treasury demanding access to suspicious activity reports (SARs) on several Trump-backed crypto projects as part of the latest probe into the president’s digital ventures.  Penned by representatives…

Chip bans? LOL! Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough GPUs for future AI model training 2025-05-15 at 05:16 By Simon Sharwood Partly because America does AI wrong and it can get more done with less Chinese web giant Tencent says it has enough high-end GPUs to train new AI models for years, in…

eToro jumps 30% on Nasdaq debut after upsized IPO 2025-05-15 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Crypto and stock trading platform eToro has seen its share price gain nearly 30% during its debut on the Nasdaq after the company made a last-minute boost to its initial public offering. Shares in eToro Group Ltd (ETOR)…

Crypto startups scaring away VCs with 80x valuations: 10T Holdings 2025-05-15 at 04:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Too many crypto startups are pricing themselves out of venture capital funding by chasing valuations far exceeding their revenues, according to Dan Tapeiro, the CEO of crypto-focused venture capital firm 10T Holdings. “For some reason, founders and…

Google search volume for Bitcoin flat as BTC nears new highs — Where are retail investors? 2025-05-15 at 03:03 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Google search data and app rankings show retail Bitcoin investor demand near 6-month lows. Retail investor interest typically peaks 1 week after BTC breaks all-time highs. Bitcoin (BTC) retail…

AMD’s first crack at Nvidia hampered by half-baked training software, says TensorWave boss 2025-05-15 at 03:03 By Tobias Mann Bit barn operator to wedge 8,192 liquid-cooled MI325Xs into AI training cluster Interview  After some teething pains, TensorWave CEO Darrick Horton is confident that AMD’s Instinct accelerators are ready to take on large-scale AI training.… This…

GAO finds billions in possible government savings, all without Elon’s help 2025-05-15 at 02:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo More than $100M in costs could be cut by gutting duplicative IT alone, making DOGE itself look a bit redundant Comment  Cost-trimming in the US federal government is all the rage right now – and a new report…

Dogecoin active addresses surge by 528% — Will DOGE price follow? 2025-05-15 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key Takeaways: Dogecoin’s active addresses surged 528% to 469,477. DOGE’s futures open interest rose 70% to $1.65 billion, indicating strong speculative interest. On May 13, Dogecoin (DOGE) witnessed a staggering 528% increase in active addresses, soaring…

Here’s how a bio implant stopped Long Island woman’s ‘horrific’ athritis in its tracks: ‘This is the future’ 2025-05-15 at 01:32 By Alex Mitchell She received a state-of-the-art bio-implant that has miraculously regulated the condition with minimal invasiveness — and just a minute of daily stimulation. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

3 reasons why Ethereum price could rally to $5,000 in 2025 2025-05-15 at 01:08 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: A longer-term ETH price rally is dependent on SEC approval of in-kind ETF creation and staking to attract more investors. AI adoption and Ethereum layer-2 growth must drive onchain activity to restore the network’s…

Ethereum Foundation unveils security initiative to supplant legacy systems 2025-05-15 at 01:08 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The Ethereum Foundation has launched a security initiative aimed at supporting the broader adoption of onchain technologies, according to a May 14 announcement. The effort is part of an ongoing push to strengthen Ethereum’s role in programmable digital…

Bitfarms clocks $36M net loss amid shift from Bitcoin mining to AI 2025-05-15 at 01:08 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Bitfarms clocked a first-quarter net loss of $36 million, widening from a $6 million loss in the same period a year earlier, as the Bitcoin miner pivots from mining to high-performance computing for artificial intelligence…

New York has ‘outsized role to play’ in crypto ecosystem — State regulator head 2025-05-15 at 00:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Adrienne Harris, the head of the New York State Department of Financial Services (NYDFS), said New York has an “outsized role to play” in the crypto ecosystem, particularly in shaping regulatory frameworks for…

Crypto execs flock to DC to support Senate stablecoin bill 2025-05-15 at 00:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Crypto founders headed to Washington, DC, to meet with lawmakers ahead of another expected vote on a stablecoin bill that initially failed in the Senate, according to Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong. In a May 14 X post…

Metal maker meltdown: Nucor stops production after cyber-intrusion 2025-05-14 at 23:47 By Iain Thomson Ransomware or critical infra hit? Top US manufacturer maintains steely silence Nucor, the largest steel manufacturer in the US, shut down production operations after discovering its servers had been penetrated.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

Intuitive Machines blames dim lighting and dodgy data for second lunar faceplant 2025-05-14 at 22:47 By Richard Speed Touchdown with no topple? Company aims for third time lucky Intuitive Machines has blamed poor lighting, a problematic altimeter, and difficulties spotting craters for the company’s second lunar lander tipping over.… This article is an excerpt from…

Gen Z co-opted the smiley face emoji, but beware — it means something totally different to them 2025-05-14 at 22:09 By Marissa Matozzo Smiling emoji got you in hot water? Gen Z says it’s not so sweet. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

VanEck launches ‘Onchain Economy’ ETF 2025-05-14 at 22:09 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell VanEck has launched a new actively managed exchange-traded fund (ETF) designed to invest in stocks and financial instruments offering exposure to the digital economy, the asset manager said on May 14. The VanEck Onchain Economy ETF (NODE) is listed on the Cboe…

Price predictions 5/14: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, SUI, LINK, AVAX 2025-05-14 at 22:09 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Key points: Bitcoin remains above $100,000, but buyers are struggling to sustain prices above $105,000. Strong altcoin performances suggest an altseason has started. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading above $103,000, with buyers attempting to drive…

RHEL 10 quietly leaks ahead of Red Hat Summit 2025-05-14 at 22:09 By Liam Proven GA date slips out on Japanese site, vanishes from English Red Hat appears to have quietly made RHEL 10 available to paying customers, days ahead of its expected debut at next week’s Red Hat Summit.… This article is an excerpt…

The future of LLMs is open source, Salesforce’s Benioff says 2025-05-14 at 21:32 By Lindsay Clark Cheaper, open source LLMs will commoditize the market at expense of their bloated counterparts The future of large language models is likely to be open source, according to Marc Benioff, co-founder and longstanding CEO of Salesforce.… This article is…

Meta exec’s frantic warning about Instagram’s alarming ‘fake’ activity numbers in spotlight at FTC trial 2025-05-14 at 21:19 By Thomas Barrabi An executive at Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta once cited estimates that as much as 40% of all engagement on Instagram was fake, according to little-noticed documents that surfaced this week from the FTC’s landmark trial…

Samsung Patches CVE-2025-4632 Used to Deploy Mirai Botnet via MagicINFO 9 Exploit 2025-05-14 at 21:18 By Samsung has released software updates to address a critical security flaw in MagicINFO 9 Server that has been actively exploited in the wild. The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2025-4632 (CVSS score: 9.8), has been described as a path traversal flaw.…

BianLian and RansomExx Exploit SAP NetWeaver Flaw to Deploy PipeMagic Trojan 2025-05-14 at 21:18 By At least two different cybercrime groups BianLian and RansomExx are said to have exploited a recently disclosed security flaw in SAP NetWeaver, indicating that multiple threat actors are taking advantage of the bug. Cybersecurity firm ReliaQuest, in a new update…

These five crypto figures vanished, died or fooled us all 2025-05-14 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Zerebro developer Jeffy Yu has been found alive at his parents’ home in San Francisco, days after faking his suicide on a livestream that launched a supposed posthumous memecoin past $100 million. Yu’s case isn’t the first…

Bitcoin bulls aim for new all-time highs by next week as capital inflows soar 2025-05-14 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key Takeaways: Bitcoin’s realized cap has grown by $30 billion since April 20, reflecting steady investor confidence and new capital inflows. A Bitcoin price consolidation pattern forecasts a potential 10% breakout by next…

Canada ‘got it wrong’ labeling stablecoins securities — NDAX exec 2025-05-14 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Tanim Rasul, chief operating officer at Canadian crypto exchange NDAX, said Canada “got it wrong” categorizing stablecoins as securities in 2022, and the country needs to realize that every other regulatory regime is looking at stablecoins as…

Uncle Sam pulls $2.4B Leidos deal to support CISA after rival alleges foul play 2025-05-14 at 20:47 By Connor Jones Nightwing claims insider intel helped secure lucrative CISA work but US says decision is unrelated The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) scrapped a highly lucrative cybersecurity contract originally awarded to Leidos following a legal challenge…

Intel needs external foundry customers to make 14A process node pay off 2025-05-14 at 20:32 By Dan Robinson Ailing chip giant targets 2027 break-even as costly EUV tools raise stakes Intel is wooing external chip customers for its 14A process node to justify the high costs involved, and aims for the foundry division to break…

Waymo recalls more than 1,200 robotaxis over software glitch linked to crashes with roadway barriers 2025-05-14 at 19:47 By Taylor Herzlich At least 16 cases of Waymo self-driving vehicles colliding with roadway barriers have been reported. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

Xinbi Telegram Market Tied to $8.4B in Crypto Crime, Romance Scams, North Korea Laundering 2025-05-14 at 19:47 By A Chinese-language, Telegram-based marketplace called Xinbi Guarantee has facilitated no less than $8.4 billion in transactions since 2022, making it the second major black market to be exposed after HuiOne Guarantee. According to a report published by…

Uber unveils bus-like feature for commuters, expands $3 monthly pass 2025-05-14 at 19:33 By Reuters The ride-sharing app has been looking to invest in more affordable transport and delivery offerings to widen its user base and combat slowing revenue growth in an uncertain economic environment. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…