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Binance founder says he was ‘a little bit surprised’ by Trump pardon in first interview since clemency 2025-11-08 at 10:33 By Victor Nava “You never know if it’s going to happen, or when it’s going to happen, so I was a little bit surprised,” the crypto mogul told Fox News “Special Report” host Bret Baier…

Bitcoin to $250K in 3 months would be ‘one of the worst things’: Analyst 2025-11-08 at 10:33 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin’s price reaching $250,000 too quickly could lead to a “blow-off top” moment, where investors would scramble to take profits, says a macro analyst. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Microsoft’s lack of quality control is out of control 2025-11-08 at 10:24 By Richard Speed At one point, Microsoft’s QC was legendary. Now, it’s the wrong kind of legend OPINION  I have a habit of ironically referring to Microsoft’s various self-induced whoopsies as examples of the company’s “legendary approach to quality control.” While the robustness…

Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest adds BitMine shares as it offloads $30M in Tesla stock 2025-11-08 at 09:27 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Cathie Wood’s ARK Invest added $2 million in BitMine shares across its ETFs as the Ether-holding firm’s stock surged 415% in 2025. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

MEV bot trial ends in mistrial after jury deadlock on brothers’ verdict 2025-11-08 at 08:44 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright After a three-week trial, a New York jury was unable to reach a verdict on charges of money laundering and fraud related to a $25-million exploit on Ethereum. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Bitcoin price crash calls are coming from self-serving sellers: Analyst 2025-11-08 at 05:05 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Many recent Bitcoin sellers are likely expecting a downturn and may be turning to social media to sway sentiment in that direction, according to an analyst. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Meta can’t afford its $600B love letter to Trump 2025-11-08 at 03:48 By Tobias Mann The Zuck better hope his finance bros have deep pockets and a whole lotta patience to pull this off Meta on Friday floated plans to invest $600 billion in US infrastructure and jobs by 2028 as part of a massive…

ChatGPT, Claude, and Grok make very squishy jury members 2025-11-08 at 03:48 By Thomas Claburn All three acquitted a teen in a mock trial based on a case where a judge ruled guilty Law students at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Law last month held a mock trial to see…

Roblox sued for enabling ‘sick and twisted freaks’ to sexually exploit kids on wildly popular platform 2025-11-08 at 02:02 By Thomas Barrabi Texas has sued Roblox for allegedly enabling pedophiles to groom and expose children to sexually explicit content, turning the wildly popular online video game into “a digital playground for predators.” This article is…

Previously unknown Landfall spyware used in 0-day attacks on Samsung phones 2025-11-08 at 02:02 By Jessica Lyons ‘Precision espionage campaign’ began months before the flaw was fixed A previously unknown Android spyware family called LANDFALL exploited a zero-day in Samsung Galaxy devices for nearly a year, installing surveillance code capable of recording calls, tracking locations,…

AI benchmarks are a bad joke – and LLM makers are the ones laughing 2025-11-08 at 02:02 By Thomas Claburn Study finds many tests don’t measure the right things AI companies regularly tout their models’ performance on benchmark tests as a sign of technological and intellectual superiority. But those results, widely used in marketing, may…

Blackwell a no-sell in China as trade deal fails to materialize 2025-11-08 at 02:02 By Tobias Mann Xi and Trump haven’t gotten to discuss the chips, though they were supposed to Nvidia’s latest generation of Blackwell accelerators won’t be available in China anytime soon, according to CEO Jensen Huang, who said there were no “active…

Tesla rival Rivian gives CEO RJ Scaringe a Musk-like pay package worth up to $4.6B 2025-11-08 at 01:56 By Reuters The move by the Rivian board shows that the Tesla plan for Musk could become a model for companies aiming to grow fast.  This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View…

Bitcoin whale and retail ‘major divergence’ is a warning sign: Santiment 2025-11-08 at 01:51 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Santiment said Bitcoin’s retail-whale divide is a flashing warning sign, while other analysts anticipate new highs on a macro rebound. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

ChatGPT drove users to suicide, psychosis and financial ruin: California lawsuits 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By Ariel Zilber The plaintiffs include families of four suicide victims and three adults who say they suffered AI-induced delusional disorder. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Balancer exploit and Stream contagion expose DeFi’s fragile core: Finance Redefined 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Balancer and Stream Finance incidents totaling over $200 million shook DeFi as RedStone and major Ethereum protocols launched reform initiatives. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin Coinbase Premium hits 7-month low but traders spot a silver lining 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin dipped below $100,000 as the Coinbase Premium hit a seven-month low, signaling weak US demand. Meanwhile, onchain data hints that short-term holders may be buying the dip. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Strategy prices new STRE preferred shares to fund Bitcoin accumulation 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The company continues to offer corporate debt securities and equities to finance its Bitcoin acquisitions despite recent troubles. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bell bottom-era tape unearthed, could contain lost piece of Unix history 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By Liam Proven It might have the first-ever version of UNIX written in C A tape-based piece of unique Unix history may have been lying quietly in storage at the University of Utah for 50+ years. The question is whether researchers…

China warns Dutch away from Nexperia as it lets chip exports resume 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By Brandon Vigliarolo Netherlands court still overseeing governance at the chipmaker Tensions between China and the Netherlands over the state of chipmaker Nexperia have begun to ease, but the battle for company control doesn’t appear to be entirely resolved yet. ……

Samsung Zero-Click Flaw Exploited to Deploy LANDFALL Android Spyware via WhatsApp 2025-11-07 at 21:40 By A now-patched security flaw in Samsung Galaxy Android devices was exploited as a zero-day to deliver a “commercial-grade” Android spyware dubbed LANDFALL in targeted attacks in the Middle East. The activity involved the exploitation of CVE-2025-21042 (CVSS score: 8.8), an…

What happens if ETH stops being deflationary and XRP becomes the global liquidity benchmark? 2025-11-07 at 19:40 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Is ETH’s deflationary edge fading? Could XRP’s speed, compliance and liquidity network make it the next global bridge in digital finance? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

US Senate to vote on bill to reopen gov’t with crypto bill in limbo 2025-11-07 at 19:40 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Some Republicans’ initial plans to have crypto market structure out of committee by November have been sidetracked by the government shutdown. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Commonware secures $25M from Tempo as Stripe, Paradigm deepen blockchain bet 2025-11-07 at 19:40 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Tempo leads an investment round in startup Commonware to advance blockchain infrastructure for real-world payments. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Cybercrims plant destructive time bomb malware in industrial .NET extensions 2025-11-07 at 19:40 By Connor Jones Multi-year wait for destruction comes to an end for mystery attackers Security experts have helped remove malicious NuGet packages planted in 2023 that were designed to destroy systems years in advance, with some payloads not due to hit until…

Researchers want to kill the vibe, propose better model for AI coding 2025-11-07 at 19:40 By Joe Fay MIT researchers offer cure for illegible software A pair of MIT researchers have detailed a proposed new model for software that would help both humans and AI code generators alike create better and more transparent applications. No…

From Log4j to IIS, China’s Hackers Turn Legacy Bugs into Global Espionage Tools 2025-11-07 at 19:39 By A China-linked threat actor has been attributed to a cyber attack targeting an U.S. non-profit organization with an aim to establish long-term persistence, as part of broader activity aimed at U.S. entities that are linked to or involved…

Google’s Gemini Deep Research can now read your Gmail and rummage through Google Drive 2025-11-07 at 19:27 By Thomas Claburn Even with more info, web giant says agent can’t be trusted to keep you healthy, wealthy, and wise Google’s Gemini Deep Research tool can now reach deep into Gmail, Drive, and Chat to obtain data…

Four reasons why Ethereum did not fall below $3K, and probably won’t 2025-11-07 at 16:40 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Ethereum’s price drop to $3,000 was likely a buy-the-dip opportunity with ETH set to recover, based on several key market metrics. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Musk gets approval for bumper Tesla payout but, unlike his robot, there are strings attached 2025-11-07 at 16:40 By Richard Speed Behold the one trillion dollar man Tesla is awarding its CEO Elon Musk a package worth a possible $1 trillion, however, it relies in part on a dramatic increase in the value of the…

‘Windows sucks,’ former Microsoft Engineer says, explains how to fix it 2025-11-07 at 16:40 By Richard Speed Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions. Retired Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer has waded into the argument over where Microsoft has gone wrong with Windows, suggesting that perhaps the OS needs a hardcore mode…

Majority of traditional hedge funds now exposed to crypto assets: Survey 2025-11-07 at 15:42 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski AIMA says 55% of traditional hedge funds now hold crypto, with most planning to increase exposure as US regulation boosts confidence. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft’s data sovereignty: Now with extra sovereignty! 2025-11-07 at 15:42 By Richard Speed Under shadow of US CLOUD Act, Redmond releases raft of services to calm customers in the EU Microsoft is again banging the data sovereignty drum in Europe, months after admitting in a French court it couldn’t guarantee that data will not be…

Bank of England says JLR’s cyberattack contributed to UK’s unexpectedly slower GDP growth 2025-11-07 at 15:42 By Connor Jones This kind of material economic impact from online crooks thought to be a UK-first The Bank of England (BoE) has cited the cyberattack on Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) as one of the reasons for the country’s…

Hidden Logic Bombs in Malware-Laced NuGet Packages Set to Detonate Years After Installation 2025-11-07 at 15:41 By A set of nine malicious NuGet packages has been identified as capable of dropping time-delayed payloads to sabotage database operations and corrupt industrial control systems. According to software supply chain security company Socket, the packages were published in…

Ripple rejects IPO plans despite SEC case victory: Here’s why 2025-11-07 at 15:32 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Ripple won’t pursue an IPO after resolving its SEC case despite record growth, major new investors and rising industry momentum for public listings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

25 years of meatbags permanently in space on the ISS 2025-11-07 at 15:32 By Richard Speed All good things come to an end, and the outpost is unlikely to reach 30 Anyone turning 25 this week has never known a time when humans weren’t living in space. The same might not be true when they’re…

How TradFi banks are advancing new stablecoin models 2025-11-07 at 15:30 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun Stablecoins are shifting from crypto-native experiments to instruments embedded in existing banking and payment infrastructure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Vibe-Coded Malicious VS Code Extension Found with Built-In Ransomware Capabilities 2025-11-07 at 13:27 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a malicious Visual Studio Code (VS Code) extension with basic ransomware capabilities that appears to be created with the help of artificial intelligence – in other words, vibe-coded. Secure Annex researcher John Tuckner, who flagged the extension…