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College students create robot that breaks record for solving Rubik’s cube — smashing prior record held by $80B auto maker 2025-05-16 at 09:36 By Daryl Khan Faster than a blink of the eye. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News and Product Reviews | New York Post View Original Source

Stablecoin bill passes in Northern Marianas as House overrides veto 2025-05-16 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan The Pacific US territory of the Northern Mariana Islands has passed a bill allowing its small constituent island of Tinian to launch a stablecoin, overriding an earlier veto by the territory’s governor. The 20-member Northern Mariana Islands […]

Starknet hits ‘Stage 1’ decentralization, tops ZK-rollups for value locked 2025-05-16 at 09:04 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Ethereum layer-2 scaling platform Starknet has reached a decentralization milestone laid out by Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin and is now the largest zero-knowledge rollup-based network by total value locked. Starknet said in a press release shared with […]

Sci-fi author Neal Stephenson wants AIs fighting AIs so those most fit to live with us survive 2025-05-16 at 08:46 By Simon Sharwood Fears surrendering to GenAI makes humans less competitive Science fiction author Neal Stephenson has suggested AIs should be allowed to fight other AIs, because evolution brings balance to ecosystems, but also thinks […]

Microsoft blows deadline for special Azure for EU hosters 2025-05-16 at 08:46 By Richard Speed Lawyers prepare to get suited and booted if ‘Plan B’ to address unfair competition claims is a no show Microsoft has failed to deliver a special version of Azure for EU cloud providers on time, raising the specter of legal […]

DOJ charges 12 more gamer-turned $263M Bitcoin robbers 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Another 12 people have been charged for their involvement in a $263 million crypto crime spree that stole 4,100 Bitcoin from a Genesis creditor last August, along with a string of break-ins and money laundering.  The 12 new names, […]

Crypto’s lack of ‘frothy use case’ a good sign: WisdomTree exec 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Jason Guthrie, head of product at asset manager WisdomTree, says he’s optimistic despite a noticeable lack of hype that typically comes along with a crypto bull run.  There hasn’t been a “really frothy use case that […]

Grok ‘white genocide’ rant due to unauthorized prompt change: xAI 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence firm xAI has blamed an “unauthorized modification” to the Grok chatbot’s response, causing it to generate responses mentioning political and racial tensions in South Africa.  On May 16, xAI provided an update on […]

Update on Marks & Spencer Cyberattack 2025-05-16 at 08:08 By Marks & Spencer (M&S) has provided an update on the cyberattack it recently experienced.  This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Almost Half of Healthcare Breaches Involved Microsoft 365 2025-05-16 at 07:18 By Healthcare sector suffers a rise in ransomware attacks. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

Credential Harvesting Becomes Top Retail Data Threat 2025-05-16 at 07:18 By Cybercriminals target retail credentials. This article is an excerpt from Subscribe to Security Magazine’s RSS Feed View Original Source

AI scammers are now impersonating US government bigwigs, says FBI 2025-05-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Deepfake-assisted hackers are now targeting US federal and state officials by masquerading as senior US officials in the latest brazen phishing campaign to steal sensitive data.  The bad actors have been operating since April, using deepfake voice […]

Brazil fintech gets approval to become a Bitcoin treasury company 2025-05-16 at 06:03 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea Méliuz’s executive chairman says his fintech firm has become Brazil’s first publicly-traded Bitcoin treasury company following shareholder approval, with the firm also announcing it bought $28.4 million worth of Bitcoin to add to its existing stack. “Historic […]

Trump says he has a problem if Apple builds iThings in India 2025-05-16 at 05:48 By Simon Sharwood Cupertino’s plan to spend $500bn stateside wasn’t enough to placate the tycoon of tariffs US president Donald Trump has told Apple CEO Tim Cook he has a problem with his plan to manufacture iThings in India.… This […]

Tornado Cash dev Roman Storm trial goes ahead with slight trim 2025-05-16 at 05:03 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan US federal prosecutors are pressing ahead with their case against Tornado Cash founder Roman Storm, but will drop a small part of their indictment after the Department of Justice rolled back its crypto enforcement last month. […]

Scammers are deepfaking voices of senior US government officials, warns FBI 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Iain Thomson They’re smishing, they’re vishing The FBI has warned that fraudsters are impersonating “senior US officials” using deepfakes as part of a major fraud campaign.… This article is an excerpt from The Register View Original Source

DoorDash scam used fake drivers, phantom deliveries to bilk $2.59M 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Jessica Lyons Entire process took less than five minutes, prosecutors say A former DoorDash driver has pleaded guilty to participating in a $2.59 million scheme that used fake accounts, insider access to reassign orders, and bogus delivery reports to trigger payouts […]

NASA keeps ancient Voyager 1 spacecraft alive with Hail Mary thruster fix 2025-05-16 at 04:33 By Brandon Vigliarolo Failure could’ve triggered a small explosion NASA has revived a set of thrusters on the nearly 50-year-old Voyager 1 spacecraft after declaring them inoperable over two decades ago. … This article is an excerpt from The Register View […]

Wisconsin Investment Board sold off its Bitcoin ETF stash 2025-05-16 at 04:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The State of Wisconsin Investment Board (SWIB), which oversees the state’s retirement funds, unloaded its shares in BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) during the first quarter, filings show. The Wisconsin Investment Board reported no spot Bitcoin ETF […]

Meta delays release of flagship ‘Behemoth’ AI model as engineers struggle: report 2025-05-16 at 02:17 By Reuters Meta had called the Llama 4 Behemoth “one of the smartest LLMs in the world and our most powerful yet to serve as a teacher for our new models.” This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology News […]