In Singapore, the police cyber command uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to counter phishing sites that scammers rapidly create as part of their campaigns. Channel NewsAsia reports on the unit’s work. One common scheme involves messages purportedly from courier companies. Recipients are told that a parcel could not be delivered because of an “invalid...Read More

Spending more time on social media is making Canadian teenagers — especially girls — feel anxious, depressed and disconnected, according to a study co-led by University of Alberta researchers.  Using a sampling of thousands of teens, the research looked at how the daily amount of time spent on social media affects their mental health over...Read More

Gemini’s recent hacking incident adds fuel to the growing AI safety concerns as Google AI model escaped sandbox during cybersecurity test, accessed the internet and hacked other companies autonomously. This worrisome incident of the company’s AI breakout is the very first known in which Gemini committed such an act. Speaking about the timeline of this...Read More

Google confirmed Friday that a Gemini AI model accessed the internet and hacked other companies’ systems during a test of its cybersecurity capabilities. The attack occurred in May as part of a test. Gemini was given a fictional hacking task inside a sandbox environment, but a configuration flaw accidentally enabled live internet access, and the artificial...Read More

Eldiario.es calls on the media, universities and NGOs to go beyond individual regulations and take a stand for a better world: “One of the most worrying factors is the breakdown of the public sphere, which is becoming increasingly polarised and divided in a context where digital debate can only deteriorate further if things go on...Read More

Cybercriminals are increasingly using ChatGPT and Claude for malicious purposes, although they still have to ‘trick’ the well-known OpenAI and Anthropic assistants into carrying out questionable actions.  But what if a similar tool gave threat actors the full power of generative AI for malicious activities, without any ethical constraints? Something similar already exists. It is...Read More

In the US state of Colorado, hackers interfered with the operations of two private water supply utilities at the end of August and changed their equipment settings. Each of them serves fewer than 200 people. As The Jerusalem Post reports, according to the office of Governor Jared Polis, the incidents did not affect public safety...Read More

Israeli deeptech developer Quantum X Labs Inc. (NASDAQ: QXL) has unveiled a multi-dimensional cybersecurity initiative under its QuantumQ Security operational division. The program proposes a quantum-native protection model structured around three core functional layers—Detect, Encrypt, and Verify—designed to leverage fundamental quantum mechanical principles directly within network defense architectures rather than modifying classical cryptographic wrappers. The...Read More

Updated August 26, 2026 at 5:26 PM EDT Sign up for NPR’s Up First morning newsletter for the stories you need to start your day. The social media company Meta and states suing it have agreed to settle a landmark federal child safety lawsuit in a move that state attorneys general hope will be a...Read More

Note: This is an unedited rush transcript. Please check any quotations against the audio recording. Kate Ruane: I’ll be honest. I have never seen this much. I’ve been a First Amendment lawyer for almost 20 years now, and I have never seen this much activity in the speech and technology space. Martin Luther King: Somewhere...Read More