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Harvey to open Paris office & hire EMEA sales chief

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AI platform Harvey will open a Paris office in Q2 and has hired former Canva executive Jorge Bestard as Vice President of EMEA Sales.
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Deepfake boom fuels relentless wave of celebrity scams

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A deepfake surge is driving relentless AI-powered celebrity scams, with persona kits and adaptive fraud campaigns eroding online trust.
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BioCatch warns AI agents will supercharge online fraud

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BioCatch warns AI shopping agents will turbocharge online fraud, urging banks and retailers to distinguish helpful bots from criminal misuse.
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Microsoft tops global phishing brand rankings again

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Microsoft again tops global phishing brand list as attackers increasingly mimic big tech services to steal cloud and consumer credentials.
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Brazilian banking trojan hijacks WhatsApp for spread

2 days ago
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A new Astaroth banking trojan variant hijacks WhatsApp Web to self-spread via chats while silently stealing Brazilian banking credentials.
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Instagram denies breach after 17m user records leak

3 days ago
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Instagram denies a data breach after a dataset on 17m users appears on hacking forums, blaming old leak scraps and a fixed reset bug.
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Kyowon, Instagram cases expose APAC identity flaws

3 days ago
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Kyowon outage and an Instagram bug expose entrenched identity security gaps across APAC, from credential hygiene to privileged access.
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Siemens deepens Nvidia AI pact & unveils digital twin tools

4 days ago
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Siemens deepens Nvidia AI alliance and debuts digital twin tools, targeting an industrial metaverse and copilots across factory floors.
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Vespertec warns AI growth will hit hard data centre limits

5 days ago
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Vespertec says AI growth will slam into hard data centre limits by 2026, as chip, memory and cooling bottlenecks reshape infrastructure plans.
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Microsoft leads on nature in Europe’s data centres

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Microsoft tops rivals for weaving nature restoration into European data centres, but report warns sector lags as AI power demand surges.
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Fraud expert warns FCA Firm Checker will not stop scams

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A leading fraud expert says the FCA’s new Firm Checker will boost transparency but leave sophisticated social engineering scams largely untouched.
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Simwood links WhatsApp voice with global carrier tools

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Simwood launches WhatsApp Business voice integration, linking Teams, SIP and UCaaS tools to more than three billion WhatsApp users.
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AI to reshape bank payments as fraud pressure mounts

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Banks are set to embed AI deep into payment systems by 2026, slashing costs as fraud surges and pressure mounts on platforms and regulators.
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Gen & Intel unveil on-device deepfake scam defence

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Gen and Intel debut an on-device deepfake detector at CES, targeting AI-driven scam videos by analysing audio and visuals in real time.
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SHAREit unveils AI ad platform for emerging markets

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SHAREit launches AI-powered ad platform to tap emerging-market growth, handling 180 billion daily requests and 150 million impressions.
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Craig Newmark backs Global Signal Exchange anti-fraud push

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Craigslist founder Craig Newmark is funding Global Signal Exchange to expand its shared threat data network against rising online fraud.
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Meta buys Manus to boost general-purpose AI agents

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Meta has bought Singapore AI start-up Manus, aiming to embed its autonomous general-purpose agent across consumer and business products.
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Strong AI governance drives faster secure adoption

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Organisations with robust AI governance are deploying advanced systems faster and more securely, widening the gap with less prepared peers.
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Explainer: Undersea cables quietly powering the AI revolution

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Undersea fibre-optic cables, carrying 95% of international internet traffic, are expanding rapidly to support soaring AI and cloud computing data demands.
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Series hits 1m iMessage posts as users shun public feeds

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iMessage-based social app Series tops 1m posts and 10,000 daily users as young people drift from public feeds to private chats.