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Advertising by more than 140 major global brands is supporting the proliferation of unreliable AI-generated news and information websites. The ads appear to be posted on the sites through an automated placement system, most of them through Google, according to the misinformation watchdog group NewsG...

The findings of a new report highlight the growing urgency for cybersecurity measures in response to the increasing threat of email attacks crafted with generative AI.

Researchers reveal a novel security risk as hackers exploit generative AI's 'hallucinations' to deliver malicious code into a company's development environment, posing a growing threat to enterprise security.

A new report has shed light on the risk of AI disruption, revealing that many jobs typically held by women are particularly vulnerable to automation advancements.

Coors Field, home of the Colorado Rockies MLB team, pioneers frictionless age verification with Amazon One, transforming how customers purchase alcoholic beverages.

The largest declines in online prices were observed in categories like computers, electronics, and appliances. Analysts link the downward trend to decreased demand, high interest rates, and surplus inventories. On the other hand, sectors like groceries and personal care products have maintained stea...

Social media fueled the bank run on the Silicon Valley Bank, a run that sent shock waves throughout the U.S. banking industry, according to a 53-page report released last week by a group of university professors.

If crime doesn’t pay, some cybercriminals wouldn’t know it. A top team member in a cybercrime outfit like Conti can make an estimated US$1.1 million a year, according to a report released Monday by Trend Micro. Since cybercrime groups don’t file reports with the SEC, the salary ear...

Tax fraud schemes in 2022 netted scammers $5.7 billion, more than twice the amount of the previous year, according to the Internal Revenue Service, and there doesn’t appear to be any letup in sight.

What looks like "bossism" or a perverse crackdown by tech management to put employees in their place is more likely a pull-back from over-hiring at the start of the pandemic.

Microsoft may have ushered in a paradigm shift with the release of new versions of its search engine, Bing, and web browser, Edge -- both now powered by artificial intelligence.

The most popular search engine on the internet may be headed for some rough sailing in the next one or two years, according to the creator of Gmail.

A gang of big banks, including Wells Fargo, Bank of America, and JPMorgan Chase, are reportedly preparing to launch a digital wallet product to compete with those offered by tech heavyweights Apple, Google, and PayPal.

Meta is taking to court a law enforcement intelligence company for gathering data about users of its Facebook and Instagram properties. The lawsuit, filed in a federal court in California, alleges that Voyager Labs, an international scraping and surveillance service, improperly collected data from t...

Many workers and managers in the United States and the United Kingdom place a higher value on trust in the workplace over financial compensation, according to new research released Tuesday. A survey of 500 workers and managers in the U.S. and U.K. conducted by Osterman Research for cybersecurity fir...

Distributed denial-of-service attacks continued to rise in November. A prime target was the United States, with 1,543 attacks. While "as a service" offerings have made ransomware a low-effort, low-risk option for generating criminal gains.

A new analysis of data from the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center reveals that Nevada has more cybercrime victims than any state in the union by a large margin.

Improved consumer protections are needed to prevent gift card fraud, which bilked Americans for more than US$233 million in 2021 alone, according to a new report by the Center for Data Innovation.

Loopholes in the rules governing advertising for stimulant medications should be closed, according to a report released Monday by the Center for Data Innovation.

Inflation woes and a looming recession did little to dampen online shoppers’ enthusiasm on Cyber Monday, according to figures released Tuesday by Adobe Analytics, a tracker of seasonal e-commerce activity. Adobe estimates online shoppers spent US$11.3 billion on Cyber Monday, a 5.8 percent inc...