Palo Alto Networks’ Unit 42 says it can now spot specific hacker groups in cloud systems by their unique alert patterns, helping distinguish cybercrime group Muddled Libra from nation-state group Silk Typhoon and enabling earlier automated defenses.
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Apple will let third-party AI assistants run inside CarPlay, Bloomberg reports. Apps like ChatGPT or Gemini could handle complex voice requests in the car, though Siri will remain the default and the Siri button and wake word won’t be replaceable.
Bitcoin jumped to about $71.5K after a sharp drop, recovering 17% from last week’s low, but trading data shows big investors are still nervous, with weak demand for leveraged bets and options pointing to continued fear of more downside.
Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan confirmed the company is ramping up its own GPU development to compete directly with Nvidia, hiring former Qualcomm GPU chief Eric Demers and planning to build the chips in-house for AI and gaming workloads.
New on-chain data from CryptoQuant shows Bitcoin moving further into a bear phase, with key metrics signaling weaker buying demand and increased selling pressure compared to earlier in the year.
Anthropic’s new AI model Opus 4.6 sharply boosts performance on Mercor’s professional task benchmark, raising legal-task scores from 18.4% to 29.8% in one-shot tests and averaging 45% with multiple attempts, showing rapid recent gains in complex work tasks.
Bitcoin miner Bitfarms plans to fully exit Bitcoin mining, move its headquarters to the U.S., and rename itself Keel Infrastructure to focus on AI data centers, reflecting a wider shift among mining firms as Bitcoin price volatility affects revenue.
New York lawmakers have proposed a three-year halt on building new data centers, making it at least the sixth US state to consider pausing these facilities amid rising concerns over their power use, environmental impact, and links to the AI boom.
Bitcoin’s 50% drop from its October peak, which erased much of a $2T crypto market value, is prompting U.S. retirement plan managers to reconsider adding bitcoin to 401(k) plans, as concerns grow over putting long-term savings into such a volatile asset.
OpenAI has released GPT-5.3-Codex, an upgraded coding AI that can now operate a computer as well as write code. It runs tasks faster, handles longer and more complex projects, and was even used by its creators to help build and debug itself.
Russia’s largest bank, Sberbank, has issued its first bitcoin‑backed loan to major miner IntelionData and plans to expand crypto‑secured lending, as Russia works on new rules for digital assets expected by mid‑2026.
Anthropic’s new Claude Opus 4.6 AI model reportedly found and helped fix over 500 serious security bugs in widely used open-source software, spotting flaws that had evaded traditional testing tools for years.
Bitcoin has fallen from January highs above $97,000 to about $60,300, contributing to a broad drop in crypto-related stocks, including the largest public Bitcoin holder, which reported a $12.4 billion quarterly net loss.
Norway says Chinese state-backed hackers known as Salt Typhoon broke into several organizations by exploiting weak network devices, part of a long-running global spying campaign that has also hit critical infrastructure and telecom firms in North America.
Bitcoin’s fall this week pushed it nearly 3 standard deviations below its 200-day average, a level never seen before, even during the COVID-19 and FTX crashes. Analysts say this extreme drop and rapid rebound toward $68,000 may signal a major turning point.
US government cybersecurity agency CISA has ordered federal agencies to remove all unsupported internet-facing devices like firewalls, routers, and security appliances within a year, warning they pose “disproportionate and unacceptable” cyber risks without security updates.
Bitfarms, a major Bitcoin miner, will move its legal base to the U.S. and rebrand as Keel Infrastructure, shifting its main business from Bitcoin mining to building data centers for artificial intelligence, while keeping a large part of its assets in bitcoin.
CISA has ordered U.S. federal agencies to find and remove all unsupported edge devices like routers, firewalls, and IoT gear from their networks within 12–18 months, citing growing hacker attacks on outdated perimeter hardware.
Bitcoin Core developer Gloria Zhao has stepped down as a maintainer after about six years, removing her key from the project’s trusted list and ending her role in helping oversee updates to Bitcoin’s core software.
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.