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Update turns Google Gemini into a prude, breaking apps for trauma survivors 2025-05-09 at 00:51 By Thomas Claburn ‘I’m sorry, I can’t help with that’ Google’s latest update to its Gemini family of large language models appears to have broken the controls for configuring safety settings, breaking applications that require lowered guardrails, such as apps […]

Bitcoin options could pave the path for new BTC price highs — Here is how 2025-05-09 at 00:11 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Key takeaways: 97% of the $8.3 billion in Bitcoin put options expire worthless at a $102,000 BTC price. Short covering above $105,000 could trigger a Bitcoin price rally to new highs. Bitcoin […]

Coinbase’s Deribit buy shows growing derivatives market 2025-05-09 at 00:11 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell Coinbase’s agreement to buy Deribit highlights the increasing importance of financial derivatives for cryptocurrency exchanges, according to industry executives.  On May 8, Coinbase, the US’s largest crypto exchange by trading volume, agreed to acquire crypto derivatives platform Deribit for $2.9 […]

Former FTX exec’s wife says gov’t ‘induced a guilty plea’ 2025-05-09 at 00:11 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright Michelle Bond, the wife of former FTX Digital Markets co-CEO Ryan Salame, who faces federal campaign finance charges, is pushing for dismissal on the grounds that US prosecutors deceived her husband in a plea deal. In a […]

Workday handed no-bid deal to fix staffing meltdown at Uncle Sam’s uber-HR agency 2025-05-09 at 00:11 By Brandon Vigliarolo Sole-source award raises eyebrows in rush to meet Trump’s hiring mandates The US Office of Personnel Management (OPM) awarded Workday a sole-source contract to overhaul its human resources systems – bypassing any formal competition – citing […]

Mashinsky’s 12-year sentence sets tone of enforcement in Trump era 2025-05-08 at 23:24 By Cointelegraph by Aaron Wood The US federal court for the Southern District of New York has sentenced former Celsius CEO Alex Mashinsky to 12 years in prison for fraud. Mashinsky’s legal team sought a light sentence. They highlighted his spotless record […]

‘Infuriated’, ‘disappointed’ … Ex-VMware customers explain why they migrated to Nutanix 2025-05-08 at 23:24 By Simon Sharwood As Broadcom flings legal nastygrams at its own punters Next  Dominic Johnson is fed up with VMware.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes loses bid to have court rehear appeal of conviction 2025-05-08 at 22:55 By Ariel Zilber The 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Thursday declined Holmes’ request to have her case reconsidered by the original panel of three judges. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews […]

Bitcoin hits $101.7K as US strategic reserve bills become law and BTC mass adoption accelerates 2025-05-08 at 22:22 By Cointelegraph by Big Smokey Key takeaways: Bitcoin rallies to $101,707 against a backdrop of strong fundamentals in the regulatory and traditional finance space. Traders are confident that $100,000 will hold as support. Bitcoin (BTC) price rallied […]

OpenAI drafts Instacart boss as CEO of Apps to lure in the normies 2025-05-08 at 22:22 By Tobias Mann A B2B, API move this ain’t, in our view Instacart CEO Fidji Simo is leaving to become CEO of Applications at OpenAI, reporting directly to Sam Altman, the AI heavyweight announced on Thursday.… This article is […]

The final bookworm-based Raspberry Pi OS update arrives 2025-05-08 at 21:42 By Richard Speed Last big release until trixie shows up Debian bookworm is getting what could be its last hurrah as the basis for Raspberry Pi’s operating system, with what’s likely to be its final appearance on a release for the diminutive computers.… This […]

SEC considers new rules easing security token issuance 2025-05-08 at 21:24 By Cointelegraph by Alex O’Donnell The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is considering rule changes to let companies more freely issue tokenized securities, SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce said in a speech published on May 8. The regulator is “considering a potential exemptive order” […]

Bitcoin tops $100K for first time since February after Trump trade deal with UK 2025-05-08 at 20:49 By Reuters However, the world’s largest cryptocurrency remains below the record high of more than $109,000 reached in January. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

The IRS plans to replace fired enforcement workers with AI 2025-05-08 at 20:41 By Brandon Vigliarolo Another mask-off moment, although fresh research says RoI for the tech is still lacking Following considerable cuts to its enforcement workforce, the US’s Internal Revenue Service (IRS) plans to use AI to supplement its ability to collect taxes from […]

Are layer 2s good for Ethereum, or are they ‘extractive?’ 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Andrew Singer Layer 2s have been a great blockchain success story. They’ve reduced congestion on the Ethereum mainnet, driving down gas fees while preserving security. But maybe they’ve become too successful, drawing chain activity and fee income from the […]

Missouri bill ending capital gains tax heads to governor for signature 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cointelegraph by Vince Quill Missouri House Bill 594, a bill that would eliminate capital gains tax in the US state, has passed a vote in the state House of Representatives and now heads to Missouri Governor Mike Kehoe’s desk for […]

Security Tools Alone Don’t Protect You — Control Effectiveness Does 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By 61% of security leaders reported suffering a breach due to failed or misconfigured controls over the past 12 months. This is despite having an average of 43 cybersecurity tools in place. This massive rate of security failure is clearly not a […]

38,000+ FreeDrain Subdomains Found Exploiting SEO to Steal Crypto Wallet Seed Phrases 2025-05-08 at 20:19 By Cybersecurity researchers have exposed what they say is an “industrial-scale, global cryptocurrency phishing operation” engineered to steal digital assets from cryptocurrency wallets for several years. The campaign has been codenamed FreeDrain by threat intelligence firms SentinelOne and Validin. “FreeDrain […]

Apple seeks pause on Epic Games contempt ruling that could cost App Store ‘billions’ 2025-05-08 at 19:55 By Thomas Barrabi Tim Cook’s Apple has asked a federal appeals court in California to pause an April 30 ruling requiring the company to open up its App Store to rivals – and claims it will suffer irreparable […]