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US Senate crypto bills stall amid Trump ties and ethics concerns

US Senate crypto bills stall amid Trump ties and ethics concerns 2025-05-06 at 12:00 By Cointelegraph by Amin Haqshanas Efforts to pass crypto legislation in the US Senate face mounting resistance amid growing ethical concerns around US President Donald Trump’s ties to crypto. In a May 5 letter to the Office of Government Ethics, Senators […]

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Infosec guru Schneier worries corp AI will manipulate us

Infosec guru Schneier worries corp AI will manipulate us 2025-05-06 at 11:50 By Iain Thomson Can we turn to govt, academic models instead? RSAC  Corporate AI models are already skewed to serve their makers’ interests, and unless governments and academia step up to build transparent alternatives, the tech risks becoming just another tool for commercial […]

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Microsoft will let partners get creative with pay-when-you-want SaaS plans

Microsoft will let partners get creative with pay-when-you-want SaaS plans 2025-05-06 at 10:46 By Simon Sharwood A few million here, a few million there, pretty soon you’re talking real money Microsoft partners can now tailor private offers that allow buyers to vary the amount and timing of payments for some SaaS products and services.… This […]

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Signal Clone App Used By Trump Official Suspended After a Hack

Signal Clone App Used By Trump Official Suspended After a Hack 2025-05-06 at 10:23 View original post at Safety Detectives The company behind an unofficial version of Signal, seemingly used by Trump administration officials, has temporarily halted its services after a reported breach, which may have exposed sensitive messages. Smarsh, an Oregon-based company that operates […]

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Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit

Bitcoin Core to unilaterally remove controversial OP-Return limit 2025-05-06 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Bitcoin Core developers have decided to remove a limit on transaction data in the next network upgrade, enabling more data to be included in a more efficient way.  “Bitcoin Core’s next release will, by default, relay and mine transactions […]

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Celsius’ Mashinsky lashes out at ‘death-in-prison sentence’

Celsius’ Mashinsky lashes out at ‘death-in-prison sentence’ 2025-05-06 at 10:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte Alex Mashinsky, the founder and former CEO of bankrupt crypto lending platform Celsius, has blasted the government’s 20-year “venom-laced” sentence request, declaring it a “death-in-prison sentence.” The US Department of Justice requested Mashinsky receive at least 20 years behind bars […]

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Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches?

Omnissa, VMware’s old end-user outfit, moves to manage servers and … Apple Watches? 2025-05-06 at 09:31 By Simon Sharwood And declares hypervisor independence after being tied to vSphere Omnissa, the company that acquired VMware’s end-user compute portfolio, is moving beyond its traditional territory of managing endpoint devices and into server management.… This article is an […]

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Google Fixes Actively Exploited Android System Flaw in May 2025 Security Update

Google Fixes Actively Exploited Android System Flaw in May 2025 Security Update 2025-05-06 at 09:31 By Google has released its monthly security updates for Android with fixes for 46 security flaws, including one vulnerability that it said has been exploited in the wild. The vulnerability in question is CVE-2025-27363 (CVSS score: 8.1), a high-severity flaw […]

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Suspect in $190M Nomad hack to be extradited to the US: Report

Suspect in $190M Nomad hack to be extradited to the US: Report 2025-05-06 at 09:02 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea A Russian-Israeli citizen allegedly involved in the $190 million Nomad bridge hack will soon be extradited to the US after he was reportedly arrested at an Israeli airport while boarding a flight to Russia.  Alexander […]

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Critical Langflow Flaw Added to CISA KEV List Amid Ongoing Exploitation Evidence

Critical Langflow Flaw Added to CISA KEV List Amid Ongoing Exploitation Evidence 2025-05-06 at 08:31 By A recently disclosed critical security flaw impacting the open-source Langflow platform has been added to the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog by the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), citing evidence of active exploitation. The vulnerability, tracked as […]

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Florida takes strategic Bitcoin reserve bills off the table

Florida takes strategic Bitcoin reserve bills off the table 2025-05-06 at 08:03 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young Two Florida crypto bills have been removed from the legislative process in the latest blow to American state-level strategic Bitcoin reserve ambitions.  Florida’s House Bill 487 and Senate Bill 550 have been “indefinitely postponed and withdrawn from consideration” […]

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Tron says DAO X hack cost victims $45K, Curve Finance also hit

Tron says DAO X hack cost victims $45K, Curve Finance also hit 2025-05-06 at 07:02 By Cointelegraph by Stephen Katte A hacker who took over the Tron DAO X account is estimated to have made around $45,000 in improperly solicited funds, according to a spokesperson from Tron.  Speaking to Cointelegraph, the Tron public relations team […]

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New crypto bill draft seen to curb big crypto firm influence

New crypto bill draft seen to curb big crypto firm influence 2025-05-06 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Brayden Lindrea The new “Digital Asset Market Structure Discussion Draft” introduced by House Republicans on May 5 could work to reduce the dominance of large crypto firms and promote more participation in the broader market, according to an […]

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Fresh $1B in Tether mints on Tron, closing gap again with Ethereum

Fresh $1B in Tether mints on Tron, closing gap again with Ethereum 2025-05-06 at 06:01 By Cointelegraph by Martin Young The Tron network has drawn closer to regaining the lead from Ethereum in Tether circulation after another big mint by the US stablecoin issuer. On May 5, Tether minted another $1 billion Tether (USDT) on […]

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Samourai Wallet says feds hid advice that crypto mixer was in the clear

Samourai Wallet says feds hid advice that crypto mixer was in the clear 2025-05-06 at 05:02 By Cointelegraph by Jesse Coghlan Samourai Wallet’s lawyers allege federal prosecutors suppressed advice that the firm didn’t need a license before they charged executives at the crypto mixing service months later.  In a May 5 letter to a Manhattan […]

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China’s Loongson gets OpenStack boost from Inspur on its MIPS-y silicon

China’s Loongson gets OpenStack boost from Inspur on its MIPS-y silicon 2025-05-06 at 04:20 By Simon Sharwood State-backed chip slinger inches closer to cloud-scale relevance Chinese chip designer Loongson claims more than 100 products now run on its homegrown LoongArch architecture, including an OpenStack-based cloud stack from domestic hyperscale heavyweight Inspur.… This article is an […]

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CISA slammed for role in ‘censorship industrial complex’ as budget faces possible $500M cut

CISA slammed for role in ‘censorship industrial complex’ as budget faces possible $500M cut 2025-05-06 at 03:19 By Iain Thomson Because who needs cybersecurity when there’s culture wars to win President Trump’s 2026 budget proposal would gut the US govt’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, aka CISA, by $491 million – about 17 percent – […]

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