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North Carolina bills would add crypto to state’s retirement system 2025-03-26 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea North Carolina lawmakers have introduced bills in the House and Senate that could see the state’s treasurer allocate up to 5% of various state retirement funds into cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin. The Investment Modernization Act (House Bill […]

Custodia and Vantage Bank partner for ‘first bank-issued stablecoin’ 2025-03-26 at 08:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The crypto-friendly Custodia Bank has worked with Vantage Bank to complete what the two firms say is “America’s first-ever bank-issued stablecoin” on a permissionless blockchain. Custodia said on March 25 that it tokenized US dollar demand deposits and […]

ChatGPT won’t generate images of ‘sexy women’ — but will make images of ‘sexy men’ due to apparent ‘bug’ 2025-03-26 at 07:47 By Shane Galvin When pressed for a reason, ChatGPT gave a long-winded answer on the basis of objectification of women, but it seemingly had no problem crafting up a sexualized man. This article […]

VMware sues Siemens for allegedly using unlicensed software 2025-03-26 at 07:47 By Simon Sharwood As rumors swirl about a new 72-core minimum vSphere license requirement VMware has sued industrial giant AG Siemens’s US operations for alleged use of unlicensed software and accused it of changing its story negotiations.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

Crusoe to sell Bitcoin mining business to NYDIG to focus on AI 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Felix Ng Crusoe Energy, a company that captures waste gas from oil to power high-performance compute, is selling its Bitcoin mining business to New York Digital Investment Group (NYDIG) to focus on artificial intelligence.  In a March […]

Bitcoin, Ethereum to end Q1 in the red, ‘vertical swing up’ unlikely 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Bitcoin and Ethereum are poised to suffer their worst first quarter in years unless they can pull off a huge rally in the next few days. Ether (ETH) has dropped 37.98% so far over the […]

New Security Flaws Found in VMware Tools and CrushFTP — High Risk, No Workaround 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Broadcom has issued security patches to address a high-severity security flaw in VMware Tools for Windows that could lead to an authentication bypass. Tracked as CVE-2025-22230, the vulnerability is rated 7.8 on the ten-point Common Vulnerability Scoring […]

Zero-Day Alert: Google Releases Chrome Patch for Exploit Used in Russian Espionage Attacks 2025-03-26 at 07:01 By Google has released out-of-band fixes to address a high-severity security flaw in its Chrome browser for Windows that it said has been exploited in the wild as part of attacks targeting organizations in Russia.  The vulnerability, tracked as […]

Crypto influencer Ben ‘Bitboy’ Armstrong arrested in Florida 2025-03-26 at 06:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Crypto influencer Ben Armstrong, also known as “BitBoy,” has been arrested in Florida after disclosing on social media just days ago that a warrant was out for his arrest. Florida’s Volusia County Division of Corrections listed Armstrong as a […]

Pirating pioneer Napster sells for $207M with plans for music metaverse 2025-03-26 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Artificial intelligence startup Infinite Reality has acquired the music-pirating app turned music streaming service Napster in a $207 million deal and plans to add a music-focused metaverse.  Infinite Reality said in a March 25 statement that […]

India ditches its ‘Google Tax’, perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs 2025-03-26 at 05:02 By Simon Sharwood Binned an e-commerce tax last year so this may not be complete capitulation India again ditches a tech tax, perhaps to tickle Trump and dodge tariffs Already binned an e-commerce tax last year The lower house of […]

Revenge of the nerds: Boffins sue to undo Trump science funding cuts 2025-03-26 at 02:10 By Thomas Claburn Who needs studies into diseases, virus infections, US mortality rates … right? Two academic organizations sued the Trump administration Tuesday for the allegedly unlawful withdrawal of $400 million in federal funding from Columbia University and associated demands […]

God didn’t have a plan for Gelsinger at Intel. Maybe there is one for his new gig, Gloo 2025-03-26 at 01:17 By Iain Thomson Chip guru preaches virtues of ‘values-aligned’ pray-I, sorry, AI Pat Gelsinger, once CEO of VMware and later Intel, has announced he’s taken a new job as executive chair and head of […]

GameStop shares surge after firm pledges to buy bitcoin, close physical stores 2025-03-26 at 01:04 By Reuters The move comes shortly after President Trump’s executive order, signed earlier this month, to establish a strategic reserve of cryptocurrencies. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Bitcoin price has 75% chance of hitting new highs in 2025 — Analyst 2025-03-26 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin network economist Timothy Peterson maintains his optimistic outlook for BTC (BTC), suggesting that there is a 75% chance that the asset will hit new highs in the next nine months. In a March […]

FDIC moves to eradicate ‘reputational risk’ category from bank exams 2025-03-26 at 00:06 By Cointelegraph by Christopher Tepedino The US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, an independent agency of the federal government, is reportedly moving to stop using the “reputational risk” category as a way to supervise banks. According to a letter sent by the agency’s […]