New X phishing scam copies real login alerts down to the pixel to hijack accounts
New X phishing scam copies real login alerts down to the pixel to hijack accounts

Scammers are sending phishing emails that are near-exact replicas of X’s legitimate login notifications, warning recipients of a login “from a new device” in a location they have never been. The emails include X’s logo, correct formatting, proper gramm…

Facebook and Instagram stumble for users in Sunday-morning outage
Facebook and Instagram stumble for users in Sunday-morning outage

Meta’s two biggest social networks spent part of Sunday morning refusing to behave for a good number of the people who reached for them. Facebook and Instagram both faltered on 19 July, greeting users with login failures, frozen feeds, and error screen…

New X phishing scam uses fake login alerts to steal your account

A phishing email mimicking X’s real login alerts is making the rounds, and it’s designed to steal your password instead of protecting your account. Here’s how to spot the fake and what to do if you clicked.

Victoria proposes forcing social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification
Victoria proposes forcing social media platforms to unmask anonymous accounts accused of vilification

Victoria’s premier Jacinta Allan announced on Sunday that the state would propose laws granting the Victorian civil and administrative tribunal power to order social media and AI platforms to reveal the identities of anonymous account holders accused o…

Face AI upgrades its video face swap tool with faster processing and better tracking
Face AI upgrades its video face swap tool with faster processing and better tracking

Face AI, a Los Angeles-based face swap platform, announced a major update to its video face swap feature on Friday. The update improves facial tracking, expression preservation, and scene stability across changing lighting, camera angles, and partial f…

After YouTube, TikTok is testing its own AI likeness detection tool

As deepfakes spread, TikTok joins YouTube in giving creators tools to detect and report unauthorized AI likenesses of themselves.

Trump is selling high-speed access to his market-moving Truth Social posts
Trump is selling high-speed access to his market-moving Truth Social posts

Trump Media, the company behind Truth Social, is selling Wall Street faster access to the “most market-moving” posts on the US President’s social media platform. On Thursday, Trump Media announced plans to launch “Truth API,” a licensed real time data feed for businesses that provides “the fastest access to Truth Social’s most influential accounts.” It […]

Meta will alert parents to teens’ self-harm chats with its AI
Meta will alert parents to teens’ self-harm chats with its AI

Meta will start telling parents when a teenager discusses suicide or self-harm with its Meta AI chatbot. The company set out the change in a blog post on Thursday. The alerts go to parents who use Instagram supervision tools. They are live now in the U…

X cracks down on creators who steal content

X will use Grok AI to better detect stolen content, redirect payouts to original creators, and crack down on engagement bait.

The UK won’t restrict VPNs after all, and its own research is why
The UK won’t restrict VPNs after all, and its own research is why

The UK looked set to crack down on VPNs as it tightens the rules for children online. Instead it has backed off, and its own research is the reason why. Online Safety Minister Kanishka Narayan put it plainly on the BBC. “We decided not to limit VPNs,” …