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Trump nominates acting FDIC chair to officially head the agency 2025-10-02 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Travis Hill has served as acting FDIC chair since Donald Trump took office on Jan. 20, later issuing guidance on crypto-related activities and criticizing allegations of debanking. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Solana may have an edge over Ethereum in staking ETFs, says Bitwise CEO 2025-10-02 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Hunter Horsley says Solana’s shorter unstaking period gives it an advantage over Ethereum in the race for staking ETFs, as US regulators prepare key decisions in October. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Injective debuts pre-IPO derivatives, distancing from Robinhood private equity tokens 2025-10-02 at 01:02 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Injective launches onchain pre-IPO perpetuals for companies like OpenAI, offering leveraged exposure and a decentralized alternative to Robinhood’s tokens. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Texas man accidentally shoots cable, brings internet down 2025-10-02 at 00:46 By Iain Thomson And it’s not the first time gunfire has cut Spectrum’s lines A stray bullet cut through a Spectrum fiber line on Friday, knocking an undisclosed number of Texans offline.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

Elon Musk becomes first person worth $500 billion: Forbes 2025-10-01 at 23:54 By Ariel Zilber Musk reached the milestone as Tesla stocks have been climbing in recent months. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft declares bring your Copilot to work day, usurping IT authority 2025-10-01 at 23:34 By Thomas Claburn Use your home subscription with your work Microsoft 365 account Your job may not support BYOD, but how about BYOC? Microsoft has declared that people can bring their personal Microsoft 365 subscriptions to work to access various Copilot…

AOL pulls the plug on dial-up internet after decades of service 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Associated Press It’s official: AOL’s dial-up internet has taken its last bow. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

US lawmakers grapple with crypto tax policy amid government shutdown 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Senate lawmakers debated whether cryptocurrencies should have special tax exemptions to encourage everyday use and the industry’s growth. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Crypto industry groups weigh in on CFTC’s future after key withdrawal 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright It’s unclear when US President Donald Trump could announce another pick to chair the CFTC amid a government shutdown with no end in sight. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

US gov shutdown leaves IT projects hanging, security defenders a skeleton crew 2025-10-01 at 23:27 By Brandon Vigliarolo The longer the shutdown, the less likely critical IT overhauls happen, ex Social Security CISO tells The Register The US government shut down at 1201 ET on October 1, halting non-essential IT modernization and leaving cybersecurity operations…

Tech tycoon Tony Hsieh’s family can’t find source of bizarre ‘mystery will’ as battle looms over $500M estate 2025-10-01 at 22:45 By Ariel Zilber Tony Hsieh, who resuscitated online shoe retailer Zappos before it was sold to Amazon for $1.2 billion, died from injuries sustained in a 2020 house fire. This article is an excerpt…

Bitcoin rallies as US government shutdown begins: Will BTC gains continue? 2025-10-01 at 22:45 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Traders and data suggest that Bitcoin may benefit from the US government shutdown, but how long will the gains last? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

‘Delightful’ root-access bug in Red Hat OpenShift AI allows full cluster takeover 2025-10-01 at 22:45 By Jessica Lyons Who wouldn’t want root access on cluster master nodes? A 9.9 out of 10 severity bug in Red Hat’s OpenShift AI service could allow a remote attacker with minimal authentication to steal data, disrupt services, and fully…

AI has had zero effect on jobs so far, says Yale study 2025-10-01 at 21:17 By Thomas Claburn Other studies are finding the same thing Yale researchers say that despite the anxiety about AI taking people’s jobs, there’s very little evidence of it actually happening.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…

Price predictions 10/1: BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE, LINK, AVAX 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin started October on a strong note by rallying to $118,200. That clears the path for BTC to chase new all-time highs. Which altcoins could follow? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

US government shutdown enters day 1: How is the SEC still functioning? 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright In addition to restrictions on enforcement actions and ongoing litigation, the agency will likely stop reviewing crypto ETF applications. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Abu Dhabi agricultural regulator bans use of farmland for crypto mining 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill The regulator stated that farmland must be used only for agricultural purposes to qualify for government services, subsidies, and utilities. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Air Force admits SharePoint privacy issue as reports trickle out of possible breach 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Jessica Lyons Uncle Sam can’t quit Redmond Exclusive  The US Air Force confirmed it’s investigating a “privacy-related issue” amid reports of a Microsoft SharePoint-related breach and subsequent service-wide shutdown, rendering mission files and other critical tools potentially unavailable…

Aurora immutable KDE Plasma workstation: Big, slow, and confusing 2025-10-01 at 21:02 By Liam Proven Based on Universal Blue, it’s akin to Fedora Kinoite with knobs on… A lot of knobs Aurora, a relatively young distro from Austria, bills itself as “your stable, privacy-respecting and ultimate productivity OS.” These are rather bold claims, though many…

New WireTap Attack Extracts Intel SGX ECDSA Key via DDR4 Memory-Bus Interposer 2025-10-01 at 20:50 By In yet another piece of research, academics from Georgia Institute of Technology and Purdue University have demonstrated that the security guarantees offered by Intel’s Software Guard eXtensions (SGX) can be bypassed on DDR4 systems to passively decrypt sensitive data.…

Meta hits back at Joseph Gordon-Levitt op-ed blasting AI —noting star’s wife was behind OpenAI coup 2025-10-01 at 20:34 By Ariel Zilber “It’s hard to describe how angry this makes me,” the “3rd Rock from the Sun” star said in a New York Times video op-ed, noting he’s a father to an 8-year-old. This article…

Nadella hands Microsoft money machine off to new commercial CEO so he can visioneer the future 2025-10-01 at 20:34 By Iain Thomson Judson Althoff gets the job of keeping the biz running Microsoft boss Satya Nadella told staff on Wednesday that he’s appointing Judson Althoff to a new role as CEO of the company’s commercial…

Elon Musk’s Tesla hikes lease prices on all electric cars as US tax credit expires 2025-10-01 at 20:23 By Reuters Sales could drop after the credits dry up, auto executives and analysts have warned. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin pushes for $118K as analysis calls US gov’t shutdown ‘non-event’ 2025-10-01 at 20:00 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin eyes its highest levels in six weeks as weak US jobs data drives crypto and risk assets higher, with shutdown dips now “buy opportunities.” This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Hundreds of orgs urge Microsoft: don’t kill off free Windows 10 updates 2025-10-01 at 19:36 By Brandon Vigliarolo Petitions pile up on Satya’s desk while Windows 7 mysteriously surges back from the grave With Windows 10 support set to expire on October 14, hundreds of repair shops, nonprofits, and advocacy groups are urging Microsoft to…

Windows 11 25H2 is mostly 24H2 with bits bolted on or ripped out 2025-10-01 at 19:28 By Richard Speed Microsoft’s Secure Future pitch lands with old bugs still in tow Windows 11 25H2 has seeped out of Redmond with just two weeks left before free support for most Windows 10 versions goes down the drain.……

229% inflation: How ‘Binance dollars’ became Venezuela’s real currency 2025-10-01 at 19:00 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Venezuela turns to USDT as hyperinflation bites, with merchants pegging prices to Binance P2P dollar rates. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Sen. Blackburn demands Ticketmaster explain whether it misled Congress about resale bots after FTC lawsuit: ‘Astounding’ 2025-10-01 at 18:53 By Thomas Barrabi Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) demanded Ticketmaster explain whether it misled Congress in 2023 about its handling of bot scalpers – days after the FTC sued the online broker for allegedly knowingly turning a…

SpaceX rockets toward next Starship launch, set for October 13 2025-10-01 at 18:53 By Richard Speed Once more with feeling… SpaceX has named the date when it will try for another Starship launch without anything exploding. October 13, which is both the Columbus Day / Indigenous People’s Day holiday and the last day of Windows…

US Government Shutdown Begins October 1, 2025 2025-10-01 at 18:15 By The U.S. government has shut down as of 12:01 am on October 1, 2025. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Americans are using AI to shop for the holiday season 2025-10-01 at 18:13 By SWNS Can AI make you a better gift-giver? This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Bank of England governor says stablecoins could reduce reliance on banks 2025-10-01 at 18:13 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said stablecoins could thrive in a system that separates money from credit, reducing the UK’s reliance on commercial banks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

OpenStack in the pink with Flamingo release that escapes ancient Python constrictions 2025-10-01 at 18:04 By Simon Sharwood Project boss pleased to be getting on top of technical debt OpenStack has delivered its 32nd major release, named “Flamingo.”… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Taiwan won’t chip in to US effort to make half its own processors 2025-10-01 at 18:04 By Dan Robinson US has threatened even higher tariffs and the possible loss of military support Taiwan has rejected US demands to shift semiconductor manufacturing so that half of America’s chip needs are produced domestically, as tariff negotiations with…

US Senate to hold hearing on crypto taxes as IRS offers relief on corporate tax 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The US Senate Finance Committee is holding a hearing on Wednesday on crypto asset taxation, following the IRS’s release of relief guidance on the Biden-era CAMT tax. This article is an excerpt…

Ethereum’s ‘bull flag’ targets $10K as ETF demand returns 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale ETH price could rally to new all-time highs above $10,000, fueled by renewed institutional demand through Ethereum ETFs and treasury companies. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

US government shutdown may signal crypto market bottom: Analysts 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai The first US government shutdown since 2018 may signal the next crypto market bottom, despite concerns over mixed equity market reactions, analysts told Cointelegraph. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

OneLogin Bug Let Attackers Use API Keys to Steal OIDC Secrets and Impersonate Apps 2025-10-01 at 17:24 By A high-severity security flaw has been disclosed in the One Identity OneLogin Identity and Access Management (IAM) solution that, if successfully exploited, could expose sensitive OpenID Connect (OIDC) application client secrets under certain circumstances. The vulnerability, tracked…

A stick of gum could soon detect the flu — here’s how it works 2025-10-01 at 16:34 By Tracy Swartz The flu causes millions of illnesses, hundreds of thousands of hospitalizations and tens of thousands of deaths each year in the US. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post…

Export controls now a key factor in AI chip development – adding risk for the whole industry 2025-10-01 at 16:34 By Abhishek Jadhav The physics of transistors and politics of trading licenses are colliding on the AI frontier Analysis  Few of us would have imagined that national security would play such a key role in…

Raspberry Pi prices hiked as AI gobbles all the memory 2025-10-01 at 16:34 By Richard Speed Another thing you can blame on the hypefest: demand sends HBM costs up 120% in a year Raspberry Pi is upping the cost of some devices by double-digit percentages from today driven by what CEO Eben Upton calls “insatiable…

3.7M breach notification letters set to flood North America’s mailboxes 2025-10-01 at 16:34 By Connor Jones Allianz Life and WestJet lead the way, along with a niche software shop A trio of companies disclosed data breaches this week affecting approximately 3.7 million customers and employees across North America.… This article is an excerpt from The…

JetBrains wants to train AI models on your code snippets 2025-10-01 at 16:34 By Tim Anderson Dangles free product licenses in return for code-related data for its training IDE and developer tools biz JetBrains believes training AI models on public datasets is insufficient, and is offering free product licenses to organizations that are willing to…