A Swedish teenager known as Chai has been sentenced to more than 10 years in jail for attempted murder, rape and aggravated assault – crimes committed via the internet, including against a teenage girl in Australia. The district court found that Chai, 18, was active in online networks notorious for their sadistic extortion of young...Read More

Google said on Friday that its Gemini model had hacked three other companies, the first time the search giant has disclosed that one of its models autonomously gained access to third-party computer systems without permission. In May, the Gemini model accessed three separate private computer systems by guessing passwords and by twice using a repository...Read More

Google discloses first breakout by Gemini following similar incidents by Meta, Anthropic and OpenAI. Published On 19 Sep 202619 Sep 2026 Google’s Gemini model hacked three companies in a test of its cybersecurity capabilities, the tech giant has confirmed to Al Jazeera. The Wall Street Journal reported earlier on Friday that the first known breakout...Read More

Meta, the owner of Facebook and Instagram, on Wednesday agreed to pay 47 states, the District of Columbia, and a handful of U.S. territories, up to $17.1 billion in penalties over claims that its social media platforms are addictive and a danger to children. Oregon will receive $125 million from Meta in what Oregon Attorney...Read More

Hamburg, N.Y. (WBEN) – New York State Police arrested a suspected child predator Wednesday, September 17. Seth Powell, 22 of Hamburg, is charged with Promoting a Sexual Performance by a Child and Possessing a Sexual Performance by a Child, both felonies. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation out of SP Boston and Troop A Computer Crimes...Read More

AI representational photo Srinagar- Jammu and Kashmir Police have rolled out a dedicated cybercrime mechanism to expedite complaint handling and enable quicker action to freeze suspected fraudulent funds, Senior Superintendent of Police (Crime) Yaseen Kichloo said on Friday. Speaking to reporters, Kichloo said the mechanism has been established under the Jammu and Kashmir Cyber Coordination Centre...Read More

WASHINGTON (TNND) — Meta is overhauling how teens will experience Instagram and Facebook after a nearly $18 billion settlement with nearly every U.S. state in a lawsuit over claims of social media addiction and failures to protect children. Users under 18 are already automatically placed in Teen Accounts, which are set to private by default...Read More

In a first for Google, the company confirmed that its AI model, Gemini, breached the security of three other companies in May. The hacks occurred during a cybersecurity evaluation by AI-security firm Irregular. Irregular, an Israel-based startup that scrutinizes the security of advanced AI systems, was also at the center of some of the recent...Read More

Google says its Gemini model accessed three external websites during a cybersecurity evaluation conducted in May by Irregular, an independent company that tests AI systems. The episode, reported by Reuters and attributed initially to the Wall Street Journal, has put attention on a practical weakness in testing increasingly capable AI agents: a model can follow...Read More

Gov. Newsom signed landmark bipartisan legislation strengthening California’s protections for children online and when using artificial intelligence (A.I.). The new laws strengthen safeguards for companion chatbots, prohibit social media platforms from offering addictive features to users under 16, and expand privacy protections for children, according to a press release from Newsom’s office. With the governor’s...Read More