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AI agents can’t yet pull off fully autonomous cyberattacks – but they are already very helpful to crims 2026-02-04 at 02:04 By Jessica Lyons Don’t relax: This is a ‘when, not if’ scenario AI agents and other systems can’t yet conduct cyberattacks fully on their own – but they can help criminals in many stages […]

ETH funding rate turns negative, but US macro conditions mute the buy signal 2026-02-04 at 01:53 By Cointelegraph by Marcel Pechman Crypto traders usually view negative funding rates as a buy signal, but this week’s volatility US earnings outcome may cloud the value of the signal for ETH investors. This article is an excerpt from

Elon Musk loses bid to dismiss SEC lawsuit over Twitter stake 2026-02-03 at 23:49 By Reuters The judge said Musk’s arguments, including that the SEC overreached in order to punish him for criticizing it, did not warrant dismissal. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Tian Ruixiang plans to acquire up to 15K Bitcoin in equity-linked deal 2026-02-03 at 23:49 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The Nasdaq-listed insurance brokerage said an unnamed investor would contribute BTC as part of a deal that also includes an AI- and crypto-focused strategic partnership. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original

Next Bitcoin accumulation phase may hinge on credit stress timing: Data 2026-02-03 at 23:49 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin’s volatility spiked, and its price plummeted to fresh lows as worrying US economic conditions emerged. Will credit stress data signal the next accumulation phase for BTC? This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View

Nevada authorities file lawsuit against Coinbase over unlicensed wagering 2026-02-03 at 23:49 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The enforcement action over wagers on sports event contracts followed Coinbase announcing the launch of prediction markets in all 50 US states. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Sudo maintainer, handling utility for more than 30 years, is looking for support 2026-02-03 at 23:49 By Brandon Vigliarolo Many vital open source resources rely on the devotion of a few individuals It’s hard to imagine something as fundamental to computing as the sudo command becoming abandonware, yet here we are: its solitary maintainer is

GitHub ponders kill switch for pull requests to stop AI slop 2026-02-03 at 22:51 By Thomas Claburn Code community site begins to see that AI could drive people away GitHub, the Microsoft code-hosting shop that popularized AI-assisted software development, is having some regrets about its Copilot infatuation.… This article is an excerpt from The Register

LI veterans use virtual reality to fight PTSD with fantastical trips to outer space, animal sanctuaries 2026-02-03 at 22:30 By Alex Mitchell “It helps eliminate a lot of pain.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Trump expected to sign bill to end partial US government shutdown 2026-02-03 at 22:30 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright The US House of Representatives approved a bill on Tuesday that will fund most of the government through the end of September. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin loses $73K as US stocks sell off: Analyst says BTC price action is not ‘abnormal’ 2026-02-03 at 22:30 By Cointelegraph by Antonio Oliveira Bitcoin fell under $73,000 as futures liquidations soared and worries over this week’s US corporate earnings triggered a stock sell-off. Will traders finally step in to buy “discounted” BTC? This article

Amazon’s European datacenter buildout blows a breaker as grid connection wait list hits 7 years 2026-02-03 at 22:30 By Tobias Mann E-commerce giant has watts of bit barns to deploy but nowhere to plug them in Amazon Web Services’ European expansion has hit the buffers as the American cloud provider grapples with aging grid infrastructure

‘Lethal’ and ‘magical’ Palantir tech is in demand by Pentagon, China, Middle East, CEO says 2026-02-03 at 22:30 By O’Ryan Johnson Less popular in Canada and Northern Europe Palantir is shaping the “under-the-hood” practices of the US Defense Department as demand for its software grows across warfighting, shipbuilding, and weapons procurement, CEO Alex Karp said

Goldman Sachs’ top lawyer sought Jeffrey Epstein’s help in bid for senior Facebook role, emails show 2026-02-03 at 21:27 By Ariel Zilber Kathryn Ruemmler, Goldman Sachs’ chief legal officer, picked Epstein’s brain for advice while she was looking for a top position at Facebook. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New

Svedka to air Super Bowl’s first fully AI-generated ad — despite revolt against ‘dystopian nightmare’ marketing 2026-02-03 at 21:27 By Allison Lax Get ready for the AI Slop-er Bowl! This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source

Next-gen nuclear reactors safe enough to skip full environmental reviews, says Trump admin 2026-02-03 at 21:27 By Brandon Vigliarolo DoE trims NEPA paperwork for advanced reactors The Department of Energy says advanced nuclear reactor designs – many of which have so far existed mainly at the experimental, testing, or demonstration stage – generally pose limited

Critical React Native Metro dev server bug under attack as researchers scream into the void 2026-02-03 at 21:27 By Jessica Lyons Too slow react-ion time Baddies are exploiting a critical bug in React Native’s Metro development server to deliver malware to both Windows and Linux machines, and yet the in-the-wild attacks still haven’t received the

Snowflake plugs PostgreSQL into its AI Data Cloud 2026-02-03 at 21:27 By Lindsay Clark Yes, it already had Unistore Snowflake is launching a PostgreSQL database-as-a-service within its AI data environment to place transactional workloads alongside analytics and AI under a single set of governance rules.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original

VistaShares launches Treasury ETF with options-based Bitcoin exposure 2026-02-03 at 20:02 By Cointelegraph by Nate Kostar The NYSE-listed BTYB allocates most of its assets to US Treasurys while using options strategies to provide weekly income and Bitcoin-linked exposure. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Google once again pushes back Fitbit account migration deadline — when to expect your account to expire 2026-02-03 at 19:48 By Brooke Steinberg The previous deadline was Feb. 2. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original Source