US cybersecurity agency CISA has ordered federal civilian agencies to find and replace all internet-facing firewalls, routers, VPN gateways, and other edge devices that are no longer supported by vendors within a year, to reduce a major avenue for cyberattacks.
Bitcoin rebounded 11% to about $65,000 after briefly falling below $60,000 and wiping out $1.1B in long bets. Big funds, ETFs, and Binance’s insurance fund have been buying bitcoin, suggesting growing interest at these lower prices.
Asian state-backed hackers tracked as TGR-STA-1030 breached at least 70 government and critical infrastructure organizations in 37 countries, using phishing and known software flaws plus tools like Cobalt Strike and web shells, Palo Alto Networks reports.
Bitcoin briefly fell to about $60,000, its lowest level since late 2024, during a sharp market selloff that wiped out $2.6 billion in leveraged bets, before rebounding above $65,000 as conditions stabilized.
Samsung is about to launch the Bespoke AI Jet Bot Steam Ultra robot vacuum, featuring 100°C steam mop cleaning, AI object recognition for navigation, corner-cleaning edge brush, and obstacle climbing up to 4.5cm, with a focus on privacy and security.
MicroStrategy, the largest corporate holder of bitcoin, plans a new Bitcoin security program focused on long-term quantum computing risks, coordinating with global security experts while affirming that quantum is a future challenge, not an immediate threat.
Italy says it blocked a wave of cyberattacks linked to Russian hackers that targeted sites for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milano Cortina, foreign ministry offices abroad, and other institutions, with officials reporting no major disruption.
Bitcoin’s Lightning Network processed a record $1 million transfer as Secure Digital Markets sent BTC to Kraken in a pilot test, showing near-instant, low-fee settlement for large institutional payments.
CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to find and remove outdated internet-facing network devices that no longer get security updates, warning that these old routers, firewalls, and switches are being actively targeted by hackers.
Metaplanet says it will keep buying Bitcoin despite a sharp market drop, holding 35,102 BTC at an average cost of $107,716. Major corporate holders now sit on paper losses as Bitcoin trades about 50% below its October 2025 record high.
US House panel advances 5 bills aimed at strengthening cybersecurity for the energy sector, following a major Department of Energy cyber defense exercise.
Acer’s new TravelMate P6 14 AI business laptop is now available, featuring Intel’s Core Ultra 7 chip with built-in AI processor, a high-res 14-inch screen, and nearly 21 hours of battery life in a sub-1kg design.
Bitcoin fell to around $60,000 after a sharp 7‑day drop of nearly 30%, its worst single-day slide since 2022. Traders are debating whether the fall was driven by a major fund or ETF unwind, and some say it is renewing focus on Bitcoin’s long-term security.
Anthropic says its new Claude Opus 4.6 AI model found over 500 previously unknown serious security bugs in popular open-source software like Ghostscript, OpenSC, and CGIF, leading to patches from project maintainers.
Bitcoin has dropped to around $60,000–$65,000, down about 50% from its October 2025 record. Large holders have cut their share of Bitcoin to a nine‑month low, while small investors are buying more as market fear reaches its worst level since 2022.
New research introduces A²-LLM, an AI system that can understand speech and generate matching voice tone and 3D facial expressions in real time, creating more lifelike digital talking characters instead of simple lip-sync animations.
Bitcoin’s sharp drop this week pushed a key fear gauge to its lowest level since the FTX collapse. The Bitcoin-focused Fear and Greed Index fell to 9 out of 100, signaling extreme worry among investors despite a brief rebound from near $60,000.
Atlassian says its Rovo AI now has 5 million users and is running in the cloud without raising costs, helping the company hit $1.6 billion in quarterly revenue and $1 billion in annual cloud revenue for the first time.
Bitcoin’s “fear gauge” for price swings jumped to its highest level since the FTX collapse as BTC briefly dropped toward $60,000 before rebounding above $65,000, with around $700 million in leveraged trades wiped out during the move.
Apple researchers showed that training an AI to design app interfaces using real designer edits and sketches can make smaller models beat larger ones in UI generation, even surpassing a leading proprietary model using only 181 expert sketch examples.
