Source: CoinDesk

“A new study suggests that breaking RSA encryption with quantum computers may require 20 times fewer resources than previously thought. Although Bitcoin uses elliptic curve cryptography, it remains vulnerable to quantum attacks similar to those threatening RSA. Current quantum computers are not yet capable of breaking these encryption methods, but research is rapidly advancing. A new research paper by Google Quantum AI researcher Craig Gidney shows that breaking widely used RSA encryption may require 20 times fewer quantum resources than previously believed. The finding did not specifically mention bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies, but took aim at the encryption methods that form the technical backbone used to secure crypto wallets and, in some cases, transactions.” (05/27/25)

https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2025/05/27/quantum-computing-could-break-bitcoin-like-encryption-far-easier-than-intially-thought-google-researcher-says

Source: New York Post

“The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend that healthy children and pregnant women receive the COVID-19 vaccine, the Trump administration announced Tuesday. ‘Last year, the Biden administration urged healthy children to get yet another COVID shot despite the lack of any critical data to support the repeat booster strategy in children’, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said in a video posted online. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Marty Makary added that ‘there’s no evidence that healthy kids need it today and most countries have stopped recommending it for children.’ The move comes one week after top health officials signaled that they planned to tighten access to the annual COVID-19 booster shot, which is still recommended for elderly and at-risk populations. Previously, COVID-19 vaccines had been recommended for everyone six months and older.” (05/27/25)

https://nypost.com/2025/05/27/us-news/trump-admin-no-longer-recommending-covid-vaccine-for-healthy-kids-healthy-pregnant-women/

Source: ABC News

“A judge was stabbed to death on his way to work in the southern Iranian city of Shiraz on Tuesday morning, state media reported. A report by the official IRNA news agency called the killing a ‘terrorist act,’ adding that two unidentified assailants are still at large. It identified the judge as Ehsum Bagheri, 38, who worked for the city’s judicial department. Bagheri in the past worked as a prosecutor in the revolutionary court, which court deals with security and drug smuggling cases. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack.” (05/27/25)

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/judge-stabbed-death-southern-iran-122215890

Source: SFGate

“Scientists have pinpointed the oldest known evidence of humans making tools from whale bone. The bones, fashioned into narrow projectiles for hunting, had been uncovered in excavations dating back over a century in the Bay of Biscay near Spain and France. Scientists figured the tools were quite ancient, but many were small fragments so it was hard to determine their age. Technological advancements in the past decade have now made it possible to date the oldest of the tools to about 20,000 years ago. Scientists found that the bones came from blue whales, fin whales, sperm whales and other species. ‘Humans and whales have clearly been encountering one another for a long time,’ said Vicki Szabo with Western Carolina University, who studies the history of whaling and was not involved with the latest research. Scientists think that ancient humans were crafting whale bone instruments in places including the Arctic and South Pacific.” (05/27/25)

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/scientists-date-the-oldest-known-tools-made-from-20347163.php