The CES companies hoping your brain is the next big thing in computing

At every CES I’ve ever been to, there’s been one or two gadgets promising to boost your mental health. In recent years, the number of companies making forays into this space has grown, and will li [...]

The FTC says Americans lost at least $2.1 billion to social media scams in 2025

Americans lost at least $2.1 billion in 2025 to scams that originated on social media, according to the Federal Trade Commission. That figure marks an eightfold increase since 2020.The FTC said Americ [...]

The Oversight Board says Meta isn't doing enough to fight celeb deepfake scams

Scams using AI deepfakes of celebrities have become an increasingly prominent issue for Meta over the last couple of years. Now, the Oversight Board has weighed in and has seemingly confirmed what oth [...]

Upwork study shows AI agents excel with human partners but fail independently

Artificial intelligence agents powered by the world's most advanced language models routinely fail to complete even straightforward professional tasks on their own, according to groundbreaking re [...]

Meta warns users not to fall for romance scammers posing as celebrities or military

Think you might have met someone “attractive, single and successful” on Facebook or Instagram? You might want to think again, Meta says. Ahead of Valentine’s Day, the company is once again warni [...]

We keep talking about AI agents, but do we ever know what they are?

Imagine you do two things on a Monday morning.First, you ask a chatbot to summarize your new emails. Next, you ask an AI tool to figure out why your top competitor grew so fast last quarter. The AI si [...]

Rapidata emerges to shorten AI model development cycles from months to days with near real-time RLHF

Despite growing chatter about a future when much human work is automated by AI, one of the ironies of this current tech boom is how stubbornly reliant on human beings it remains, specifically the proc [...]

Facebook scammers want you to think Elon Musk can cure diabetes

Elon Musk discovered a simple 30-second “fridge trick” that can reverse diabetes, but the discovery has spooked pharmaceutical companies so much they put a $78 million bounty on his head, forcing [...]

WhatsApp adds new warning about potential group chat messaging scams

WhatsApp has shared a new update about how it prevents scams, as well as unveiling a new feature aimed at protecting users from possible swindles. People will now receive alerts when they are added to [...]