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European financial regulators are sounding the alarm on quantum computing, warning it poses an imminent threat to blockchain encryption. The concern centers on legacy bitcoin addresses where public keys are already visible on-chain, making them potentially vulnerable once quantum machines reach sufficient power. It's a debate the crypto world can no longer defer.
On a very different front, Disney has confirmed price hikes for most of its standalone Disney Plus and Hulu plans in the United States, though three bundle tiers will stay frozen for now. Subscribers in the UK, Europe, and Australia are not immediately affected, but the company has offered no timeline on when those markets might see similar changes. The streaming squeeze continues.
And in security research, a newly disclosed vulnerability in SQLite involves what's being called a novel arbitrary write exploit, potentially enabling remote code execution. SQLite is embedded in an enormous range of software, from mobile apps to browsers to operating systems, which makes any critical flaw in it a concern well beyond the database community. Expect patches to move quickly.
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