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Google DeepMind has deployed a new AI agent designed to autonomously find and fix critical security vulnerabilities in software code. The system, aptly-named CodeMender, has already contributed 72 security fixes to established open-source projects in the last six months.Identifying and patching vulnerabilities is a notoriously difficult and time-consuming process, even with the aid of traditional automated methods like fuzzing. Google DeepMind’s own research, including AI-based projects such as Big Sleep and OSS-Fuzz, has proven effective at discovering new zero-day vulnerabilities in well-audited code. This success, however, creates a new bottleneck: as AI accelerates the discovery of flaws, the burden on…

US prosecutors appealed the sentences of time served given to the co-founders of HashFlare, a crypto mining service and $577 million Ponzi scheme.Prosecutors told a Seattle federal court on Tuesday that the government was appealing the sentences handed down earlier this month to Sergei Potapenko and Ivan Turõgin to the Ninth Circuit.Potapenko and Turõgin were in custody for 16 months in their native Estonia after their arrest in October 2022 and were extradited to the US in May 2024, where they pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud.The government had argued that the pair should get 10 years in…

Key takeaways: XRP (XRP) has repeatedly broken above the $3 level since its November 2024 boom, but each attempt has ended in a fakeout followed by deeper corrections.XRP/USD four-hour price chart. Source: TradingViewOn Saturday, its price once again slipped below its $3 support, coinciding with its 200-4H exponential moving average (EMA; green wave). Can the XRP price decline even further in the coming days? Let’s examine.XRP chart fractal puts 15% correction in playXRP is mirroring a bearish fractal that may trigger a 15% drop toward $2.60 in the coming days. In September, the token’s price formed a rounded top, then…

Stablecoin issuer Tether will reportedly pitch its own list of board candidates and “governance changes” for Juventus, a football club based in Italy in which the company has a 10.7% stake.According to a Monday Reuters report, Tether’s suggestions for the football club’s board will come ahead of a Nov. 7 shareholder meeting, and it will also contribute about $129 million as part of a capital increase in Juventus. The stablecoin issuer initially invested in Juventus in February, increasing its stake to more than 10% in April as part of a “commitment to innovation and long-term collaboration,” according to CEO Paolo…

Whales have accumulated 70M ADA as retail traders stay cautious. Cardano (ADA) faces key breakout resistance near the $0.89 level. Bitcoin’s dominance limits altcoin momentum and ADA’s recovery. Cardano’s price has been caught in a tug-of-war as the broader crypto market rallies behind Bitcoin’s surge to record highs. While Cardano (ADA) remains more than 70% below its all-time peak, signs of accumulation by large holders suggest that the token could be preparing for a decisive move, with $0.89 emerging as the key breakout level. However, retail hesitation and shifting market sentiment continue to weigh on its momentum, leaving traders watching…

Cryptocurrency investment products recorded their highest-ever inflows last week, as the US government shutdown fueled a rally in spot crypto markets.Global crypto exchange-traded products (ETPs) recorded $5.95 billion of inflows in the week ending Friday — the largest ever seen — CoinShares reported on Monday.“We believe this was due to a delayed response to the FOMC [Federal Open Market Committee] interest rate cut, compounded by very weak employment data […], and concerns over US government stability following the shutdown,” CoinShares’ head of research, James Butterfill, said.The record inflows came amid an overall bullish trend in crypto markets, which led to…

This is a sponsored article brought to you by COMSOL.Simulation software is useful in the analysis of new designs for improving power grid resilience, ensuring efficient and reliable power distribution, and developing components that integrate alternative energy sources, such as nuclear fusion and renewables. The ability to simulate multiple physical phenomena in a unified modeling environment gives engineers a deeper understanding of how different components of the grid interact with and affect each other.For example, when designing the various components of grid infrastructure, such as transformers and transmission lines, multiphysics electromagnetic field analysis is essential for ensuring the safety of…

Bitcoin’s price rallied last week, climbing 12.14% and erasing the losses from a lackluster September. While altcoins largely drove major rallies from July to September, this time the bull run was led by Bitcoin. Over the same period, major altcoins like Ethereum (ETH) and Solana (SOL) saw more modest gains of 12.90% and 13.24%, respectively.Sponsored SponsoredBull’s Reasons: Shutdowns, Jobs, and the FedThe key factor in last week’s rally was the US government shutdown, which began at midnight EST on Wednesday. During a shutdown, US government employees stop working, and the government cannot use its budget. This includes federal employee salaries…

In the race to automate everything – from customer service to code – AI is being heralded as a silver bullet. The narrative is seductive: AI tools that can write entire applications, streamline engineering teams and reduce the need for expensive human developers, along with hundreds of other jobs. But from my point of view as a technologist who spends every day inside real companies’ data and workflows, the hype doesn’t match up with the reality. I’ve worked with industry leaders like General Electric, The Walt Disney Company and Harvard Medical School to optimize their data and AI infrastructure, and here’s what…

Recent developments in Germany around the European Union’s controversial Chat Control proposal have triggered an urgent outcry from privacy advocates and technology leaders alike.The encrypted messaging app Signal took to social media to voice deep concern that Germany may be abandoning its long-standing principled stance against invasive EU surveillance measures. Signal warns that could effectively end the right to private communication in Europe.What is the chat control proposal?Chat Control is a proposal put forward by the EU aimed at compelling providers of encrypted messaging services, like Signal and WhatsApp, to scan private chats for illegal content such as child sexual…