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Less than a month after Figma sent an outage and assumed letter to AI coding startup Lovable, Design Giant announced the launch of Figma Sites on Wednesday. No coding. There are no third party handoffs. Just publish it. The launch comes as questions grow as Figma is beginning to lose its relevance. “Introducing the Figma site. Use your design directly on the web. Code and AI will soon be here,” Figma said on the X official page. Introducing the Figma site Use your design directly on the web. Code and AI will soon be here. Source: us#config2025 pic.twitter.com/s7gc3cyvpj – Figma…
The Gates Foundation received a death sentence of sorts today. Billionaire philanthropist Bill Gates, who became a co-founder of Microsoft, said his foundation had only been 20 years to run out of funds and erode the business. He has pledged to donate 99% of his property. He is worth an estimated $100 billion today. Over the next 20 years, he hopes the foundation will spend more than $220 billion. “This decision comes at a moment of reflection for me,” Gates writes on his website, pointing out. “In addition to celebrating the foundation’s 25th anniversary, several other milestones have also been…
The nominations are open to 2025 Mearists as the Conference Industry Association (MIA) prepares to celebrate the sector’s finest talent. It continues to be a tradition that began in 2011. These awards highlight the extraordinary talent in the industry that has raised bars for organizations and business meetings and events sectors. This year, nominations are open in a record 15 categories, the most in Mearist history. Two new categories have also been introduced in 2025. Both the Executive Leader of the Year and the Innovative Chef of the Year will be announced at the awards ceremony held at Belfry Hotel…
Kyiv says it is “operating” in a few weeks and hopes to revive flagging US support for Russian invasions.Ukrainian lawmakers voted unanimously to ratify the mineral trade with the United States in the hopes of securing military aid to stop future Russian attacks. The country’s parliament has granted the US priority access to Ukrainian minerals, established an investment fund to reconstruct Ukraine, and agreed to an agreement that 338 members agreed and did not vote for it. Ukraine’s first deputy prime minister, Yulia Swillidenko, on Thursday, said the deal, which raised hopes of reviving US support, is “the basis of…
Coinbase is making a $2.9 billion move to strengthen its position in crypto trading. The company announced Thursday it has acquired Deribit, a leading player in crypto options, in its cash and inventory transactions. In a blog post, the world’s largest publicly traded cryptocurrency exchange said, “Coinbase has signed an agreement to win Deribit, the world’s leading crypto option exchange with currently open profits of around $30 billion. $2.9 billion Delibit Deal Mark Coinbase’s biggest leap forward has led to institutional crypto transactions The transaction includes $700 million in cash and 11 million shares of Coinbase Class A common stock.…
May 8, 2025Ravi LakshmananNetwork Security/Vulnerabilities SonicWall has released a patch that addresses three security flaws that affect SMA 100 Secure Mobile Access (SMA) appliances. The vulnerabilities are listed below – CVE-2025-32819 (CVSS Score: 8.8) – A vulnerability in SMA100 allows a remote authentication attacker with SSL-VPN user privileges to bypass the path traversal check, delete any file, and restart to factory default settings. CVE-2025-32820 (CVSS Score: 8.3) – A vulnerability in SMA100 allows a remote authentication attacker with privileged SSL-VPN users to insert a path traversal sequence to create any directory on the SMA appliance. SSL-VPN admin privileges can be…
May 8, 2025Ravi LakshmananThreat Intelligence/Ransomware Threat actors with ties to the Qilin Ransomware family leveraged malware known as Smokeloader, along with a previously undocumented .NET compiled Loader CodeNead NetxLoader, as part of a campaign observed in November 2024. “Netxloader is a new .NET-based loader that plays a key role in cyberattacks,” Trend Micro researchers Jacob Santos, Raymart Yanbot, John Reinienabat, Sarah Pearl Camilling and Nell Joan Nathaniel Aguas said in an analysis Wednesday. “While hidden, it secretly deploys additional malicious payloads such as agenda ransomware and smoke loaders. NetxLoaders protected by .NET Reactor 6 are difficult to analyze.” Qilin, also…
VCG | Visual China Group | Getty Imagesa Standard Charter Predicted analyst Bitcoin Hitting $120,000 by the second quarter, he says his price call is “too low.””I apologize for the possibility that my USD120K Q2’s target may be too low,” Geoffrey Kendrick, Digital Asset Manager at Standard Chartered, said in a tongue comment she shared with her client via email on Thursday.Last month, Kendrick wrote a note that he expected Bitcoin to reach its all-time highs behind the “relocation of strategic assets away from US assets” and “accumulation by “whales” (major holders”) in the second quarter of 2025.”We expect these…
Stephen Curry #30 of the Golden State Warriors will head to basketball in the second quarter against Dyson Daniels #11 of the New Orleans Pelican at Chase Center on April 12, 2024 in San Francisco, California. Kavin Mistry | Getty ImagesA federal judge in Florida has rejected most of the claims against famous celebrities and YouTubers who promoted the now-deprecated cryptocurrency exchange FTX, including stars such as Tom Brady, Gisele Bundchen, Kevin O’Leary and Stephen Curry.The ruling narrows the scope of a vast multi-district lawsuit that accuses them of using their fame to sell fraudulent platforms.In an order filed Wednesday,…
Sankaet Pathak is back. This time he’s building a robot. Just a few months after the fintech company Synapse collapsed under his leadership, Pathak is now behind a new startup called Foundation Robotics Labs. According to an exclusive report from the information, the company is reportedly trying to raise $100 million at a $1 billion valuation. That’s a bold question, especially for a company that was founded last year and still operates stealth. But this is Silicon Valley and big bets are nothing new. Foundation Robotics aims to value $1 billion “The humanoid robot startup, founded by the former CEO…