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A hacker compromised a ZKsync admin account on April 15, minting $5 million worth of unclaimed airdrop tokens, according to a statement from the official ZKsync X account. The attack was described as isolated, with no user funds affected.Following an investigation, ZKsync detailed the incident on April 15, disclosing that the compromised account had administrative control over three airdrop distribution contracts. The attacker exploited a function called sweepUnclaimed() to mint 111 million unclaimed ZK tokens, increasing the total token supply by 0.45%. As of the latest update, the attacker still held control of most of the stolen funds.Source: ZKsyncZKsync is…

*Disclaimer: None of this is meant as a slight against any client in particular. There is a high likelihood that each client and possibly even the specification has its own oversights and bugs. Eth2 is a complicated protocol, and the people implementing it are only human. The point of this article is to highlight how and why the risks are mitigated.* With the launch of the Medalla testnet, people were encouraged to experiment with different clients. And right from genesis, we saw why: Nimbus and Lodestar nodes were unable to cope with the workload of a full testnet and got…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen by 1.44% in the past 24 hours. Despite recent gains, Bitcoin’s price remains bearish on the hourly chart. Did the mid-term rally in Bitcoin (BTC) begin on Sunday, April 13, 2025? The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has risen by 1.44% in the past 24 hours. Despite recent gains, Bitcoin’s price remains bearish on the hourly chart. If it breaks through local support levels, its accumulated energy could be enough to push it above $84,000. In the long term, the price of this leading cryptocurrency is far from critical. If buyers want to regain…

Note that while Generative Erase and Remove Background can be used for free, Image Creator uses up AI credits associated with your Microsoft account. You can’t buy these separately, they come as part of a subscription to Microsoft 365 or Copilot Pro subscriptions, so use them wisely. You can read more about AI credits and how they work here.AI in Windows NotepadGet some Copilot help with your compositions in Notepad. Courtesy of David NieldNotepad is perhaps better known as a code editor than a word processor, but in recent years Microsoft has added more features in the way of formatting…

Back Talk / April 15, 2025 And Democrats need to stop buying into that message—it’s how bullies like Trump and Cuomo elbow their way into power. Ad Policy This man’s “competence” left a lot of people dead.(Mary Altaffer-Pool / Getty) This article appears in the May 2025 issue, with the headline “Real Bully Pulpit.” For most of the reality-based community, seeing Donald Trump and JD Vance gaslight Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for being insufficiently grateful to the United States felt like we were bursting an aneurysm. But for champions of cartoonish masculinity like the disgraced Australian American city councilor–cum–Trump-approved…

As we mature from childhood, our vocabulary — as well as the ways we use it — grows, and our experiences become richer, allowing us to think, reason, and interact with others with specificity and intention. Accordingly, our word choices evolve to align with our personal values, ethics, cultural norms, and views. Over time, most of us develop an internal “guide” that enables us to learn context behind conversation; it also frequently directs us away from sharing information and sentiments that are, or could be, harmful or inappropriate. As it turns out, large language models (LLMs) — which are trained…

President Trump last week revoked security clearances for Chris Krebs, the former director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) who was fired by Trump after declaring the 2020 election the most secure in U.S. history. The White House memo, which also suspended clearances for other security professionals at Krebs’s employer SentinelOne, comes as CISA is facing huge funding and staffing cuts. Chris Krebs. Image: Getty Images. The extraordinary April 9 memo directs the attorney general to investigate Chris Krebs (no relation), calling him “a significant bad-faith actor who weaponized and abused his government authority.” The memo said the…

The next evolution of corporate finance isn’t diversification—it’s financial refinement In the oil industry, reserves are only the beginning. What powers the world isn’t raw crude—it’s the refined outputs: jet fuel, diesel, gasoline, heating oil. Each serves a different market, use case, and risk profile. Public companies that hold Bitcoin are now discovering something similar. Bitcoin, held on the balance sheet, is not just a passive reserve. It is a raw monetary resource—one that can be refined into multiple financial instruments designed to meet the specific needs of different market participants. From structured debt to yield-bearing assets to equity tied…

The Duchess of Sussex Meghan Markle’s return to podcasting seems to be off to a rough start.The former actress recently launched the first episode of her new show, “Confessions of a Female Founder,” where female entrepreneurs discuss the experiences they have gained while building multimillion-dollar startups from small ideas.Unfortunately, unlike her previous show, “Archetypes,” Meghan’s new project has ranked poorly since its release.Article continues below advertisementThe Podcast’s First Episode Had An Average DebutMEGAAfter months of eager anticipation, Meghan Markle’s new podcast, “Confessions of a Female Founder,” finally premiered on April 8.Given her past success in the podcasting world, expectations were high. But…

Booked it, a fast-growing technology provider specialising in advanced booking, CRM, marketing and loyalty solutions, has secured a £2.5 million investment from Calculus Capital to accelerate its expansion plans. The funding comes as the company targets £1 billion in total bookings, building on rapid momentum across the social and entertainment sectors. Founded during the pandemic in 2020 as a strategic pivot from its predecessor Licklist, Booked it has already surpassed £100 million in annual bookings and grown to a team of 40. The fresh capital will be used to further enhance the company’s platform, expand its talent base, and deepen…