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US prosecutors double down on 10-year sentence for HashFlare co-founders 2025-08-13 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The two men pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in February and later received a letter directing them to “self-deport” from the United States. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Bitcoin holds $118K while ETH, BNB, LINK, UNI aim to extend the altcoin rally 2025-08-13 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin could pick up momentum above $120,000, with ETH, BNB, LINK, and UNI following suit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Pantera’s bear market Bitcoin call nails 2025 price, silencing cycle skeptics 2025-08-13 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Pantera’s Dan Morehead nailed his prediction for Bitcoin’s Aug. 11, 2025 price, made in November 2022 as BTC was nearing its bottom. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Perplexity takes a shine to Chrome, offers Google $34.5 billion 2025-08-12 at 23:35 By Thomas Claburn Could the most popular browser change hands? AI search biz Perplexity has offered to pay about twice as much as it is worth to acquire Chrome from Google.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

Ether futures open interest hits all-time high as ETH price tops $4.5K — Will it last? 2025-08-12 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman ETH open interest soared to a record high as Ether price rallied through $4,500. Is the rally sustainable? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

YouTube to test AI-powered age verification system for US users 2025-08-12 at 22:53 By Associated Press The tests initially will only affect a sliver of YouTube’s audience in the U.S., but it will likely become more pervasive if the system works as well at guessing viewers’ ages as it does in other parts of the…

Manpower franchise discloses data theft after RansomHub posts alleged stolen data 2025-08-12 at 22:53 By Jessica Lyons And yes, there’s the usual credit monitoring Global staffing firm Manpower confirmed ransomware criminals broke into its Lansing, Michigan franchise’s network and stole personal information belonging to 144,189 people, months after the extortionists claimed that they pilfered “all…

Ex-Binance dealmaker joins Hilbert Group to launch tokenized funds platform 2025-08-12 at 22:26 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Former Binance executive Ryan Horn joins Hilbert Group to advise on Syntetika, an onchain platform for tokenized funds, as global finance races to bring traditional assets to blockchain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Roman Storm’s potential retrial pushed back following court extension 2025-08-12 at 22:26 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright After a New York jury found the Tornado Cash co-founder guilty of one of three charges he had been facing, US authorities still have the option of filing for a retrial. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

You’ve got drought: UK gov suggests you save water by . . . deleting old emails 2025-08-12 at 22:17 By Tobias Mann Keep calm and clear out that inbox. Also maybe lay off the GenAI With many parts of England grappling with a water shortage, the UK’s National Drought Group (NDG), which includes both government…

Researchers Spot XZ Utils Backdoor in Dozens of Docker Hub Images, Fueling Supply Chain Risks 2025-08-12 at 22:05 By New research has uncovered Docker images on Docker Hub that contain the infamous XZ Utils backdoor, more than a year after the discovery of the incident. More troubling is the fact that other images have been…

Beijing doesn’t want Nvidia’s H20s anywhere near sensitive government workloads 2025-08-12 at 21:46 By Tobias Mann Don’t need to give Uncle Sam any more reason to think kill switches are a good idea Nvidia may have the Trump administration’s blessing to resume shipments of its H20 AI accelerators to China, but in Beijing, government officials…

IBM, Google claim quantum computers are almost here after major breakthroughs: ‘It doesn’t feel like a dream anymore’ 2025-08-12 at 21:22 By Ariel Zilber IBM laid out a detailed plan for a large-scale machine in June, declaring it was on track to build one by the end of the decade. This article is an excerpt…

Trump’s crypto ventures yield $2.4B since 2022: Report 2025-08-12 at 21:22 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The $2.4 billion represents roughly 43.5% of the known money Donald Trump has gained from “personal enrichment” during his political career. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US lawmakers introduce bill to update ancient export control IT systems 2025-08-12 at 21:22 By Brandon Vigliarolo Last year’s attempt failed, but increased concern over the state of the BIS might make the second time the charm The US government agency in charge of keeping advanced technology out of the hands of America’s enemies desperately…

GSA inks another $1 OneGov vendor deal, this time with Anthropic 2025-08-12 at 20:52 By Brandon Vigliarolo Deal could give legislative and judicial agencies access to AI that hallucinated legal citations in a court filing Anthropic has become the latest company to benefit from the US government’s frenetic AI adoption pace, inking a deal to…

Fortinet SSL VPNs Hit by Global Brute-Force Wave Before Attackers Shift to FortiManager 2025-08-12 at 20:52 By Cybersecurity researchers are warning of a “significant spike” in brute-force traffic aimed at Fortinet SSL VPN devices. The coordinated activity, per threat intelligence firm GreyNoise, was observed on August 3, 2025, with over 780 unique IP addresses participating…

Suetopia: Generative AI is a lawsuit waiting to happen to your business 2025-08-12 at 20:20 By Avram Piltch Enter a prompt and get back a copyright infringement More and more US companies are using generative AI as a way to save money they might otherwise pay creative professionals. But they’re not thinking about the legal…

Ethereum hits new multiyear high as Tom Lee’s BitMine plans $20B ETH raise 2025-08-12 at 20:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Ether price action targets all-time highs amid excitement over BitMine’s giant accumulation plan, shifting the focus away from rangebound Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Major outage at Pennsylvania Attorney General’s Office blamed on ‘cyber incident’ 2025-08-12 at 19:52 By Connor Jones Website, emails, and phones are down for a second day The Pennsylvania’s Office of Attorney General (OAG) is blaming a digital blackout of its services on a “cyber incident.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Cybercrime Groups ShinyHunters, Scattered Spider Join Forces in Extortion Attacks on Businesses 2025-08-12 at 19:32 By An ongoing data extortion campaign targeting Salesforce customers may soon turn its attention to financial services and technology service providers, as ShinyHunters and Scattered Spider appear to be working hand in hand, new findings show. “This latest wave of…

Perplexity AI makes wild $34.5B all-cash offer for Google Chrome browser 2025-08-12 at 19:17 By Reuters Perplexity is no stranger to headline-grabbing offers — it made a similar one for TikTok US in January, offering to merge with the popular short-video app. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews |…

Platform9 pushes swing capacity workaround for VMware migrants 2025-08-12 at 19:16 By Simon Sharwood Efforts to build easier off-ramps are … err … ramping up Private cloud platform vendor Platform9 has a new lure for disaffected VMware users: A tool that allows migrations without requiring extra hardware.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

System Collapses Are Preventable, Not Unpredictable 2025-08-12 at 19:16 By Research suggests that when systems collapse, it is most likely due to a preventable error rather than an unpredictable event.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Skynet 1.0, before judgment day 2025-08-12 at 19:02 By Cointelegraph by Phil Mataras AI systems are already ignoring shutdown commands. Decentralized audit trails are needed to prevent centralized AI from becoming humanity’s Skynet. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

No more ‘Sanity Checks.’ Inclusive language guide bans problematic tech terms 2025-08-12 at 18:46 By Richard Speed ‘Hung’ is out and ‘Unresponsive’ is in, according to the Academy Software Foundation and the Alliance for OpenUSD A Linux Foundation project has published an Inclusive Language Guide to recommend replacements for common tech terms deemed potentially offensive…

Disgraced crypto exec Do Kwon to plead guilty to fraud charges in $40B collapse 2025-08-12 at 18:19 By Reuters Do Kwon, the South Korean cryptocurrency entrepreneur behind two digital currencies that lost an estimated $40 billion in 2022, is planning to plead guilty on Tuesday to two charges of conspiracy to defraud and wire fraud, a judge said at a…

BlackSuit ransomware crew loses servers, domains, and $1m in global shakedown 2025-08-12 at 18:18 By Carly Page US cops yank servers, domains, and crypto from the Russia-linked gang – but the crooks remain at large In a display of bureaucratic bravado, US law enforcement agencies say they’ve “disrupted” the BlackSuit ransomware gang (also known as…

Stablecoin laws aren’t aligned — and big fish benefit 2025-08-12 at 18:01 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood Stablecoin laws are popping up all over the globe, but their differences could spell trouble for cross-border crypto projects. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Do Kwon pleads guilty to two charges related to his role at Terraform 2025-08-12 at 18:01 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The Terraform Labs co-founder was indicted in 2023 on nine charges related to the collapse of the ecosystem, resulting in an estimated $40 billion in losses for investors. This article is an excerpt from…

BitMine targets huge $24.5B raise as SharpLink boosts Ether war chest 2025-08-12 at 18:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Corporate Ether buying accelerates as BitMine and SharpLink raise cash, with ETH nearing record highs and institutions targeting a larger share of supply. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Java 25 puts 32-bit x86 out to pasture, adds 17 shiny new features 2025-08-12 at 17:24 By Tim Anderson Long-term support release candidate arrives, general availability comes next month Java 25, an LTS (long-term support) version, is now at release candidate (RC) stage with general availability scheduled for September 16.… This article is an excerpt…

New ‘Curly COMrades’ APT Using NGEN COM Hijacking in Georgia, Moldova Attacks 2025-08-12 at 17:01 By A previously undocumented threat actor dubbed Curly COMrades has been observed targeting entities in Georgia and Moldova as part of a cyber espionage campaign designed to facilitate long-term access to target networks. “They repeatedly tried to extract the NTDS…

Arm juices mobile GPUs with neural tech for better graphics 2025-08-12 at 16:33 By Dan Robinson Designs scheduled for launch in 2026, developer kit for programmers out today Chip designer Arm is bringing dedicated neural accelerator hardware to its GPU blueprints used in phones. It expects this to deliver higher quality visuals while boosting AI…

Crypto captures half of top 20 spots in ETFs launched since 2024 2025-08-12 at 16:18 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF leads with $57.4 billion in inflows, followed by Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund with $12.1 billion. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Monero price dips as Qubic likely succeeds in 51% attack 2025-08-12 at 16:18 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Monero suffered 60 discarded blocks in 24 hours as Qubic openly conducts selfish mining and claims a successful 51% attack, escalating an ongoing hack war. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Debian 13 ‘Trixie’ arrives: x86-32 and MIPS out, RISC-V in 2025-08-12 at 16:18 By Liam Proven Aside from glam, includes cool features like standalone GNOME Flashback session with no GNOME shell Debian 13 has arrived, now with RISC-V and preconfigured “blends” right in the main installer.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Trump does a 180 on Intel chief following White House meeting 2025-08-12 at 16:18 By Dan Robinson Chip giant praises ‘president’s strong leadership,’ promises to ‘restore this great American company’ US President Donald Trump has now reversed his opinion of Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan following their meeting at the White House yesterday, hinting that the…

Traffic to GenAI Websites Increases by 50%, and Cyberattacks Grow With It 2025-08-12 at 16:11 By Researchers have discovered an increase in traffic to generative AI websites.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

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…