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Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...
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Ways To Keep Yourself Safe From Cyberfraud
Think about how many things you have done online today. Paid a bill? Logged into your bank account? Used social media or spent time answering emails? Maybe you have used your phone to pay at a supermarket or train station.
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Thailand's Prime Minister Targeted By AI Phone Scam Mimicking World Leaders
Paetongtarn identified the fake voice but expressed surprise at the scam's sophistication, underscoring the growing threat of AI-enabled fraud.
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Google Introduces AI-Powered Safety Tools to Protect Users from Phone Call Scams and Malicious Apps
Google introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) safety tools for Android devices on Wednesday. These tools are aimed at protecting users from phone call-based scams and malicious apps by monitoring the activity in real time. The first is Scam Detection in Phone by Google, which monitors conversation patterns to determine whether an incoming ...
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Teen "Influencer" Dupes 200 People Of Rs 42 Lakh Through Fake Investment Scheme
A Hyundai Verna, a cash counting machine, mobile phones and laptops were recovered from him.
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Fake Flipkart Delivery Boy Tries To Scam Bengaluru Customer, What Happened Next
Just minutes after the fake delivery agent left, the official Flipkart delivery executive arrived at the resident's home with the actual package.
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RG Kar Ex-Principal's Phones, Laptops Give CBI '3-Tier' Nexus Clue: Report
CBI officials probing the financial scam at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have traced crucial clues of the "influential nexus" of its former and controversial Principal Sandip Ghosh from his two mobile phones and two laptops.
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Watch: In Phone Call Viral On X, Man Outsmarts Phishing Scammer
"No one can trace this number. It is fake...," a scammer confesses, rattled after his mark turns the tables on him, in a video that has gone viral on X.
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Phone Data Bought For Rs 2,500 Used For Multi-Crore Scam Running In Noida
Phone data bought online with just Rs 2,500 was used to defraud hundreds of people in a multi-crore loan scam running from a fake call centre in Noida, police said. 11people, including nine women, were arrested for selling fake insurance policies.
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K Kavitha Destroyed 9 Phones, Stayed In Rs 10 Lakh Hotel Room: Probe Agency
BRS lawmaker K Kavitha destroyed eight mobile phones that may have contained key evidence in the inquiry into the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam that involves Arvind Kejriwal and the ruling AAP, the ED has claimed.
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"I'm Shocked": Former Beauty Queen Loses $2,000 In 'Zelle Scam' In US
Briana Siaca said she was approached by two teen boys who said they were raising funds for their basketball team. The boys used her phone to transfer the money using the Zelle app.
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Google I/O 2024: Android to Get Support for Scam Call Detection, Circle to Search for Homework using On-Device Gemini AI
Google I/O 2024 saw the company unveil new features powered by AI that will soon come to the company's Android smartphones. During the keynote event on May 14, the company's executives didn't unveil Android 15, but showcased off new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that are likely to arrive on Android phones in the coming months.
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"Jesus Going To Take Me Up In The Clouds": 92-Year-Old US Woman Pranks Scam Callers
Fed up with relentless scam calls, 92-year-old South Carolina resident "Bumma" (as her family affectionately calls her) has become a champion for annoyed phone users everywhere.
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Chinese Man Uses 4,600 Phones To Fake Live-Stream Views, Earns Over Rs 3 Crore In 4 Months
A man in China has been jailed for using thousands of phones to fake viewers and traffic on live streams and making $415,000 (approximately Rs 3.4 crore) in less than four months.
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81-Year-Old US Man, Confused After Scam Call, Shoots Dead Uber Driver
The victim, identified as Loletha Hall, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds near the home of 81-year-old William Brock in South Charleston on March 25.
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Google to Add New Security Features to Advanced Protection With Android 16
Google’s strongest layer of security for Google accounts and mobile devices, Advanced Protection, will get new features with Android 16. Announced on Tuesday, the new features were showcased during The Android Show: I/O Edition. The Mountain View-based tech giant said that the next iteration of the Android operating system will now bring a device...
-
Ways To Keep Yourself Safe From Cyberfraud
Think about how many things you have done online today. Paid a bill? Logged into your bank account? Used social media or spent time answering emails? Maybe you have used your phone to pay at a supermarket or train station.
-
Thailand's Prime Minister Targeted By AI Phone Scam Mimicking World Leaders
Paetongtarn identified the fake voice but expressed surprise at the scam's sophistication, underscoring the growing threat of AI-enabled fraud.
-
Google Introduces AI-Powered Safety Tools to Protect Users from Phone Call Scams and Malicious Apps
Google introduced two new artificial intelligence (AI) safety tools for Android devices on Wednesday. These tools are aimed at protecting users from phone call-based scams and malicious apps by monitoring the activity in real time. The first is Scam Detection in Phone by Google, which monitors conversation patterns to determine whether an incoming ...
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Teen "Influencer" Dupes 200 People Of Rs 42 Lakh Through Fake Investment Scheme
A Hyundai Verna, a cash counting machine, mobile phones and laptops were recovered from him.
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Fake Flipkart Delivery Boy Tries To Scam Bengaluru Customer, What Happened Next
Just minutes after the fake delivery agent left, the official Flipkart delivery executive arrived at the resident's home with the actual package.
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RG Kar Ex-Principal's Phones, Laptops Give CBI '3-Tier' Nexus Clue: Report
CBI officials probing the financial scam at RG Kar Medical College and Hospital have traced crucial clues of the "influential nexus" of its former and controversial Principal Sandip Ghosh from his two mobile phones and two laptops.
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Watch: In Phone Call Viral On X, Man Outsmarts Phishing Scammer
"No one can trace this number. It is fake...," a scammer confesses, rattled after his mark turns the tables on him, in a video that has gone viral on X.
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Phone Data Bought For Rs 2,500 Used For Multi-Crore Scam Running In Noida
Phone data bought online with just Rs 2,500 was used to defraud hundreds of people in a multi-crore loan scam running from a fake call centre in Noida, police said. 11people, including nine women, were arrested for selling fake insurance policies.
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K Kavitha Destroyed 9 Phones, Stayed In Rs 10 Lakh Hotel Room: Probe Agency
BRS lawmaker K Kavitha destroyed eight mobile phones that may have contained key evidence in the inquiry into the alleged Delhi liquor policy scam that involves Arvind Kejriwal and the ruling AAP, the ED has claimed.
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"I'm Shocked": Former Beauty Queen Loses $2,000 In 'Zelle Scam' In US
Briana Siaca said she was approached by two teen boys who said they were raising funds for their basketball team. The boys used her phone to transfer the money using the Zelle app.
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Google I/O 2024: Android to Get Support for Scam Call Detection, Circle to Search for Homework using On-Device Gemini AI
Google I/O 2024 saw the company unveil new features powered by AI that will soon come to the company's Android smartphones. During the keynote event on May 14, the company's executives didn't unveil Android 15, but showcased off new features powered by artificial intelligence (AI), that are likely to arrive on Android phones in the coming months.
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"Jesus Going To Take Me Up In The Clouds": 92-Year-Old US Woman Pranks Scam Callers
Fed up with relentless scam calls, 92-year-old South Carolina resident "Bumma" (as her family affectionately calls her) has become a champion for annoyed phone users everywhere.
-
Chinese Man Uses 4,600 Phones To Fake Live-Stream Views, Earns Over Rs 3 Crore In 4 Months
A man in China has been jailed for using thousands of phones to fake viewers and traffic on live streams and making $415,000 (approximately Rs 3.4 crore) in less than four months.
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81-Year-Old US Man, Confused After Scam Call, Shoots Dead Uber Driver
The victim, identified as Loletha Hall, was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds near the home of 81-year-old William Brock in South Charleston on March 25.
