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HSBC claims a quantum breakthrough in algorithmic trading 2025-09-26 at 01:07 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Researchers at banking giant HSBC said they successfully applied quantum computers to algorithmic bond trading in an experimental test. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

What a shortcut for ETF approvals could mean for crypto 2025-09-26 at 01:07 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Experts weighed in on how a recent policy change at the US Securities and Exchange Commission could affect retail crypto investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

South Park skewers prediction markets in latest episode 2025-09-26 at 01:07 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Among the bets the characters made in the animated series included whether the fictional baby created by Donald Trump and Satan was a boy or a girl. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Microsoft cuts off Azure phone surveillance support for Israeli military 2025-09-25 at 23:57 By Iain Thomson Brad Smith says ‘we do not provide technology to facilitate mass surveillance of civilians’ The president of Microsoft has said it’s cutting parts of the Israeli military off from Azure after reports that the army was using the platform…

X2 Elite is Qualcomm’s latest attempt to bring Apple’s M-series magic to the PC 2025-09-25 at 23:34 By Tobias Mann Plus the Snapdragon 8 Elite turns 5 Qualcomm revealed the second act in its bid to overtake Intel and AMD as the leading laptop CPU maker this week with the paper launch of its Snapdragon…

North Korea’s Lazarus Group shares its malware with IT work scammers 2025-09-25 at 23:34 By Jessica Lyons Keeping Pyongyang’s coffers full North Korean-linked crews connected to the pervasive IT worker scams have upped their malware game, using more advanced tools, including a backdoor that has much of the same code as Pyongyang’s infamous Lazarus Group…

Amazon will refund $1.5B to 35M customers allegedly duped into paying for Prime 2025-09-25 at 22:41 By Brandon Vigliarolo Former FTC chair Khan not happy her legal wrath ended in settlement worth just 14% of Amazon’s quarterly net Amazon has settled the Federal Trade Commission’s case against it for making it too hard to quit…

Chintai and Splyce target retail access to tokenized securities on Solana 2025-09-25 at 22:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi New S-Tokens give retail users indirect exposure to institutional-grade assets on Solana, reflecting DeFi’s push beyond accredited investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

AI that once called itself MechaHitler will now be available to the US government for $0.42 2025-09-25 at 22:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Elon Musk’s AI appears to be more ideological than competitors Despite protest letters, concerns that it’s biased and untrustworthy, model tweaks to appease its billionaire boss, and even a past incident where it…

Urgent: Cisco ASA Zero-Day Duo Under Attack; CISA Triggers Emergency Mitigation Directive 2025-09-25 at 21:50 By Cisco is urging customers to patch two security flaws impacting the VPN web server of Cisco Secure Firewall Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) Software and Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense (FTD) Software, which it said have been exploited in the…

Threatsday Bulletin: Rootkit Patch, Federal Breach, OnePlus SMS Leak, TikTok Scandal & More 2025-09-25 at 21:50 By /* ===== Container ===== */ .td-wrap {} /* ===== Section ===== */ .td-section { } .td-title { margin: 16px 0 4px; font-size: 32px; line-height: 1.2; font-weight: 800; } .td-subtitle { margin: 0 0 24px; color: #64748b; font-size: 16px;…

Vane Viper Generates 1 Trillion DNS Queries to Power Global Malware and Ad Fraud Network 2025-09-25 at 21:50 By The threat actor known as Vane Viper has been outed as a purveyor of malicious ad technology (adtech), while relying on a tangled web of shell companies and opaque ownership structures to deliberately evade responsibility. “Vane…

Amazon cuts $2.5B settlement with FTC over Prime subscriptions — with $1.5B to be doled out to customers 2025-09-25 at 21:26 By Thomas Barrabi Amazon has agreed to a massive $2.5 billion settlement with the Federal Trade Commission over charges that it knowingly trapped customers into paying for Prime subscriptions, the agency announced Thursday. This…

Callous crims break into preschool network, publish toddlers’ data 2025-09-25 at 21:26 By Connor Jones Images of toddlers and home addresses leaked in reprehensible landmark attack A cyber criminal crew has targeted Kido International, a preschool and daycare organization, leaking sensitive details about its pupils and their parents.… This article is an excerpt from The…

Harness pitches AI agents as your new DevOps taskmasters 2025-09-25 at 21:26 By Tim Anderson Productivity gains promised, but humans still expected to audit the bots At its Unscripted event in London, DevOps company Harness presented its latest AI-driven modules, including an AI pipeline builder, AI test automation, autonomous code fixing when builds fail, AI…

DARPA wants AI to know when it’s being an energy hog 2025-09-25 at 21:26 By Brandon Vigliarolo New research program seeks ‘energy-aware’ ML that balances performance with power draw It’s notoriously difficult to consistently measure the energy usage of AI models, but DARPA wants to put an end to that uncertainty with new “energy-aware” machine…

EU probes SAP over alleged software support stranglehold 2025-09-25 at 21:26 By Lindsay Clark While EC suspects vendor’s practices stifle competition, it argues it is in line with industry standards The European Commission has launched a formal investigation into SAP’s behavior in the aftermarket for maintenance and support services in Europe.… This article is an…

Open source to closed doors: RubyGems control fight erupts 2025-09-25 at 21:26 By Carly Page Ruby Central is accused of ousting maintainers from core gems under pressure from Shopify Ruby Central is said to have quietly snatched control of several flagship Ruby open source projects from their long-time maintainers without their consent, following pressure from…

Bitcoin crumbles below $109K, but data shows buyers stepping in 2025-09-25 at 21:20 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Bitcoin price tumbled toward new lows below $109,000 and while charts suggest the sell-off is far from over, data shows spot buyers accelerating their accumulation. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Microsoft disables set of key services to Israeli military after review found Gaza surveillance 2025-09-25 at 21:13 By Reuters A report by the Guardian found that Israel relied on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source React to…

Hong Kong’s $500M HashKey Fund: How DATs could redefine BTC and ETH treasuries 2025-09-25 at 20:54 By Cointelegraph by Dilip Kumar Patairya Hong Kong’s $500-million HashKey Fund shows how DATs could reshape Bitcoin and Ether treasuries with compliance, diversification and transparency. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Hashdex expands Crypto Index US ETF under SEC generic listing standards 2025-09-25 at 20:18 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The exchange-traded fund (ETF) is the second multi-asset cryptocurrency investment vehicle approved for trading in the United States. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Salesforce Patches Critical ForcedLeak Bug Exposing CRM Data via AI Prompt Injection 2025-09-25 at 19:00 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed a critical flaw impacting Salesforce Agentforce, a platform for building artificial intelligence (AI) agents, that could allow attackers to potentially exfiltrate sensitive data from its customer relationship management (CRM) tool by means of an indirect…

Ohio approves vendor to process crypto payments for state services 2025-09-25 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose applauded the progress, while continuing to support the creation of an Ohio Strategic Cryptocurrency Reserve. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

ETH price below $4K: Ethereum’s ‘biggest loser’ hit with $36.4M liquidation 2025-09-25 at 17:06 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola ETH’s breakdown from a key chart pattern can now lead to more losses for Ether price, targeting the $3,600–$3,400 zone in the short term. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Google reminds EU that Microsoft’s cloudy licensing still stinks a year later 2025-09-25 at 16:22 By Dan Robinson Mountain View gripes over slow-moving regulators while Redmond rakes it in Google is like a dog with a bone over Microsoft’s cloud licensing policies, not letting Euro regulators forget about what it sees as anti-competitive practices that…

North Korean Hackers Use New AkdoorTea Backdoor to Target Global Crypto Developers 2025-09-25 at 16:22 By The North Korea-linked threat actors associated with the Contagious Interview campaign have been attributed to a previously undocumented backdoor called AkdoorTea, along with tools like TsunamiKit and Tropidoor. Slovak cybersecurity firm ESET, which is tracking the activity under the…

Aster leads perp DEX surge to $70B daily trading volume 2025-09-25 at 16:12 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Community members questioned whether the surge in trading volume reflected market conviction or aggressive incentive farming. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Oracle saddles up with $18B debt amid AI infrastructure gamble 2025-09-25 at 16:11 By Lindsay Clark Ballooning leverage and shaky customer funding could strain Big Red’s balance sheet Oracle has raised $18 billion in debt, which could help fund massive datacenter investments aimed at meeting surging demand from AI model builders and enterprise customers.… This…

Bitcoin ETFs enter ‘slowdown’ phase: Are bears hunting for $90K BTC price? 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale US spot Bitcoin ETF flows cooled after strong prior inflows, signalling weaker institutional demand that could push BTC price into an extended correction. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

M2 Capital backs Ethena with $20M ENA token investment 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas M2 Capital invested $20 million in Ethena’s ENA token as the protocol’s TVL neared $15 billion, with growing institutional backing from global crypto investors. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Zero-day deja vu as another Cisco IOS bug comes under attack 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By Carly Page The latest in a run of serious networking bugs gives attackers root if they have SNMP access Cisco has confirmed a new IOS and IOS XE zero-day, the latest in a string of flaws that attackers have been…

Bcachefs goes DKMS after Torvalds’ kernel banishment 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By Liam Proven Performance of new version mostly good, but future uncertain The bcachefs file system, now “externally maintained” outside the Linux kernel codebase, offers packages of its first version to be loadable on the fly.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View…

SAP’s ‘simplified’ licensing leaves users more confused 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By Lindsay Clark Business Suite nostalgia unlikely to ease customers’ public cloud journey SAP experts are doubting the enterprise software giant’s message that it is simplifying licensing after the changes were discussed at the German-speaking user group conference.… This article is an excerpt from The…

EU starting registration of fingerprints and faces for short-stay foreigners 2025-09-25 at 15:33 By SA Mathieson Biometric Entry/Exit System phased in from October to 29 Schengen countries Travelers including Britons and Americans visiting most European countries will have to register their fingerprints and faces under a system that goes live next month.… This article is…