Bitcoin Core Patches Expose Node-Resilience Priorities
Bitcoin Core disclosed a remotely exploitable memory-exhaustion flaw and issued fixes, while a separate exchange incident highlighted the difference between protocol security and custodial risk.
Light Could Help Pinpoint Anyons in Quantum Materials
Emory physicists predict that light could reveal the location of elusive fractional-charge quasiparticles, offering a possible tool for research on more resilient quantum computing.
Polymarket Breach Exposes Risks in Third-Party Web Services
A compromised monitoring provider reportedly delivered malicious code through Polymarket’s international site, prompting a brief outage and referral to UK law enforcement, but no evidence links the incident to a…
Trump Presses Election-Fraud Case as Alaska Senate Ballot Faces Scrutiny
President Donald Trump called for Mary Peltola to be barred from next week’s Alaska Senate race after a report said a Democratic operative helped encourage a candidate named Daniel J.…
Income Rose Slowly as September Spending Advanced
Federal figures show September spending growing faster than income, while retirement-account averages offer only a partial picture of household security.
Bitcoin Core Patches Three Node Vulnerabilities
Bitcoin Core has shipped fixes for three vulnerabilities, including a memory-exhaustion flaw affecting certain Windows, macOS and BSD configurations.
Google’s Carbon Model and a New Push for AI Infrastructure
Google is limiting its latest coding and cybersecurity model to selected defenders, while chipmaker FuriosaAI says financing will support accelerator production and development.
Entangled Electrons Push X-Rays Beyond a Textbook Limit
A helium experiment revealed that two entangled electrons can cooperate to emit unusually energetic X-rays, opening questions about laser physics and quantum materials.
SPY Edges Higher as Rates and Energy Keep Markets Uneven
SPY is up 0.34%, but early futures, a Bank of Canada rate increase and costly energy point to a market balancing cautious optimism against inflation risks.