[ad_1] Every year, seniors in Utah lose $92 million to financial exploitation, according to figures from the state’s Department of Health and Human Services. Across the U.S., FBI internet crime data show elders were bilked out of $16.6 billion by fraudsters in 2024 — a 33% increase from the previous year. The reported losses are...Read More

[ad_1] Today’s teenagers are growing up with a completely different set of social parameters than any generation before them did, thanks to advances in technology. Research finds that about 75 percent of U.S. teens have their own phone, tablet, or similar device. The vast majority of teens are using these devices for social media, such...Read More

[ad_1] Vitalik Buterin has called for a shift to a “local-first” approach to artificial intelligence. He said modern AI tools pose serious privacy and security risks. Summary Vitalik Buterin urged a shift to local-first AI, warning that cloud-based systems expose user data and increase risks of manipulation, leaks, and unauthorized actions. He cited research showing...Read More

[ad_1] SOUTH BEND, Ind. (WNDU) – St. Joseph County officials acknowledged a cyber attack by an Iranian-backed hacker group called Handala earlier this week. County officials and council members held a news conference Thursday afternoon after the group claimed responsibility for the cyber attack against the county on Wednesday. The group has previously taken credit...Read More

[ad_1] On April 1, 2026, Türkiye officially entered the 5G era. Following a process coordinated by the Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure and the Information and Communication Technologies Authority (BTK), mobile operators such as Turkcell, Türk Telekom and Vodafone began rolling out next-generation connectivity services nationwide. Türkiye’s transition to 5G signals a structural shift as...Read More

[ad_1] That child safety group advocating for AI age verification? They forgot to mention their sugar daddy. The Parents and Kids Safe AI Coalition has been pushing California’s Parents and Kids Safe AI Act requiring age verification for users under 18. According to San Francisco Standard reporting, the coalition was funded by OpenAI, with the...Read More

[ad_1] A study published in JAMA Pediatrics revealed that one in seven teenagers are sexting, and one in four have received sexts. According to CBS, “sexting” is known as the sharing of sexually explicit images and videos through the internet or electronic devices such as cellphones. Though sexting has been on the rise in the...Read More

[ad_1] Cybersecurity search engines are specialized platforms that supercharge threat discovery, vulnerability mapping, and intelligence gathering beyond generic search capabilities. Shodan and Censys scan billions of internet-exposed devices and services, revealing IoT/OT attack surfaces. ZoomEye dominates Chinese cyberspace reconnaissance, while BinaryEdge and GreyNoise track open ports, scanning noise, and malicious patterns. Pulsedive fuses multi-source threat...Read More

[ad_1] ROANOKE, Va. (WDBJ) – A new study from the A-A-R-P shows seniors lost $2.4 billion to scammers in 2024. That’s a 43-percent increase from the year before. And this year, $745 million was lost in just the first fiscal quarter. Meanwhile, more than 147,000 complaints were filed to the F-B-I in 2024. To take...Read More

[ad_1] The Australian Federal government’s Online Safety Amendment (Social Media Minimum Age) Act, commonly referred to as the “social media ban”, is now in effect. In the months leading up to the ban, there have been a lot of stories about what will actually happen once the legislation is active, and many people believe the...Read More