IEEE

On the Security and Efficiency of Different Secure Hash Algorithms

Abstract: Cryptographic hash functions are essential for securing data integrity in systems such as digital signatures, blockchain networks, and secure communication protocols. Among the widely ...
techtimes

The Hash Rate Signal: Why Network Security Is Becoming a Macro Indicator

Bitcoin's hash rate has shifted from primarily a technical key performance metric to one that behaves much like a macro signal. That is, an indicator that gives a read on capital commitment and ...
The Conversation

A few weeks of X’s algorithm can make you more right‑wing – and it doesn’t wear off quickly

Timothy Graham receives funding from the Australian Research Council (ARC) for the Discovery Project, 'Understanding and Combatting "Dark Political Communication"'. A new study published today in ...
InfoQ

Java News Roundup: Oracle Critical Patch Update, Grizzly 5, Payara Platform, GraalVM, Liberica JDK

This week's Java roundup for January 19th, 2026, features news highlighting: JEP 527, Post-Quantum Hybrid Key Exchange for TLS 1.3, targeted for JDK 27; GlassFish Grizzly 5.0; the quarterly release of ...
PBS

National security experts argue U.S. TikTok deal falls short

President Trump announced a deal to keep TikTok available in the U.S. The agreement caps a six-year legal and geopolitical fight after Congress passed a law requiring TikTok to divest from its Chinese ...
Reuters

TikTok seals deal for new US joint venture to avoid American ban

WASHINGTON, Jan 22 (Reuters) - TikTok's Chinese owner, ByteDance, on Thursday said it has finalized a deal to establish a majority American-owned joint venture that will secure U.S. data, to avoid a U ...
CNN

The deal to secure TikTok’s future in the US has finally closed

The joint venture acquiring TikTok’s US assets has been formally established and has announced its leadership team, according to the company, one day before the deadline set by President Donald Trump ...
TechRepublic

Microsoft Makes Teams ‘Secure by Default’ Starting January 2026

Microsoft is shifting its stance on workplace collaboration from “optional safety” to “secure by default.” Beginning Jan. 12, 2026, the tech giant will automatically flip the switch on a trio of ...
High Times

Static Sift Is What’s Next for Hash Heads — Here’s Why

Step aside, ice water hash, the pendulum is swinging toward extracts purified by the power of electricity in the mid-2020s. Hash connoisseurs and the mainstream that follows them have made a type of ...
Bleeping Computer

Tor switches to new Counter Galois Onion relay encryption algorithm

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...
Fast Company

The real AI threat is algorithms that ‘enrage to engage’

Media personalities and online influencers who sow social division for a living, blame the rise of assassination culture on Antifa and MAGA. Meanwhile, tech CEOs gin up fears of an AI apocalypse. But ...