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EthereumMax investors secure partial win in class-action lawsuit 2025-08-08 at 22:20 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Four state-level lawsuits against three celebrities and individuals tied to the EMAX token may proceed after a California judge’s ruling. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Meet President Willian H. Brusen from the great state of Onegon 2025-08-08 at 22:20 By Avram Piltch LLMs still struggle with accurate text within graphics hands on  OpenAI’s GPT-5, unveiled on Thursday, is supposed to be the company’s flagship model, offering better reasoning and more accurate responses than previous-gen products. But when we asked it…

Funding effort for Roman Storm grows as defense preps for possible retrial 2025-08-08 at 21:07 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Donations to the embattled software developer increased after Wednesday’s partial verdict and the possibility of a retrial. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Ukraine to weigh bill regulating crypto market in late August 2025-08-08 at 21:07 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Ukraine has had some regulatory starts and stops when it comes to crypto, though momentum for a regulatory bill has picked up since 2024. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

AI Tools Fuel Brazilian Phishing Scam While Efimer Trojan Steals Crypto from 5,000 Victims 2025-08-08 at 20:09 By Cybersecurity researchers are drawing attention to a new campaign that’s using legitimate generative artificial intelligence (AI)-powered website building tools like DeepSite AI and BlackBox AI to create replica phishing pages mimicking Brazilian government agencies as part of…

Intel CEO targeted by Trump has been in power struggle with tech company’s board for months: report 2025-08-08 at 19:53 By Ariel Zilber The tensions center on whether Intel should remain in the costly business of manufacturing its own chips, according to the Wall Street Journal. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Uber received sexual misconduct reports every eight minutes during six-year period: unsealed court docs 2025-08-08 at 19:53 By Ariel Zilber Between 2017 and 2022, Uber received 400,181 incidents complaints of sexual misconduct — far more than the 12,522 Uber disclosed publicly. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New…

Sudden spike in demand causes issues in Azure East US region 2025-08-08 at 19:53 By Dan Robinson ‘Although the incident has been marked resolved, in practice it lingers,’ admin tells us A problem with resources for virtual machines is still affecting users in Azure’s East US region after more than a week, frustrated admins have…

Ubuntu 24.04.3: Noble Numbat point release slips out quietly 2025-08-08 at 19:25 By Liam Proven Bugs in the current LTS are getting squished The latest point release of the current Ubuntu LTS is here, with a new kernel and a host of improvements for server and desktop alike.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Google working to fix disturbing Gemini glitch where AI chatbot moans ‘I am a failure’ 2025-08-08 at 19:22 By Thomas Barrabi Google said it’s working to fix a bizarre glitch in which its much-hyped Gemini chatbot enters a depressive mood and whines that it’s a “failure.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

CISA Releases a Malware and Forensic Analysis Platform 2025-08-08 at 19:08 By CISA has released a malware and forensic analysis platform.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Star leaky app of the week: StarDict 2025-08-08 at 18:29 By Liam Proven Fun feature found in Debian 13: send your selected text to China – in plaintext As Trixie gets ready to début, a little-known app is hogging the limelight: StarDict, which sends whatever text you select, unencrypted, to servers in China.… This article…

Ex-White House cyber, counter-terrorism guru: Microsoft considers security an annoyance, not a necessity 2025-08-08 at 16:42 By Jessica Lyons Tells The Reg China’s ability to p0wn Redmond’s wares ‘gives me a political aneurysm’ Comment  Roger Cressey served two US presidents as a senior cybersecurity and counter-terrorism advisor and currently worries he’ll experience a “political aneurysm”…

NASA boss calls for nuclear reactor on the Moon 2025-08-08 at 16:42 By Richard Speed Science budget? Whatever. It’s all about beating China and Russia NASA’s Acting Administrator, Sean Duffy, has directed the US space agency to come up with a plan to deploy a nuclear reactor on the Moon.… This article is an excerpt…

Security Leaders Share Thoughts on DaVita Data Breach 2025-08-08 at 16:42 By On August 5, dialysis firm DaVita confirmed a data breach affecting over 900,000 individuals. The breach potentially exposed Social Security Numbers and personal health information. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this…

Why Trump is starting ‘not to give a crap’ if TikTok goes dark — at least briefly 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Charles Gasparino You might be thinking that Trump just might kick the can down the road with another executive order extension, right? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…

Bitcoin likely to lead gains from Trump’s 401(k) crypto order 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Trump’s executive order opening 401(k)s to crypto has drawn a mix of praise, caution and criticism from industry leaders and skeptics alike. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

How Trump’s $9T executive order could let you add Bitcoin to your retirement plan 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Tobias Vilkenson Trump’s move may change US retirement plans. Bitcoin could soon be part of your 401(k), and Wall Street is getting ready. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Can you split a private key in half? Understanding crypto ownership in divorce and beyond 2025-08-08 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Onkar Singh While you can’t literally split a private key, there are secure legal and technical methods to share or divide control of crypto assets during divorce. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Infosec hounds spot prompt injection vuln in Google Gemini apps 2025-08-08 at 15:03 By Gareth Halfacree Not a very smart home: crims could hijack smart-home boiler, open and close powered windows and more. Now fixed Black hat  A trio of researchers has disclosed a major prompt injection vulnerability in Google’s Gemini large language model-powered applications.……

UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases 2025-08-08 at 15:03 By Connor Jones Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Leaked Credentials Up 160%: What Attackers Are Doing With Them 2025-08-08 at 14:17 By When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible—but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin with something deceptively simple: a username and password. According to Verizon’s…

RubyGems, PyPI Hit by Malicious Packages Stealing Credentials, Crypto, Forcing Security Changes 2025-08-08 at 14:17 By A fresh set of 60 malicious packages has been uncovered targeting the RubyGems ecosystem by posing as seemingly innocuous automation tools for social media, blogging, or messaging services to steal credentials from unsuspecting users. The activity is assessed to…

This ‘dictator’ of hormones has a major impact on sleep and metabolism — how to tell if your levels are out of whack 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Tracy Swartz It’s a pretty simple test that resembles a COVID or pregnancy test — except it’s with spit. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Binance taps Spain’s BBVA to offer safer crypto custody post-FTX: FT 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar As trust in crypto exchanges remains low, Binance’s new custody deal with BBVA marks a shift toward traditional finance safeguards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Sopra Steria bags £115 million legacy extension from UK pensions department after delays to replacement ERP project 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Lindsay Clark New SaaS system awaits a ‘fully costed and deliverable integrated plan’ before it can support 280,000 employees The UK’s pensions and social security department has modified a 12-year-old contract with Sopra Steria,…

UK proxy traffic surges as users consider VPN alternatives amid Online Safety Act 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Richard Speed It’s ‘more than a temporary trend,’ Decodo claims Amid the furor around surging VPN usage in the UK, many users are eyeing proxies as a potential alternative to the technology.… This article is an excerpt from…

After 30 years PHP still evolving: Team adds pipe operator, considers generics 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Tim Anderson Modern language features plus high performance FrankenPHP app server make PHP worth another look The PHP team is considering adding a partial implementation of generics to the language, has confirmed that a pipe operator will be in…

Behold the wood-block wonder of the Kilopixel display 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Richard Speed We’re going out on a limb here… why not branch out from things like retina displays and get a little more fine grained? Feature  In a world where resolution, refresh rates, and frames per second can generate furious discussion, sometimes it’s…

Mexit, not Brexit, is the new priority for the UK 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Rupert Goodwins A Microsoft Exit strategy isn’t just a good idea, it’s vital. It must go a long way beyond a farewell to Redmond Opinion  One of the dangers of stories based on big cash numbers is distraction. The numbers get…

GreedyBear Steals $1M in Crypto Using 150+ Malicious Firefox Wallet Extensions 2025-08-08 at 12:24 By A newly discovered campaign dubbed GreedyBear has leveraged over 150 malicious extensions to the Firefox marketplace that are designed to impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets and steal more than $1 million in digital assets. The published browser add-ons masquerade as MetaMask,…

Buying Bitcoin years ago wouldn’t have made you rich today, trader says 2025-08-08 at 10:20 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A crypto trader said early Bitcoin investors very likely wouldn’t have the conviction to hold onto the cryptocurrency for over a decade through its many sharp corrections. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Prohibition never works, but that didn’t stop the UK’s Online Safety Act 2025-08-08 at 10:20 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Will someone think of the deals politicians are making? Opinion  You might think, since I write about tech all the time, my degrees are in computer science. Nope. I’m a bona fide, degreed historian, which is…

North of England snubbed by UK government bag-a-boffin scheme 2025-08-08 at 09:30 By Dan Robinson Home of Manchester Baby can’t bid for talent, baby Institutions in the North of England are being left out of the government’s Global Talent Fund (GTF), designed to attract top scientific brains from abroad to come and work in Britain.……

GreedyBear scam group ramps up crypto theft to ‘industrial scale’ 2025-08-08 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young A cybercrime group dubbed “GreedyBear” has stolen over $1 million in crypto using hundreds of fake wallet extensions, malware types and scam websites, Koi Security said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Memecoin-tied trend of sex toys thrown at WNBA games sees 2 arrests 2025-08-08 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A memecoin group said it’s behind a recent trend of sex toys being thrown during WNBA games, which has seen two men arrested for allegedly taking part. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Air Force buying two Tesla Cybertrucks so it can learn to destroy them 2025-08-08 at 09:11 By Simon Sharwood Fears adversaries will use them in the belief they can take plenty of punishment The US Air Force wants to blow up two Tesla Cybertrucks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…