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Wise hints at stablecoin ambitions with new digital-asset product lead hire 2025-10-20 at 23:13 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Wise is hiring a digital-asset product lead focused on stablecoins, signaling potential expansion into crypto amid shifting global regulations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

CleanSpark shares soar as Bitcoin miner announces AI expansion 2025-10-20 at 23:13 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Large Bitcoin mining companies are looking to expand into AI services for new sources of revenue amid the post-Bitcoin halving pressure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US shutdown enters third week as Senate Democrats plan crypto roundtable 2025-10-20 at 23:13 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar As the government drags on, the US Senate is preparing a vote to end it while lawmakers plan to meet crypto leaders Wednesday to discuss the stalled market structure bill. This article is an excerpt from…

Today is when the Amazon brain drain finally sent AWS down the spout 2025-10-20 at 23:13 By Corey Quinn When your best engineers log off for good, don’t be surprised when the cloud forgets how DNS works column  “It’s always DNS” is a long-standing sysadmin saw, and with good reason: a disproportionate number of outages…

Xubuntu downloads section injection threatens users with crypto infection 2025-10-20 at 23:13 By Liam Proven Attempted exploit was a feeble effort to target Windows users Someone managed to insert a compromised file into the downloads section of the website for Xubuntu, the official Ubuntu flavor with the Xfce desktop environment. The malware was designed to…

Five New Exploited Bugs Land in CISA’s Catalog — Oracle and Microsoft Among Targets 2025-10-20 at 23:12 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added five security flaws to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) Catalog, officially confirming a recently disclosed vulnerability impacting Oracle E-Business Suite (EBS) has been weaponized in real-world…

Dozens of blind people can see thanks to revolutionary new microchip: ‘Never been done before’ 2025-10-20 at 21:57 By Tracy Swartz “Before receiving the implant, it was like having two black discs in my eyes, with the outside distorted,” said Sheila Irvine, one of the participants at Moorfields Eye Hospital in London. This article is…

Jack Dorsey backs GOP Rep. Thomas Massie for president in surprise X post 2025-10-20 at 21:27 By Ariel Zilber The Twitter co-founder and Block CEO posted a six-word message on X on Saturday night: “.@RepThomasMassie for president.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to…

Price predictions 10/20: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, BNB, XRP, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE 2025-10-20 at 21:27 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin staged a rebound rally to $111,705 as the market recovers from last the recent catastrophic sell-off, but data suggests sellers will continue to take profit at each breakout top. This article is an…

Nvidia still needs Taiwan even as TSMC ramps Blackwell production in Arizona 2025-10-20 at 21:27 By Tobias Mann AI arms dealer relies on Taiwanese advanced packaging plants for top-specced GPUs US manufacturing of Nvidia GPUs is underway and CEO Jensen Huang is celebrating the first Blackwell wafer to come out of TSMC’s Arizona chip factory.…

China blames US for cyber break-in, claims America is world’s biggest bit burglar 2025-10-20 at 20:45 By Jessica Lyons ‘US is … the greatest source of chaos in cyberspace’ China has blamed the US for a “major cyberattack” against its National Time Service Center, alleging it could have disrupted the country’s communications, financial, and transportation networks,…

Waymo robotaxis probed after reports of failing to stop for school buses 2025-10-20 at 20:11 By Reuters Alphabet-owned Waymo has more than 1,500 vehicles operating across major US cities. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Dogecoin price set for 25% jump after Elon Musk’s new cryptic DOGE post 2025-10-20 at 20:11 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Musk’s tweets ignited DOGE’s meteoric 2021 rally, and with bullish signals returning, the memecoin might be gearing up again. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Ripple-linked Evernorth to go public in $1B SPAC to build massive XRP treasury 2025-10-20 at 20:11 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The move could make Evernorth one of the first public companies to anchor its balance sheet in XRP, signaling growing institutional appetite for digital assets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

AWS outage exposes Achilles heel: central control plane 2025-10-20 at 20:11 By Dan Robinson Too many services depend not just on one cloud provider, but on one location Analysis  Amazon’s US-EAST-1 region outage caused widespread chaos, taking websites and services offline even in Europe and raising some difficult questions. After all, cloud operations are supposed…

The Lourve Heist: What Was the State of the Museum’s Security? 2025-10-20 at 20:10 By The theft at the Lourve reveals the concerning state of museum security and the widespread repercussions that occur when that security fails.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this…

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…