Ahmed Hagagy / Reuters: Kuwait cracks down on crypto miners for being a “major” cause of blackouts; energy consumption in the Al-Wafrah region fell by 55% after the crackdown  —  Kuwait has launched a crackdown on cryptocurrency miners it accuses of being a “major” cause of a power crisis that has led to blackouts … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Beijing’s decision to exempt eight types of US-made chips from tariffs came after auto industry lobbying, exposing China’s dependence on US auto chips  —  Beijing’s move to exempt certain imports from tariffs shows its carmakers’ vulnerabilities  —  At a recent electronics exhibition … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Lawrence Abrams / BleepingComputer: A California man pleads guilty to illegally accessing Disney’s Slack channels and stealing 1.1TB of data in 2024; he later posed as hacktivist group “NullBulge”  —  A California man who used the alias “NullBulge” has pleaded guilty to illegally accessing Disney’s internal Slack channels … Lees verder op Tech Meme