Google’s SynthID Watermark Helped Debunk That Fake McConnell Hospital Photo
Earlier this week, a picture started circulating that looked like Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell in a hospital bed, covered in…
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GhostApproval Attack Tricks AI Coding Assistants Into Hacking Your Machine
Here’s one for the “old tricks still work” files. Wiz researchers found a way to trick popular AI coding assistants…
AssuranceAmerica Breach Exposes Data of 6.9 Million Drivers
Nearly 7 million American drivers just had their personal information stolen. AssuranceAmerica, an auto insurance company operating in 14 U.S….
Russia’s Alfa-Bank Begins Testing Crypto Trading for Qualified Investors
Russia’s biggest private bank is testing crypto trading. Alfa-Bank has started piloting cryptocurrency transactions through its Alfa-Investments brokerage app —…
Binance in Talks for Fresh EU Licenses After MiCA License Withdrawal
Binance is talking to regulators who’ve actually invited the exchange to apply for new crypto licenses. That’s according to co-CEO…
SWIFT Gets a Blockchain Ledger — 17 Big Banks Jump In for Tokenized Payments
SWIFT just flipped the switch on its own blockchain ledger. After nine months of building, the financial messaging network says…
Hyundai Card Completes Real-World Stablecoin Pilot with Avalanche and Tether
Hyundai Card has wrapped up its first real-world stablecoin proof-of-concept, using Avalanche and Tether. The South Korean credit card company…
NHTSA Tells Autonomous Vehicle Companies to Stop Blocking First Responders
Emergency scenes are not “edge cases.” That’s the message from NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison in a directive issued Wednesday to…
Lovable Reportedly in Talks to Double Its Valuation to $13.2 Billion
Swedish vibe-coding startup Lovable is in talks to raise $300 million at a $13.2 billion valuation. That’s exactly double the…
Judge Approves Elon Musk’s $1.5M SEC Settlement Despite “Significant Misgivings”
A federal judge has approved Elon Musk’s $1.5 million settlement with the SEC. But she made it clear she wasn’t…