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The Ultimate Battle: Enterprise Browsers vs. Secure Browser Extensions 2025-08-12 at 15:35 By Most security tools can’t see what happens inside the browser, but that’s where the majority of work, and risk, now lives. Security leaders deciding how to close that gap often face a choice: deploy a dedicated Enterprise Browser or add an enterprise-grade…

Is $30 XRP price a real possibility for this bull cycle? 2025-08-12 at 15:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP prices have multiplied at least 10x in previous bull cycles, fueling hopes for a similar big breakout toward $30 by mid-2026. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Oh, great.Three notorious cybercrime gangs appear to be collaborating 2025-08-12 at 15:12 By Jessica Lyons Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ spent the weekend bragging to each other on a Telegram channel Prolific cybercrime collectives Scattered Spider, ShinyHunters, and Lapsus$ appear to have come together in a new Telegram channel that shares news of their exploits.……

USDC issuer Circle to launch new layer-1 Arc blockchain this year 2025-08-12 at 14:42 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz USDC issuer Circle has introduced its own layer-1 blockchain, Arc, as its stablecoin grew 90% year-over-year in Q2 2025. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Metaplanet, Smarter Web add almost $100M in Bitcoin to treasuries 2025-08-12 at 14:42 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Metaplanet and the UK’s The Smarter Web Company added nearly $100 million in Bitcoin on Tuesday, boosting their positions among the largest public corporate BTC holders. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

SEC to focus on ‘clear’ crypto regulations after Ripple case: Atkins 2025-08-12 at 14:42 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The end of the almost five-year legal dispute will enable the agency to dedicate more time to developing clear regulatory frameworks, according to SEC Chair Paul Atkins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Hyundai: Want cyber-secure car locks? That’ll be £49, please 2025-08-12 at 14:42 By Connor Jones Automaker’s answer to spate of car thefts is to charge customers for extra Hyundai is charging UK customers £49 ($66) for a security upgrade to prevent thieves from bypassing its car locks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Ebuyer website bought by Fraser Group plc 2025-08-12 at 14:42 By Richard Speed UK online reseller bought out of administration in -pre-pack agreement, say sources London Stock Exchange-listed Fraser Group is understood to have bought struggling UK online tech bazaar Ebuyer from administrators in a pre-pack agreement, sources have told The Register.… This article is…

VS Code previews chat checkpoints for unpicking careless talk 2025-08-12 at 14:42 By Tim Anderson Microsoft’s AI-centric code editor and IDE adds the ability to rollback misguided AI prompts The Microsoft Visual Studio Code (VS Code) team has rolled out version 1.103 with new features including GitHub Copilot chat checkpoints.… This article is an excerpt…

ARK Invest buys $19M of Jack Dorsey’s Block as stock tumbles to $73 2025-08-12 at 13:10 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz ARK Invest’s latest Block purchase is its first in months, signaling a potential shift in the company’s investment strategy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Colo operators flock to emerging markets to build DCs 2025-08-12 at 13:10 By Dan Robinson Joburg and Warsaw among the hotspots for sprawling server farm construction Lagos, Warsaw and Dubai are among the fastest growing cities for colocation services – with metro areas in the Asia-Pacific and EMEA regions expanding more rapidly than traditional datacenter…

Dutch NCSC Confirms Active Exploitation of Citrix NetScaler CVE-2025-6543 in Critical Sectors 2025-08-12 at 12:48 By The Dutch National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC-NL) has warned of cyber attacks exploiting a recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting Citrix NetScaler ADC products to breach organizations in the country. The NCSC-NL said it discovered the exploitation of CVE-2025-6543…

Defra doubles contract value for cloud and DC services 2025-08-12 at 12:44 By Lindsay Clark Legacy tech for nation’s farmers must migrate … contract swells to £245M The UK’s government department for agriculture and the countryside has upped the potential contract value on offer for cloud and datacenter hosting by more than £100 million.… This…

Bitcoin gets $95K target as ‘ugly’ BTC price candle spoils breakout 2025-08-12 at 11:54 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin Wyckoff analysis paints a grim picture for bulls as a “distribution phase” implies that $100,000 support may not be safe. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

The White House could end UK’s decade-long fight to bust encryption 2025-08-12 at 11:54 By Connor Jones Home Office officials reportedly concede Brit government on back foot as Trump moves to protect US Big Tech players Analysis  The Home Office’s war on encryption – its most technically complex and controversial aspect of modern policymaking yet…

UK.gov’s nuclear strategy is ‘slow, inefficient, and costly’ 2025-08-12 at 10:42 By Gareth Halfacree Taskforce delivers damning interim report on next generation of energy generation An independent taskforce commissioned by the UK government has warned of the nation’s “unnecessarily slow, inefficient, and costly” approach to nuclear power (and weaponry).… This article is an excerpt from…

Poisoned telemetry can turn AIOps into AI Oops, researchers show 2025-08-12 at 10:42 By Thomas Claburn Sysadmins, your job is safe Automating IT operations using AI may not be the best idea at the moment.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Trump’s crypto adviser to ‘smash buy’ $762M of Bitcoin this week 2025-08-12 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young US President Donald Trump’s crypto advisor, David Bailey, is planning a huge Bitcoin purchase through Nakamoto Inc, targeting around 6,400 BTC this week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

News from the future: ‘Rampant jellyfish cause AI outage by taking datacenter offline’ 2025-08-12 at 08:37 By Simon Sharwood Don’t laugh, a nuclear power plant just shut down due to invertebrates overwhelming its intakes Proponents of increased use of nuclear energy to power datacenters have a new foe: Jellyfish.… This article is an excerpt from…

Steak ‘n Shake thanks Bitcoiners as same-store sales rise 11% in Q2 2025-08-12 at 08:16 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Steak ‘n Shake attributed Bitcoin as a driver for its 11% quarter-on-quarter sales rise after adopting the cryptocurrency as a payment method in May. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Nasdaq-listed firm slumps 50% on BONK memecoin treasury play 2025-08-12 at 08:16 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Wellness drinks maker Safety Shot has made a bold shift into a memecoin treasury strategy, but shareholders were not impressed. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Average Cyber Budget Reaches 5 Year Low, CISOs Discuss 2025-08-12 at 08:16 By Cyber budgets have reached the lowest growth rate in five years, with only 47% of CISOs reporting a budget increase this year. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Ether profit taking on the rise as ETH tiptoes near $4.3K 2025-08-12 at 07:08 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Ether short-term holders are ramping up their profit taking as the price of ETH has climbed 43% in the past month. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

FTX users bolster lawsuit claiming law firm was ‘key’ to FTX fraud 2025-08-12 at 06:12 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan FTX customers say their class complaint against Fenwick & West needs updating with new details from Sam Bankman-Fried’s trial and FTX’s bankruptcy case. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

IBM Cloud hit by Severity One outage with some of the same symptoms from other recent SNAFUs 2025-08-12 at 06:12 By Simon Sharwood Outages, degraded service, and login troubles hit 10 regions and 27 services IBM Cloud experienced a Severity One outage on Monday that left customers unable to access resources.… This article is an…

Ethereum core dev ‘safe and free’ after being detained in Turkey 2025-08-12 at 05:07 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Federico Carrone, a privacy-focused Ethereum core developer, confirmed that he has been released after being accused by Turkish authorities of aiding the “misuse” of an Ethereum privacy protocol. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Excited woman gets engaged to AI fiancé after 5 months — and insists she’s ‘fully aware’ of what she’s doing 2025-08-12 at 04:15 By Marissa Matozzo The two even “shopped” rings together. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin miner MARA to acquire majority stake in Exaion in AI, HPC play 2025-08-12 at 03:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea MARA Holding’s expansion into AI and high-performance computing is expected to close in Q4, and comes amid a steep rise in Bitcoin mining difficulty. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Nvidia gives its tiniest workstation GPUs a Blackwell boost 2025-08-12 at 02:20 By Tobias Mann 70W TDP means the new RTX Pro 4000 SFF and RTX Pro 2000 won’t blow power budgets Nvidia’s latest Blackwell GPUs are a pair of itty-bitty workstation cards that aim to deliver the highest performance possible for professional visualization and…

Trump changes tune on Intel CEO after demanding his resignation: ‘Meeting was a very interesting one’ 2025-08-12 at 02:04 By Reuters Trump last week demanded Tan’s immediate resignation over ties to Chinese firms, injecting uncertainty into the chipmaker’s years-long turnaround effort. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

Paxos renews push for US bank license as stablecoin rules take shape 2025-08-12 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Paxos has reapplied for a US national trust bank charter after its 2021 conditional approval expired. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

GENIUS ban won’t stop institutions from seeking stablecoin yield — ex-Standard Chartered exec 2025-08-12 at 00:35 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The US GENIUS Act may boost stablecoin adoption, but its ban on yield-bearing stablecoins could drive trillions into tokenized real-world assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

FedRAMP government cloud software approvals double under new program 2025-08-11 at 23:48 By Brandon Vigliarolo Biden-era program has reduced FedRAMP processing times to just five weeks from previous year or more The US Government’s process for certifying cloud services safe for official use has long been slow, but that’s no longer the case. Approvals so…

Trump seeing green as he weighs deal to allow Nvidia Blackwell GPU sales to China 2025-08-11 at 23:48 By Tobias Mann And shave 15% of the top no doubt. Nerfed versions of Nvidia’s Blackwell GPUs could soon join its H20 on the list of AI accelerators approved for sale in China.… This article is an…

Do Kwon to change plea in criminal case at Wednesday conference 2025-08-11 at 23:10 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright In January, the Terraform Labs co-founder pleaded not guilty to several charges, including securities fraud, market manipulation, money laundering and wire fraud. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Trump defends taking 15% cut of Nvidia, AMD chip sales to China 2025-08-11 at 22:54 By Ariel Zilber “No, this is an old chip that China already has,” Trump said of Nvidia’s H-20 processor, adding that “China already has it in a different form…” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product…

Top US Democrat signals fight over crypto market structure 2025-08-11 at 22:21 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The US Senate is not scheduled to be in session until Sept. 2, but Senator Elizabeth Warren offered a preview for how she may address the CLARITY Act. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Russia’s RomCom among those exploiting a WinRAR 0-day in highly-targeted attacks 2025-08-11 at 22:21 By Jessica Lyons A few weeks earlier ‘zeroplayer’ advertised an $80K WinRAR 0-day exploit Russia-linked attackers found and exploited a high-severity WinRAR vulnerability before the maintainers of the Windows file archiver issued a fix.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Space tourism meets crypto as Blue Origin accepts Bitcoin, Ether, USDt 2025-08-11 at 21:43 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Blue Origin’s new crypto payment option joins a wave of blockchain ventures in aerospace, from NFTs minted in orbit to satellites running decentralized networks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Bitcoin will make history at $340K if BTC beats last cycle’s 2100% gains 2025-08-11 at 21:43 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin getting to $340,000 this cycle is a “very big ask,” but over the past five years, BTC has already won the macro asset returns game, research shows. This article is an excerpt from…