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A new malware discovered on Apple’s macOS — tied to the North Korean hacking group Lazarus — has reportedly targeted blockchain engineers of a cryptocurrency exchange platform.The macOS malware “KandyKorn” is a stealthy backdoor capable of data retrieval, directory listing, file upload/download, secure deletion, process termination, and command execution, according
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The layer-1 is pioneering the idea of “microchains” within the blockchain, according to the press release. “The competition for blockspace in traditional layer-1 blockchains, coupled with limited production rates and block sizes, creates a bottleneck during traffic peaks, leaving users outpriced or delayed, rendering the infrastructure effectively unavailable,” the press
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The municipal government of Beijing plans to train 10,000 engineering talents each year in emerging technologies including blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and big data, Chinese state media Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.See related article: China to set up national blockchain technology research center in BeijingFast factsThe decision came from a
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The ‘Six Samurai’ proposal presents roadmap to important components such as the migration from Columbus-5 to Columbus-6 and an upgrade to the Cosmos SDK. Six engineers working on the Terra Classic ecosystem have proposed a ‘Six Samurai’ plan for the complete revival of the blockchain ecosystem. This development comes as some
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Amazon is preparing to develop and implement a new “search” functionality for its online web store featuring a ChatGPT-like interface. A pair of job postings first spotted by Bloomberg spell out the company’s plans, which state in unambiguous language that Amazon intends to reinvent its long-standing search feature.In a job listing
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“Asset Reality has a team of ex-law enforcement and private sector asset recovery practitioners. We've investigated, we've seized, we've recovered, we've been to court,” Larkin explained. “So it's trying to fill that big gap that currently exists where you've got best practices, you've got good tools, but everything just isn't
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The venture capital firm surveyed 18 companies in which it is invested to get a sense of pay. Highlights include salaries well into the six-figure range for both technical and non-technical roles, including one high-flying engineer raking in $300,000 in base pay. Founders can also expect to receive a mid-single-digit
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Quick take: A Harvard lecturer, a former Microsoft Engineer, and a principal engineer at Google Cloud have signed a letter delivered to US lawmakers urging a crack down on crypto and blockchain. A total of twenty-six leading computer scientists and academics signed the letter. The document urges the US lawmakers to resist the
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Those tensions were on display midday after validators, peeved by slowdowns to Solana’s claimed Nasdaq-like speed, joined an impromptu roundtable. The problem was simple: a network that usually processes over 2,000 transactions per second was stumbling along at speeds below 500. (Ethereum processes around 15 per second.) Source
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The terms “collateral” and “tokenization” in the job title are somewhat intriguing, especially since the vacancy specifications give almost no detail about what the position actually entails. Furthermore, the word “blockchain” does not appear anywhere other than in the job title. Source
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