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How cheap power turned Libya into a Bitcoin mining hotspot 2025-12-19 at 07:03 By Cointelegraph by Bradley Peak Libya’s cheap power fueled a hidden Bitcoin mining boom, straining the grid and forcing authorities into an escalating crackdown. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Louder Than Words: How Effective Security Defends Brand Reputation 2025-12-19 at 07:02 By Security leaders can help defend their organization’s reputation through proper protective measures. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Ten mistakes marred firewall upgrade at Australian telco, contributing to two deaths 2025-12-19 at 06:47 By Simon Sharwood Optus gave bad instructions, staff didn’t escalate their concerns Technicians working on a firewall upgrade made at least ten mistakes, contributing to two deaths, according to a report on a September incident that saw Australian telco Optus […]

SEC flags Bitcoin miner hosting services as subject to securities laws 2025-12-19 at 06:05 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea In a lawsuit, the SEC says some hosted Bitcoin mining services could trigger US securities laws, but an industry executive says most providers have nothing to worry about. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

China turns on a vast experimental network it says is an heir to ARPANET 2025-12-19 at 05:18 By Simon Sharwood Beijing wants to ‘seize the initiative in the international competition in cyberspace’ Chinese authorities on Thursday certified the China Environment for Network Innovation (CENI), a vast research network that Beijing hopes will propel the country […]

Crypto has everything needed for a bull market, so why is the market down? 2025-12-19 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Crypto has tracked lower late this year despite pro-regulation shifts, ETF launches, and institutional buying, prompting analysts to question structural issues. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitwise files with SEC to offer spot Sui ETF 2025-12-19 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Brian Quarmby Bitwise has filed an initial registration for an ETF tracking Sui, joining the race to launch with Canary Captial and 21Shares. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Trump lauds Chris Waller as ‘great’ after Fed chair interview, will pick within weeks 2025-12-19 at 05:01 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons US President Donald Trump says that he has narrowed down his pick to replace Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to three or four candidates. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View […]

XRP’s familiarity helps push ETFs past $1B assets: Exec 2025-12-19 at 03:42 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons XRP has a “number of reasons” that are attracting traditional investor dollars, which has helped to push XRP ETFs over $1 billion in assets, says CF Benchmarks CEO Sui Chung. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance inks deal to sell US operations to American investors, including Oracle 2025-12-19 at 02:06 By Reuters The deal, set to close on Jan. 22, would end years of efforts to force ByteDance to divest its US business over national security concerns. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | […]

Synthetix returns to Ethereum mainnet after 3 years: ‘We can run it back’ 2025-12-19 at 02:06 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons Synthetix founder Kain Warwick expects other perpetual decentralized exchanges to follow Synthetix back to Ethereum, which is faster than ever. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Amazon blocked 1,800 suspected North Korean scammers seeking jobs 2025-12-19 at 02:06 By Jessica Lyons Plus: Lazarus Group has a brand new BeaverTail Even Amazon isn’t immune to North Korean scammers who try to score remote jobs at tech companies so they can funnel their wages to Kim Jong Un’s coffers.… This article is an […]

Crypto CLARITY Act set for Senate markup in January, says Sacks 2025-12-19 at 01:06 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea White House AI and crypto czar David Sacks said the CLARITY Act will reach the Senate next month for debate and amendment before a full vote. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original […]

Waterfox browser goes AI-free, targets the Firefox faithful 2025-12-19 at 00:38 By Liam Proven Even if Mozilla is going to add an AI kill switch, that may not be enough to reassure many. Waterfox, a popular fork of Firefox, is saying nay to AI. Considering how unpopular Mozilla’s plan to botify its browser has become, […]

Snowflake update caused a blizzard of failures worldwide 2025-12-18 at 23:23 By O’Ryan Johnson Customers in 10 of the company’s 23 regions had “operations fail or take an extended amount of time to complete.” Snowflake pushed an update this week that caused a “major outage” worldwide, leaving many users unable to query data, experiencing failures […]

Wealthy Silicon Valley suburb looks to crack down on billionaire tech titans’ compounds 2025-12-18 at 22:55 By Ariel Zilber City leaders are weighing new restrictions aimed squarely at Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Page, Laurene Powell Jobs, Marissa Mayer and other billionaires. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News | New York Post View Original […]

Your car’s web browser may be on the road to cyber ruin 2025-12-18 at 22:21 By Thomas Claburn Study finds built-in browsers across gadgets often ship years out of date Web browsers for desktop and mobile devices tend to receive regular security updates, but that often isn’t the case for those that reside within game […]

Why the ‘great China Bitcoin mining crackdown’ fell short of early claims 2025-12-18 at 22:05 By Cointelegraph by Sam Bourgi Data suggests that fears about Xinjiang-related Bitcoin mining have overstated the impact, with hashrate losses proving brief and driven partly by US power curtailments. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Bitcoin trips at $90K despite CPI showing curbed US inflation: What gives? 2025-12-18 at 22:05 By Cointelegraph by Biraajmaan Tamuly Bitcoin briefly clinched $90,000 after the November Consumer Price Index report showed a drop in US inflation, but the essential components for an extended rally remain elusive. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News […]