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How plushies saved Pudgy Penguins from bankruptcy 2025-08-11 at 17:02 By Cointelegraph by Yohan Yun From a six-month runway in 2022 to a projected $50 million in 2025 revenue, Pudgy Penguins beat the NFT crash with a risky bet on toys. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

‘Suddenly deprecating old models’ users depended on a ‘mistake,’ admits OpenAI’s Altman 2025-08-11 at 16:34 By Richard Speed Tech biz tweaks GPT-5, brings back 4 and others as options after customer backlash OpenAI has brought back GPT-4o after a weekend of user protests – mostly about removal of model choice – following the rollout of…

⚡ Weekly Recap: BadCam Attack, WinRAR 0-Day, EDR Killer, NVIDIA Flaws, Ransomware Attacks & More 2025-08-11 at 16:33 By This week, cyber attackers are moving quickly, and businesses need to stay alert. They’re finding new weaknesses in popular software and coming up with clever ways to get around security. Even one unpatched flaw could let…

Intel chief Lip-Bu Tan to visit White House after Trump calls for him to step down 2025-08-11 at 16:03 By Dan Robinson Amid hints by president he may announce 100% tariffs on imported chips, semiconductors Intel boss Lip-Bu Tan reportedly has an appointment at the White House today, just days after President Donald Trump called…

NYSE-parent ICE taps Chainlink to bring forex, precious metals data onchain 2025-08-11 at 15:57 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Chainlink has partnered with NYSE-parent Intercontinental Exchange to integrate forex and precious metals data from ICE’s Consolidated Feed into Chainlink Data Streams. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Strategy adds $18M in Bitcoin on fifth anniversary of BTC strategy 2025-08-11 at 15:57 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Michael Saylor’s Strategy added another $18 million in Bitcoin last week to mark the fifth anniversary of its BTC buying strategy, bringing its total holdings to 628,946 BTC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Tether and Rumble bet on AI with $1.17B Northern Data acquisition 2025-08-11 at 15:57 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Tether and Rumble have offered to acquire all shares of AI infrastructure operator Northern Data in a $1.17 billion deal that would make Tether Rumble’s top shareholder. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Deepfake detectors are slowly coming of age, at a time of dire need 2025-08-11 at 15:57 By Iain Thomson By video, picture, and voice – the fakers are coming for your money DEF CON  While AI was on everyone’s lips in Las Vegas this week at the trio of security conferences in Sin City –…

Apollo 13 hero Jim Lovell has taken his final orbit 2025-08-11 at 15:57 By Richard Speed Veteran of four spaceflights dies at 97 Obit  Jim Lovell, the former US astronaut and commander of the Apollo 13 mission, has died at the age of 97.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source…

UK Warns That Sharing Shoplifters’ Photos May Violate GDPR 2025-08-11 at 15:56 By The U.K. data watchdog warns that sharing images of shoplifters online or in store windows may violate their rights under GDPR laws.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

UK retail giant M&S restores Click & Collect months after cyber attack, some services still down 2025-08-11 at 14:47 By Connor Jones Many core offerings now back in action, says retailer British retailer Marks and Spencer updated its website today, confirming its Click & Collect service is once again available to customers.… This article is…

6 Lessons Learned: Focusing Security Where Business Value Lives 2025-08-11 at 14:46 By The Evolution of Exposure Management Most security teams have a good sense of what’s critical in their environment. What’s harder to pin down is what’s business-critical. These are the assets that support the processes the business can’t function without. They’re not always…

Bitcoin’s corporate boom raises ‘Fort Knox’ nationalization concerns 2025-08-11 at 14:02 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Bitcoin’s corporate adoption is increasingly resembling the “nationalization path” of gold leading up to 1971, presenting a new centralization concern, according to Willy Woo. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Torvalds blasts tardy kernel dev: Your ‘garbage’ RISC-V patches are ‘making the world worse’ 2025-08-11 at 14:02 By Gareth Halfacree Well, at least he didn’t drop the F-bomb Linux head honcho Linus Torvalds has put a kernel developer “on notice” for waiting until the eleventh hour to supply a patch set for Linux on RISC-V…

Snotty astronauts should skip spacewalks, suggests study 2025-08-11 at 13:32 By Gareth Halfacree Pressure difference between the space station, space suits increases congestion, say boffins In space, no one can hear you sneeze – but that hasn’t stopped a team of boffins researching exactly what happens when an astronaut gets a case of the sniffles,…

Big Tech workers top donations to Mamdani campaign in headache for Google, Meta 2025-08-11 at 13:03 By Thomas Barrabi Big Tech workers were among the biggest donors to Zohran Mamdani’s NYC mayoral campaign – creating a fresh dilemma for Google, Meta and other firms that may be privately skeptical of the self-proclaimed Democratic socialist’s policies.…

BTC price to fill $117K CME gap? 5 things to know in Bitcoin this week 2025-08-11 at 13:03 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin has a new dip target as a new week begins with BTC price action targeting all-time highs — will bulls end up defending $117,000? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

The UK’s cartographer maps mission to help people and business 2025-08-11 at 12:56 By Lindsay Clark AR games mingle with underground assets in the data plan for 200-year-old Ordnance Survey Feature  Britain’s Ordnance Survey (OS), founded in 1791, is interloping in the digital age. Minecraft, AR gaming, and EV charger locations have all become part…

Your CV is not fit for the 21st century – time to get it up to scratch 2025-08-11 at 12:22 By Dominic Connor And yes, that means (retch) catering to AI searchers The job market is queasy and since you’re reading this, you need to upgrade your CV. It’s going to require some work to…

AI coding tools crash on launch, could reboot better in future 2025-08-11 at 11:28 By Rupert Goodwins Grace Hopper and GitHub have more in common than capital letters Opinion  Here are two snapshots of AI in coding in mid 2025. The CEO of GitHub, coding’s universal termite mound, says that AI is going to do…

S&P Global assigns ‘B-’ credit rating to Sky Protocol, first for DeFi protocol 2025-08-11 at 11:06 By Cointelegraph by Lyne Qian S&P Global’s credit rating of Sky Protocol reflects key concerns over governance centralization, weak capitalization and regulatory uncertainty. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

LayerZero, Stargate tokens jump on $110M acquisition plan 2025-08-11 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan LayerZero pitched a $110 million all-token deal to buy Stargate, but not everyone from the crypto protocol’s community is happy with the proposal. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

‘Mysterious institution’ buys almost $1B worth of Ether in week 2025-08-11 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Ethereum’s market capitalization currently sits at $523 billion, overtaking global payment cards company Mastercard. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin surge to $122K was ‘just a matter of time,’ Analyst says 2025-08-11 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitcoin surged above $122,000, within 1% of its all-time high, following last week’s pro-crypto White House executive order and three strong days of Bitcoin ETF inflows. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

WinRAR Zero-Day Under Active Exploitation – Update to Latest Version Immediately 2025-08-11 at 09:46 By The maintainers of the WinRAR file archiving utility have released an update to address an actively exploited zero-day vulnerability. Tracked as CVE-2025-8088 (CVSS score: 8.8), the issue has been described as a case of path traversal affecting the Windows version…

China says its lunar lander passed Luna-landing and take-off tests 2025-08-11 at 09:32 By Simon Sharwood Current plan calls for Taikonaut touchdown around 2030 China’s Manned Space Engineering Network says the country’s first crewed lunar lander last week completed a comprehensive landing and takeoff verification test, bringing it closer to landing on Luna – and…

Google fixing Gemini so it doesn’t channel paranoid androids quite so often 2025-08-11 at 08:48 By Simon Sharwood Brain the size of a planet and probably trained on Sci-Fi that’s full of anxious and depressed robots Google is aware that its Gemini AI chatbot can sometimes castigate itself harshly for failing to solve a problem…

Ethereum bag holders will rotate back to Bitcoin: Samson Mow 2025-08-11 at 08:16 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin maximalist Samson Mow predicts the ETH investors will rotate back to BTC, but previous market cycles suggest altcoin growth patterns will continue. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Saylor’s Strategy started buying Bitcoin 5 years ago. It’s now up 2,600% 2025-08-11 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan MicroStrategy, now known as Strategy, first purchased Bitcoin exactly five years ago on Aug. 11, 2020, a move that helped revive its share price after a two-decade lull. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Bitcoin is the ‘perfect asset’ for the next 1,000 years: Willy Woo 2025-08-11 at 08:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitcoin is the “perfect asset” for the next 1,000 years, but it needs far more flows to compete with the US dollar and gold, a Bitcoin OG said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Nvidia and AMD reportedly chipping in to Washington’s coffers with 15 percent fee for China sales 2025-08-11 at 06:32 By Simon Sharwood Trump administration’s licenses come with an IOU Nvidia and AMD will reportedly be allowed to resume sales in China if they cough a license fee amounting to 15 percent of sales.… This article…

At least 1 Bitcoiner gets kidnapped every week — Crypto exec 2025-08-11 at 01:23 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Alena Vranova said that personal safety measures should not be ignored by Bitcoin and crypto investors with modest holdings. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

World Mobile launches drone-based, decentralized telecom project 2025-08-10 at 23:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The decentralized telecommunication project uses unmanned aerial drones in the stratosphere to provide wireless services to users. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

New Win-DDoS Flaws Let Attackers Turn Public Domain Controllers into DDoS Botnet via RPC, LDAP 2025-08-10 at 22:37 By A novel attack technique could be weaponized to rope thousands of public domain controllers (DCs) around the world to create a malicious botnet and use it to conduct power distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks. The approach has…

Frustrated woman innocently put a card inside her laptop before closing it — and was shocked at the havoc it caused: ‘Is that common knowledge?’ 2025-08-10 at 20:12 By Fabiana Buontempo “I would have never thought that could happen…” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post…

How high will Ethereum price go after breaking $4K? ETH analysts weigh in 2025-08-10 at 20:12 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Ethereum bulls make a strong case for an ETH price rally toward $10,000 or above in the next six to eight months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

The future belongs to those who own their AI 2025-08-10 at 18:26 By Cointelegraph by Syed Hussain As AI rapidly replaces white-collar jobs, the future economy will belong to those owning AI agents rather than renting access from Big Tech. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline: