It used to be just a sci-fi nightmare scenario, but today, AI phishing is real, and it's costing companies millions. We've already touched upon this one, but the Hong Kong phishing scam that targeted an employee at Arup deserves a deeper dive. The employee was tricked by deepfake versions of her CFO and colleagues into transferring HK 200 million across 15 transactions. The case has been widely reported and confirmed by the Hong Kong police. Every face and voice was AI-generated.

Has Trump failed to sell the Iran war to the world? Are US-Israeli attacks against Iran legal? Why did Trump fire Kristi Noem as DHS secretary? United States President Donald Trump is getting into the fusion power business through a $6bn merger of his social media firm and Google-backed TAE Technologies, just days after industry representatives urged federal funding. The all-stock deal, announced on Thursday, is an ambitious bet on the power boom spurred by artificial intelligence (AI) data centres and adds to the Trump family's growing roster of diverse ventures from cryptocurrency to real estate holdings and mobile services.

Capable of creating "nearly perfect" face swaps during live video chats, Hoatian has made millions, mainly via Telegram. But its main channel vanished after WIRED's inquiry into scammers using the app. The Chinese-language artificial intelligence app Haotian is so effective that it's made millions of dollars selling its face-swapping technology on Telegram . The service integrates easily with messaging platforms like WhatsApp and WeChat and claims that users can tweak up to 50 settings--including the ability to adjust things like cheekbone size and eye position--to help mimic the face they are impersonating. But while Haotian is a robust and versatile platform, researchers and WIRED's own analysis have found that the service has been marketing to so-called "pig butchering" scammers and those running online fraud operations in Southeast Asia.

The UK government says it will ban so-called nudification apps as part of efforts to tackle misogyny online. New laws - announced on Thursday as part of a wider strategy to halve violence against women and girls - will make it illegal to create and supply AI tools letting users edit images to seemingly remove someone's clothing. The new offences would build on existing rules around sexually explicit deepfakes and intimate image abuse, the government said. Women and girls deserve to be safe online as well as offline, said Technology Secretary Liz Kendall. We will not stand by while technology is weaponised to abuse, humiliate and exploit them through the creation of non-consensual sexually explicit deepfakes.

MAGA diehard who was pardoned by Trump offers scathing assessment after his speech: 'He's stuttering... we can't lie anymore' Chilling new video of Nick Reiner making disturbing comments about murder... as friend reveals dad Rob's tragic failed attempt to save him: 'I'm going to kill that f***ing dog' The tiny diet change that brought down my sky-high cholesterol WITHOUT statins or drugs. Mike was told he risked a heart attack or stroke. Reiner family bombshell as insiders reveal who is paying for Nick's celebrity lawyer... their secret motive... and who will REALLY inherit $200m fortune Corey Feldman claims he was molested by the late Corey Haim while making 1987's The Lost Boys Knives out for Susie Wiles after Vanity Fair calamity... as insiders reveal full-blown MAGA meltdown: 'She might have lost one of her nine lives' I sneakily looked at my perfect son's phone... What a terrible mistake! HGTV star David Bromstad shares devastating substance abuse journey: 'I've had really hard times' Tara Reid speaks out for the first time since THAT video emerged... and tells KATIE HIND why she is convinced she was spiked after watching CCTV Brown's $3m-a-year president faces ire for'shifting blame' after shooter unleashed havoc on campus Cruel rosacea blighted Rebecca's life and made her nose swell. Her doctor said she just'had to just put up with it'.

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How well do you remember this year's headlines? In just a couple of weeks, we'll be bidding farewell to 2025. And what a year it has been! Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into more aspects of our lives, weight-loss drugs have expanded in scope, and there have been some real "omg" biotech stories from the fields of gene therapy, IVF, neurotech, and more . As always, the team at has been putting together our 2026 list of breakthrough technologies . That will be published in the new year (watch this space).

A husband and wife have died after being trapped in a private sauna room that caught fire in Japan on Monday. Tokyo police are investigating whether a faulty doorknob trapped the couple inside the room at Sauna Tiger, in the city's Akasaka district, local media has reported. Investigators also found that the facility's emergency alarm system was switched off, and allegedly had been for two years. We offer our deepest condolences... and our heartfelt sympathies for the deep grief and pain that cannot be expressed in words, Sauna Tiger said in a statement on its website. The victims have been named by local media as Yoko Matsuda, a 37-year-old nail artist, and her husband Masanari, 36, who ran a beauty salon.

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PCWorld reports on Ring's new Alexa+ Greetings feature that enables AI-powered natural language conversations with doorbell visitors. The technology recognizes different visitor types like delivery personnel and friends, responding with customized instructions based on appearance and actions. This enhanced smart doorbell functionality requires specific Ring models and a $20/month Ring Home Premium subscription to operate.