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Real-life ‘RoboCop’ makes debut in Shanghai — directing traffic at bustling intersection 2025-07-25 at 22:31 By Ariel Zilber During the demonstration, the robot gave voice instructions to pedestrians, such as “Red light, please stop.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to…

Robert Kiyosaki warns of the risk posed by BTC, gold and silver ETFs 2025-07-25 at 22:31 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The investor warned against fraudulent paper claims made on hard assets, but ETF analysts told Cointelegraph that the fear is unfounded. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Dragonfly responds to DOJ scrutiny over Tornado Cash investment, vows to ‘vigorously defend’ itself 2025-07-25 at 22:31 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Dragonfly Capital’s early investment in Tornado Cash could expose the firm to potential legal action from the DOJ. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Price predictions 7/25: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, XLM, SUI 2025-07-25 at 22:31 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin is at risk of losing the $115,000 support, raising the chance that the recently started altcoin season could abruptly end. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

First release candidate of systemd 258 is here 2025-07-25 at 22:31 By Liam Proven The latest version of systemd looks to be a big one, with substantial new functionality. More to love – right? Like it or not, systemd is the industry-standard init system these days. A new release is coming, and it’s a big…

Orbital datacenters subject to launch stress, nasty space weather, and expensive house calls 2025-07-25 at 21:57 By Doug Mohney Space is hard, especially for racks of fragile computer equipment opinion  William Gibson’s Neuromancer holds up well after 40 years. One of the cyberpunk novel’s concepts was an AI housed in an orbital datacenter (ODC) above…

Elon Musk hits back at Trump after president said he didn’t want to strip Tesla boss of subsidies 2025-07-25 at 21:35 By Ariel Zilber “The ‘subsidies’ he’s talking about simply do not exist,” Musk wrote on X. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

Potential fraud victim warns about ‘jury duty scam’ that almost stole her money: ‘So convincing’ 2025-07-25 at 21:04 By Brooke Steinberg Victims of these court clerk-impersonating con artists are pleading for justice. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

XRP’s bull run might have ended at $3.65: Here’s what must happen to save it 2025-07-25 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly XRP price fell by 10% as whales sold and wider market liquidations spread to the altcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Tokenized money market funds emerge as Wall Street’s answer to stablecoins 2025-07-25 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Goldman Sachs and BNY Mellon’s tokenization push aims to keep money market funds competitive as the US accelerates stablecoin adoption, according to a JPMorgan strategist. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

How to find forgotten Wi-Fi passwords and SSIDs in Windows and Android 2025-07-25 at 21:04 By Avram Piltch If you’ve ever logged into a network on your laptop or phone, the password is still there hands-on  You’re at a place you’ve been before and your Windows laptop immediately remembers the SSID and password for the…

As AI becomes more popular, concerns grow over its effect on mental health 2025-07-25 at 20:50 By Danny Bradbury Too much of anything is bad for you, including faux-magical statistical models There are numerous recent reports of people becoming too engaged with AI, sometimes to the detriment of their mental health.… This article is an…

US DoE taps federal sites for fast-track AI datacenter and energy builds 2025-07-25 at 20:18 By Dan Robinson Private sector invited to colocate at legacy nuclear facilities The US Department of Energy (DoE) has identified four sites where private sector firms will be invited to colocate datacenters and energy generation projects, in line with the…

Venmo, PayPal users can now send money to the US government to help pay down $36.7T national debt 2025-07-25 at 19:45 By Ariel Zilber The US Treasury Department is now accepting Venmo and PayPal payments from those who want to donate money to reduce the nation’s ballooning $36.7 trillion debt. This article is an excerpt…

FreeBSD 15 installer to offer minimal KDE desktop 2025-07-25 at 19:29 By Liam Proven The FreeBSD Laptop project continues – and plans to offer a very visible change FreeBSD 15 is coming, maybe at the end of this year – and along with other improvements, it may finally offer the option of installing with a…

Meta joins Google in ragequitting EU political ads over onerous regulations 2025-07-25 at 18:47 By Brandon Vigliarolo Zuckercorp blames legal uncertainty under upcoming TTPA law Meta has followed in Google’s footsteps in deciding that pending EU political advertising regulations are so onerous to comply with that they’re not even going to bother.… This article is…

U.S. Sanctions Firm Behind N. Korean IT Scheme; Arizona Woman Jailed for Running Laptop Farm 2025-07-25 at 18:17 By The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned a North Korean front company and three associated individuals for their involvement in the fraudulent remote information technology (IT) worker scheme designed to…

Patchwork Targets Turkish Defense Firms with Spear-Phishing Using Malicious LNK Files 2025-07-25 at 18:17 By The threat actor known as Patchwork has been attributed to a new spear-phishing campaign targeting Turkish defense contractors with the goal of gathering strategic intelligence. “The campaign employs a five-stage execution chain delivered via malicious LNK files disguised as conference…

The centralization crisis threatens data privacy 2025-07-25 at 18:06 By Cointelegraph by Angie Darrow Reliance on centralized cloud infrastructure and the IRS’s proposed “mega API” expose vulnerabilities in data privacy and accountability that decentralized technologies can address. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Smart contract devs think AI code will make crypto safer despite vibe coding fears 2025-07-25 at 18:06 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Despite concerns from earlier research, smart contract developers and auditors told Cointelegraph that AI-assisted coding is improving crypto security. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Freelance dev shop Toptal caught serving malware after GitHub account break-in 2025-07-25 at 17:33 By Iain Thomson Malicious code lurking in over 5,000 downloads, says Socket researcher Developer freelancing platform Toptal has been inadvertently spreading malicious code after attackers broke into its systems and began distributing malware through developer accounts.… This article is an excerpt…

Intel abandons chip plants in Germany and Poland, confirms more layoffs 2025-07-25 at 17:19 By Dan Robinson CEO Lip-Bu Tan says strategy shift will focus on customer needs, efficiency, and cutting costs Ailing chip giant Intel is ditching its manufacturing sites in Germany and Poland and signaling further job cuts ahead as its new leader…

Cyber Espionage Campaign Hits Russian Aerospace Sector Using EAGLET Backdoor 2025-07-25 at 17:19 By Russian aerospace and defense industries have become the target of a cyber espionage campaign that delivers a backdoor called EAGLET to facilitate data exfiltration. The activity, dubbed Operation CargoTalon, has been assigned to a threat cluster tracked as UNG0901 (short for…

Sharplink hits back at BitMine’s $2B Ether buy with BlackRock hire 2025-07-25 at 17:15 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz SharpLink has hired a 20-year BlackRock veteran just one day after its biggest Ether-buying rival, BitMine, disclosed a massive ETH purchase. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Firedancer will speed up Solana, but it won’t reach full potential 2025-07-25 at 16:49 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Solana’s Firedancer validator client promises huge speed boosts but faces network limits as developer Douglas Colkitt tests its full potential on Fogo. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Debian isn’t waiting for 2038 to blow up, switches to 64-bit time for everything 2025-07-25 at 16:45 By Gareth Halfacree We say everything… just not the oldest hardware. Unix Epochalypse less than 13 years away Venerable Linux distribution Debian is side-stepping the Y2K38 bug – also known as the Unix Epochalypse – by switching to…

ChatGPT offered step-by-step instructions for self-harm, devil worship and ritual bloodletting, disturbing report reveals 2025-07-25 at 16:41 By Ariel Zilber Prompts began with questions about ancient deities and quickly spiraled into detailed exchanges about self-mutilation, satanic rites and even murder. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York…

Senator Lummis says US is ‘waking up’ on crypto after historic legislative week 2025-07-25 at 16:30 By Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis Following the passage of key digital asset bills, Senator Lummis says “help is on the way” for crypto innovation in the US and urges developers not to lose faith. This article is an excerpt…

Microsoft admits it ‘cannot guarantee’ data sovereignty 2025-07-25 at 16:00 By Paul Kunert Under oath in French Senate, exec says it would be compelled – however unlikely – to pass local customer info to US admin Microsoft says it “cannot guarantee” data sovereignty to customers in France – and by implication the wider European Union…

Soco404 and Koske Malware Target Cloud Services with Cross-Platform Cryptomining Attacks 2025-07-25 at 15:57 By Threat hunters have disclosed two different malware campaigns that have targeted vulnerabilities and misconfigurations across cloud environments to deliver cryptocurrency miners. The threat activity clusters have been codenamed Soco404 and Koske by cloud security firms Wiz and Aqua, respectively. Soco404…

Overcoming Risks from Chinese GenAI Tool Usage 2025-07-25 at 15:57 By A recent analysis of enterprise data suggests that generative AI tools developed in China are being used extensively by employees in the US and UK, often without oversight or approval from security teams. The study, conducted by Harmonic Security, also identifies hundreds of instances…

Caught a vibe that this coding trend might cause problems 2025-07-25 at 15:15 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols No, it will not turn you into a 10X programmer. In fact, it won’t even transform you into a noob developer Opinion  Everyone loves the idea of magic. All you have to do is wave your hands, say…

ServiceNow eyes $100M in AI-powered headcount savings 2025-07-25 at 14:32 By Lindsay Clark CFO claims money being reinvested in sales and engineering staff ServiceNow claims it is on course to realize $100 million in savings on its global headcount this year due to the internal implementation of AI.… This article is an excerpt from The…

DNS security is important but DNSSEC may be a failed experiment 2025-07-25 at 10:00 By Bruce Davie Nobody thinks of running a website without HTTPs. Safer DNS still seems optional Systems Approach  Last week I turned on DNSSEC (Domain Name System Security Extensions) for the systemsapproach.org domain. No need to applaud; I was just trying…

Ether ETFs outpace Bitcoin for 6 straight days in rare flip 2025-07-25 at 09:25 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Spot Ether ETFs recorded nearly $2.4 billion in the past six trading days. BlackRock’s ETHA was the biggest beneficiary of the inflow. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Hulk Hogan, Ozzy memecoins soar as tributes roll in over icons’ deaths 2025-07-25 at 09:25 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Terry Bollea, better known by his wrestling ring name Hulk Hogan, was pronounced dead in a hospital on Thursday at the age of 71, days after Ozzy Osbourne passed away at 76. This article is…

Logan Paul can’t blame CryptoZoo co-founders for collapse, judge says 2025-07-25 at 09:25 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan A Texas magistrate judge says Logan Paul’s bid to blame the co-founders for the failure of his CryptoZoo NFT project should be rejected. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

You DO see Windows 11 as an AI PC opportunity, say Dell and Intel 2025-07-25 at 08:38 By Dan Robinson Time to ‘reimagine’ it as a gateway, a gateway to inner peace, er, sales With three months to go until Microsoft ends support for Windows 10, Dell and Intel want to convince corporate buyers that…

Bloodbath for crypto longs as Bitcoin tumbles below $116K 2025-07-25 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons The sudden crypto market downturn saw 213,729 traders get liquidated for a total of nearly $600 million over the past 24 hours. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline: