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England’s school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one

England’s school phone ban gets teeth, just in time to bite no one 2026-04-21 at 14:08 By Carly Page 90% of schools already compliant, but at least now there’s paperwork Ministers are moving to turn England’s patchwork of school phone bans into law, after peers backed fresh changes to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill […]

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Met police trials snoop tech platform in push to cuff more London shoplifters

Met police trials snoop tech platform in push to cuff more London shoplifters 2026-04-21 at 14:08 By Connor Jones No facial recognition privacy intrusions either! Well, maybe a little London’s Metropolitan Police is trialing new retail technology to help curtail the city’s pervasive shoplifting problem… and it doesn’t rely on live facial recognition (LFR).… This

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$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea

$290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea 2026-04-21 at 14:08 By Ionut Arghire The hackers targeted LayerZero’s DVN, compromising certain RPCs and DDoSing others to trigger failover to the poisoned infrastructure.   The post $290 Million Kelp DAO Crypto Heist Blamed on North Korea appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an excerpt

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Data Breaches at Healthcare Organizations in Illinois and Texas Affect 600,000

Data Breaches at Healthcare Organizations in Illinois and Texas Affect 600,000 2026-04-21 at 14:08 By Eduard Kovacs Data breaches were disclosed by Southern Illinois Dermatology, Saint Anthony Hospital, and North Texas Behavioral Health Authority. The post Data Breaches at Healthcare Organizations in Illinois and Texas Affect 600,000 appeared first on SecurityWeek. This article is an

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European banks tap Fireblocks for MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin

European banks tap Fireblocks for MiCA-compliant euro stablecoin 2026-04-21 at 12:56 By Cointelegraph by Christina Comben A 12-bank European consortium led by Qivalis is partnering with Fireblocks to develop a regulated euro stablecoin under MiCA, targeting launch in the second half of 2026. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture

Panasonic creates device-locked QR codes to speed facial biometric capture 2026-04-21 at 12:56 By Simon Sharwood Admins are tired of taking photos, so this enables secure on-site unattended enrolment Japanese industrial giant Panasonic has created a new form of QR code it says will only work on designated devices and environments.… This article is an

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Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war

Iran claims US used backdoors to knock out networking equipment during war 2026-04-21 at 12:56 By Simon Sharwood And China is loving it Iranian media is claiming that the US used backdoors and/or botnets to disable networking equipment during the current war, and Chinese state media is dining out on the allegations.… This article is

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Void Dokkaebi Uses Fake Job Interview Lure to Spread Malware via Code Repositories

Void Dokkaebi Uses Fake Job Interview Lure to Spread Malware via Code Repositories 2026-04-21 at 12:56 By Our research on Void Dokkaebi’s operations uncovered a campaign that turns infected developer repositories into malware delivery channels. By spreading through trusted workflows, organizational codebases, and open-source projects, the threat can scale from a single compromise to a

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CISA Adds 8 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets April-May 2026 Federal Deadlines

CISA Adds 8 Exploited Flaws to KEV, Sets April-May 2026 Federal Deadlines 2026-04-21 at 12:56 By The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Monday added eight new vulnerabilities to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog, including three flaws impacting Cisco Catalyst SD-WAN Manager, citing evidence of active exploitation. The list of vulnerabilities is

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A single platform powers SIM farm proxy networks across 17 countries

A single platform powers SIM farm proxy networks across 17 countries 2026-04-21 at 12:30 By Mirko Zorz Racks of phones and 4G modems, connected to carrier networks and rented out as commercial mobile proxy services, are operating across at least 94 locations in 17 countries. An investigation by infrastructure intelligence firm Infrawatch traced a large

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Task Manager’s CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it

Task Manager’s CPU meter is an obituary for the recent past, says the engineer who built it 2026-04-21 at 12:15 By Richard Speed Spoiler: There’s no magic value. Just a timer, some kernel calls, and too much coffee Windows has always had a built-in portal to the very recent past: Task Manager’s CPU usage meter.…

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NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app

NGate NFC malware targets Android users through trojanized payment app 2026-04-21 at 12:00 By Mirko Zorz NFC-based payment fraud is expanding geographically and operationally. A campaign active since November 2025 is targeting Android users in Brazil using a new variant of the NGate malware family, this time embedded in a trojanized version of HandyPay, a

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Bank of Korea governor backs CBDCs, deposit tokens in first address

Bank of Korea governor backs CBDCs, deposit tokens in first address 2026-04-21 at 11:52 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas New Bank of Korea governor Shin Hyun-song supported CBDCs and deposit tokens in his first address, while stablecoins were notably absent from his remarks. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Adaptavist Group breach spawns imposter emails as ransomware crew claims mega-haul

Adaptavist Group breach spawns imposter emails as ransomware crew claims mega-haul 2026-04-21 at 11:30 By Carly Page Fake emails already doing the rounds as ransomware crew boasts about what it allegedly stole UK enterprise software consultancy The Adaptavist Group is investigating a security breach after an intruder logged in with stolen credentials, while a ransomware

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Bitcoin risks losing $70K as Strategy’s STRC slips below $100

Bitcoin risks losing $70K as Strategy’s STRC slips below $100 2026-04-21 at 11:25 By Cointelegraph by Yashu Gola STRC’s dropped below its $100 par value, indicating that Strategy will likely pause Bitcoin buying this week, which could help the bears pull price down to $70,000. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

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NY lawmaker proposes ‘AI dividend’ to address potential job losses

NY lawmaker proposes ‘AI dividend’ to address potential job losses 2026-04-21 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby The proposed AI dividend would be funded by taxes on AI use and equity stakes in AI companies, paying US citizens if automation meaningfully displaces workers. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Coinbase’s AI payments protocol x402 launches app store for AI agents

Coinbase’s AI payments protocol x402 launches app store for AI agents 2026-04-21 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Coinbase’s x402 AI payments protocol has launched Agentic.market, a platform where AI agents can discover and use AI-friendly services. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Code is ‘functional’ free speech under the First Amendment: Coin Center

Code is ‘functional’ free speech under the First Amendment: Coin Center 2026-04-21 at 08:18 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto software developers are concerned about whether they could be held criminally liable for publishing their software, following high-profile convictions last year. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

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Researchers build an encrypted routing layer for private AI inference

Researchers build an encrypted routing layer for private AI inference 2026-04-21 at 07:31 By Sinisa Markovic Organizations in healthcare, finance, and other sensitive industries want to use large AI models without exposing private data to the cloud servers running those models. A cryptographic technique called Secure Multi-Party Computation (MPC) makes this possible. It splits data

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Aave risk manager models 2 bad debt scenarios from Kelp DAO exploit

Aave risk manager models 2 bad debt scenarios from Kelp DAO exploit 2026-04-21 at 07:18 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The first scenario is far cheaper but runs the risk of rsETH depegging an estimated 15%, while the second is costlier but better protects Ethereum mainnet and concentrates losses at the layer 2 level. This

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