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Animoca’s Yat Siu says student loans can supercharge DeFi growth 2025-05-16 at 12:06 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Bringing student loans onchain would increase the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (DeFi) by more than four times, supercharging the industry, according to Yat Siu, chairman of Animoca Brands. Speaking at Consensus 2025 in Toronto, […]

Fileless Remcos RAT Delivered via LNK Files and MSHTA in PowerShell-Based Attacks 2025-05-16 at 12:06 By Cybersecurity researchers have shed light on a new malware campaign that makes use of a PowerShell-based shellcode loader to deploy a remote access trojan called Remcos RAT. “Threat actors delivered malicious LNK files embedded within ZIP archives, often disguised […]

Some English hospitals doubt Palantir’s utility: We’d ‘lose functionality rather than gain it’ 2025-05-16 at 11:32 By Lindsay Clark After UK spends hundreds of millions, several say existing systems are better English hospitals are voicing their concern about the functionality provided by Palantir, the US spy-tech firm that won a £330 million ($437 million) deal […]

Bitcoin hitting $220K ‘reasonable’ in 2025 says gold-based forecast 2025-05-16 at 11:01 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Key points: New Bitcoin price targets leverage interplay with gold to deliver $200,000 and higher this year. Bitcoin price cycles remain in focus as part of the BTC price “power curve” model. Eating gold’s market cap could propel […]

[Webinar] From Code to Cloud to SOC: Learn a Smarter Way to Defend Modern Applications 2025-05-16 at 10:31 By Modern apps move fast—faster than most security teams can keep up. As businesses rush to build in the cloud, security often lags behind. Teams scan code in isolation, react late to cloud threats, and monitor SOC […]

Crypto gaming interest drops in April, overall ecosystem healthier: DappRadar 2025-05-16 at 10:05 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Blockchain gaming user activity dipped and funding slowed in April, but the overall ecosystem is healthier and maturing, according to blockchain analytics platform DappRadar. User activity dropped 10% over April, with blockchain gaming reaching a 2025 low […]

Jilted AWS reckons VMware is now crusty like a mainframe 2025-05-16 at 09:47 By Simon Sharwood Gives both platforms the ‘generative AI will freshen it up and shift it to the cloud’ treatment In 2017 Amazon Web Services and VMware were best buddies as they launched a combined cloud service. In 2025 AWS is dismissing […]

College students create robot that breaks record for solving Rubik’s cube — smashing prior record held by $80B auto maker 2025-05-16 at 09:36 By Daryl Khan Faster than a blink of the eye. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Stablecoin bill passes in Northern Marianas as House overrides veto 2025-05-16 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has passed a bill allowing its small constituent island of Tinian to launch a stablecoin, overriding an earlier veto by the territory’s governor. The 20-member Northern Mariana Islands […]

Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked 2025-05-16 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Starknet has reached a decentralization milestone laid out by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and is now the largest zero-knowledge rollup-based network by total value locked. Starknet said in a press release shared with […]

Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive 2025-05-16 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitive Science fiction author Neal Stephenson has suggested AIs should be allowed to fight other AIs, because evolution brings balance to ecosystems, but also thinks […]

Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters 2025-05-16 at 08:46 By Richard Speed Lawyers prepare to get suited and booted if ‘Plan B’ to address unfair competition claims is a no show Microsoft has failed to deliver a special version of Azure for EU cloud providers on time, raising the specter of legal […]

DOJ charges 12 more gamer-turned $263M Bitcoin robbers 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Another 12 people have been charged for their involvement in a $263 million crypto crime spree that stole 4,100 Bitcoin from a Genesis creditor last August, along with a string of break-ins and money laundering.  The 12 new names, […]

Crypto’s lack of ‘frothy use case’ a good sign: WisdomTree exec 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Jason Guthrie, head of product at asset manager WisdomTree, says he’s optimistic despite a noticeable lack of hype that typically comes along with a crypto bull run.  There hasn’t been a “really frothy use case that […]

Grok ‘white genocide’ rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has blamed an “unauthorized modification” to the Grok chatbot’s response, causing it to generate responses mentioning political and racial tensions in South Africa.  On May 16, xAI provided an update on […]