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Trump-linked World Liberty to airdrop $1.2M of WLFI tokens to early USD1 users 2025-10-29 at 10:24 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas World Liberty Financial will distribute 8.4 million WLFI tokens across six exchanges, including Gate.io, KuCoin, LBank, HTX Global, Flipster and MEXC. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

9 in 10 Exchange servers in Germany still running out-of-support software 2025-10-29 at 10:24 By Connor Jones Cybersecurity agency urges organizations to upgrade or risk total network compromise Germany’s infosec office (BSI) is sounding the alarm after finding that 92 percent of the nation’s Exchange boxes are still running out-of-support software, a fortnight after Microsoft…

Rethinking Data Collection in Identity Security 2025-10-29 at 10:24 By The key to an effective security strategy lies not in collecting more information, but in focusing on the right data to ensure safety without unnecessary exposure. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Visa to start supporting stablecoins on four blockchains 2025-10-29 at 08:29 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Visa CEO Ryan McInerney said the payments giant is adding support for four new stablecoins on four blockchains, and will allow banks to mint and burn. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Ethereum’s Fusaka fork primed for mainnet after final testnet debut 2025-10-29 at 08:29 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Ethereum’s Fusaka update has debuted on Hoodi, its final testnet, and is slated to bring several security and scalability improvements to the blockchain’s mainnet. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

Australian police building AI to translate emoji used by ‘crimefluencers’ 2025-10-29 at 08:29 By Simon Sharwood Five Eyes intel alliance has created a team to target these scum who prey on kids Australia’s Federal Police (AFP) is working on an AI to interpret emojis and the slang used online by Generation Z and Generation Alpha,…

Australian regulator gives long-awaited crypto guidance, but concerns remain 2025-10-29 at 08:16 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The local industry has welcomed the Australian Securities and Investments Commission’s expanded crypto guidance, but resourcing concerns remain. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Starlink tells the world it has over 150 sextillion IPv6 addresses 2025-10-29 at 07:58 By Simon Sharwood But the data describing where they’re used – which is help to fight crime – isn’t very useful Internetworking wonks have investigated Starlink’s use of IP addresses and found some interesting facts.… This article is an excerpt from…

Western Union picks Solana for its stablecoin and crypto network 2025-10-29 at 05:48 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Western Union has selected Solana for its Digital Asset Network and USDPT stablecoin, which it expects to be rolled out in the first half of 2026. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

OpenAI non-profit will run for-profit that has yet to make a profit 2025-10-29 at 05:48 By Thomas Claburn Corporate restructuring will benefit … uh, humanity OpenAI has obtained a new lease on life.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React to this headline:

Firewalls and VPNs are so complex now, they can actually make you less secure 2025-10-29 at 05:48 By Jessica Lyons A report from cyber-insurer At-Bay fingers Cisco and Citrix VPNs as most likely to lead to ransomware trouble Organizations using Cisco and Citrix VPN devices were nearly seven times as likely to suffer a ransomware…

South Korea’s bank-first stablecoin approach lacks logic, says Kaia chair 2025-10-29 at 04:45 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte The Bank of Korea should make clear rules for stablecoin issuers, allowing banks and non-banks to issue the tokens, says Kaia DLT Foundation chair Dr. Sangmin Seo. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region in trouble again, with EC2 and container services impacted 2025-10-29 at 03:16 By Simon Sharwood Internal dependencies again prove problematic Amazon Web Services’ US-EAST-1 region, which last week caused massive disruption to online services, is having another bad day as internal dependencies again prove problematic.… This article is an excerpt…

Bitwise Solana Staking ETF notches $55M trading volume on debut 2025-10-29 at 01:09 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Bitwise’s Solana staking ETF saw $55.4 million on its first day, the highest of all crypto ETFs this year, alongside the launch of Hedera and Litecoin ETFs from Canary Capital. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Nvidia to build AI supercomputers for US Energy Department, signs $500B deal in bookings for chips 2025-10-29 at 00:17 By Reuters ore than $4 trillion, Nvidia is at the core of the global rollout of AI. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Android malware types like your gran to steal banking creds 2025-10-29 at 00:17 By Jessica Lyons By appearing more human, it evades detection A new Android malware strain, Herodotus, steals credentials, logs keystrokes, streams victims’ screens, and hijacks input – but with a twist: it mimics human typing by adding random delays between keystrokes to…

New TEE.Fail Side-Channel Attack Extracts Secrets from Intel and AMD DDR5 Secure Enclaves 2025-10-29 at 00:16 By A group of academic researchers from Georgia Tech, Purdue University, and Synkhronix have developed a side-channel attack called TEE.Fail that allows for the extraction of secrets from the trusted execution environment (TEE) in a computer’s main processor, including…

New Android Trojan ‘Herodotus’ Outsmarts Anti-Fraud Systems by Typing Like a Human 2025-10-29 at 00:16 By Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new Android banking trojan called Herodotus that has been observed in active campaigns targeting Italy and Brazil to conduct device takeover (DTO) attacks. “Herodotus is designed to perform device takeover while making…

Crypto mogul Changpeng Zhao mulls suing Elizabeth Warren for libel after Trump’s pardon 2025-10-29 at 00:08 By Charles Gasparino Sen. Elizabeth Warren condemned the pardon and calling on Congress to “use its authority to stop this form of corruption.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React…

OceanPal raises $120M to build NEAR token treasury company 2025-10-28 at 23:50 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The new company will use NEAR’s blockchain and NVIDIA technology to build privacy-preserving AI infrastructure, while offering exposure to the NEAR token. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Norwegian tax authority sees 30% jump in crypto reporting 2025-10-28 at 23:33 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright According to Norwegian authorities, more than 73,000 people in the country reported about $4 billion in crypto holdings for the 2024 tax year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

This is Doom, running headless, on Ubuntu Arm… on a satellite 2025-10-28 at 23:30 By Liam Proven Ólafur Waage has an unusual take on “will it run Doom?” Ubuntu Summit  Doom takes place on Mars, but up until recently, it has only been played on Earth. However, at the Ubuntu Summit, one enterprising developer explained…

Nvidia, Oracle to build 7 supercomputers for Department of Energy, including its largest ever 2025-10-28 at 22:58 By Brandon Vigliarolo 100,000 Blackwell GPUs and 2,200 exaFLOPs make for a big system The US Department of Energy is partnering with Nvidia and Oracle to build seven new AI supercomputers to accelerate scientific research and develop agentic…

Bitcoin ‘ping-pong’ price action will stick until Fed FOMC and US-China deal wrap up 2025-10-28 at 22:56 By Cointelegraph by Antonio Oliveira Bitcoin hits resistance at $116,000, and bulls might not clear the barrier until Wednesday’s Federal Reserve announcement on interest rates and this week’s resolution of the US-China trade war. This article is an…

Confessions of a Russian honeypot: How Putin’s sex spies seduce Silicon Valley nerds 2025-10-28 at 22:24 By Ariel Zilber Aliia Roza, a former Russian “sex spy” who claims she was trained to seduce and manipulate targets, said she studied persuasion tactics as a teenager. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New…

Nvidia adds AI peanut butter to Nokia’s 6G network chocolate, throws in $1 billion 2025-10-28 at 21:56 By Thomas Claburn The pair intends to develop cellular infrastructure for running edge AI workloads Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang on Tuesday announced a partnership with Nokia to integrate AI technology into its mobile network infrastructure, bringing accelerated computing…

French gov’t set to review motion to ‘embrace Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies’ 2025-10-28 at 19:28 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Éric Ciotti of the Union of the Right for the Republic led the charge in a motion for a resolution to ban CBDCs and promote stablecoins in France. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News…

OpenAI tells Trump to build more power plants or China wins the AI arms race 2025-10-28 at 19:28 By Dan Robinson ‘Electrons are the new oil,’ ChatGPT maker claims, demanding 100 GW per year OpenAI wants the Trump administration to build 100 gigawatts of additional electricity generation capacity per annum to avoid the US being…

Mark Zuckerberg secretly met with AG Pam Bondi for advice on how to ‘effectively speak’ to Trump, new book claims 2025-10-28 at 18:57 By Ariel Zilber Zuckerberg sought advice on how to approach President Trump about Meta’s growing legal troubles, according to a new book. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News |…

Apple tops $4T market value milestone for first time as shares surge on new iPhones 2025-10-28 at 18:57 By Reuters Apple’s shares have gained about 13% since the new launches on Sept. 9, in a remarkable turnaround that pushed the stock into positive territory for the first time this year. This article is an excerpt…

Elon Musk’s Grokipedia launches, filled to the brim with plagiarism and AI slop 2025-10-28 at 18:57 By Brandon Vigliarolo Scratch Grokipedia and Wikipedia bleeds What do you do if you’re the richest man on Earth and don’t like Wikipedia? Start your own imitation encyclopedia, call it Grokipedia, lift a bunch of pages from the site,…

Forrester warns AI bubble to deflate as enterprises defer spending to 2027 2025-10-28 at 18:57 By Lindsay Clark Gap between vendor promises and business results set to trigger market correction, research firm predicts ai-pocalypse  Bubble, meet pin. Large organizations are set to defer a quarter of planned AI spending from next year until 2027, forcing…

Think tank decries science friction between countries, demands global cooperation 2025-10-28 at 18:57 By Dan Robinson More countries are prioritizing national security over scientific discovery Why can’t we all just get along… for the good of science? New research suggests countries prioritizing national security over the greater good are hindering global research and economic development.……

Researchers Expose GhostCall and GhostHire: BlueNoroff’s New Malware Chains 2025-10-28 at 18:57 By Threat actors tied to North Korea have been observed targeting the Web3 and blockchain sectors as part of twin campaigns tracked as GhostCall and GhostHire. According to Kaspersky, the campaigns are part of a broader operation called SnatchCrypto that has been underway…

OpenAI restructures as public benefit corporation, Microsoft secures 27% stake 2025-10-28 at 18:03 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi The move formalizes OpenAI’s ties with Microsoft, granting the tech giant long-term access to its AI models while locking in a $250 billion Azure commitment. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

40B Records Exposed From Marketing and Email Data Platform 2025-10-28 at 18:02 By Approximately 40 billion records (13 TB) were found in an exposed database.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Venmo users will soon be able to pay rent, mortgages as PayPal announces Bilt partnership 2025-10-28 at 17:27 By Ariel Zilber PayPal is aiming to bring rent and mortgage payments into the digital age. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source React to this headline:

Microsoft, OpenAI strike new landmark AI deal valuing ChatGPT owner at whopping $500B 2025-10-28 at 17:27 By Reuters Microsoft will still hold a stake of about $135 billion, or 27%, in OpenAI Group PBC, which will be controlled by the OpenAI Foundation, a nonprofit This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source…