Crypto hardware maker Ledger says wallets drained in latest attack
Crypto hardware maker Ledger SAS said it’s investigating reports that a number of users had seen a “loss of funds” from their wallets, knocking the industry further as attacks continue to pepper a technology once considered impervious to digital theft. The Paris-based company said the information it had gathered to date indicated that affected wallets
Justin Drake, the rresearcher warns about bitcoin security
One of Bitcoin’s biggest drawing powers for enthusiasts is security—particularly its decentralized network—meaning there’s no single point of failure that hackers or authorities can target to shut down trading. But a warning from a researcher for the Ethereum Foundation has launched a debate about whether the cryptocurrency is as safe as believed in the age
Intel and Broadcom CEOs say this will slow down AI and it is not chip shortage
The artificial intelligence boom has been held back by a shortage of chips and power, but the top bosses at Intel and Broadcom are now warning of a new roadblock: cold, hard cash. As tech giants race to build larger AI models and expand their infrastructure, the sheer cost of keeping up could soon become
Norway fines Microsoft’s Xandr US$9.6mil over Grindr data sharing
Norway’s data protection authority has fined Microsoft’s adtech unit Xandr 92 million crowns (US$9.61 million) for unlawfully relaying Grindr users’ sensitive data to thousands of advertisers, it said on Monday. Xandr relayed data revealing the sexual orientation of users of Grindr, a dating app for LGBTQIA+ people, to companies in automated ad auctions from July
Total fire ban for Sydney, with high temperatures and risk of bushfires from ‘dry lightning’
A total fire ban was in place across greater Sydney on Monday with temperatures soaring above 35C in the city’s west. The Bureau of Meteorology said Sydney faced extreme fire danger due to hot, dry conditions and the chance of thunderstorms, with little rainfall. On Monday morning, the bureau said temperatures would be “well above
The new highly venomous jellyfish is actually a new species
A new species doesn’t always emerge from some unexplored corner of the ocean. Sometimes, it has been right in front of scientists, hiding behind a familiar name. Researchers studying box jellyfish near Singapore have now identified one such case: a highly venomous species previously mistaken for another jellyfish.A closer look at both their bodies and
US imposes sanctions on ICC hours after South African judge wins Nobel Peace Prize
US President Donald Trump’s administration imposed sanctions on the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday, 9 October, hours after one of its former judges won the Nobel Peace Prize, South Africa’s Navi Pillay, putting Washington on a diplomatic collision course with European allies. The ICC’s deputy prosecutor, Nazhat Shameem Khan, condemned the sanctions and said
Google is working on HDR emoji for Chat
An APK teardown of the latest version of Gmail revealed that Google is looking to bring HDR emoji to its Chat app. That’s the Google Hangouts successor, which is part of the Google Workspace suite, for those outside the loop on Google software. A specific code string in the newest Gmail build hints at “display-supported
Abundance of US multinationals leaves Ireland prone to undersea cable attacks
Ireland is more vulnerable to undersea cable attacks due to how many key US multinationals it hosts. Elisabeth Braw, a senior fellow at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security with the US think tank the Atlantic Council, said that increased global instability and a heavy reliance on data connectivity means that undersea cables are
US, European telecom stocks slide as SpaceX spectrum deal rattles sector
US and European telecom stocks tumbled on Friday after SpaceX’s acquisition of low-band spectrum heightened concerns over growing competition from satellite-based mobile services. T-Mobile US, Verizon and AT&T fell between 5.5% and 7.4% in premarket trading, while the STOXX Europe 600 Telecommunications index dropped over 2% to its lowest level since January 30.The slide came