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On 15 May 2026, the UK Information Commissioner's Office (the ICO) updated both its brief guidance on using children's personal data (the Brief Guidance) and its detailed Children and the UK GDPR ...

A quantum computer is successfully mining cryptocurrency in the first experiment of its kind, while also using a lot less energy, researchers have claimed. On Quip, the proof-of-work calculation is a ...

A pseudonymous white hat hacker has helped recover $2 million worth of Ether locked in a faulty initial coin offering (ICO) smart contract for almost a decade. In a post to X on Sunday, the white hat, ...

A white-hat developer recovered $2M in ETH stuck since 2016 in a failed ICO smart contract, highlighting early Ethereum vulnerabilities. Nearly a decade after its initial promise as a decentralized ...

More than 1,003 Ether, worth roughly $2 million, have been recovered from a failed 2016 ICO dubbed Hong Coin after a white hat hacker found a way to unlock funds that had remained trapped in a faulty ...

A white-hat hacker has helped the creators of Hong Coin by showing them how to exploit a flawed admin function on a smart contract and ultimately refund investors after a decade. A pseudonymous white ...

The UK's data protection regulator closed its landmark consultation on automated decision-making in recruitment tonight, and the timing is not incidental. The Information Commissioner's Office ...

Swift and a group of more than 30 financial institutions globally will develop a shared digital ledger, with initial focus on real-time 24/7 cross-border payments Swift will work with Consensys on a ...

Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division are ready to respond and support “Project Freedom,” Air Force Gen. Dan Caine said Tuesday at a Pentagon briefing. “Project Freedom” is an effort announced ...