Lithuania to crack down on crypto firms operating without licenses after December 31

Key Takeaways From 31 December 2025, any crypto-asset activity in Lithuania without a MiCA license will be treated as illegal. Authorities may impose sanctions ranging from fines and website blocking to criminal prosecution. Share this article Crypto firms in Lithuania that continue operating without the necessary MiCA license after December 31 will be considered in […]

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Stealth Loaders, AI Chatbot Flaws AI Exploits, Docker Hack, and 15 More Stories

Dec 25, 2025Ravie LakshmananCybersecurity / Hacking News It’s getting harder to tell where normal tech ends and malicious intent begins. Attackers are no longer just breaking in — they’re blending in, hijacking everyday tools, trusted apps, and even AI assistants. What used to feel like clear-cut “hacker stories” now looks more like a mirror of […]

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XRPL flips to quantum-safe signatures; 2,420-byte proofs replace elliptic curves

The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is ending the year with major technological developments after a year that saw it gain significant adoption and milestones. On Dec. 24, Denis Angell, a lead software engineer at XRPL Labs, announced the integration of “post-quantum” cryptography and native smart contracts into AlphaNet, the project’s public developer network. The ‘Q-Day’ inevitability […]

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Confuse About how to start OS

Hey everyone! 👋 I’m new here and excited to be part of this dev community. I’ve been learning and working with JavaScript, React, Express, Java Spring Boot, and I’ve tried out some AI tools like Cursor. But honestly, I’m a bit lost when it comes to open source and figuring out the right path as […]

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MCP joins the Linux Foundation: What this means for developers building the next era of AI tools and agents

Over the past year, AI development has exploded. More than 1.1 million public GitHub repositories now import an LLM SDK (+178% YoY), and developers created nearly 700,000 new AI repositories, according to this year’s Octoverse report. Agentic tools like vllm, ollama, continue, aider, ragflow, and cline are quickly becoming part of the modern developer stack. […]

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