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Vermont halts electric vehicle requirements as governor says ‘current goals’ not realistic 2025-05-14 at 02:35 By Reuters “It’s clear we don’t have anywhere near enough charging infrastructure and insufficient technological advances in heavy-duty vehicles to meet current goals,” Gov. Phil Scott said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |…

Trump ends Biden-era dream to cap US AI chip exports 2025-05-14 at 02:17 By Tobias Mann Ding dong, diffusion is dead Biden’s controversial AI Diffusion rules, which were set to restrict the sale of American GPUs and AI accelerators beginning this week, are officially dead.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

Market volatility indicator still points to $135K Bitcoin within 100 days — Analyst 2025-05-14 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key Takeaways: Bitcoin price holds above $100,000, driven by “risk-on” sentiment after the CBOE Volatility Index (VIX) dropped to 20. The Bitcoin Bull Score Index surged to 80, and the Fear & Greed Index…

US lawmakers call for change in corporate digital asset taxes 2025-05-14 at 02:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Two US senators are calling on Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to “exercise [the department’s] authority” and change a provision affecting taxes on corporate holdings of digital assets. In a May 12 letter, Senators Cynthia Lummis and Bernie…

AI job interview spirals into ‘dystopian, disturbing’ glitch: ‘I was freaked out’ 2025-05-14 at 01:02 By Marissa Matozzo AI hiring tools have folks questioning the rise of robotic recruiters. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

CoinShares Q1 net profit falls to $24M 2025-05-14 at 01:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino CoinShares, a digital asset investment firm with offices in the United States and Europe, said its net profit fell to $24 million in the first quarter of 2025, a 42.2% decrease from the same period a year ago. Although CoinShares’s…

Intel’s data-leaking Spectre defenses scared off yet again 2025-05-14 at 00:31 By Thomas Claburn ETH Zurich boffins exploit branch prediction race condition to steal info from memory, fixes have mild perf hit Researchers at ETH Zurich in Switzerland have found a way around Intel’s defenses against Spectre, a family of data-leaking flaws in the x86…

Coinbase invests in Canadian stablecoin issuer 2025-05-14 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Coinbase has partnered with Canadian stablecoin issuer Stablecorp in a bid to expand access to tokenized Canadian dollars, a company executive told Cointelegraph during the Blockchain Futurist Conference in Toronto. According to Coinbase Canada’s CEO, Lucas Matheson, the exchange is investing…

Solana network and DeFi activity suggest SOL price rally will continue 2025-05-14 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: Solana’s $10.9 billion TVL surpassed the entire Ethereum layer-2 ecosystem. Solana’s 30-day fee revenue ($43.4 million) rose 109% compared to the previous month. SOL’s 8% funding rate shows healthy leverage demand from bulls. Solana’s…

What are the next steps for the US stablecoin bill? 2025-05-14 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Proponents of a bill to regulate stablecoins in the US Congress will likely take up another vote on the legislation in a matter of days without responding to concerns about President Donald Trump’s financial ties to the…

Qatar’s $400M jet for Trump is a gold-plated security nightmare 2025-05-13 at 23:48 By Iain Thomson Air Force Dumb The Trump administration is set to accept a $400 million luxury 747-8 from the royal family of Qatar – a lavish “palace in the sky” meant as a temporary Air Force One. But getting it up…

Elon Musk pitches Trump, Saudi royals on ‘tens of millions’ of ‘humanoid robots,’ autonomous cars 2025-05-13 at 23:18 By Diana Glebova “We’re headed to a radically different world.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin is one rally away from new highs, but overly euphoric bulls signal ‘overheating’ market 2025-05-13 at 23:00 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva Key takeaways: Bitcoin price maintains its bullish momentum, but a sentiment indicator suggests the market could be overheating.  Data highlights Bitcoin traders taking profits and a lopsided market angled toward longs. Analysts…

Altcoins’ roaring returns and falling USDT stablecoin dominance suggest ‘altseason’ is here 2025-05-13 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Key Takeaways: Declining Bitcoin dominance and rising strength in altcoins and memecoins could be a sign that it’s altseason. USDT dominance could drop to 2022 lows, indicating an accelerating capital rotation into Bitcoin and other…

Microsoft boots 3% of staff in latest cull – middle managers first in line 2025-05-13 at 21:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Redmond talks up new technologies and capabilities for productivity, just don’t call it AI Microsoft is axing 3 percent of its global workforce – its biggest purge since chopping 10,000 jobs in early 2023 –…

VanEck to launch its first RWA tokenization fund 2025-05-13 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Investment firm VanEck is launching a tokenized real-world asset (RWA) fund that offers exposure to US Treasury bills, developed in partnership with tokenization platform Securitize. The initiative places VanEck among a growing number of traditional finance firms entering the…

Microsoft to lay off 3% of global workforce — roughly 7K jobs — in shift to develop AI 2025-05-13 at 20:47 By Thomas Barrabi Microsoft is cutting roughly 3% of its global workforce as the company shifts more resources toward the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, the company confirmed on Tuesday. This article is…

Commvault fixes critical Command Center issue after flaw finder alert 2025-05-13 at 20:47 By Iain Thomson Pay-to-play security on CVSS 10 issue is now fixed An update that fixed a critical flaw in data protection biz Commvault’s Command Center was initially not available to a significant user subset – those testing out a free trial…

ADL calls on Google shareholders to vote down human rights proposal ‘whose goal is to delegitimize Israel’ 2025-05-13 at 20:18 By Ariel Zilber Proposal, which will be voted on at Alphabet’s annual shareholder meeting on June 6, takes aim at company contracts with the Israeli government. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Judge puts two-week pause on Trump’s mass government layoffs 2025-05-13 at 20:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo But the government may be ignoring it anyway The Trump administration’s ongoing mass firing of government employees has been put on hold, with a federal judge calling the move “likely illegal” and ordering the government to hand over evidence to…

Bitcoin shrugs off US CPI win as Binance CEO says BTC ‘leading pack’ 2025-05-13 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: Bitcoin fails to capitalize on lower-than-expected US CPI data, seeing a Wall Street sell-off for a second day. Traders see BTC/USD buying time before its next move, and a trip below $100,000…

Yuga Labs sells CryptoPunks IP to Infinite Node Foundation 2025-05-13 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Infinite Node Foundation (NODE), a nonprofit focused on digital art, has acquired the intellectual property of the CryptoPunks non-fungible token (NFT) collection from Yuga Labs, NODE said in a May 13 announcement.  The acquisition of CryptoPunks, plus its…

Medical scammers posing as insurance companies in sophisticated scheme — hang up if you get this call, FBI warns 2025-05-13 at 19:17 By Adriana Diaz “If the plan seems too good to be true, it probably is.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

SEC hacker counters prosecutors with 366-day sentencing recommendation 2025-05-13 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Defense lawyers have asked a judge to sentence the person responsible for helping post a fake message announcing regulatory approval of Bitcoin exchange-traded funds to roughly a year in prison, countering prosecutors’ request for a two-year sentence. In a…

How to use tsUSDe on TON for yield-generating dollar savings 2025-05-13 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Looking for a way to earn passive income on your crypto without riding the rollercoaster of volatile coins? TsUSDe (the staked version) on The Open Network (TON) might be the answer. It’s a dollar-pegged stablecoin that earns…

Bitcoin remains unmatched as a global inflation hedge 2025-05-13 at 19:04 By Cointelegraph by Jupiter Zheng Opinion by: Jupiter Zheng, Partner Liquid Fund at HashKey Capital Whenever Bitcoin falls in value, the narrative is always the same: It’s failing as a hedge against inflation. In the eyes of critics, Bitcoin is not the “digital gold”…

SAP Patch Day: Digging Into May 2025’s Updates 2025-05-13 at 19:04 By A SAP Security Analyst digs into the most recent SAP Patch Day updates. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft facing multibillion legal claim over how it sells software 2025-05-13 at 18:47 By Richard Speed Stop us if you’ve heard this one before A legal claim has been brought against Microsoft over alleged licensing practices that could result in a multibillion-pound payout for UK customers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

China-Linked APTs Exploit SAP CVE-2025-31324 to Breach 581 Critical Systems Worldwide 2025-05-13 at 18:47 By A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting SAP NetWeaver is being exploited by multiple China-nexus nation-state actors to target critical infrastructure networks. “Actors leveraged CVE-2025-31324, an unauthenticated file upload vulnerability that enables remote code execution (RCE),” EclecticIQ researcher Arda Büyükkaya…

Malicious PyPI Package Posing as Solana Tool Stole Source Code in 761 Downloads 2025-05-13 at 18:47 By Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a malicious package on the Python Package Index (PyPI) repository that purports to be an application related to the Solana blockchain, but contains malicious functionality to steal source code and developer secrets. The package,…

Apple to pay customers $95M in Siri spying settlement — here’s how to get your payout 2025-05-13 at 18:21 By Brooke Steinberg If you have owned an Apple device since 2014, you could be due for some cash. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View…

$1B Bitcoin exits Coinbase in a day as analysts warn of supply shock 2025-05-13 at 18:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Institutional demand for Bitcoin is growing, as Coinbase, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange, recorded its highest daily outflows of Bitcoin in 2025 on May 9. On May 9, Coinbase saw 9,739 Bitcoin (BTC), worth…

Teacher reveals why she’s quitting on her students: ‘I don’t really have faith in some of these kids’ 2025-05-13 at 17:21 By Asia Grace “These kids don’t even care,” she said in her now-viral rant, an pinpointed a few reasons why she’s giving up the profession. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

‘We still have embeds in CISA’: CTO of Brit cyber agency talks post-Trump relationship with US counterpart 2025-05-13 at 17:02 By Connor Jones Both agencies seem unbothered despite tech world’s clear concerns for US infoseccers CYBERUK  The top brass from the UK’s cyber agency say everything is business as usual when it comes to the…

Your boss could be tracking you through your AirPods — here’s how to avoid supervisor surveillance 2025-05-13 at 16:33 By Ben Cost Techspert Marc Porcar is warning employees to think twice about accepting AirPods at work because the boss could use them to snoop on their movements. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

AMD is Ryzen to the SMB occasion with a bundle of baby Epycs 2025-05-13 at 16:20 By Tobias Mann The House of Zen’s low-end enterprise strategy is badge engineering at its best AMD on Tuesday revealed its latest chips to get a Zen 5 refresh with the launch of its itty bitty Epyc 4005-series CPUs.……

South Korea’s Democratic Party sets up ‘Digital Asset Committee’ 2025-05-13 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The Democratic Party of South Korea has launched a Digital Asset Committee focused on developing cryptocurrency policies and promoting industry growth. The committee held its inaugural meeting at the National Assembly Members’ Hall in Seoul on May 13,…

Robinhood to acquire Canada’s WonderFi for $179M in global crypto push 2025-05-13 at 16:02 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Brokerage fintech Robinhood is set to acquire WonderFi, a Canadian crypto firm, for approximately 250 million Canadian dollars ($179 million) in an all-cash deal to expand its global presence. The acquisition is expected to close in…

History rhymes? XRP price gained 400% the last time whale flows flipped 2025-05-13 at 16:01 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Key takeaways: XRP price has risen 55% since April and is now flashing bullish continuation signals. Whale flows have flipped positive for the first time since November 2024, historically signaling trend reversals. A falling wedge…