Using blockchain to stamp out biases in artificial intelligence models might turn out to be the technology’s “killer user case,” executives attending the World Economic Forum in Davos have said. The blockchain firm Casper Labs and the computer giant IBM have partnered to create an AI data bias tracking system. Artificial Intelligence Hallucinations Some of […]
Trezor Issues Security Alert Following Phishing Attack and Data Breach
In a recent security alert, Trezor announced a breach in its support ticketing system, potentially exposing the personal contact information of over 66,000 customers and raising the alarm for possible phishing attacks. Trezor Alerts Users to Phishing Risk After Security Breach Satoshilabs, the company behind the popular cryptocurrency hardware wallet Trezor, has issued a critical […]
Crypto App Shakepay Reveals Data Breach Affecting a ‘Small Number’ of Customers
In a recent announcement, Shakepay, the Canadian crypto app, disclosed a data breach involving unauthorized access to personal information of a select group of its customers. The breach, detected on Dec. 13, 2023, compromised data but did not affect any bank accounts, crypto wallets, or customer credentials. Shakepay Addresses Data Breach Concerns, Offers Free Credit […]
Northern Data Subsidiary Bolsters AI Capabilities With $362 Million Nvidia GPU Investment
On Wednesday, Northern Data Group, headquartered in Frankfurt and specializing in bitcoin mining, disclosed that its subsidiary, Taiga Cloud, has secured a significant acquisition of about 8,200 Nvidia H100 Tensor Core Graphics Processing Units (GPUs). These newly acquired units will complement Northern Data’s current collection of artificial intelligence (AI)-oriented hardware, following their previous acquisition of […]
Report: US Crypto Exchange Coinbase Fined for Refusing to Localize Russian Users’ Data
The U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase was recently hit with a fine exceeding $ 11,000 by a Russian court. The fine stems from the crypto exchange’s refusal to comply with a law that requires foreign companies to localize data of their respective Russian users or customers. Localizing Databases of Russian Users A court in …