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Keeping the lights on takes up nearly all police IT spending in England and Wales 2025-11-04 at 13:54 By Lindsay Clark Plans for investing in AI and service transformation held up as treasury pulls plug, NAO finds Police forces in England and Wales spend around 97 percent of their £2 billion ($2.6 billion) annual technology…

‘What the hell, Microsoft?’ Users hit with ‘incorrect’ ESU and LTSC Win10 out-of-support messages 2025-11-04 at 13:25 By Richard Speed Microsoft accidentally tells supported users that they aren’t Microsoft says a broken update left some Windows 10 users staring at an out-of-support message despite having an activated Extended Security Updates (ESU) license or a version…

AI’s trillion dollar deal wheel bubbling around Nvidia, OpenAI 2025-11-04 at 12:55 By Abhishek Jadhav How to build a trillion-dollar industry: Step 1, invest in your customers. Step 2, sell them stuff Feature  In late 2025, a series of multi-billion-dollar deals in the artificial intelligence sector is causing déjà vu among industry veterans. Money, computer…

Google Cloud suspended customer’s account three times, for three different reasons 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Simon Sharwood Experience leads company boss to decide ‘I cannot rely on having a Google account for production use cases’ The founder of a service that manages SSL certificates says Google Cloud has suspended his account three times, without good…

China’s president Xi Jinping jokes about backdoors in Xiaomi smartphones 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Simon Sharwood South Korea’s president laughed, so perhaps it was funny? Unlike China’s censorship and snooping Chinese president Xi Jinping has joked that smartphones from Xiaomi might include backdoors.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source React…

U.S. Prosecutors Indict Cybersecurity Insiders Accused of BlackCat Ransomware Attacks 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Federal prosecutors in the U.S. have accused a trio of allegedly hacking the networks of five U.S. companies with BlackCat (aka ALPHV) ransomware between May and November 2023 and extorting them. Ryan Clifford Goldberg, Kevin Tyler Martin, and an unnamed co–conspirator…

Microsoft Detects “SesameOp” Backdoor Using OpenAI’s API as a Stealth Command Channel 2025-11-04 at 11:54 By Microsoft has disclosed details of a novel backdoor dubbed SesameOp that uses OpenAI Assistants Application Programming Interface (API) for command-and-control (C2) communications. “Instead of relying on more traditional methods, the threat actor behind this backdoor abuses OpenAI as a…

Ministry of Defence’s F-35 blunder: £57B and counting 2025-11-04 at 11:30 By Dan Robinson Government spending watchdog eviscerates penny wise, pound foolish approach Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) is being criticized for undermining its F-35 stealth fighter program through years of short-term budget decisions that have increased long-term costs and left the fleet understrength and…

FTX drops ‘restricted countries’ motion but warns it may refile 2025-11-04 at 11:29 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz The FTX Recovery Trust dropped a motion to limit payouts to creditors in countries including China, which holds about $380 million in claims. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this…

Crypto liquidations hit $1.3B as Bitcoin price nosedives below $104K 2025-11-04 at 11:27 By Cointelegraph by Nancy Lubale Over $1.3 billion was wiped out across the crypto market as traders shifted their focus to $100,000 as the last line of defense for Bitcoin. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Panelists to Discuss Public-Private Partnerships at SECURITY 500 Conference 2025-11-04 at 11:13 By Security leaders will discuss the impact that public-private partnerships have on community security and public safety.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source React to this headline:

Bitcoin price gets $92K target as new buyers enter ‘capitulation’ mode 2025-11-04 at 10:58 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin gave up $104,000 for the first time in weeks, while traders warned of a return to sub-$100,000 levels and new buyers amassed unrealized losses. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Google’s AI ‘Big Sleep’ Finds 5 New Vulnerabilities in Apple’s Safari WebKit 2025-11-04 at 10:10 By Google’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered cybersecurity agent called Big Sleep has been credited by Apple for discovering as many as five different security flaws in the WebKit component used in its Safari web browser that, if successfully exploited, could result…

Crypto sentiment nosedives to ‘extreme fear’ as Bitcoin drops under $106K 2025-11-04 at 07:55 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Crypto Fear & Greed Index plummeted by 21 points to “Extreme Fear,” the lowest it’s been in seven months. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Wintermute boss denies plans to sue Binance over the Oct. 10 crash 2025-11-04 at 07:55 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Market maker Wintermute has shot down rumors suggesting it plans to sue Binance in relation to a flash crash last month, when Bitcoin fell 15.2% to below $103,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com…

Crypto czar David Sacks argues AI threat is Orwellian, not Terminator 2025-11-04 at 07:55 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby David Sacks warns that the real threat AI poses is when it is used for government surveillance and information control. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

LLMs are lousy at reading Asian languages, finds Singapore’s Grab 2025-11-04 at 07:55 By Simon Sharwood Superapp company that chased Uber away built its own model to do the job right Proprietary large language models are bad at interpreting Asian languages, according to Singaporean super-app company Grab, which has built its own model instead.… This…

AN0M, the backdoored ‘secure’ messaging app for criminals, is still producing arrests after four years 2025-11-04 at 07:55 By Simon Sharwood 55 cuffed last week after court ruled sting operation was legal Australian police last week made 55 arrests using evidence gathered with a backdoored messaging app that authorities distributed in the criminal community.… This…

MIT Sloan quietly shelves AI ransomware study after researcher calls BS 2025-11-04 at 04:32 By Thomas Claburn Even AI has doubts about the claim that ‘80% of ransomware attacks are AI-driven’ Do 80 percent of ransomware attacks really come from AI? MIT Sloan has now withdrawn a working paper that made that eyebrow-raising claim after…

Ransomware negotiator, pay thyself! 2025-11-04 at 04:32 By Jessica Lyons Rogues committed extortion while working for infosec firms A ransomware negotiator and an incident response manager at two separate cybersecurity firms have been indicted for allegedly carrying out ransomware attacks of their own against multiple US companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register…

Ripple buys Palisade as it tips corporations to drive crypto adoption 2025-11-04 at 04:27 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Ripple has added to its recent run of acquisitions, buying the crypto wallet and custody firm Palisade in a bid to boost its offerings to institutions. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original…

Cipher Mining rockets 32% after $5.5B data center deal with Amazon 2025-11-04 at 03:36 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Fellow miner IREN also signed a multi-year GPU cloud services contract with Microsoft worth $9.7 billion on Monday. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

Cisco suggests a stubby chassis, shrunken servers and router, to tame the edge 2025-11-04 at 03:27 By Simon Sharwood ‘Unified Edge’ designed so even retail workers can replace a server Cisco entered the server market in 2009 because the company thought incumbent vendors weren’t satisfying customers. On Monday, the networking giant entered the edge infrastructure…

Palantir CEO celebrates one cash culture to rule them all 2025-11-04 at 03:05 By Thomas Claburn If you want your First Amendment rights, make money the Palantir way Palantir CEO Alex Karp used his quarterly shareholder letter to take aim at critics after the company beat Q3 2025 earnings estimates.… This article is an excerpt…

Crypto whale who nailed the October crash opens $55M BTC and ETH longs 2025-11-04 at 02:29 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea HyperUnit, the whale that made $200 million from the US-China tariff crash last month, is now betting on a rebound in Bitcoin and Ether, opening $55 million in long positions. This article is an…

Google yanks Gemma after US senator says model ‘hallucinated’ her committing crimes 2025-11-04 at 00:02 By Brandon Vigliarolo Still available via API, the developer-facing AI isn’t even really designed to answer general-purpose questions If Google’s Gemma were an employee, it might be facing HR right now. The company yanked the model from AI Studio after…

AWS, Nvidia, Crowdstrike seek security startups to enter the arena 2025-11-03 at 22:20 By Jessica Lyons Last year’s winner scored a $65M funding round on a $300M valuation Cloud and AI security startups have two weeks to apply for a program that fast-tracks access to investors and mentors from Amazon Web Services, CrowdStrike, and Nvidia.……

Coin Center files brief in Ethereum MEV trial, disputes ‘honest validation’ theory 2025-11-03 at 22:12 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The advocacy organization filed a brief opposing prosecutors’ arguments that two brothers presented themselves as “honest validators” to allegedly pull off a $25-million exploit. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source…

Ethereum Foundation revamps grants program under new funding approach 2025-11-03 at 22:12 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Grants will now be distributed through a wishlist and requests for proposals, aligning funding with the Ethereum ecosystem’s goals. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to this headline:

OpenAI strikes 7-year, $38B cloud computing deal with Amazon Web Services 2025-11-03 at 21:35 By Ariel Zilber OpenAI has come to terms on a massive 7-year, $38 billion deal with Amazon Web Services to secure cloud computing capabilities needed to power its suite of advanced AI tools such as ChatGPT and Sora. The deal which…

Price predictions 11/3: SPX, DXY, BTC, ETH, XRP, BNB, SOL, DOGE, ADA, HYPE 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Cointelegraph by Rakesh Upadhyay Bitcoin and altcoin’s early November performance mirrors October, where the market ignored historicals and fell to new lows. Will bulls show any interest in buying the range lows? This article is an excerpt from…

Ripple launches crypto spot prime brokerage services 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright As Ripple’s Swell conference kicked off in New York this week, the company announced an expansion of OTC services following its October acquisition of a prime broker. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React to…

OpenAI spreads the imaginary wealth beyond Microsoft with $38B AWS deal 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Brandon Vigliarolo Amazon deal still dwarfed by $250B Azure commitment made as part of OpenAI’s for-profit transformation OpenAI has signed a seven-year, $38 billion agreement with Amazon Web Services, adding another hyperscaler alongside Microsoft Azure for its growing AI compute…

Alaska Air phones a friend to find out what caused massive October outage 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Richard Speed Accenture to poke around the beleaguered airline’s IT infrastructure Alaska Airlines has called in consultants to advise it on what went wrong during a late October IT meltdown that grounded flights and wreaked havoc for two…

Malicious VSX Extension “SleepyDuck” Uses Ethereum to Keep Its Command Server Alive 2025-11-03 at 21:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have flagged a new malicious extension in the Open VSX registry that harbors a remote access trojan called SleepyDuck. According to Secure Annex’s John Tuckner, the extension in question, juan-bianco.solidity-vlang (version 0.0.7), was first published on October…

Google curbs access to Gemma AI tech that falsely accused Sen. Marsha Blackburn of sexual misconduct 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Thomas Barrabi Google has pulled its Gemma AI model offline after Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) revealed that it had fabricated claims that she once faced allegations of sexual misconduct. This article is an excerpt from…

Hawkish Fed remarks drive $360M in crypto outflows but Solana ETFs shine 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar Investors trimmed exposure to Bitcoin funds amid US policy uncertainty, even as Bitwise’s new Solana staking ETF attracted strong debut inflows last week. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source React…

Microsoft, Alphabet throw more cash on the AI bonfire 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Dan Robinson The spending will continue until ROI improves Tech companies continue to sling crazy amounts of money at AI, with Microsoft announcing deals worth billions in Texas and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), while Google parent Alphabet is selling bonds in…

Cybercrooks team up with organized crime to steal pricey cargo 2025-11-03 at 20:05 By Connor Jones Old-school cargo heists reborn in the cyber age Cybercriminals are increasingly orchestrating lucrative cargo thefts alongside organized crime groups (OCGs) in a modern-day resurgence of attacks on freight companies.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original…