Hacker still holds $14 billion in stolen Bitcoin from massive 2020 LuBian attack: Arkham

Key Takeaways A hacker stole 127,426 Bitcoin from Chinese mining pool LuBian in December 2020, now valued at over $14.5 billion. Lubian abruptly stopped operations without an explanation two months after the hack. Share this article A massive theft of 127,426 Bitcoin (BTC) from the secretive Chinese mining pool LuBian in 2020, which was uncovered […]

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Darksiders 4 was not on my 2025 bingo card

Darksiders 4 is officially coming. During the THQ Nordic Digital Showcase on Friday, we got a glimpse at the next game in the hack and slash action-adventure franchise, alongside trailers for roughly a dozen other games that are in the works, including and . It’s been a while since we’ve seen a new mainline Darksiders […]

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Adam Back sights massive Bitcoin accumulation

Bitcoin’s on-chain activity lit up again as Blockstream CEO Adam Back alerted the Bitcoin community to the return of the so-called “Bitfinex whale.” According to Back, this unknown but powerful entity has been accumulating Bitcoin at a staggering rate, purchasing roughly 300 BTC per day over the past 48 hours using time-weighted average price (TWAP) […]

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Forcing LLMs to be evil during training can make them nicer in the long run

For this study, Lindsey and his colleagues worked to lay down some of that groundwork. Previous research has shown that various dimensions of LLMs’ behavior—from whether they are talking about weddings to persistent traits such as sycophancy—are associated with specific patterns of activity in the simulated neurons that constitute LLMs. Those patterns can be written […]

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Akira Ransomware Exploits SonicWall VPNs in Likely Zero-Day Attack on Fully-Patched Devices

Aug 02, 2025Ravie LakshmananVulnerability / Zero Day SonicWall SSL VPN devices have become the target of Akira ransomware attacks as part of a newfound surge in activity observed in late July 2025. “In the intrusions reviewed, multiple pre-ransomware intrusions were observed within a short period of time, each involving VPN access through SonicWall SSL VPNs,” […]

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Creating Materialized View with FAST REFRESH

Part 1 – Implementation: Creating Materialized View with FAST REFRESH To enable FAST REFRESH in a materialized view, Oracle requires the existence of a Materialized View Log (MV log) on the base table. This log records the row-level changes (INSERT/UPDATE/DELETE) that occur after the materialized view is created. First, create the MV log using the […]

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DEX trading volume tops $1T for the first time in July, Hyperliquid leads record perp surge

Decentralized exchanges (DEX) reached $1 trillion in monthly trading volume for the first time in July. According to DefiLlama data, spot trading volume grew 29.4% and reached nearly $514 billion last month, bested only by January’s all-time high of $568 billion. At the same time, perpetual futures’ monthly volume increased 33.6% to register a new […]

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The Compound and Friends: Why Valuations Don’t Matter

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