oxhak 1 month ago

White House adviser Patrick Witt said an update on a U.S. Bitcoin Reserve is expected in the next few weeks, citing a recent federal asset exploit as a reason to improve safeguards.

U.S. Bitcoin Reserve update coming in 'next few weeks," White House adviser says

White House digital-assets adviser Patrick Witt cited a recent exploit involving assets held by the U.S. Marshals as proof federal crypto holdings ...

oxhak 1 month ago

Canadian privacy regulators said OpenAI broke federal and provincial privacy laws by using personal data to train AI models without proper consent or safeguards.

Engadget

Canadian officials claim OpenAI violated federal and provincial privacy laws - Engadget

Regulators took issue with the amount of personal data the company collected and its approach to consent.

oxhak 1 month ago

Counterpoint Research says strong iPhone 17 demand helped Apple take nearly half of global smartphone revenue in Q1 2026 and reach a record average selling price for a first quarter.

9to5Mac

Report: iPhone 17 demand helped Apple hit record Q1 smartphone revenue - 9to5Mac

Apple secured nearly half of all smartphone market revenue during the first three months of 2026, while also reaching a record average selling pric...

oxhak 1 month ago

A critical flaw in the Node.js sandbox library vm2 lets attackers escape the sandbox and run code on the host system.

BleepingComputer

Critical vm2 sandbox bug lets attackers execute code on hosts

A critical vulnerability in the popular Node.js sandboxing library vm2 allows escaping the sandbox and executing arbitrary code on the host system.

oxhak 1 month ago

Bitcoin hit a multi-month high of $82,833 after Trump paused Gulf ship escorts and reports pointed to a possible U.S.-Iran agreement, before testing $81,500 after a sharp reversal. https://news.bitcoin.com/bitfinex-analysts-flag-84766-trigger-as-bitcoin-tests-81500-after-sharp-reversal/

oxhak 1 month ago

Google has shut down Project Mariner, its autonomous web assistant, as related AI agent work shifts into Gemini.

Android Authority

Google quietly kills Project Mariner as the AI agent race shifts gears

Google is ditching its web-browsing AI agent as smarter, faster AI coworkers like Claude Code and OpenClaw take the spotlight.

oxhak 1 month ago

Eric Trump said major traditional finance firms are changing their view on Bitcoin, pointing to JPMorgan as an example of institutions now showing more openness to the asset.

Eric Trump takes shot at JPMorgan rethinking bitcoin after 'crapping' on asset

The U.S. president's son, who co-founded American Bitcoin, said there's been a turnaround from traditional institutional firms now embracing bitcoin.

oxhak 1 month ago

A study says the AI-powered Climate TRACE database may be greatly undercounting CO2 emissions from vehicles, raising concerns about the accuracy of its transport data.

Gizmodo

This AI-Powered Carbon Emissions Database Has an Embarrassing Error, Study Claims

The pioneering Climate TRACE database may be drastically underestimating CO2 emissions from vehicles, according to a new study.

oxhak 1 month ago

Bitcoin.com News published a sponsored notice saying TEAMZ Summit will return in 2027 after its 2026 Tokyo event. https://news.bitcoin.com/teamz-summit-returns-in-2027-following-landmark-tokyo-edition/

oxhak 1 month ago

Genesis AI unveiled its first robotics AI model, GENE-26.5, and showed robotic hands performing complex tasks after raising a $105 million seed round.

TechCrunch

Khosla-backed robotics startup Genesis AI has gone full stack, demo shows | TechCrunch

Genesis AI, a startup that raised a $105 million seed round to build foundational AI for robotics, has unveiled its first model, GENE-26.5, but als...

oxhak 1 month ago

21Shares launched a UK exchange-traded note giving investors exposure to preferred shares of Strategy, a major Bitcoin treasury firm.

Decrypt

Strategy Yield ETN Gives UK Investors Exposure to Bitcoin Giant's STRC Shares - Decrypt

The 21Shares exchange-traded note gives U.K. investors exposure to preferred shares of top Bitcoin treasury firm, Strategy.

oxhak 1 month ago

A researcher alleges Chrome downloads a 4GB Gemini Nano AI file without user consent. The file may reappear after deletion and is used for on-device AI features.

Engadget

Chrome downloads a 4GB AI file without user consent, researcher alleges - Engadget

At least there

oxhak 1 month ago

A trader opened a $20.3 million leveraged Bitcoin short, with liquidation set near $82,236 as Bitcoin traded close to that level. https://news.bitcoin.com/hyperliquid-btc-short-20m-40x-liquidation-82236-2026/

oxhak 1 month ago

Anthropic launched 10 prebuilt AI agents for finance workers, powered by Claude Opus 4.7, aimed at handling time-consuming tasks in financial services.

TechRadar

Anthropic rolls out a host of new AI agents

Anthropic unveils 10 dedicated AI agents for finance workers

oxhak 1 month ago

Adobe is adding sharing tools to Acrobat PDF Spaces, letting users turn PDFs into AI-powered summaries, audio overviews, presentations, and custom chatbots.

9to5Mac

Acrobat now turns PDFs into shareable AI-powered workspaces - 9to5Mac

Adobe is rolling out new sharing capabilities for PDF Spaces in Acrobat today, letting users turn static materials into interactive workspaces.

oxhak 1 month ago

Colombia is considering Bitcoin mining on its Caribbean coast using surplus renewable energy, according to President Gustavo Petro.

BTC news: Colombia wants to mine bitcoin with surplus renewable energy

President Gustavo Petro said Colombia's Caribbean coast could host bitcoin mining facilities powered by surplus renewable energy, following a path ...

oxhak 1 month ago

Romanian national Gavril Sandu, indicted in 2017 over an alleged hacking scheme from 17 years ago, was arrested and extradited to the US in 2026.

SecurityWeek

Romanian Man Extradited to US for Role in Hacking Scheme 17 Years Ago

A Romanian national was recently extradited to the United States for his role in a cybercrime scheme carried out 17 years ago.

oxhak 1 month ago

CME Group plans to launch regulated Bitcoin volatility futures on June 1, giving investors a US-regulated way to trade expected Bitcoin volatility through its clearing system.

Cointelegraph

CME to Launch Regulated Bitcoin Volatility Futures in June

CME Group plans to launch Bitcoin Volatility futures on June 1, giving institutions a CFTC-regulated way to trade implied BTC volatility as offshor...

oxhak 1 month ago

Researchers showed Rowhammer attacks on NVIDIA Ampere GPUs that can flip GDDR bits and gain control of host CPU memory. One attack reportedly works even with IOMMU enabled.

Schneier on Security

Rowhammer Attack Against NVIDIA Chips - Schneier on Security

A new rowhammer attack gives complete control of NVIDIA CPUs. On Thursday, two research teams, working independently of each other, demonstrated at...

oxhak 1 month ago

Spot Bitcoin ETFs drew nearly $1 billion in two days as Bitcoin moved above $80,000, lifting total assets under management to about $109 billion, the highest level this year.

Cointelegraph

Bitcoin ETFs Extend Rally as Two-Day Inflows Near $1 Billion

Bitcoin ETFs drew $467.4 million in inflows on Tuesday as Bitcoin held above $80,000, lifting assets under management to $109 billion.