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Bitcoin treasury flops: These firms fumbled their BTC bets 2025-08-29 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun The Bitcoin treasury playbook is losing its punch as these companies watch their share prices tumble back to earth. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Ethereum Foundation’s near-term UX priority is interoperability 2025-08-29 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Ethereum Foundation researchers said interoperability is the top near-term UX priority, with focus on intent-based architecture, speed and unifying standards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

RefreshOS 2.5: The Debian remix that borrows from every desk in the house 2025-08-29 at 17:49 By Liam Proven A remarkable mixture of different components, but it works RefreshOS is a Debian and KDE-based distro with a difference: it casts its net a lot wider for tools and components.… This article is an excerpt from…

In Other News: Iranian Ships Hacked, Verified Android Developers, AI Used in Attacks 2025-08-29 at 17:32 By SecurityWeek News Noteworthy stories that might have slipped under the radar: communications of dozens of Iranian ships disrupted, only apps from verified developers will run on Android devices, and AI used across multiple phases of malicious attacks. The…

30 years later, Doom returns to SNES with Raspberry Pi RP2350 muscle 2025-08-29 at 17:01 By Richard Speed Limited Run Games swaps in silicon to emulate Super FX chip and hit 20 fps Forget Windows 95, it’s 30 years since Doom was released on the Super Nintendo Entertainment System. And thanks to the Raspberry Pi…

Amazon Disrupts APT29 Watering Hole Campaign Abusing Microsoft Device Code Authentication 2025-08-29 at 16:53 By Amazon on Friday said it flagged and disrupted what it described as an opportunistic watering hole campaign orchestrated by the Russia-linked APT29 actors as part of their intelligence gathering efforts. The campaign used “compromised websites to redirect visitors to malicious…

Abandoned Sogou Zhuyin Update Server Hijacked, Weaponized in Taiwan Espionage Campaign 2025-08-29 at 16:53 By An abandoned update server associated with input method editor (IME) software Sogou Zhuyin was leveraged by threat actors as part of an espionage campaign to deliver several malware families, including C6DOOR and GTELAM, in attacks primarily targeting users across Eastern…

Tokenized alternative funds jump 47% to $1.7B in 30 days 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Ethereum leads tokenized institutional alternative funds with $1 billion in value, accounting for more than half of the market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Enterprise password management outfit Passwordstate patches Emergency Access bug 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Gareth Halfacree Up to 29,000 organizations and potentially 370,000 security and IT pros affected Australian development house Click Studios has warned users of its Passwordstate enterprise password management platform to update immediately if not sooner, following the discovery of an authentication bypass…

HP bottom line fattens up on a diet of AI PCs and Windows 11 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Dan Robinson Nobody knows why they need one, but folk seem to be buying them HP says AI PCs now make up a quarter of its sales, boosting revenue thanks to their higher price tags and the…

CISA Releases TTPs of Chinese State-Sponsored Threat Actors 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By CISA has released an advisory detailing the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) utilized by Chinese state-sponsored threat actors.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Google Confirms Workspace Accounts Also Hit in Salesforce–Salesloft Drift Data Theft Campaign 2025-08-29 at 16:25 By Ionut Arghire Google says the same OAuth token compromise that enabled Salesforce data theft also let hackers access a small number of Workspace accounts via the Salesloft Drift integration. The post Google Confirms Workspace Accounts Also Hit in Salesforce–Salesloft…

Is XRP going to crash in September? 2025-08-29 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola XRP price must hold above $2.80 or risk triggering a technical correction in September, with the downside target closer to $2. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Dutch crypto firm Amdax targets 1% Bitcoin supply with $23M treasury launch 2025-08-29 at 15:03 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Dutch crypto firm Amdax raised $23.3 million to launch AMBTS, a Bitcoin treasury company aiming to list on Amsterdam’s Euronext and accumulate 1% of all BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

UK government dragged for incomplete security reforms after Afghan leak fallout 2025-08-29 at 15:03 By Connor Jones Senior officials summoned to science and tech committee to explain further Senior officials are being summoned to the UK’s Science, Innovation and Technology Committee to explain why the government has not fully implemented the security recommendations made in…

Can Your Security Stack See ChatGPT? Why Network Visibility Matters 2025-08-29 at 14:47 By Generative AI platforms like ChatGPT, Gemini, Copilot, and Claude are increasingly common in organizations. While these solutions improve efficiency across tasks, they also present new data leak prevention for generative AI challenges. Sensitive information may be shared through chat prompts, files…

Charlie Ergen, Elon Musk and Trump gearing up for high-stakes poker game 2025-08-29 at 14:19 By Charles Gasparino Sources say Trump’s FCC chief as been urging the billionaire Ergen to do something with his valuable spectrum and Musk could be a partner. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |…

Bitcoin whales send BTC price under $109.5K as market ‘wobbles’ into US PCE 2025-08-29 at 14:19 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin whale behavior remains “spoofy” as crypto traders flag BTC price patterns repeating this week with US inflation data incoming. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

CoinShares reports 26% AUM increase to $3.46B in Q2 2025-08-29 at 14:19 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra CoinShares’ net profit rose 35% to $32.4 million in Q2, up from $24 million in the previous quarter. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Windows Mobile Plans app to be disconnected in 2026 2025-08-29 at 14:19 By Richard Speed Microsoft shifts cellular management to Settings and the web Microsoft is to permanently hang up on its Mobile Plans app, directing users to the web and the Windows Settings app in the future.… This article is an excerpt from The…

ChatGPT admits bot safety measures may weaken in long conversations, as parents sue AI companies over teen suicides 2025-08-29 at 13:40 By Rikki Schlott “These are not AI for good, these are AI for profit,” a source said of chatbots used by kids and teens for therapy, friendship and comfort. This article is an excerpt…

Bitcoin traders: BTC must close week above $114K to avoid ‘ugly’ correction 2025-08-29 at 13:39 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin may see a deeper correction toward $103,000 after losing a key support level, new price analysis concludes. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Avalanche leads blockchain transaction growth amid US gov’t implementation 2025-08-29 at 13:39 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Avalanche transaction growth topped all blockchain networks with 66%, as the smart-contract network saw more government implementation and renewed ETF applications. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

UK datacenter developers turn to gas rather than wait for grid power for builds 2025-08-29 at 13:39 By Dan Robinson Hang on, what happened to gov.UK’s bitbarn-favoring Industrial Strategy? Datacenter developers in the UK are turning to gas for power generation amid lengthy wait times for a connection to the electricity grid.… This article is…

Click Studios Patches Passwordstate Authentication Bypass Vulnerability in Emergency Access Page 2025-08-29 at 13:39 By Click Studios, the developer of enterprise-focused password management solution Passwordstate, said it has released security updates to address an authentication bypass vulnerability in its software. The issue, which is yet to be assigned a CVE identifier, has been addressed in…

FreePBX Servers Targeted by Zero-Day Flaw, Emergency Patch Now Available 2025-08-29 at 13:39 By The Sangoma FreePBX Security Team has issued an advisory warning about an actively exploited FreePBX zero-day vulnerability that impacts systems with an administrator control panel (ACP) exposed to the public internet. FreePBX is an open-source private branch exchange (PBX) platform widely…

How Windows 11 is breaking from its bedrock and moving away 2025-08-29 at 12:43 By Rupert Goodwins The once mighty Wintel supercontinent is cracking in more ways than you might think Opinion  Say what you like about its role in the destruction of civilization, the net is still good for a few party games. Take…

Cloud computing has become so normal, it’s invisible 2025-08-29 at 12:43 By Timothy Prickett Morgan Maybe someday we’ll just call it ‘data processing’ again Feature  In IT, terms and categories come and go. Distinctions disappear as computing evolves and as something that was shiny and new simply becomes the way that we do things.… This…

Feds Seize $6.4M VerifTools Fake-ID Marketplace, but Operators Relaunch on New Domain 2025-08-29 at 12:43 By Authorities from the Netherlands and the United States have announced the dismantling of an illicit marketplace called VerifTools that peddled fraudulent identity documents to cybercriminals across the world. To that end, two marketplace domains (verif[.]tools and veriftools[.]net) and one…

92 crypto-related ETPs in the works: ‘Floodgates to open soon’ 2025-08-29 at 11:03 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan The exchange-traded funds look to track everything from Solana to XRP to Dogecoin, which combined make up trillions of dollars of the crypto market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Google Warns Salesloft OAuth Breach Extends Beyond Salesforce, Impacting All Integrations 2025-08-29 at 10:52 By Google has revealed that the recent wave of attacks targeting Salesforce instances via Salesloft Drift is much broader in scope than previously thought, stating it impacts all integrations. “We now advise all Salesloft Drift customers to treat any and all…

Unicoin says SEC distorted its filings in $100M fraud case 2025-08-29 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Unicoin urged a New York judge to toss the SEC’s $100 million fraud case, arguing the regulator misquoted filings and relied on “snippets” taken out of context. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

US ETFs now a major source of Bitcoin spot trading volume: CryptoQuant 2025-08-29 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young US spot Bitcoin ETFs are now driving up to $10 billion in daily trades, rivaling major exchanges and underscoring their role in institutional adoption of crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Solana lobby group adds $500K to Roman Storm’s defense war chest 2025-08-29 at 10:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Through community fundraising, the Free Roman Storm fund has raised nearly $5.5 million to aid with his legal defense. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

China turns on giant neutrino detector that took a decade to build 2025-08-29 at 10:03 By Simon Sharwood 700 meters under a mountain, a 20,000-tonne detector and a giant sphere await elusive particles More than a decade after construction began, China has commenced operation of what it claims is the world’s most sensitive neutrino detector.……

China’s KylinOS Linux takes a great leap forward to v11 and kernel 6.6 2025-08-29 at 10:03 By Simon Sharwood Supports several Chinese chips and GPUs – and of course it has AI inside China’s KylinSoft has delivered a major update to its flagship Linux, which Beijing hailed as a great leap forward for the nation’s…