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Ether trader nearly wiped out after epic run from $125K to $43M 2025-08-20 at 12:03 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai After making nearly $7 million in four months, this savvy trader lost nearly all his gains in just two days, illustrating the unpredictability of the crypto markets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Intel ghosts researcher who found web apps spilled 270K staff records 2025-08-20 at 11:40 By Gareth Halfacree Chipzilla quietly fixed the problems without responding to the person who found them Security boffin Eaton Zveare has highlighted some serious holes in the online infrastructure of chip giant Intel – walking through services with coding flaws to…

McDonald’s not lovin’ it when hacker exposes nuggets of rotten security 2025-08-20 at 11:11 By Iain Thomson Burger slinger gets a McRibbing, reacts by firing staffer who helped A white-hat hacker has discovered a series of critical flaws in McDonald’s staff and partner portals that allowed anyone to order free food online, get admin rights…

Elon Musk’s ‘America Party’ plans have stalled: Report 2025-08-20 at 10:06 By Cointelegraph by Tarang Khaitan Elon Musk will back Vice President JD Vance in the 2028 presidential elections should he choose to run, The Wall Street Journal reported. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

ZK-proofs could protect privacy and still combat bad actors, VC argues 2025-08-20 at 10:06 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A16z Crypto’s comments come weeks after Roman Storm was found guilty of charges linked to his mixing service Tornado Cash, which masks the origin and destination of crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Retail went from bullish to ‘ultra bearish’ as Bitcoin dipped to $113K 2025-08-20 at 10:06 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin retraced to a low of $112,600 as retail panic selling resulted in the most bearish social sentiment since June, but analysts see a buying opportunity ahead. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Open the pod bay door, GPT-4o 2025-08-20 at 09:33 By Thomas Claburn Researchers use LLM in ‘AI Space Cortex’ to automate robotic extraterrestrial exploration Businesses may be struggling to find meaningful ways to use artificial intelligence software, but space scientists at least have a few ideas about how to deploy AI models.… This article is…

Harvard economist admits he was wrong about Bitcoin crashing to $100 2025-08-20 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Harvard economist Kenneth Rogoff, who predicted Bitcoin would likely hit $100 before $100,000, admitted he was wrong about three things. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Trump-tied crypto company ALT5 Sigma denies SEC probe rumors 2025-08-20 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea ALT5 Sigma denied a report suggesting one of its executives was being investigated by the SEC for insider trading tied to the Trump family’s World Liberty Financial. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

DOJ Charges 22-Year-Old for Running RapperBot Botnet Behind 370,000 DDoS Attacks 2025-08-20 at 08:31 By A 22-year-old man from the U.S. state of Oregon has been charged with allegedly developing and overseeing a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS)-for-hire botnet called RapperBot. Ethan Foltz of Eugene, Oregon, has been identified as the administrator of the service, the U.S.…

Strategy hits 4-month low as Saylor changes tack on MSTR issuance 2025-08-20 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Saylor’s Strategy stock price taps its lowest point since April amid controversy over equity guidance changes and a broader downturn among Bitcoin treasury companies. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

KPMG wrote 100-page prompt to build agentic TaxBot 2025-08-20 at 08:03 By Simon Sharwood Produces advice in a single day instead of two weeks – without job losses The Australian arm of consultancy firm KPMG wrote a 100-page prompt to create an agentic system that prepares tax advice far faster than humans.… This article is…

WazirX users approve restructuring plan again after court rebuff 2025-08-20 at 07:11 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte WazirX has been trying to get a restructuring plan through the Singapore High Court to start returning funds to users impacted by the $234 million hack in 2024. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

AWS still cares enough about Intel to order up a fresh batch of custom Xeons 2025-08-20 at 06:03 By Simon Sharwood Memory bandwidth boost appears to be the secret sauce in chips used for new memory optimized instance types Amazon Web Services has revealed it’s started running some custom cuts of Intel’s Xeon 6 processors.……

Top Fed official: Staff should be allowed to hold a little crypto 2025-08-20 at 05:04 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Federal Reserve vice chair for supervision, Michelle Bowman, says the central bank should roll back its restrictions that ban staff from buying crypto. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Why is Bitcoin crashing and will $112K be the final bottom? 2025-08-20 at 05:04 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin’s drop below $113,000 reflects investors’ worries about the US economy, stock markets and crypto, but the volatility does not end BTC’s long-term bullish trend. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

SoFi to become first US bank to integrate Bitcoin Lightning, UMA 2025-08-20 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea SoFi Technologies will leverage the Bitcoin network under a partnership with Lightspark to better compete in the $740 billion global remittance market. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Google lands major nuclear energy deal to power it’s massive AI data centers with 50 megawatt capacity 2025-08-20 at 03:11 By Fox Business Google, Kairos Power, and the Tennessee Valley Authority have agreed to supply 50 megawatts of nuclear power to data centers in Tennessee and Alabama. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and…

Minnesota joins slew of states suing TikTok for allegedly preying on young people with addictive algorithms 2025-08-20 at 02:48 By Associated Press “This isn’t about free speech. I’m sure they’re gonna holler that,” Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison said at a news conference. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews…

Top AWS chip designer reportedly defects to Arm as it weighs push into silicon 2025-08-20 at 02:19 By Tobias Mann Rami Sinno led Trainium and Inferentia development at Amazon British chip designer Arm Holdings has reportedly recruited one of Amazon Web Services’ top chip engineers.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

New crypto advocacy group debuts at Wyoming summit 2025-08-20 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The American Innovation Project’s board includes executives from the Solana Policy Institute, Blockchain Association, Paradigm, Digital Currency Group and Coinbase.  This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Don’t want drive-by Ollama attackers snooping on your local chats? Patch now 2025-08-20 at 01:02 By Jessica Lyons Reconfigure local app settings via a ‘simple’ POST request A now-patched flaw in popular AI model runner Ollama allows drive-by attacks in which a miscreant uses a malicious website to remotely target people’s personal computers, spy on…

Commerce Secretary Lutnick says Intel needs to give government stake for CHIPS funding 2025-08-20 at 00:05 By Taylor Herzlich The White House would not be given voting or governance rights through any potential deal, Lutnick said. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source…

Nvidia developing more powerful AI chip to sell in China: report 2025-08-20 at 00:05 By Taylor Herzlich The new chip, tentatively named the B30A, is a less advanced version of Nvidia’s Blackwell B300, according to a report. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original…

SEC Chair Atkins: There are very few tokens that are securities 2025-08-20 at 00:05 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Paul Atkins spoke at Wyoming Blockchain Symposium on the SEC’s Project Crypto, its relationship with the Trump administration, and its plans on handling digital asset regulations. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Like burglars closing a door, Apache ActiveMQ attackers patch critical vuln after breaking in 2025-08-19 at 23:55 By Iain Thomson Intruders hoped no one would notice their presence Criminals exploiting a critical vulnerability in open source Apache ActiveMQ middleware are fixing the flaw that allowed them access, after establishing persistence on Linux servers.… This article…

Crypto market sell-off accelerates, but SOL data predicts recovery to $200 2025-08-19 at 23:26 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin and altcoins continue to sell-off, but Solana’s fundamentals and accelerating institutional traction hint at a price recovery to $200. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Early Bitcoin web domains from 2010 head to auction 2025-08-19 at 23:26 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The portfolio includes names registered just after Bitcoin’s launch and spans wallets, exchanges and payments. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Vision AI models see optical illusions when none exist 2025-08-19 at 23:11 By Thomas Claburn When is a duck not also a rabbit? When it’s a canard Vision language models exhibit a form of self-delusion that echoes human psychology – they see patterns that aren’t there.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

Latest Windows 11 insider builds hide secret File Explorer dark mode 2025-08-19 at 22:45 By Avram Piltch Don’t be afraid of the dark HANDS ON  Even when you have dark mode enabled in Windows 11, some important dialog boxes stay white. But that could be changing, if a new, hidden beta feature becomes widely available.……

To heck with export controls! Nvidia reportedly plotting cut-down B300 for Chinese market 2025-08-19 at 22:25 By Tobias Mann It’s that or a replacement for its aging H200 NVL PCIe cards Nvidia is reportedly prepping a new Blackwell-based GPU for the Chinese market that’ll outperform its controversial H20 accelerators.… This article is an excerpt from…

All roads lead to inflation: Fed cut or not, Bitcoin may stand to gain 2025-08-19 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Marie Poteriaieva Whether the Fed yields to political pressure or stands firm, inflation looks inevitable. The only variable is speed and what it means for Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View…

Scaramucci to tokenize $300M in assets, nearly doubling Avalanche’s RWA base 2025-08-19 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The RWA tokenization market has grown 64.7% in 2025 as asset managers are taken by promises of transparency and better investor accessibility. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Key Republican senator expects Democratic support for US crypto market structure bill 2025-08-19 at 22:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The CLARITY Act awaits Senate consideration in September, with Senator Tim Scott saying he expects 12 to 18 Democrats to back the market structure bill. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

How low can colo go, asks JLL, as datacenter vacancy rates near zero 2025-08-19 at 21:27 By Dan Robinson $1 trillion of new deployment needed by 2030 Colocation capacity in North American datacenters has dropped to a record low, with much of the construction pipeline already pre-leased, making this a key brake on growth. Keeping…

Ethereum whale opens $16.3M long as ETH price eyes bounce 2025-08-19 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola Some large traders are raising the stakes and putting money on ETH price avoiding a trip below $4,000 and rebounding toward $4,300 soon. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Bitcoin falls closer to $110K support: Will a bounce supercharge ETH, BNB, LINK, MNT? 2025-08-19 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bears continue to attack Bitcoin price as it falls closer the the key $110,530 support. Would a bounce lead to a fast recovery in altcoins? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Two Prime, Figment team up to bring Bitcoin yield to institutions 2025-08-19 at 21:05 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi SEC-registered adviser Two Prime is partnering with Figment to give institutional investors access to yield on Bitcoin and other crypto protocols. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Python survey shows growth even as Foundation funding falters 2025-08-19 at 21:05 By Tim Anderson But 3.13 adoption lags as most devs stick with earlier releases The Python Software Foundation (PSF), in association with tools vendor JetBrains, has published the eighth Python Developer Survey, with more than 30,000 contributors, making it the biggest yet.… This…

Apache ActiveMQ Flaw Exploited to Deploy DripDropper Malware on Cloud Linux Systems 2025-08-19 at 21:05 By Threat actors are exploiting a nearly two-year-old security flaw in Apache ActiveMQ to gain persistent access to cloud Linux systems and deploy malware called DripDropper. But in an unusual twist, the unknown attackers have been observed patching the exploited…

China restricts AI across the country to prevent kids cheating — America could learn from it 2025-08-19 at 20:32 By Rikki Schlott China is protecting their youth from AI, while we feed ours into the jaws of Big Tech in the name of progress. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product…

Polkadot launches capital markets division to court Wall Street 2025-08-19 at 20:06 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Polkadot has launched Polkadot Capital Group to connect traditional finance with its blockchain ecosystem, focusing on tokenization and DeFi. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline: