Binance said Sunday it had resumed withdrawals for some major cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and Ethereal after more than $6 billion in assets were stolen from the cryptocurrency exchange. Binance is the world’s largest crypto exchange by daily trading volumes. News of the hacking attack, which is thought to be the biggest-ever crypto heist, caused…
A U.S.-based blockchain intelligence firm says a North Korean unit was likely behind the hack that impacted more than $6 billion on Binance, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. Binance said it worked with blockchain partners to freeze roughly $3 billion in affected assets. The cryptocurrency exchange said Friday that deposits were unaffected, while withdrawals were…
More than half of the top holders listed as competing for seats at President Trump’s next meme coin dinner have used cryptocurrency exchanges that prohibit U.S. customers, indicating that many of the buyers are based overseas, according to a CBS News analysis. The gala, set for Nov. 22 at the Trump National Golf Club outside…
Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico’s campaign shared security camera footage with CBS News that appears to show Talarico at his home in Texas for the first eight days of this month — pushing back on claims that Talarico was hiding the reasons for his disappearance. Talarico was absent from the campaign trail for almost…
Washington — A federal judge on Monday rebuked the Justice Department after hundreds of trees were cut down at East Potomac Golf Links in Washington, D.C., on Saturday with little notice, telling government lawyers that they have “lost credibility.” U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes held a nearly four-hour virtual hearing Monday and ordered Kevin Griess,…
Google on Thursday unveiled a new AI agent tailored for workplace tasks, positioning it to compete with other technology giants racing to offer their own virtual office assistants. Called Gemini, the AI is a “universal agent” that can write and run code, create images and media and integrate with Google products like Gmail, Docs, Drive…
Last February, a Tomahawk cruise missile struck an Iranian elementary school, killing more than 150 people, most of them children. President Trump initially suggested that it could have been somebody else’s Tomahawk: “Whether it’s Iran or somebody else, the fact that a Tomahawk – a Tomahawk is very generic, it’s sold to other countries, but…
OpenAI unveiled a personal AI agent at its annual developer conference on Tuesday, joining a growing number of companies promising to make consumers’ lives easier with virtual assistants. The company’s new AI agents, called “dots,” will help perform workplace and other tasks such as scheduling meetings, making travel arrangements, budgeting, debugging computer systems and writing…
NVIDIA has created a new security platform that the chipmaker said can prevent artificial intelligence agents from going rogue. The company said on Monday that it is releasing the new system, called OpenShell, due to the need for “independent security controls” after multiple AI agents disobeyed commands and broke into other systems. Most recently, OpenAI said on…
Washington — President Trump is offering a warm welcome to Chinese President Xi Jinping this week as the U.S. tries to choke China’s supply of semiconductor chips for artificial intelligence advancement, as the two countries determine whether their fragile truce on tariffs will continue, and as concerns mount about China’s relationships with Iran and Russia….
