Senate votes to revoke California’s ability to set air pollution standards
The state was to require increasing sales of zero-emissions cars and passenger trucks starting in 2026.
Month: May 2025
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A safety institute advised against releasing an early version of Anthropic’s Claude Opus 4 AI model
A third-party research institute that Anthropic partnered with to test one of its new flagship AI models, Claude Opus 4, recommended against deploying an early version of the model due to its tendency to “scheme” and deceive. According to a safety report Anthropic published Thursday, the institute, Apollo Research, conducted tests to see in which … Read more
‘Major Wake-Up Call’: How $400M Coinbase Breach Exposes Crypto’s Dark Side
Last week’s highly organized breach of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase (COIN) left behind more questions than answers. While some hailed Coinbase’s response as a “really great example” in dealing with a crisis, the breach has now caused a potentially massive privacy issue that mirrors the Ledger data breach in 2021 — which led to a spate … Read more
Bitcoin Pizza Day, 15 Years Later: Here’s How Much Those Pies Are Worth Now
Back in 2010, a man paid 10,000 BTC to buy two pizzas. With Bitcoin hitting a new all-time high, here’s how much those coins are worth now.
Centrifuge Expands Tokenized RWAs to Solana, Starting With $400M Treasury Fund
Tokenized asset platform Centrifuge said it’s expanding services on the Solana blockchain, starting with the $400 million tokenized U.S. Treasury fund managed by Anemoy (JTRSY). The expansion builds on Centrifuge’s token standard — dubbed “deRWA tokens” — that allows token holders to freely transfer and use tokenized instruments across decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols. In this … Read more
Mozilla is shutting down Pocket
Mozilla is shutting down Pocket, the handy bookmarking tool used to save articles and webpages for later. The organization announced that Pocket will stop working on July 8th, 2025, as Mozilla begins concentrating its “resources into projects that better match their browsing habits and online needs.” Following the shutdown, you’ll only be able to export … Read more
Kraken to offer tokenized US stocks to non-US clients
Crypto exchange Kraken is planning to offer non-US customers the option of trading tokenized US stocks, part of the company’s push to offer more traditional assets via tokenization. The products will be offered through Backed, a new Kraken partner, according to a statement shared with Cointelegraph. Tokens representing the stocks will be stored on the … Read more
The AirPods Max with USB-C are a great Memorial Day deal at $70 off
At $479.99, the AirPods Max are now at their second-best price to date. From savings on big-ticket items like LG’s C4 OLED TVs to smaller ones like the Garmin Forerunner 265, there are plenty of great Memorial Day deals to shop right now – many of which we’ve gathered in our roundup of the best … Read more
Microsoft says Lumma password stealer malware found on 394,000 Windows PCs
Microsoft and law enforcement announced a coordinated takedown of the Lumma pasword-stealing malware.
Mozilla is shutting down read-it-later app Pocket
Mozilla announced on Thursday that it’s shutting down Pocket, a read-it-later app it acquired in 2017, on July 8. The company is also shutting down Fakespot, its browser extension that helps users identify unreliable reviews. “Pocket has helped millions save articles and discover stories worth reading,” Mozilla said in a blog post. “But the way … Read more
Democrats Threaten Lawsuits, Join Protests Ahead of Trump Memecoin Dinner
Congressional Democrats threatened lawsuits, introduced legislation and planned protests in the lead-up to U.S. President Donald Trump’s memecoin dinner. Trump, whose affiliated businesses issued the $TRUMP memecoin just days before he was inaugurated for his second term, announced he would host the 220 largest holders of his token for a dinner at the Trump National … Read more
The new Mission: Impossible is a comedy wearing a convincing disguise
What Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One lacked in narrative cohesion, it made up for by leaning into the reality that larger-than-life spectacle and Tom Cruise’s enthusiasm for doing his own stunt work have always been the franchise’s main draw. Even though the film’s artificial intelligence-focused plot felt a little shaky, its action was … Read more
3D Instagram photos are coming to Meta Quest headsets
Meta is beginning to test showing 3D photos on Instagram if you’re looking at your feed on a Meta Quest VR headset. “Thanks to our AI view synthesis algorithms, we can transform the existing photos that show up in Instagram feed pixel by pixel – no fancy 3D cameras required,” Meta says in a blog … Read more
Open social web browser Surf makes it easier for anyone to build custom feeds
With Starter Sets, Surf is simplifying the process of building those custom feeds, personalizing them, and even publishing them off-platform, if you choose.
Nvidia’s RTX 5060 review debacle should be a wake-up call for gamers and reviewers
Nvidia has gone too far. This week, the company reportedly attempted to delay, derail, and manipulate reviews of its $299 GeForce RTX 5060 graphics card, which would normally be its bestselling GPU of the generation. Nvidia has repeatedly and publicly said the budget 60-series cards are its most popular, and this year it reportedly tried … Read more
US lawmaker introduces anti-corruption bill ahead of Trump's dinner
California Representative Maxine Waters, ranking member of the US House Financial Services Committee, has announced plans to introduce legislation “to block [Donald] Trump’s memecoin and stop his crypto corruption.” In a May 22 notice, Rep. Waters said the Stop Trading, Retention, and Unfair Market Payoffs (TRUMP) in Crypto Act of 2025 bill would be aimed … Read more
Halo Security Achieves SOC 2 Type 1 Compliance, Validating Security Controls For Its Attack Surface
Miami, Florida, May 22nd, 2025/CyberNewsWire/–Halo Security, a leading provider of attack surface management and penetration testing services, today announced it has successfully achieved SOC 2 Type 1 compliance following a comprehensive audit by Insight Assurance. This certification validates that Halo Security’s security controls and practices are properly designed and implemented to meet the SOC 2 … Read more
Sui Token Starts to Recover After $223 Million Exploit on Its Biggest Decentralized Exchange
An attacker siphoned more than $200 million from Cetus on Thursday.
Russia Could Relocate Bitcoin Miners To Northern Regions: Report
The move to repurpose its old oil production infrastructure comes after Russia slapped a Bitcoin mining ban on regions in the south.
Why It’s Difficult to Accurately Predict Ethereum Transaction Times
Table of Links Abstract and 1 Introduction 2 Background and 2.1 Blockchain 2.2 Transactions 3 Motivating Example 4 Computing Transaction Processing Times 5 Data Collection and 5.1 Data Sources 5.2 Approach 6 Results 6.1 RQ1: How long does it take to process a transaction in Ethereum? 6.2 RQ2: How accurate are the estimates for transaction … Read more
Google’s AI product names are confusing as hell
On the bright side, at least this isn’t called Bard. Google executives took the stage this week at I/O to unveil their latest AI technology: Deep Think. Or was it Deep Search? Then there’s the new subscription plan, Google AI Pro, which used to be Gemini Advanced, plus the new AI Ultra plan. Then there’s … Read more