10+ hour, 49+ min ago   (759+ words) The U.S. is measurably less free than it was when the government launched its war on terror 25 years ago, according to the most comprehensive global index of civil liberties. The most worrisome aspect of this backsliding, advocates and scholars warn, is…...

2+ hour, 45+ min ago   (223+ words) pcmag.com TL;DR: [(Opens in a new tab)]IsThisSpam’s Ultimate Personal Plan lifetime subscription is on sale for $29.99 (reg $179), with no coupon required.Suspicious emails and texts show up constantly, and most spam filters only give a yes-or-no…...

4+ hour, 25+ min ago   (435+ words) Anthropic: AI Misuse Is Entering a New Phase: From Cybercrime to Surveillance, Propaganda and Weapons The AI Supply Chain Has a Security Problem, and Much of It Is Sitting on the Open Internet Attackers Exploit Critical Cisco FMC Flaw to…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (516+ words) GOP Gov. Joe Lombardo and Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford both support regulation of such cameras. Their comments came late this week after a Nevada legislative committee voted unanimously at a recent meeting to draft a bill with legal guidelines…...

2+ day, 8+ hour ago   (541+ words) Although the financial services industry has gotten better at thwarting fraud, it "squeezes the crime balloon," spurring criminal effort and energy to be directed toward harder-to-detect scams, a Navy Federal Credit Union executive said. "The puzzle for fraud is really…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (1205+ words) Some government officials said they understand the community’s anger, but warn that many of these contracts fall outside their jurisdiction. HOUSTON — At a 9 a.m. Harris County Commissioners Court meeting Aug. 17, dozens of Houston residents filed into the courtroom. The commissioners…...

19+ hour, 3+ min ago   (332+ words) A 20-year-old Georgia man was booked into the Chatham County Detention Center after police say he used artificial intelligence to create fake accounts designed to make phony delivery orders look legitimate. Store managers at a major national retailer noticed something…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (545+ words) Republican Nevada Gov. Joe Lombardo, left, and Democratic challenger Aaron Ford, right. Gage Skidmore / Flickr /CC BY-SA 2.0, Eric Bridiers / United States Mission Geneva via Flickr (The Center Square) - Gubernatorial candidates in Nevada have stressed the need to regulate artificial intelligence-powered…...

1+ day, 21+ hour ago   (692+ words) Artificial intelligence’s command of online search results played a role in legitimizing the romance scam allegedly perpetrated by phony financial advisor Taylor Chan and Daejon Love, a 35-year-old who pretended to be a wealthy investor and NFL player for the…...

2+ day, 7+ hour ago   (478+ words) Twenty-five years after the September 11 attacks, the surveillance infrastructure built in their aftermath has merged with a digital world. That world generates vast amounts of data about ordinary Americans. Artificial intelligence is now making it far easier to connect and…...