NatWest is defending itself against an average of 100 million cyber attacks each month, according to the bank's head of cybersecurity. Speaking to Holyrood's Criminal Justice Committee, Chris Ulliott outlined the 'staggering' scal...
BlackRock has highlighted quantum computing as a potential risk to Bitcoin's long-term security in its recent Bitcoin ETF filing. The inclusion marks a rare mention of quantum risk in mainstream finance. Bitcoin has been trading s...
Anthropic, the AI company behind the Claude chatbot, has been ordered by a federal judge to respond to allegations that it submitted fabricated material-possibly generated by AI-as part of its defense in an ongoing copyright lawsu...
At its May 14 Upfront presentation in New York, Netflix unveiled a major expansion of its advertising strategy, highlighting the growth of its ad-supported tier, which now reaches over 94 million monthly active users globally. Amy...
A stealthy new AI startup in Seattle, ElastixAI, has raised$16 million to build technology that aims to reduce the cost and complexity of running large language models. Rather than focusing on training, the company is developing a...
Russian power engineers have found new ways to spot illegal crypto mining farms in areas with power shortages. In Dagestan, Rosseti and its local branch worked with internet providers to cut internet briefly and measure electricit...
Valve has confirmed that a cache of old Steam two-factor authentication codes and phone numbers, recently circulated by a hacker known as 'Machine1337', is indeed real, but insists it did not suffer a data breach. Instead of point...
A man from Virginia fell victim to a sophisticated PayPal scam that allowed hackers to gain remote control of his computer and access his bank accounts. After receiving a fake email about a laptop purchase, he called the number li...
Kazakhstan is looking to modernise its energy system through digital mining. The government is also considering broader legalisation of crypto trading beyond its current regulatory zone. Under a proposed '70/30
European authorities have broken up a crypto laundering ring that moved over E21 million for criminal groups tied to China and the Middle East. Dubbed the 'mafia crypto bank,' the group used the hawala method and cryptocurrency to...
Google DeepMind has unveiled AlphaEvolve, a new AI system designed to help solve complex scientific and mathematical problems by improving how algorithms are developed. Rather than acting like a standard chatbot, AlphaEvolve blend...
The Body of European Regulators for Electronic Communications (BEREC) is updating its guidelines on what qualifies as a Very High Capacity Network (VHCN) under Article 82 of the European Electronic Communications Code (EECC). The ...