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Amazon Web Services outage trolled as ‘rehearsal for the end of the internet’ with slew of memes 2025-10-20 at 18:43 By Ariel Zilber Posts mocked the meltdown with viral images including Homer Simpson warning “The End Is Near.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React…

Solana founder brews up new perp DEX ‘Percolator’ 2025-10-20 at 18:43 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The plans for the new perpetual DEX come two months after a VanEck report highlighted Hyperliquid’s growth on the expense of Solana and other large chains. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

In ’90s Microsoft, you either shipped code or shipped out 2025-10-20 at 18:43 By Richard Speed Hiring and firing at the Windows giant more The Bachelor than Survivor Microsoft has made headlines for mass layoffs in recent times, but former company engineer Dave Plummer has explained how things were done a quarter of a century…

Wikipedia blames ChatGPT for falling traffic — and claims bots are stealing its hard work 2025-10-20 at 17:11 By Ben Cost Wikipedia is seeing a sharp decline in traffic as online users increasingly turn to ChatGPT and Google AI overviews to get their info. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New…

Michael Saylor’s Strategy takes another small step toward 700K Bitcoin 2025-10-20 at 17:10 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz After its latest modest purchase, Michael Saylor’s Strategy has 59,582 BTC to go before hitting 700,000 BTC on its balance sheet. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

New film ‘Code is Law’ explores moral quandary behind crypto hacks 2025-10-20 at 17:10 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Brogan James Craig and Louis Giles’ new film “Code Is Law” examines infamous crypto hacks and the moral reckoning used by the perpetrators. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Decentralized science will bring the brain onchain 2025-10-20 at 17:10 By Cointelegraph by Andreas Melhede Brain-computer interfaces like Neuralink concentrate mental control in corporate hands. Decentralized science offers shared governance over neural data. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

UK rethinks offshoring ban for £8M online procurement system 2025-10-20 at 17:10 By Lindsay Clark Cabinet Office signals it might let supplier ship work abroad after ‘unforeseeable’ event The UK government has signaled its intention to allow a supplier providing maintenance to its online procurement platform to subcontract offshore, having previously said that this was…

Windows 11 update knocks out USB mice, keyboards in recovery mode 2025-10-20 at 16:30 By Dan Robinson October security patch leaves users unable to fix their PCs Microsoft has confirmed a bug that disables USB mice and keyboards in the Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) after installing security update KB5066835, released October 14.… This article is…

Crypto funds’ two-week inflow streak ends: Here’s what went wrong 2025-10-20 at 16:08 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Onchain investors were more bearish about the Binance liquidity cascade, while crypto ETP traders largely shrugged off the Friday crash, according to CoinShares. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Like Apollo before them, ESA astronauts hone lunar landing skills in helicopters 2025-10-20 at 16:08 By Richard Speed Now try a jet engine in a bedstead before strapping into a Starship European Space Agency (ESA) astronauts have completed a helicopter training course to prepare them for upcoming lunar landings.… This article is an excerpt from…

Benioff backs off: Salesforce chief says sorry for Trump troop talk 2025-10-20 at 16:08 By Lindsay Clark Tech billionaire apologizes after endorsing plan to deploy National Guard in San Francisco Salesforce co-founder and CEO Marc Benioff has apologized for backing President Donald Trump’s proposals to send the National Guard to San Francisco, where the company…

⚡ Weekly Recap: F5 Breached, Linux Rootkits, Pixnapping Attack, EtherHiding & More 2025-10-20 at 16:07 By It’s easy to think your defenses are solid — until you realize attackers have been inside them the whole time. The latest incidents show that long-term, silent breaches are becoming the norm. The best defense now isn’t just patching…

Analysing ClickFix: 3 Reasons Why Copy/Paste Attacks Are Driving Security Breaches 2025-10-20 at 16:07 By ClickFix, FileFix, fake CAPTCHA — whatever you call it, attacks where users interact with malicious scripts in their web browser are a fast-growing source of security breaches.  ClickFix attacks prompt the user to solve some kind of problem or challenge…

131 Chrome Extensions Caught Hijacking WhatsApp Web for Massive Spam Campaign 2025-10-20 at 16:07 By Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a coordinated campaign that leveraged 131 rebranded clones of a WhatsApp Web automation extension for Google Chrome to spam Brazilian users at scale. The 131 spamware extensions share the same codebase, design patterns, and infrastructure, according…

BlackRock launches Bitcoin ETP after UK lifts trading ban 2025-10-20 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin ETP debuts on the London Stock Exchange as UK regulators ease rules on crypto-linked investment products. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Amazon AWS outage knocks Coinbase mobile app offline, Robinhood disrupted 2025-10-20 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai This marks the second major Amazon AWS outage since April, when “connectivity issues” created usability problems for at least eight large crypto exchanges. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Dead cat bounce to $118K? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-10-20 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin rebounded into the new week as bulls were challenged to squeeze out shorts and avoid filling the $102,000 candle wick on Binance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Lloyds Banking Group claims Microsoft Copilot saves staff 46 minutes a day 2025-10-20 at 15:04 By Richard Speed That’s 46 minutes in which more work can be done, not an extended lunch Lloyds Banking Group claims employees save 46 minutes daily using Microsoft 365 Copilot, based on a survey of 1,000 users among nearly 30,000…

UK calls up Armed Forces veterans for digital ID soft launch 2025-10-20 at 13:19 By Joe Fay Once more into the, er, breach? The UK’s Armed Forces veterans are being tasked with one last mission – proving the government can successfully roll out a digital ID card scheme.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Beyond IoCs: Modernizing Cyber Defense in the CISA 2015 Lapse 2025-10-20 at 13:17 By With the CISA 2015 temporarily lapsing, this moment spotlights the ways in which the U.S. must rethink its cyber intelligence strategy. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

MSS Claims NSA Used 42 Cyber Tools in Multi-Stage Attack on Beijing Time Systems 2025-10-20 at 13:17 By China on Sunday accused the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) of carrying out a “premeditated” cyber attack targeting the National Time Service Center (NTSC), as it described the U.S. as a “hacker empire” and the “greatest source…

The real insight behind measuring Copilot usage is Microsoft’s desperation 2025-10-20 at 13:15 By Rupert Goodwins Citizen! You are falling short in your AI usage targets! Strive harder for the revolution! Opinion  The quantum theory of management includes an analogy for the physical law of the observer effect, where observing a system changes its state.…

Aster’s quiet relisting on DefiLlama leaves ‘big gaps’ in data: Exec 2025-10-20 at 12:55 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Aster’s return to DefiLlama came with missing historical data, leaving transparency questions unresolved across DeFi dashboards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Major AWS outage across US-East region breaks half the internet 2025-10-20 at 12:49 By Dan Robinson Amazon reports DNS issues hitting DynamoDB, leaving services from Roblox to McDonald’s struggling A major outage is affecting Amazon Web Services (AWS), with even Amazon’s own web page reported to be offline and dozens of other online services and…

A simple AI prompt saved a developer from this job interview scam 2025-10-20 at 11:47 By Jessica Lyons Plus: Ransomware posing as Teams installer, Cisco 0-day exploit to drop rootkit, and European cops bust SIM-box service INFOSEC IN BRIEF  Engineer David Dodda says he was just “30 seconds away” from running malware on his own…

Tribunal wonders if Microsoft has found a legal hero after pivot to copyright gambit 2025-10-20 at 11:00 By Richard Speed ValueLicensing dispute probes whether Office counts as a creative work The long-running legal battle between ValueLicensing and Microsoft over the resale of software licenses has taken another turn following Microsoft’s attempt to make the case…

$200B AppLovin faces data privacy probe after short-sellers allege misconduct: sources 2025-10-20 at 07:49 By Thomas Barrabi, Lisa Fickenscher Fast-growing tech giant AppLovin is facing fresh regulatory heat over its handling of consumer data – including potential investigations by multiple state attorneys general, The Post has learned. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

67% of institutions see bullish 6 months for Bitcoin: Coinbase 2025-10-20 at 07:45 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Institutional investors have a positive outlook for Bitcoin over the next three to six months, with multiple forces contributing to a bullish Q4 for crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Strategy can buy $100M of Bitcoin within an hour of raising it: Saylor 2025-10-20 at 07:39 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Strategy chair Michael Saylor says the investment cycle for companies like his is 1,000 times faster than “anything else you’ve seen in your life,” and it looks like his firm is about to buy…

Corporate creep could corrupt Ethereum’s ethos, dev warns 2025-10-20 at 06:14 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Ethereum developer Federico Carrone warns venture capital firm Paradigm’s growing influence on the network could eventually lead to a misalignment in values. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Europol Dismantles SIM Farm Network Powering 49 Million Fake Accounts Worldwide 2025-10-19 at 19:21 By Europol on Friday announced the disruption of a sophisticated cybercrime-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that operated a SIM farm and enabled its customers to carry out a broad spectrum of crimes ranging from phishing to investment fraud. The coordinated law enforcement effort,…

Bitcoin weekly close must hit this $108K+ level to rescue key ‘demand area’ 2025-10-19 at 17:20 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin price volatility returned into the weekly close with a key reclaim zone in sight, while liquidations exceeded $200 million in 24 hours. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Don’t sleep on agentic finance 2025-10-19 at 16:30 By Cointelegraph by Dylan Dewdney Ignore agentic finance and you miss how AI agents can solve crypto’s fragmented chaos by managing your assets smarter and faster than any dashboard ever could. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline: