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US lawmaker will reintroduce crypto retirement bill to help Trump agenda 2025-04-01 at 20:05 By Cointelegraph by Turner Wright For the second time, Alabama Senator Tommy Tuberville is set to reintroduce a bill aimed at allowing Americans to add cryptocurrency to their retirement savings plans. In a March 31 Fox News interview, Sen. Tuberville said […]

FAA closes investigations into Blue Origin landing fail, Starship Flight 7 explosion 2025-04-01 at 19:34 By Richard Speed New Glenn landing scuppered by engine problems The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is closing its investigations into both the SpaceX Starship Flight 7 explosion and Blue Origin New Glenn-1 landing failure.… This article is an excerpt […]

Enterprise Gmail Users Can Now Send End-to-End Encrypted Emails to Any Platform 2025-04-01 at 19:33 By On the 21st birthday of Gmail, Google has announced a major update that allows enterprise users to send end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) to any user in any email inbox in a few clicks. The feature is rolling out starting today […]

Bitcoin price flips volatile as traders eye $84.5K breakout 2025-04-01 at 19:05 By Cointelegraph by William Suberg Bitcoin (BTC) repeated earlier volatility at the April 1 Wall Street open as US trade tariff talk kept markets nervous. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: Cointelegraph/TradingView Bitcoin stays erratic ahead of crunch tariffs Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and […]

Microsoft to mark five decades of Ctrl-Alt-Deleting the competition 2025-04-01 at 18:50 By Richard Speed Copilot told us that half a century is 25 years. It feels much longer Microsoft will officially hit the half-century mark on Friday as the Windows giant turns 50 years old. What do you consider the highs and lows of […]

OpenAI raises $40B at $300B valuation in round led by SoftBank 2025-04-01 at 18:20 By Thomas Barrabi Sam Altman’s OpenAI has raised $40 billion in a funding round led by investment giant SoftBank as it looks to stave off competition like Elon Musk’s xAI and China-based DeepSeek. This article is an excerpt from Latest Technology […]

Bybit to shut down NFT marketplace as trading volumes decline 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Cryptocurrency exchange Bybit has announced the shutdown of its non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace. In an April 1 announcement, Bybit warned its users that its NFT marketplace will cease operations on April 8, 2025, at 4:00 pm (UTC). […]

Bitcoin’s quantum-resistant hard fork is inevitable — It’s the only chance to fix node incentives 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Michael Tabone Opinion by: Dr. Michael Tabone, senior economist for Cointelegraph Bitcoin (BTC) has long been hailed as unbreakable and untouchable, a digital stronghold against the forces of change. Bitcoin’s bedrock of security is […]

Multiple altcoins crash on April Fools’ day, crypto market holds steady 2025-04-01 at 18:10 By Cointelegraph by Helen Partz A number of altcoins and memecoins saw a sharp sell-off on April Fools’ Day, April 1, with some tokens, including Act I The AI Prophecy, dropping nearly 60% in minutes. Act I The AI Prophecy (ACT), […]

Lucid PhaaS Hits 169 Targets in 88 Countries Using iMessage and RCS Smishing 2025-04-01 at 17:55 By A new sophisticated phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform called Lucid has targeted 169 entities in 88 countries using smishing messages propagated via Apple iMessage and Rich Communication Services (RCS) for Android. Lucid’s unique selling point lies in its weaponizing of […]

Writing for humans? Perhaps in future we’ll write specifically for AI – and be paid for it 2025-04-01 at 17:32 By Thomas Claburn ‘There needs to be a better economic as well as copyright framework’, Thomson Reuters CPO tells us Interview  Thomson Reuters, based in Canada, recently scored a partial summary judgment against Ross Intelligence, […]

Hacker transfers $70M out of payment platform UPCX 2025-04-01 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Ezra Reguerra Update April 1, 1:42 pm UTC: This article has been updated to add comments from Cyvers co-founder and chief technology officer Meir Dolev. An unauthorized party withdrew approximately $70 million in digital assets from open-source payment platform UPCX, according […]

Coinbase sees worst quarter since FTX collapse amid industry bloodbath 2025-04-01 at 17:07 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Publicly traded US-based crypto exchange Coinbase saw its worst quarter since the collapse of crypto exchange FTX in 2022. Coinbase shares started 2025 trading at just over $257 on Jan. 2 and ended the quarter at a […]

Trump yanks CHIPS Act cash unless tech giants pony up more of their own dough 2025-04-01 at 16:50 By Dan Robinson Commerce chief threatens to pull grants so firms double down on US spending More doubt is being cast over the US CHIPS Act program with the Trump administration threatening to halt payments unless companies […]

Breaking: Ransomware Has Been Eradicated 2025-04-01 at 16:18 By Monica White After decades of struggle, ransomware gangs have finally been vanquished This article is an excerpt from Broadcom Software Blogs View Original Source

Google makes end-to-end encrypted Gmail easy for all – even Outlook users 2025-04-01 at 16:04 By Connor Jones The UK government must be thrilled Google will soon offer end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) email for all users, even those who do not use Google Workspace, and says it’ll do so without imposing any undue stress on IT […]

Delicious irony as Euro alliance pumps €1M of Microsoft’s money into open source cloud federation tech 2025-04-01 at 15:36 By Richard Speed Fulcrum is region’s latest challenge to the hyperscalers An alliance of cloud service providers in Europe is investing €1 million into the Fulcrum Project, an open source cloud federation tech that gives an […]

Metaplanet adds $67M in Bitcoin following 10-to-1 stock split 2025-04-01 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Zoltan Vardai Japan-based Metaplanet has expanded its Bitcoin holdings, purchasing 696 BTC for 10.152 billion yen ($67 million), the company announced in an April 1 post on X. The investment pushes Metaplanet’s total Bitcoin stash to 4,046 BTC, valued at […]

Tether adds 8,888 Bitcoin in Q1 as holdings exceed $8.4B 2025-04-01 at 15:01 By Cointelegraph by Adrian Zmudzinski Tether, issuer of the USDT stablecoin, acquired 8,888 Bitcoin in the first quarter of 2025, according to onchain data. Onchain transaction data shows that Tether moved its newly acquired Bitcoin (BTC), worth roughly $750 million at the […]

UK threatens £100K-a-day fines under new cyber bill 2025-04-01 at 14:56 By Connor Jones Tech secretary reveals landmark legislation’s full details for first time The UK’s technology secretary revealed the full breadth of the government’s Cyber Security and Resilience (CSR) Bill for the first time this morning, pledging £100,000 ($129,000) daily fines for failing to […]