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Baidu robocabs break even in low-fare China, company expects to cash in elsewhere 2025-08-21 at 08:24 By Simon Sharwood Web giant reworks AI infra to improve utilization, with mix of chips from home and away Chinese web giant Baidu is already breaking even with robotaxi operations in China and is confident they will be profitable…

Bitcoin rebounds from fear zone, but ‘FUD’ may not be over: Santiment 2025-08-21 at 08:00 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin sentiment shifted from fear to neutral as crypto markets rebounded from their correction, but a Friday Fed speech could create more volatility. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

BNB treasury firm plunges 77% after Nasdaq delisting notice 2025-08-21 at 08:00 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Biotech and BNB treasury firm Windtree Therapeutics fell 77% on Wednesday after informing the SEC that it would be delisted from the Nasdaq stock exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Coinbase CEO sees $1M Bitcoin, but let’s hit $124K first: Analyst 2025-08-21 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong is the latest crypto figure to predict a $1 million Bitcoin, but an analyst warns investors to stay grounded. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Wormhole to counter LayerZero’s $110M Stargate bid with its own 2025-08-21 at 06:57 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Wormhole will bid against LayerZero to acquire the crosschain transfer platform Stargate, which just launched an updated bid on Sunday to better reception. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Fed governor tells bankers DeFi is ‘nothing to be afraid of’ 2025-08-21 at 06:57 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller urged policymakers and bankers to stop fearing DeFi and stablecoins, saying they will drive the next wave of innovation in the US payments system. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

China cut itself off from the global internet for an hour on Wednesday 2025-08-21 at 06:57 By Simon Sharwood Great Firewall took out all traffic to port 443 at a time Beijing didn’t have an obvious need to keep its netizens in the dark China cut itself off from much of the global internet for…

Crypto giants launch ‘Beacon Network’ to track and freeze stolen crypto 2025-08-21 at 06:19 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The Beacon Network is an “end-to-end kill chain for illicit crypto assets, moving from detection to action in minutes rather than days,” TRM Labs said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Microsoft stays mum about M365 Copilot on-demand security bypass 2025-08-21 at 03:05 By Thomas Claburn Redmond doesn’t bother informing customers about some security fixes Microsoft has chosen not to tell customers about a recently patched vulnerability in M365 Copilot.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Post-privacy AI glasses claim to listen to your every word 2025-08-21 at 02:07 By Brandon Vigliarolo Digitally enabled omniscience is neat, if you can bear the cost of being constantly monitored by an AI agent The headline-making Harvard duo who turned a pair of Meta smart glasses into a privacy violation machine last year now…

Judge unfreezes over $57M in stablecoins linked to Libra token scandal 2025-08-21 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The judge cited ongoing cooperation of the defendants in the case as one of the reasons for unfreezing the stablecoins. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Google tries to trump iPhone launch with AI-powered Pixel 10 range 2025-08-21 at 00:56 By Iain Thomson At 3% US market share, we don’t think Cook & Co are sweating Video  In a celebrity-studded launch event on Wednesday, Google showed off its Pixel 10 hardware, including four smartphones, an updated smartwatch, and earbuds. Unsurprisingly, every…

Amazon quietly fixed Q Developer flaws that made AI agent vulnerable to prompt injection, RCE 2025-08-21 at 00:17 By Jessica Lyons Move along, nothing to see here Amazon has quietly fixed a couple of security issues in its coding agent: Amazon Q Developer VS Code extension. Attackers could use these vulns to leak secrets, including…

US must pass regulations or risk losing crypto race — Wyoming Symposium 2025-08-21 at 00:04 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The panelists agreed that it is not too late for the US to catch up to other jurisdictions, but urged swift crypto regulatory legislation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Talk to the bot: Salesforce AI agents could replace US govt employees 2025-08-20 at 23:35 By Brandon Vigliarolo Have a complaint? Need a benefit? Agentforce now has a bot for that American citizens seeking help from the federal government may soon find themselves being assisted by an AI agent, if Salesforce’s new public sector offering…

Google mocks Apple’s AI struggles as it launches Pixel 10 smartphones: ‘Game-changing phone’ 2025-08-20 at 22:54 By Associated Press The new Pixel smartphones are designed to do everything from fetch vital information stored on the devices to help improve photos as they’re being taken. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product…

IETF Draft suggests making IPv6 standard on DNS resolvers – partly to destroy IPv4 2025-08-20 at 22:54 By Simon Sharwood Dragging DNS into the modern age. And if that means fewer people need to buy IPv4, so much the better A pair of networking researchers have proposed that the Internet Engineering Task Force define support…

Crypto advocacy groups double down on Quintenz confirmation at CFTC amid pushback 2025-08-20 at 22:42 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Seven organizations affiliated with crypto urged a quick confirmation of Brian Quintenz to the CFTC, though nothing was scheduled on the Senate calendar before its recess. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Brevan Howard’s crypto division CEO Gautam Sharma departs after five years 2025-08-20 at 22:42 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino Brevan Howard reportedly managed $34 billion in assets as of April 2025, with the company’s digital asset division, set up in 2021, managing $2 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

XRP’s price downtrend could continue: Here’s 4 reasons why 2025-08-20 at 22:42 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale XRP data highlights investor profit-taking and reveals reasons why the altcoin’s price could continue to fall. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Perplexity’s Comet browser naively processed pages with evil instructions 2025-08-20 at 22:42 By Thomas Claburn Rival Brave flags prompt injection vulnerability, now patched To the surprise of no one in the security industry, processing untrusted, unvalidated input is a bad idea.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this…

Opinionated Arch derivative CachyOS overtakes Mint and MX on DistroWatch 2025-08-20 at 22:42 By Liam Proven Performance-tuned and optimized spin seems to be winning fans CachyOS bills itself as a Blazingly Fast & Customizable Linux distribution and that seems to be winning it friends. In the last month, it’s the number one distro on the…

FBI: Russian spies exploiting a 7-year-old Cisco bug to slurp configs from critical infrastructure 2025-08-20 at 21:48 By Jessica Lyons Snarfing up config files for ‘thousands’ of devices…just for giggles, we’re sure The FBI and security researchers today warned that Russian government spies exploited a seven-year-old bug in end-of-life Cisco networking devices to snoop around…

DOM-Based Extension Clickjacking Exposes Popular Password Managers to Credential and Data Theft 2025-08-20 at 21:47 By Popular password manager plugins for web browsers have been found susceptible to clickjacking security vulnerabilities that could be exploited to steal account credentials, two-factor authentication (2FA) codes, and credit card details under certain conditions. The technique has been dubbed…

🕵️ Webinar: Discover and Control Shadow AI Agents in Your Enterprise Before Hackers Do 2025-08-20 at 21:47 By Do you know how many AI agents are running inside your business right now? If the answer is “not sure,” you’re not alone—and that’s exactly the concern. Across industries, AI agents are being set up every day.…

FBI Warns FSB-Linked Hackers Exploiting Unpatched Cisco Devices for Cyber Espionage 2025-08-20 at 21:47 By A Russian state-sponsored cyber espionage group known as Static Tundra has been observed actively exploiting a seven-year-old security flaw in Cisco IOS and Cisco IOS XE software as a means to establish persistent access to target networks. Cisco Talos, which…

Sony hikes price of PlayStation gaming console by $50 as Trump tariffs bite 2025-08-20 at 21:03 By Ariel Zilber The Japanese gaming titan announced Wednesday that PS5 prices will jump to $550 from $500 starting Aug. 21. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

‘US tariffs on mining rigs are rising sharply’ as CleanSpark, IREN report massive liabilities 2025-08-20 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi US Bitcoin miners face mounting costs and regulatory pressure as the trade war reshapes the industry. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US Senator Lummis: Crypto market structure bill will be law by 2026 2025-08-20 at 21:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Wyoming lawmaker is one of the Republicans taking the lead to pass market structure in the US Senate. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

GSA launches AI sandbox, says it won’t be around for long 2025-08-20 at 21:03 By Brandon Vigliarolo GSA AI chief says market can do better but the feds needed a kickstart The Trump administration just launched a detailed, AI-pushing platform for federal agencies last week, but a government leader is already promising to kill it. ……

40% of UK crypto users report blocked payments amid rise in ‘anti-consumer’ practices 2025-08-20 at 20:31 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Nearly half of UK crypto investors face blocked or delayed payments from their banks, raising concerns that Britain is falling behind global rivals in digital assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Chinese funding backs sale of British microLED specialist 2025-08-20 at 20:31 By Dan Robinson Plessey sold to Haylo Labs, financed by $100M Goertek loan The UK’s Plessey Semiconductors has been acquired by Haylo Labs, using funding supplied by a Chinese company, Goertek Inc. The move was cleared by the British government.… This article is an…

Commvault releases patches for two nasty bug chains after exploits proven 2025-08-20 at 20:31 By Connor Jones Researchers disclosing their findings said ‘it’s as bad as it sounds’ Researchers at watchTowr just published working proof-of-concept exploits for two unauthenticated remote code execution bug chains in backup giant Commvault.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Uncle Sam eyes slice of Intel in return for CHIPS Act cash 2025-08-20 at 19:59 By Dan Robinson Hmmm, state ownership of private corps… what does that remind us of? The US government is considering taking a stake in Intel and other semiconductor companies that benefit from CHIPS Act funding, according to officials from the…

Microsoft workers rename HQ ‘Martyred Palestinian Children’s Plaza’ during anti-Israel protest 2025-08-20 at 19:56 By Thomas Barrabi The protesters set up tents in a “liberated zone” on the Redmond campus and toted signs that urged co-workers to “Join the worker intifada: no labor for genocide.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

‘Limited’ data leak at Aussie telco turns out to be 280K customer details 2025-08-20 at 19:45 By Connor Jones iiNet breach blamed on single stolen login, with emails, phone numbers, and addresses exposed Aussie telco giant TPG Telecom has opened an investigation after confirming a cyberattack at subsidiary iiNet.… This article is an excerpt from…

Security Leaders Respond to Workday Cyber Incident 2025-08-20 at 19:24 By Workday, a human resources organization, has announced it experienced a cybersecurity incident.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Mark Zuckerberg’s pricey new AI hires — including 28-year-old billionaire Alexandr Wang — are clashing with Meta’s old guard: report 2025-08-20 at 19:20 By Ariel Zilber The dramatic reorganization of Meta Superintelligence Labs comes amid a massive talent exodus and bitter internal tensions, according to a report. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Experts Find AI Browsers Can Be Tricked by PromptFix Exploit to Run Malicious Hidden Prompts 2025-08-20 at 19:04 By Cybersecurity researchers have demonstrated a new prompt injection technique called PromptFix that tricks a generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) model into carrying out intended actions by embedding the malicious instruction inside a fake CAPTCHA check on a…

30% of Employees Have Witnessed Workplace Violence 2025-08-20 at 19:00 By 30% of respondents reporting they had witnessed an act of workplace violence occur to another employee. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline: