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UK secretly allows facial recognition scans of passport, immigration databases 2025-08-08 at 15:03 By Connor Jones Campaigners brand Home Office’s lack of transparency as ‘astonishing’ and ‘dangerous’ Privacy groups report a surge in UK police facial recognition scans of databases secretly stocked with passport photos lacking parliamentary oversight.… This article is an excerpt from The […]

RubyGems, PyPI Hit by Malicious Packages Stealing Credentials, Crypto, Forcing Security Changes 2025-08-08 at 14:17 By A fresh set of 60 malicious packages has been uncovered targeting the RubyGems ecosystem by posing as seemingly innocuous automation tools for social media, blogging, or messaging services to steal credentials from unsuspecting users. The activity is assessed to

Leaked Credentials Up 160%: What Attackers Are Doing With Them 2025-08-08 at 14:17 By When an organization’s credentials are leaked, the immediate consequences are rarely visible—but the long-term impact is far-reaching. Far from the cloak-and-dagger tactics seen in fiction, many real-world cyber breaches begin with something deceptively simple: a username and password. According to Verizon’s

This ‘dictator’ of hormones has a major impact on sleep and metabolism — how to tell if your levels are out of whack 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Tracy Swartz It’s a pretty simple test that resembles a COVID or pregnancy test — except it’s with spit. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News

Binance taps Spain’s BBVA to offer safer crypto custody post-FTX: FT 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Cointelegraph by Arijit Sarkar As trust in crypto exchanges remains low, Binance’s new custody deal with BBVA marks a shift toward traditional finance safeguards. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Sopra Steria bags £115 million legacy extension from UK pensions department after delays to replacement ERP project 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Lindsay Clark New SaaS system awaits a ‘fully costed and deliverable integrated plan’ before it can support 280,000 employees The UK’s pensions and social security department has modified a 12-year-old contract with Sopra Steria,

After 30 years PHP still evolving: Team adds pipe operator, considers generics 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Tim Anderson Modern language features plus high performance FrankenPHP app server make PHP worth another look The PHP team is considering adding a partial implementation of generics to the language, has confirmed that a pipe operator will be in

UK proxy traffic surges as users consider VPN alternatives amid Online Safety Act 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Richard Speed It’s ‘more than a temporary trend,’ Decodo claims Amid the furor around surging VPN usage in the UK, many users are eyeing proxies as a potential alternative to the technology.… This article is an excerpt from

Mexit, not Brexit, is the new priority for the UK 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Rupert Goodwins A Microsoft Exit strategy isn’t just a good idea, it’s vital. It must go a long way beyond a farewell to Redmond Opinion  One of the dangers of stories based on big cash numbers is distraction. The numbers get

Behold the wood-block wonder of the Kilopixel display 2025-08-08 at 13:22 By Richard Speed We’re going out on a limb here… why not branch out from things like retina displays and get a little more fine grained? Feature  In a world where resolution, refresh rates, and frames per second can generate furious discussion, sometimes it’s

GreedyBear Steals $1M in Crypto Using 150+ Malicious Firefox Wallet Extensions 2025-08-08 at 12:24 By A newly discovered campaign dubbed GreedyBear has leveraged over 150 malicious extensions to the Firefox marketplace that are designed to impersonate popular cryptocurrency wallets and steal more than $1 million in digital assets. The published browser add-ons masquerade as MetaMask,

Buying Bitcoin years ago wouldn’t have made you rich today, trader says 2025-08-08 at 10:20 By Cointelegraph by Ciaran Lyons A crypto trader said early Bitcoin investors very likely wouldn’t have the conviction to hold onto the cryptocurrency for over a decade through its many sharp corrections. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

Prohibition never works, but that didn’t stop the UK’s Online Safety Act 2025-08-08 at 10:20 By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Will someone think of the deals politicians are making? Opinion  You might think, since I write about tech all the time, my degrees are in computer science. Nope. I’m a bona fide, degreed historian, which is

North of England snubbed by UK government bag-a-boffin scheme 2025-08-08 at 09:30 By Dan Robinson Home of Manchester Baby can’t bid for talent, baby Institutions in the North of England are being left out of the government’s Global Talent Fund (GTF), designed to attract top scientific brains from abroad to come and work in Britain.…

Memecoin-tied trend of sex toys thrown at WNBA games sees 2 arrests 2025-08-08 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A memecoin group said it’s behind a recent trend of sex toys being thrown during WNBA games, which has seen two men arrested for allegedly taking part. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News

GreedyBear scam group ramps up crypto theft to ‘industrial scale’ 2025-08-08 at 09:11 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young A cybercrime group dubbed “GreedyBear” has stolen over $1 million in crypto using hundreds of fake wallet extensions, malware types and scam websites, Koi Security said. This article is an excerpt from Cointelegraph.com News View Original Source

Air Force buying two Tesla Cybertrucks so it can learn to destroy them 2025-08-08 at 09:11 By Simon Sharwood Fears adversaries will use them in the belief they can take plenty of punishment The US Air Force wants to blow up two Tesla Cybertrucks.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

Confirmed: PCIe 8.0 will double version 7.0’s speed and reach 256.0 GT/s 2025-08-08 at 07:48 By Simon Sharwood A new connector may be on the cards, too The PCI Special Interest Group (PCI-SIG) has confirmed that version 8.0 of the PCI Express (PCIe) specification will allow up to 256 gigatransfers per second, which equates to