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Minecraft cheaters never win … but they may get malware 2025-06-19 at 00:23 By Jessica Lyons Infostealers posing as popular cheat tools are cropping up on GitHub Trojanized Minecraft cheat tools hosted on GitHub have secretly installed stealers that siphon credentials, crypto wallets, and other sensitive data when executed by players.… This article is an…

New York authorities freeze $300K linked to crypto scammers 2025-06-19 at 00:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Officials reported that scammers had used crypto to pay for fake digital asset investment ads on social media platforms, leading to more than $1 million in losses for victims. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Bitcoin supply squeeze intensifies as ‘ancient’ holders eclipse newly mined BTC 2025-06-18 at 23:03 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly The “ancient” Bitcoin cohort is growing faster than the amount of new coins mined, and with institutional flows accelerating, the path to $1 million BTC is starting to take shape. This article is an excerpt from…

Asana’s cutting-edge AI feature ran into a little data leakage problem 2025-06-18 at 22:37 By Jessica Lyons New MCP server was shut down for nearly two weeks Asana has fixed a bug in its Model Context Protocol (MCP) server that could have allowed users to view other organizations’ data, and the experimental feature is back…

Microsoft planning to ax thousands of sales jobs as focus shifts to AI: report 2025-06-18 at 22:20 By Reuters The layoffs are expected to be announced early next month, following the end of the tech giant’s fiscal year, Bloomberg reported. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

Pope Leo says AI threatens humanity and ‘poses challenges to human dignity, justice and labor’ 2025-06-18 at 22:02 By Ariel Zilber Pope Leo XIV told cardinals at the Vatican last month that artificial intelligence “pose[s] challenges to human dignity, justice and labor.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |…

Ethereum and the battle for yield: What is ETH’s future? 2025-06-18 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva Ethereum staking yields are falling as yield-bearing stablecoins and DeFi protocols offer more competitive returns. Can ETH regain the upper hand in the yield wars? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Chinese Central Bank pledges global expansion of digital yuan — Report 2025-06-18 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino China has been looking to challenge the US dollar’s reserve status and wants to expand the digital yuan’s reach to include domestic and international payments. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Deribit, Crypto.com integrate BlackRock’s BUIDL as trading collateral 2025-06-18 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The move will lower collateral requirements to access leverage for crypto trading due to the relatively stable value of US government debt. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Voltron Data throws its weight behind AMD for GPU-accelerated SQL 2025-06-18 at 22:02 By Tobias Mann In case you forgot AI isn’t the only thing GPUs are good for Exclusive  Support for AMD’s Instinct GPUs is coming to Voltron Data’s accelerated SQL engine Theseus in the latest sign Nvidia’s CUDA moat is getting shallower.… This…

Judge smacks down Pentagon plan to slash university research funding awards 2025-06-18 at 21:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Sec Def Hegseth says funds better spent elsewhere, because it’s not like the military needs new tech, right? A federal judge has temporarily blocked an attempt by the Department of Defense to cut funding for university research programs,…

Texas Instruments to spend $60B to boost US chip manufacturing under Trump push 2025-06-18 at 21:32 By Reuters Texas Instruments said the $60 billion investment will create 60,000 jobs and called it the “largest investment in foundational semiconductor manufacturing in US history.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

Price predictions 6/18: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, SUI, BCH 2025-06-18 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin sell pressure ramps up as traders anticipate today’s FOMC results. Could BTC price fall to $100,000? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Healthcare company onboards Trump crypto adviser, buys $20M BTC 2025-06-18 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The initial purchase of more than 187 BTC was part of a larger strategy to “substantially increase its Bitcoin holdings,” according to Prenetics. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

ZisK spins off from Polygon with ‘core minds behind Polygon zkEVM’ 2025-06-18 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Polygon co-founder Jordi Baylini continues to serve Polygon in an advisory capacity. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Intel set to lay off around 10,000 workers — despite getting $2.2B in CHIPS Act funds under Biden 2025-06-18 at 20:34 By Ariel Zilber The anticipated reductions are scheduled to begin in weeks and will reportedly affect Intel Foundry, the company’s manufacturing division. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…

Sandeep Nailwal’s Polygon takeover is his chance to ‘go all in’ 2025-06-18 at 20:12 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Co-founder and new CEO Sandeep Nailwal opens up about dissolving Polygon’s board, closing zkEVM and why claiming sole leadership is the network’s best shot at relevance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

New Malware Campaign Uses Cloudflare Tunnels to Deliver RATs via Phishing Chains 2025-06-18 at 20:11 By A new campaign is making use of Cloudflare Tunnel subdomains to host malicious payloads and deliver them via malicious attachments embedded in phishing emails. The ongoing campaign has been codenamed SERPENTINE#CLOUD by Securonix. It leverages “the Cloudflare Tunnel infrastructure…

KDE Plasma 6.4 ships with major usability and Wayland improvements 2025-06-18 at 19:52 By Liam Proven The richest and most customizable desktop for FOSS Unix The second of three KDE point releases planned for 2025 is here, with more tiling options, accessibility improvements, and much more.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

The empire strikes out: Institutionalists failed to kill the stablecoin bill 2025-06-18 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by Zachary Kelman Despite a relentless campaign from institutional powerbrokers like Senator Elizabeth Warren, the US Senate advanced the GENIUS Act, marking a watershed moment for stablecoin regulation and exposing the limits of establishment resistance. This article is an…

Bitcoin eyes $105K pre-FOMC as Trump reveals Iran asked for dialogue 2025-06-18 at 19:06 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Trump offers light relief for Bitcoin price action while calling Fed Chair Jerome Powell a “stupid person” with interest-rate cut hopes absent. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

European consumers are mostly saying ‘non’ to trading in their old phones 2025-06-18 at 19:06 By Dan Robinson Are they using it to death then locking it in a drawer? Schemes needed as shipments of refurbed kit dips Less than a third of European consumers trade in or sell their old phones, limiting the supply…

How Critical Infrastructure Is Becoming the First AI Trust Battleground 2025-06-18 at 19:06 By Security magazine talks with Vrajesh Bhavsar, CEO of Operant, about the importance of infrastructure-level protection.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

1,500+ Minecraft Players Infected by Java Malware Masquerading as Game Mods on GitHub 2025-06-18 at 19:05 By A new multi-stage malware campaign is targeting Minecraft users with a Java-based malware that employs a distribution-as-service (DaaS) offering called Stargazers Ghost Network. “The campaigns resulted in a multi-stage attack chain targeting Minecraft users specifically,” Check Point researchers…

Circle’s USDC to become eligible collateral for US futures trading 2025-06-18 at 18:00 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz USDC, a US dollar-pegged stablecoin by Circle and Coinbase, is set to become a collateral for US futures trading as part of a joint effort by Coinbase Derivatives and Nodal Clear. This article is an excerpt from…

Senate passes GENIUS stablecoin bill amid concerns over systemic risk 2025-06-18 at 18:00 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood The US Senate voted to pass the GENIUS Act, a bill regulating stablecoins, but observers believe lawmakers may have ignored stability concerns in Treasury markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Training AI on Mastodon posts? The idea’s extinct after terms updated 2025-06-18 at 18:00 By Richard Speed Such rules could be tricky to enforce in the Fediverse, though Mastodon is the latest platform to push back against AI training, updating its terms and conditions to ban the use of user content for large language models…

US businesses warned to brace for Iranian cyberattacks as war with Israel escalates 2025-06-18 at 17:17 By Ariel Zilber Iran-linked hackers are believed to have launched cyber attacks against US targets during period of geopolitical unrest. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

Sam Altman says Meta tried to poach top OpenAI talent with $100M offers: ‘That basically never works’ 2025-06-18 at 17:03 By Ariel Zilber Meta Platforms has tried to lure top OpenAI talent with signing bonuses reaching $100 million and promises of even more generous annual compensation, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. “They (Meta) started…

Veeam patches third critical RCE bug in Backup & Replication in space of a year 2025-06-18 at 16:46 By Connor Jones Version 13 can’t come soon enough Veeam Backup & Replication users are urged to apply the latest patches that fix another critical bug leading to remote code execution (RCE) on backup servers.… This article…

3iQ launches XRP ETF on Toronto Stock Exchange with Ripple as investor 2025-06-18 at 16:01 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas 3iQ’s new XRP ETF, backed by Ripple, begins trading on the TSX with zero management fees for the first six months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

GENIUS Act passage paves way for institutional stablecoin use 2025-06-18 at 16:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The GENIUS Act is one step closer to becoming law in a development that may make stablecoin issuers key players in the US economy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

ScyllaDB paddles toward scale and profit with Raft-powered upgrade 2025-06-18 at 16:01 By Lindsay Clark Cassandra rival releases new DBaaS relying on consensus algorithm ScyllaDB, the wide-column database used by Comcast, Samsung, and banking giant Santander, has released a new database service it claims improves scalability and lowers cost.… This article is an excerpt from…

New Research: Multi-Stage Malware Attack on Python Package Index Discovered 2025-06-18 at 15:18 By Researchers have discovered that the Python Package Index (PyPI) has a malicious package in its repository. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

XRP price consolidates for 200 days: Analysts predict where it’s going next 2025-06-18 at 15:02 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Bullish fractals from 2017 suggest XRP could rally toward $3.70–$10, with some projections pointing to a breakout as high as $25 or more. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Microsoft broke DHCP for Windows Server last Patch Tuesday 2025-06-18 at 14:49 By Richard Speed Some servers can’t renew IP addresses, and there’s no fix yet Microsoft has admitted that June’s Patch Tuesday updates could break the DHCP service on Windows Server.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to…

FedRAMP at Startup Speed: Lessons Learned 2025-06-18 at 14:16 By For organizations eyeing the federal market, FedRAMP can feel like a gated fortress. With strict compliance requirements and a notoriously long runway, many companies assume the path to authorization is reserved for the well-resourced enterprise. But that’s changing. In this post, we break down how…

Water Curse Hijacks 76 GitHub Accounts to Deliver Multi-Stage Malware Campaign 2025-06-18 at 14:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have exposed a previously unknown threat actor known as Water Curse that relies on weaponized GitHub repositories to deliver multi-stage malware. “The malware enables data exfiltration (including credentials, browser data, and session tokens), remote access, and long-term persistence…