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Shares of Google parent Alphabet jump as advertising growth lifts revenue to over $90B 2025-04-25 at 01:02 By Reuters Revenue from Google’s mainstay ad business, which makes up about 75% of its overall revenue, rose 8.5% to $66.89 billion. The company also said it will buy back $70 billion stock. This article is an excerpt from…

Federal Reserve withdraws crypto guidance for banks 2025-04-25 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The US Federal Reserve has announced it would withdraw guidance for banks engaging in crypto asset and stablecoin-related activities. ”The Board is rescinding its 2022 supervisory letter establishing an expectation that state member banks provide advance notification of planned or…

White House receives over 10,000 comments on AI development plan 2025-04-25 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The White House said on April 24 that it received more than 10,000 public comments on its planned artificial intelligence action plan, indicating widespread interest in the technology as the global race for AI leadership accelerates. Among…

Avalanche-powered Axiym bets on money services businesses 2025-04-25 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Global cross-border payment platform Axiym is targeting the rising demand from money services businesses (MSBs) for blockchain-based infrastructure and stablecoin solutions for international transactions, the company told Cointelegraph. Headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Axiym disclosed on April 24 that…

Devs sound alarm after Microsoft subtracts C/C++ extension from VS Code forks 2025-04-25 at 01:01 By Thomas Claburn Cursor, Codium makers lose access as add-on goes exclusive Microsoft’s C/C++ extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code) no longer works with derivative products such as VS Codium and Cursor – and some developers are crying foul.……

SSNs and more on 5.5M+ patients feared stolen from Yale Health 2025-04-24 at 23:47 By Jessica Lyons At least it wasn’t Harvard Yale New Haven Health has notified more than 5.5 million people that their private details were likely stolen by miscreants who broke into the healthcare system’s network last month.… This article is an…

No need to close your iPhone apps — Apple employee reveals the surprising reason why you shouldn’t 2025-04-24 at 23:21 By Ben Cost In a TikTok video with nearly one million views, a UK Apple customer said he had his “mind blown” after learning about the unexpected side effects of this digital detox method. This…

Bitcoin long-term holders get $26B boost as BTC price recovers from ‘fairly normal’ 30% correction 2025-04-24 at 23:21 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key Takeaways: The Bitcoin long-term holder cohort saw a $26 billion value increase as BTC price surged to $94,900. Short-term holders sold at a loss in early April. Bitcoin’s 30% correction lines…

Ex-SEC chair, now heading SDNY, offers rebuke in $12M crypto fraud case 2025-04-24 at 23:21 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Jay Clayton, recently appointed interim US Attorney for the Southern District of New York (SDNY) and former chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission, has begun offering statements in criminal cases involving crypto fraud. In…

Crypto startups no longer welcome in Nvidia’s accelerator program 2025-04-24 at 23:21 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Nvidia’s accelerator program appears to sidestep digital assets startups, with its help section listing crypto-focused companies as ineligible to join the tech giant’s global network of founders. According to the program website, crypto companies and four other types…

Fedora 42 has the Answer, but Ubuntu’s Plucky Puffin isn’t far behind 2025-04-24 at 22:07 By Liam Proven Watch your partitions – GPT and dual-boot don’t always mix While The Reg FOSS desk was on spring break, both the latest interim Ubuntu and latest Fedora debuted.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

SEC task force met with Trump-supporting firms to discuss crypto regulation 2025-04-24 at 21:26 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) crypto task force, headed by Hester Peirce, has continued meeting with digital asset company representatives as the agency explores regulatory changes. In an April 24 notice, the SEC task…

Binance rolls out Fund Accounts for asset managers, bridging crypto-TradFi gap 2025-04-24 at 21:26 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Cryptocurrency exchange Binance has introduced a new fund management solution designed to simplify asset management for portfolio managers, highlighting the growing sophistication of institutional tools in the digital asset space.  On April 24, Binance launched Fund…

Bitcoin rebounds as bulls eye $100K and bears scramble to cover short positions 2025-04-24 at 21:26 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Bearish Bitcoin traders were caught off guard by BTC’s rally above $90,000. Spot volumes are driving the Bitcoin price rally. Derivatives positions with a bearish bias remain at risk of liquidation. Bitcoin…

Microsoft mystery folder fix might need a fix of its own 2025-04-24 at 21:26 By Richard Speed This one weird trick can stop Windows updates dead in their tracks Turns out Microsoft’s latest patch job might need a patch of its own, again. This time, the culprit is a mysterious inetpub folder quietly deployed by…

AI training license will allow LLM builders to pay for content they consume 2025-04-24 at 20:15 By Lindsay Clark UK org backing it promises ‘legal certainty’ for devs, money for creators… but is it too late? A UK non-profit is planning to introduce a new licensing model which will allow developers of large language models…

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group to launch XRP futures 2025-04-24 at 20:01 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, which operates the largest financial derivatives exchanges worldwide, recently announced that XRP (XRP) futures contracts will go live on May 19. According to the April 24 announcement, investors have the option of…

Bitcoin supply on exchanges is falling ‘due to public company purchases’ — Fidelity 2025-04-24 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Bitcoin reserves on cryptocurrency exchanges have dropped to their lowest level in more than six years, as publicly traded companies ramp up their accumulation of the digital asset following the US presidential election, according…

Bitcoin ‘short squeeze’ or $87K dip next? BTC price predictions vary 2025-04-24 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin is setting up a showdown with leveraged shorts immediately above its yearly open price. That key level near $93,500 is the main target for traders hoping that BTC/USD will cement its latest breakout.…

Assassin’s Creed maker faces GDPR complaint for forcing single-player gamers online 2025-04-24 at 19:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Collecting data from solo players is a Far Cry from being necessary, says noyb For anyone who’s ever been frustrated by the need to go online to play a single-player video game, the European privacy specialists at noyb…

55% of threat groups active in 2024 were financially motivated 2025-04-24 at 19:03 By Of the threat groups tracked by Mandiant, 55% of threat groups active in 2024 were financially motivated, which marks a steady increase from 2023. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to…

5 RSAC™ Trends SecOps Pros Are Watching 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Monica White Check out the hottest tracks in security before you get to the party This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source React to this headline:

Angels from Citadel, Jane Street, JPMorgan back $20M raise for Theo network 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Theo, a provider of onchain trading infrastructure, has raised $20 million from 17 investors to enhance its institutional-grade trading platform aimed at retail investors. The funding round was co-led by Hack VC and Anthos Capital,…

The hidden risk of updatable firmware 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Cointelegraph by Igor Zemtsov Opinion by: Igor Zemtsov, chief technology officer at TBCC Crypto security is a ticking time bomb. Updatable firmware might just be the match that lights the fuse. Hardware wallets have become the holy grail of self-custody, the ultimate safeguard against hackers,…

Tether boosts Juventus stake to 10% in latest strategic buy 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Tether Investments — the investment arm of leading stablecoin issuer Tether — acquired additional shares in Juventus Football Club. According to an April 24 announcement, with its latest investment, Tether brought its total participation in Juventus to…

US biz stockpilers boost SK Hynix top line as memory market undergoes structural change 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Dan Robinson ‘Inventory accumulation’ as vendors hoard HBM amid tariff and other pressures South Korean memory maker SK Hynix is reporting a sales bounce due to the demand for AI systems, helped by US businesses stockpiling HBM…

Decades-old bug in Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas finally shows itself 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Richard Speed Something broke on Windows 11 24H2, but dev who discovered it tells El Reg this time Microsoft’s not to blame Microsoft’s Windows 11 24H2 update is frustrating some users, but it isn’t the operating system at fault this…

Qualcomm says license fight was because Arm wants to make its own server chips 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Dan Robinson Alleges semi designer tried to obstruct Qualy’s build of Arm-compatible custom cores Qualcomm has amended its complaint against Arm in a 2024 lawsuit, adding more allegations about Arm’s purported breach of license agreements and accusing…

Lazarus Hits 6 South Korean Firms via Cross EX, Innorix Zero-Day and ThreatNeedle Malware 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By At least six organizations in South Korea have been targeted by the prolific North Korea-linked Lazarus Group as part of a campaign dubbed Operation SyncHole. The activity targeted South Korea’s software, IT, financial, semiconductor manufacturing, and telecommunications…

Linux io_uring PoC Rootkit Bypasses System Call-Based Threat Detection Tools 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a proof-of-concept (PoC) rootkit dubbed Curing that leverages a Linux asynchronous I/O mechanism called io_uring to bypass traditional system call monitoring. This causes a “major blind spot in Linux runtime security tools,” ARMO said. “This mechanism allows…

159 CVEs Exploited in Q1 2025 — 28.3% Within 24 Hours of Disclosure 2025-04-24 at 18:12 By As many as 159 CVE identifiers have been flagged as exploited in the wild in the first quarter of 2025, up from 151 in Q4 2024. “We continue to see vulnerabilities being exploited at a fast pace with…

Bitcoin’s next big resistance is $95K— What will trigger the breakout? 2025-04-24 at 15:35 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Key takeaways: Spot Bitcoin ETF inflows are at their highest since January 2025. Inflows to exchanges down to levels last seen in December 2016. Bitcoin’s negative funding rates could set up a short squeeze. BTC price…

Ninite to win it: How to rebuild Windows without losing your mind 2025-04-24 at 15:35 By Liam Proven Get a new, clean (maybe suspiciously empty) install up to speed – and keep it there When you install a fresh, clean copy of Windows – say, if you’re switching to the LTSC edition – Ninite is…

Darcula Adds GenAI to Phishing Toolkit, Lowering the Barrier for Cybercriminals 2025-04-24 at 15:35 By The threat actors behind the Darcula phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform have released new updates to their cybercrime suite with generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) capabilities. “This addition lowers the technical barrier for creating phishing pages, enabling less tech-savvy criminals to deploy customized…

Trump fought the bond market, the bond market won: Saifedean Ammous 2025-04-24 at 14:33 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Analysts are criticizing the financial implications of US President Donald Trump’s import tariffs, a development that some say highlights Bitcoin’s unique economic properties during times of global uncertainty. Trump’s 90-day pause on higher reciprocal tariffs, reverting…

Upbit and Bithumb suspend Synthetix token deposits, citing sUSD risks 2025-04-24 at 14:33 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra South Korean exchanges Upbit and Bithumb have suspended deposits for Synthetix (SNX) tokens after it was flagged by the Digital Asset Exchange Alliance (DAXA) for potential risks. DAXA, the self-regulatory organization establishing industry standards for South Korean…

Bitcoin exchange outflows mimic 2023 as whales buy retail ‘panic’ 2025-04-24 at 14:33 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin exchange 100-day average netflows are at their most negative since the start of the current bull market in 2023. Exchange balances continue to plumb new multiyear lows. Whales are particularly active buyers this month,…

Sustainability still not a high priority for datacenter industry 2025-04-24 at 14:33 By Dan Robinson Extreme weather is such a problem when building bit barns… hmmm, wonder what could be causing that? When it comes to building datacenters, reducing the environmental impact of the project is still not seen as a major concern – it…