Abstract: Following the design of more efficient blockchain consensus algorithms, the execution layer has emerged as the new performance bottleneck of blockchains, especially under high contention.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Florida carried out its first execution of the year on Tuesday. Ronald Heath was executed for the murder of Michael Sheridan, ...

The North Korean threat actor known as Konni has been observed using PowerShell malware generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools to target developers and engineering teams in the blockchain ...

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I’m not a runner, but I love to watch the relay. Faye McCray is the CEO and Principal Strategist of Culture & Quill, a strategic communications agency that helps organizations navigate change and ...

The family of detained Iranian protester Erfan Soltani have said his execution was postponed, as US President Donald Trump said he had received assurances that the “killing has stopped.” “We were told ...

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a new campaign dubbed SHADOW#REACTOR that employs an evasive multi-stage attack chain to deliver a commercially available remote administration tool ...

Florida's first execution of 2026 is scheduled for Ronald Palmer Heath on February 10. Heath was convicted in 1990 for the 1989 murder and robbery of a traveling salesman in Gainesville. Florida set a ...

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Microsoft says Windows PowerShell now warns when running scripts that use the Invoke-WebRequest cmdlet to download web content, aiming to prevent potentially risky code from executing. As Microsoft ...

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Afghanistan’s Taliban authorities carried out a public execution at a stadium in the eastern city of Khost on Tuesday, putting to death a man who the country’s Supreme Court ...