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Deploying to Amazon’s cloud is a pain in the AWS younger devs won’t tolerate 2025-11-04 at 22:52 By Corey Quinn They have no need to prove their bonafides Recently, I was spinning up yet another terribly coded thing for fun because I believe in making my problems everyone else’s problems, and realized something that had…

Elon Musk’s future at Tesla in balance as shareholders consider $1 trillion pay package 2025-11-04 at 22:42 By Thomas Barrabi Elon Musk’s future at Tesla could be in the balance on Thursday when Tesla shareholders vote on whether to approve his record-shattering $1 trillion pay package. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News…

Palantir CEO Alex Karp blasts ‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry for bet against his company: ‘Bats–t crazy!’ 2025-11-04 at 22:42 By Ariel Zilber “The two companies he’s shorting are the ones making all the money, which is super weird,” Alex Karp told CNBC’s “Squawk Box” on Tuesday. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

‘The man of my dreams is a sex bot’ — what happened when Post reporters hooked up with AI lovers 2025-11-04 at 22:42 By Asia Grace, Ben Cost Come with me if you want to love. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this…

Washington fueled the Bitcoin bubble, Peter Schiff says 2025-11-04 at 22:42 By Cointelegraph by Marco Castrovilli In an interview with Cointelegraph, economist Peter Schiff warns that Bitcoin’s gains are built on political and Wall Street support that may not last. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

IBM cutting several thousand jobs in latest layoffs 2025-11-04 at 22:42 By Thomas Claburn Resource Actions expected to hit half of US Infrastructure group IBM this week began notifying several thousand employees that they will be laid off, according to sources familiar with the matter. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

CleanSpark expands power capacity, secures Texas site for AI push 2025-11-04 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar CleanSpark expanded its power capacity and secured a Texas site for its new AI campus, reflecting a broader shift among Bitcoin miners toward high-performance computing. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Bitcoin slips below $100K as analysts say BTC is set to drop lower: Here’s why 2025-11-04 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Antonio Oliveira Bitcoin price fell to 4-month lows below $100,000 as sellers completely overwhelmed buyers, and analysts speculated that “dead bodies” from the Oct. 10 sell-off are finally beginning to surface. This article is…

Binance CEO denies allegations company pushed Trumps’ stablecoin: Report 2025-11-04 at 21:04 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Richard Teng said Binance “didn’t partake” in the decision for an Abu Dhabi-based company to use World Liberty Financial’s USD1 for a $2 billion investment into the exchange. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

UK judge delivers a ‘damp squib’ in Getty AI training case, no clear precedent set 2025-11-04 at 21:04 By Brandon Vigliarolo Experts disagree about what the ruling means for AI training on copyrighted material London’s High Court has dismissed the major portions of Getty Images’ lawsuit against generative AI firm Stability AI for training its…

Russian spies pack custom malware into hidden VMs on Windows machines 2025-11-04 at 21:04 By Jessica Lyons Curly COMrades strike again Russia’s Curly COMrades is abusing Microsoft’s Hyper-V hypervisor in compromised Windows machines to create a hidden Alpine Linux-based virtual machine that bypasses endpoint security tools, giving the spies long-term network access to snoop and…

A Cybercrime Merger Like No Other — Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and ShinyHunters Join Forces 2025-11-04 at 21:03 By The nascent collective that combines three prominent cybercrime groups, Scattered Spider, LAPSUS$, and ShinyHunters, has created no less than 16 Telegram channels since August 8, 2025. “Since its debut, the group’s Telegram channels have been removed and…

Apple to launch budget Mac laptop that will cost well under $1,000: report 2025-11-04 at 20:47 By Reuters The laptop will have an iPhone processor and a lower-end LCD display, with the screen coming in slightly below 13.6 inches, the smallest of any current Mac, Bloomberg reported. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Alarming study shows ChatGPT confuses fact and fiction — and users are none the wiser: ‘Serious errors in judgment’ 2025-11-04 at 20:02 By Ben Cost Writes Stanford University researchers, “Most models lack a robust understanding of the factive nature of knowledge — that knowledge inherently requires truth.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology…

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s security falls apart amid layoffs 2025-11-04 at 20:02 By Connor Jones Security program fails to meet federal standards as government cuts drain resources The infosec program run by the US’ Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) “is not effective,” according to a fresh audit published by the Office of the Inspector General…

10x Research sees shorting Ether as a Bitcoin hedge 2025-11-04 at 19:36 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi 10x Research says Ethereum faces structural risks as Bitcoin draws most institutional capital, making ETH a potential hedge short amid market caution. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin falls under $101K: Analysts say BTC is ‘underpriced’ based on fundamentals 2025-11-04 at 19:36 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin price plummets to new lows, but analysts say BTC fundamentals show the asset trading at a deep discount. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Why Mastercard’s $2B move into crypto could end banking hours as we know them 2025-11-04 at 19:36 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Mastercard’s rumored $2-billion crypto deals could bring 24/7 settlement to traditional finance, but liquidity, risk and compliance may slow it down. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Game on! Penguin levels up as Linux finally cracks 3% on Steam 2025-11-04 at 19:36 By Liam Proven Only a point up in a year, but that’s a 50% leap for Linux gamers The latest edition of Valve’s monthly Steam Hardware & Software Survey is out, showing a rise in Steam usage on Linux. Penguin…

Python slithers faster by adding lazy imports that load code after startup 2025-11-04 at 19:36 By Richard Speed PEP 810 approved following lengthy debate among developer community Python programs are set to get faster startup times with PEP 810 “Explicit lazy imports,” which allows scripts to defer loading imported libraries until they’re actually needed rather…

Coders paired with bot buddies work fast, but take too many shortcuts 2025-11-04 at 18:40 By Joe Fay Trust me bro, says GitHub Copilot. And programmers just… do Developers who “pair code” with an AI assistant stand to learn as much as they do in traditional human-human pairings, but also show a less critical attitude…

Europol and Eurojust Dismantle €600 Million Crypto Fraud Network in Global Sweep 2025-11-04 at 18:39 By Nine people have been arrested in connection with a coordinated law enforcement operation that targeted a cryptocurrency money laundering network that defrauded victims of €600 million (~$688 million). According to a statement released by Eurojust today, the action took…

What’s at stake for Sam Bankman-Fried’s long-awaited appeal? 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The former FTX CEO is currently serving a 25-year sentence in federal prison, but has the opportunity to get a new trial. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Solana treasury Forward Industries authorizes $1B share repurchase 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Forward Industries, which has accumulated more than $1 billion worth of Solana, saw its share price plunge Tuesday morning. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Tesla board wants to grant Musk $1T in stock, Norway wealth fund says nope 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By Lindsay Clark Norges Bank Investment Management votes against excessive award, automaker’s share price skids Norway’s sovereign wealth fund has opposed Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s proposed $1 trillion share award, which the carmaker’s board says is necessary to…

1.2M Individuals’ Data Stolen In University Hacking 2025-11-04 at 18:09 By The University of Pennsylvania experienced a cyber incident in which a series of mass emails were sent to students, parents, faculty and alumni.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Critical React Native CLI Flaw Exposed Millions of Developers to Remote Attacks 2025-11-04 at 17:17 By Details have emerged about a now-patched critical security flaw in the popular “@react-native-community/cli” npm package that could be potentially exploited to run malicious operating system (OS) commands under certain conditions. “The vulnerability allows remote unauthenticated attackers to easily trigger…

Win10 still clings to over 40% of devices weeks after Microsoft pulls support 2025-11-04 at 16:49 By Richard Speed Popular operating system much more sticky than Windows 7 was during its EOL As the dust settles over the end of support for many versions of Windows 10, the operating system remains a significant presence in…

Vice President Dick Cheney Passes Away at Age 84 2025-11-04 at 16:36 By Former Vice President Dick Cheney passed away at age 84 on November 3, 2025 with a public announcement on November 4, 2025. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Invasion of the message body snatchers! Teams flaw allowed crims to impersonate the boss 2025-11-04 at 16:27 By Carly Page Check Point lifts lid on a quartet of Teams vulns that made it possible to fake the boss, forge messages, and quietly rewrite history Microsoft Teams, one of the world’s most widely used collaboration tools,…

Microsoft Teams Bugs Let Attackers Impersonate Colleagues and Edit Messages Unnoticed 2025-11-04 at 16:27 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of four security flaws in Microsoft Teams that could have exposed users to serious impersonation and social engineering attacks. The vulnerabilities “allowed attackers to manipulate conversations, impersonate colleagues, and exploit notifications,” Check Point said in…

$10B + spent on liquid cooling this week – it’s only Tuesday 2025-11-04 at 15:33 By Dan Robinson Eaton and Vertiv splash cash as HPC infrastructure and AI factories run hot Liquid cooling tech is hot. It’s only Tuesday and already infrastructure specialists have forked out more than $10 billion on companies proffering tech that…

Cybercrooks getting violent more often to secure big payouts in Europe 2025-11-04 at 15:17 By Connor Jones France-based victims hit especially hard, while UK named most-targeted country generally Researchers are seeing a “dramatic” increase in cybercrime involving physical violence across Europe, with at least 18 cases reported since the start of the year.… This article…

CZ’s Giggle Academy distances itself from GIGGLE as token plunges 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz Giggle Academy, founded by Binance’s CZ, clarified that it is not behind the GIGGLE token as market swings and community confusion continue to unfold. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Bitcoin long-term holders offload 400K BTC: How low can BTC price go? 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Selling by long-term Bitcoin holders, capitulation by short-term holders and a weakening technical structure could fuel BTC’s price drop to $72K. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

OpenAI API moonlights as malware HQ in Microsoft’s latest discovery 2025-11-04 at 15:04 By Carly Page Redmond uncovers SesameOp, a backdoor hiding its tracks by using OpenAI’s Assistants API as a command channel Hackers have found a new use for OpenAI’s Assistants API – not to write poems or code, but to secretly control malware.……