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Intel stock’s more than 25% drop on Friday has shaved about $10 billion from the US government’s stake in the company, though the transaction remains profitable overall. 

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): The auditor general has cleared the federal government’s financial statements for 2025, issuing an unmodified opinion with “other matters” paragraphs. 

According to this year’s Microsoft Digital Defense Report, government agencies and services were the sector most impacted by cyber threats in 2026, accounting for 27% of observed activity, up from 17% in 2025. Governments are also the most frequently targeted sectors for nation-state activity. They are attractive targets because they hold sensitiveinformation, operate essential services,…

Sept 15 (Reuters) – No government in the world is ready for the changes artificial intelligence will bring to society, Bill Gates said in an interview with Reuters, as he warned of ‌the risks ahead

The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, and the Group of Seven (G7) Cyber Security Working Group are urging organizations and governments to begin transitioning to post-quantum cryptography to protect data, systems and assets from quantum computing threats.

AI is becoming an important determinant in the contest for vulnerabilities between defenders, governments, and even threat actors. Image: ChatGPT

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The yields on government bonds have reached their highest levels since before the financial crisis of 2008 as the financial markets deliver a directive to governments around the world that they must slash spending on all social services and deepen their attacks on the working class in order to pay for war and rearmament.

For decades, China’s spectacular economic growth was powered by land finance, a fiscal model whereby local governments relied on selling land-use rights and land-backed borrowing as a major source of revenue. To fund development, localities created special-purpose entities, called local government financing vehicles (LGFVs), to borrow off-the-books from banks and bond markets for infrastructure financing…

Earlier in August, cryptography professor Matthew Green wrote a controversial thread on X and a longer blog post that went viral within the cybersecurity community.