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Outlook outage over North America, Microsoft scrambles to respond 2025-09-12 at 02:00 By Iain Thomson On the plus side we’ll all be getting fewer unwanted emails Microsoft confirmed a major email service outage across North America that is stopping inboxes from filling up and may be hitting other apps when logging in.… This article is…

Intel talent bleed continues as Xeon chip architect heads for the escape hatch 2025-09-12 at 01:34 By Tobias Mann Ronak Singhal will be moving onto better and brighter opportunities at the end of the month The chief architect behind Intel’s Xeon line of server CPUs is leaving Chipzilla for greener pastures.… This article is an…

US court to hear arguments for Sam Bankman-Fried’s appeal on Nov. 4 2025-09-12 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Almost two years after Sam Bankman-Fried was sentenced to 25 years in prison for his role in the downfall of crypto exchange FTX, the former CEO’s lawyers will return to court. This article is an…

Spot ETH ETF inflows hit $216M, but data suggests $5K Ether price is not ‘programmed’ 2025-09-12 at 01:03 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman ETH price and spot ETF flows have perked up, but a rally to $5,000 depends on how investors feel about the US and global economy. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

We’re number 1! America now leads the world in surveillanceware investment 2025-09-12 at 00:51 By Iain Thomson Atlantic Council warns US investors are fueling a market that undermines national security After years of being dominated by outsiders, the computer surveillance software industry is booming in the United States as investors rush into the ethically dodgy…

BlackRock weighs ETF tokenization as JPMorgan flags industry shift: Report 2025-09-12 at 00:08 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi BlackRock is reportedly exploring tokenized ETFs after Bitcoin fund success, as Wall Street giants tout tokenization as a game-changer for finance. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

New Really Simple Licensing spec wants AI crawlers to show a license – or a credit card 2025-09-12 at 00:08 By Thomas Claburn For whom the bill tolls Content creation and delivery companies have introduced a digital licensing mechanism in an effort to compensate media makers when AI companies use their work.… This article is…

Engineers unveil bonkers prototype for ‘crash-proof’ plane following Air India disaster 2025-09-11 at 23:01 By Ben Cost It’s a real dumbo jet. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

$4.3B Bitcoin options expiry could open the door for a BTC rally to $120K 2025-09-11 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Bitcoin’s short-term path hinges on a $4.3 billion options expiry. Bulls are favored, but weak jobs data and doubts over AI profitability could add uncertainty. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

Early Bitcoiner Charlie Shrem to auction Bitcoin Magazine Issue #1 and other items 2025-09-11 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright On the 10-year anniversary of his early release from federal prison, Charlie Shrem announced the auction of several items related to Silk Road and Bitcoin’s early days. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Chainlink, UBS, DigiFT launch Hong Kong pilot for automated tokenization fund 2025-09-11 at 23:01 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The companies say the pilot will test a blockchain infrastructure aimed at automating the distribution, settlement and management of tokenized products in Hong Kong. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Hijacker helper VoidProxy boosts Google, Microsoft accounts on demand 2025-09-11 at 22:45 By Jessica Lyons Okta uncovers new phishing-as-a-service operation with ‘multiple entities’ falling victim Multiple attackers using a new phishing service dubbed VoidProxy to target organizations’ Microsoft and Google accounts have successfully stolen users’ credentials, multi-factor authentication codes, and session tokens in real time,…

Arm wrestles away 25% share of server market thanks to Nvidia’s home-grown CPUs 2025-09-11 at 22:09 By Tobias Mann Still far short of the 50% market share Arm infra chief was hoping for Nvidia isn’t the only one riding the AI boom. During the second quarter, Arm CPUs captured a quarter of the server market,…

Appeals court blocks Trump bid to ax top copyright official in AI spat 2025-09-11 at 21:40 By Carly Page It all started with a May report saying that some bot training may need licensing or permission A US appeals court has thrown a wrench into the White House’s attempt to oust US Copyright Office director…

Senator demands to know status of ‘duplicate’ Social Security database ‘immediately’ 2025-09-11 at 21:17 By Brandon Vigliarolo It’s a Republican pressing after DOGE whistleblower flags hostile work environment A US Senator is demanding answers after a Social Security Administration (SSA) employee who blew the whistle on Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) dealings involuntarily resigned last…

ETH builds $7.5B base as analysts predict $6,500 Ether by year-end 2025-09-11 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Ether price is pinned below $5,000, but heavy accumulation and record institutional flows set the stage for a potential $6,800 target in Q4. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Monty Widenius ‘heartbroken’ at the extent of Oracle’s MySQL job cuts 2025-09-11 at 20:49 By Lindsay Clark Original author of open source database ‘not surprised’ but ‘saddened’ as critics slam vendor’s layoffs Oracle has instigated “widespread layoffs” across its core MySQL development team, sparking concern about the future of one of the world’s most popular…

AI-powered penetration tool, an attacker’s dream, downloaded 10K times in 2 months 2025-09-11 at 20:22 By Jessica Lyons Shady, China-based company, all the apps needed for a fully automated attack – sounds totally legit Villager, a new penetration-testing tool linked to a suspicious China-based company and described by researchers as “Cobalt Strike’s AI successor,” has…

Ethena exits Hyperliquid USDH race, clearing path for Native Markets 2025-09-11 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Prediction markets now overwhelmingly favor Native Markets, but questions about credibility linger as the vote approaches. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

‘Ethena has 6x upside to Circle’: Mega Matrix doubles down on ENA ecosystem 2025-09-11 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Mega Matrix is betting big on Ethena, positioning itself as the first public proxy for the ecosystem as stablecoin regulation heats up. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Microsoft drops .NET 10 RC ‘go-live’ with 55,000 words on why it’s faster 2025-09-11 at 20:05 By Tim Anderson Benchmark bonanza shows big wins across JSON, compression, JIT, and more The first release candidate of .NET 10 is out, complete with a “go-live” license, meaning that Microsoft supports production use. The company has also detailed…

Walmart’s bet on AI depends on getting employees to use it 2025-09-11 at 19:35 By Thomas Claburn The technology isn’t the hard part, says enterprise business services SVP, it’s managing people At Walmart, “everybody’s using AI every day across the enterprise,” according to David Glick, senior vice president of the retail behemoth’s enterprise business services.……

Google Pixel 10 Adds C2PA Support to Verify AI-Generated Media Authenticity 2025-09-11 at 19:15 By Google on Tuesday announced that its new Google Pixel 10 phones support the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) standard out of the box to verify the origin and history of digital content. To that end, support for C2PA’s…

Senator Wyden Urges FTC to Probe Microsoft for Ransomware-Linked Cybersecurity Negligence 2025-09-11 at 19:15 By U.S. Senator Ron Wyden has called on the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to probe Microsoft and hold it responsible for what he called “gross cybersecurity negligence” that enabled ransomware attacks on U.S. critical infrastructure, including against healthcare networks. “Without timely…

Anti-DDoS outfit walloped by record packet flood 2025-09-11 at 19:07 By Carly Page FastNetMon says 1.5 Gpps deluge from hijacked routers, IoT kit nearly drowned scrubbing shop A DDoS mitigation provider was given a taste of the poison it tries to prevent, after being smacked by one of the largest packet-rate attacks ever recorded –…

1.6M Calls and Voicemails Exposed Online 2025-09-11 at 19:07 By 1.6 million audio files were exposed.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin eyes $115K on CPI data as traders diverge on new BTC price dip 2025-09-11 at 18:37 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin price action gets lively as US CPI data conforms to expectations, but traders are anything but unified on short-term price targets. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

The truth behind crypto scams, hacks and blockchain security 2025-09-11 at 18:37 By Cointelegraph by Savannah Fortis Amid headlines of hacks and scams, the Clear Crypto Podcast uncovers the real data behind blockchain activity and the technologies building confidence in the industry’s future. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

21Shares launches dYdX ETP as institutions circle crypto derivatives 2025-09-11 at 18:37 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar 21Shares has launched the first fund tracking dYdX’s native token, offering investors exposure to DeFi derivatives protocol. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Nano11 cuts Windows 11 down to size, grabbing just 2.8 GB of disk space 2025-09-11 at 18:37 By Richard Speed Slicing Windows 11 to the bone while Microsoft piles on the features How low can Windows 11 go? Storage-wise, it can take up less than 3 GB, as demonstrated by some impressive engineering from the…

Spectre haunts CPUs again: VMSCAPE vulnerability leaks cloud secrets 2025-09-11 at 18:37 By Thomas Claburn AMD Zen hardware and Intel Coffee Lake affected If you thought the world was done with side-channel CPU attacks, think again. ETH Zurich has identified yet another Spectre-based transient execution vulnerability that affects AMD Zen CPUs and Intel Coffee Lake…

Bluesky warns users not to celebrate assassination of Charlie Kirk after dozens of horrific messages posted 2025-09-11 at 17:37 By Ariel Zilber Kirk, 31, founder of Turning Point USA and a close ally of President Donald Trump, was shot in the neck while speaking at Utah Valley University. This article is an excerpt from Latest…

ChatGPT is being trained to flag suicidal youths to authorities following teen death, CEO announces 2025-09-11 at 17:17 By Ben Cost The change reportedly comes after Altman and OpenAI were sued by the family of Adam Raine, a 16-year-old California boy who committed suicide in April after allegedly being coached by the large language learning…

US tosses $134M pocket change at fusion pipe dream 2025-09-11 at 17:17 By Dan Robinson That won’t even warm the plasma America’s Department of Energy (DOE) has earmarked $134 million in funding for two programs aimed at securing US leadership in emerging fusion technologies. The move comes amid renewed interest in nuclear power sparked by surging…

Chinese firms may face limits on stablecoin activity in Hong Kong: Report 2025-09-11 at 17:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski and Helen Partz Chinese regulators are reportedly preparing to restrict mainland state-owned enterprises and banks from pursuing stablecoin and crypto initiatives in Hong Kong. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Regulated multicurrency stablecoins will end the dollar’s crypto monopoly 2025-09-11 at 17:01 By Cointelegraph by Jamie Elkaleh Dollar stablecoins control crypto’s financial rails, but regulated euro, yen and yuan alternatives are emerging to challenge the USD’s onchain monopoly. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

UK petition for blockchain innovation gains traction after Coinbase push 2025-09-11 at 17:01 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra The petition, made in July, reached more than half of the required signatures for a government response after Coinbase sent out a push notification to its users. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Bitcoin‘s ‘supercycle ignition’ hints at $360K: New price analysis 2025-09-11 at 16:17 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Bitcoin’s inverse head-and-shoulders pattern signalled the continuation of the uptrend toward $360,000, driven by institutional demand via spot BTC ETFs. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Senator blasts Microsoft for ‘dangerous, insecure software’ that helped pwn US hospitals 2025-09-11 at 16:17 By Carly Page Ron Wyden urges FTC to probe failure to secure Windows after attackers used Kerberoasting to cripple Ascension Microsoft is back in the firing line after US Senator Ron Wyden accused Redmond of shipping “dangerous, insecure software” that…

Neo4j cozies up to Microsoft as ‘property sharding’ promises to overcome scalability struggle 2025-09-11 at 16:17 By Lindsay Clark Graph database fave also punts for transactional workloads Neo4j has introduced “property sharding” which, according to one analyst, will help overcome its earlier struggles with scalability, while also allowing transactional workloads on the same system.… This…

Navigating Data Security in Financial Services: Lessons from the TeleMessage Breach 2025-09-11 at 16:17 By The breach at TeleMessage highlighted significant vulnerabilities within the financial industry’s communications infrastructure.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline: