2025-02-12

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 [...]

2025-05-08

Chrome will now use Gemini Nano to catch scams

Google just announced an upgrade to Chrome’s Enhanced Protection feature. On desktop, the browser now uses Gemini Nano to protect users against remote tech support scams. According to Google, the on [...]

2025-03-05

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 [...]

2025-04-10

Cheeky household object romance sim Date Everything! is now arriving in June

The absurdist romance sim Date Everything! has yet another release date. After two delays, creators Sassy Chap Games and Team17 said on Thursday that the cheeky sandbox dating game will launch on June [...]

2025-01-01

The best VPN service for 2025

Virtual private networks (VPNs) promise the potential to stream any content, from anywhere. They unlock content from abroad across nearly any streaming service you use regularly, which can come in han [...]

2025-04-22

Next-Gen Phishing: The Rise of AI Vishing Scams

In cybersecurity, the online threats posed by AI can have very material impacts on individuals and organizations around the world. Traditional phishing scams have evolved through the abuse of AI tools [...]

2025-02-13

The Loneliness Epidemic Is a Security Crisis

Romance scams cost victims hundreds of millions of dollars a year. As people grow increasingly isolated, and generative AI helps scammers scale their crimes, the problem could get worse. [...]

2025-03-07

Tax scams are getting sneakier - 10 ways to protect yourself before it's too late

Almost half of people polled by McAfee say they or someone they know has received a text or phone call from a scammer pretending to be from the IRS or a state tax agency. [...]

2025-04-16

Americans Lost $470 Million to Text Scams in 2024. Here's How to Protect Yourself

Your phone is probably full of sketchy texts. Here's a breakdown of the most common schemes and how to avoid getting scammed. [...]