Microsoft founder Bill Gates has opened up regarding his feelings towards cryptocurrency, and it seems the entrepreneur isn’t a fan. According to The Verge, Gates stated this in one of his more extreme examples of why he has distaste for the online currency, he noted that it is “a rare technology that has caused deaths in a fairly direct way.”

A smartphone designed to keep cryptocurrencies like bitcoin safe was unveiled on Tuesday. Cybersecurity firm Sikur launched the $799 SIKURPhone at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. It has an in-built cryptocurrency wallet designed to keep digital coins like bitcoin safe.

Experts Warn On Danger Posed By Artificial Intelligence

More than two dozen experts from top universities and research organizations in the US and the UK have written an alarming report about the malicious use of AI, which was published Wednesday by Cambridge University.

The report states that rogue states, criminals and terrorists could use artificial intelligence to wreak havoc around the world, according to a new report.

A cyber-attack on Germany's government IT network is "ongoing", officials say, a day after they revealed it had been taken care of.

Armin Schuster, who chairs the parliamentary committee that oversees the intelligence services said "It is a very serious cyber-attack."

The defence and interior ministries' private networks are being affected.

US Military To Use Dolphins, Others To Monitor Enemy Submarines

The US military wants to recruit sea creatures such as fish, mammals and other organisms to spy on enemy submarines. The Pentagon's research arm, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (Darpa), announced a new programme earlier this month.

Called Persistent Aquatic Living Sensors (PALS), it will aim to tap into sea creatures' "natural sensing capabilities" to monitor adversaries' naval activities.

U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres on Monday called for global rules to minimize the impact of electronic warfare on civilians as massive cyber attacks look likely to become the first salvoes in future wars. Computer hackers, many of them believed to be state-sponsored groups, last year disrupted multinational firms, ports and public services on an unprecedented scale around the world, raising awareness of the issue.