OpenAI is hiring a “head of preparedness” on a $555k salary to monitor and defend against risks from powerful AI, including cyberattacks, biological threats, and impacts on mental health, highlighting growing concern inside the industry over AI safety.
Strategy announces it will buy more bitcoin every week, continuing to increase its Bitcoin holdings despite ongoing criticism.
A former Coinbase customer support agent in India has been arrested for helping hackers steal sensitive data from about 69,500 customers, part of a 2025 breach where insiders at an outsourcing firm were bribed to give database access for extortion attempts.
Stablecoins hit over $300B in value in 2025 and now handle more daily transactions than BTC, as new U.S. rules (GENIUS Act) give clear backing for their use alongside Bitcoin in the wider financial system.
Korean Air says a hack at its catering partner exposed names and bank account numbers of thousands of employees from its HR system. The Clop ransomware group claims responsibility and has posted the stolen data on its dark web site.
Strategy (MSTR), the largest public Bitcoin holder, bought 1,229 BTC for about $109 million last week, taking its total holdings to 672,497 BTC, purchased for about $50.4 billion at an average price of $74,997 per bitcoin.
Microsoft is rolling out the new GPT‑5.2 "Smart Plus" mode in Copilot on web, Windows, and mobile as a free upgrade, bringing faster help for complex tasks like coding, long documents, spreadsheets, and image work alongside the existing GPT‑5.1 model.
Russia’s Sberbank has issued the country’s first bitcoin‑backed loan to major miner Intelion Data, using its own custody tool to hold BTC as collateral and signaling growing institutional use of Bitcoin in traditional lending.
Samsung’s new Exynos Modem 5410, expected in some Galaxy S26 phones, adds lower power use, stronger satellite connections, and a built-in chip to better protect data from future quantum computer attacks.
JPMorgan, Tim Draper, Benjamin Cowen, and Standard Chartered now offer sharply different views on where Bitcoin could go by 2026, highlighting uncertainty over its role as digital gold, future demand, and how strong the next cycle may be.
Researchers uncovered a five-month phishing campaign that used 27 fake npm software packages as web hosting to steal Microsoft login details from staff at 25 industrial and healthcare firms in the US and allied countries.
Bitcoin ends 2025 near $90,000 after a sharp pullback from record highs, but large holders are heavily buying in the $80,000 range while smaller investors sell. Bitfinex and onchain data show whales building long-term positions despite recent weakness.
OnePlus teases its new Turbo 6 phones in China, revealing a huge 9,000 mAh battery, a very fast 165Hz screen, and a Snapdragon 8s Gen 4 chip. The phones launch January 8 and may later appear globally under a different name.
A new flaw in MongoDB, CVE-2025-14847, is being actively exploited worldwide. It lets attackers steal data like passwords and API keys from server memory without logging in, with over 87,000 MongoDB systems potentially exposed.
Bitcoin hit back above $90,000 as renewed Russia-Ukraine tensions boosted demand for perceived safe-haven assets, even as spot BTC ETFs saw about $780 million in net outflows over Dec. 22–26 and traders watched a possible price breakout pattern.
Samsung has reportedly built its own graphics chip design for the Exynos 2800, planned for 2027. The new chip aims to run AI tasks better on the device and could later power products like smart glasses, car systems, self-driving tech, and robots.
IBM has announced that former CEO Lou Gerstner has died at 83. He is credited with transforming IBM in the 1990s by uniting its divisions, expanding its tech services business, and pushing its software to run on many different computer systems.
Bitcoin miners now face payback times of over 1,000 days for many rigs as rewards were cut and BTC has traded sideways below 90k. Smaller miners are shutting older machines, while only the most efficient setups with very cheap power remain clearly profitable.
Researchers propose a Compliance Rating Scheme and open-source library to track how AI training datasets are collected and shared, scoring them on transparency, accountability, and security to help standardize data practices for generative AI.
Bitcoin rose over 2% to trade above $90,000, reaching about $90,143 as worries about a Russia-Ukraine peace deal pushed oil prices higher, lifting broader financial markets.
