For cybercriminals, tax season means open season. And in 2025, they’ve upgraded their playbook. AI-generated phishing emails. Deepfake IRS agents. Voice-cloned tax professionals threatening you with arrest. What used to be laughably obvious scams are now chillingly realistic. If you’re still expecting scams to come in broken English from a sketchy Gmail address, you’re behind the times. According to IRS statistics, more than $37 billion in tax and financial crimes were identified in fiscal year 2023. And that’s just what they caught. Behind those numbers is a growing wave of fraud that’s smarter, faster, and ruthlessly effective. Cybercriminals are tapping…
What does it take to get to the next level of artificial intelligence? We’ve heard a lot about that in the past year – we saw a perceived crisis in scaling laws, where movers and shakers in the industry were worried that we would run out of power to keep…
The race toward scalable quantum computing has reached a pivotal moment, with major players like Microsoft, Google, and IBM pushing forward with breakthroughs. Microsoft’s recent announcement of its Majorana 1 chip marks a significant milestone, while Google’s Willow chip and IBM’s long-term quantum roadmap illustrate the industry’s diverse approaches to…
Looking for Saturday’s Quordle hints and answers? You can find them here: Hey, folks! Hints and the answers for today’s Quordle words are just ahead. How To Play Quordle For any newcomers joining us, here’s how to play Quordle: Just start typing in words. You have four five-letter words to…
When it comes to cybersecurity, companies may believe that the more tools and safeguards they have in place, the harder it is for attackers to breach their defenses. However, according to tech pros, some commonly leveraged solutions don’t actually offer much protection or can be easily evaded by attackers. Further,…
Republished on March 6th with news of Google’s new real-time security technology. For the 3 billion users of Google’s world-leading email platform, there is a major change coming and it’s one update you really need. As spam and malware continue to plague the platform — and the new threat of…
Coming just 24-hours after Google’s latest warning that Android is under attack, a new report has uncovered an “extensive and sophisticated ad fraud scheme” that has amassed more than 56 million downloads for 180 malicious apps. Google has now deleted all these apps from its Play Store, but serious damage…
Here we go again. Google’s Android’s security update for March warns that more vulnerabilities are under attack. As ever there’s little information, but that shouldn’t matter — what does is that you update your phone as soon as you can. This is the second month running we have seen attacks…
In today’s column, I examine the recent spate of claims that generative AI and large language models (LLMs) supposedly suffer from cognitive decline. This certainly sounds juicy. One related disconcerting factor is that comparing AI to the human condition associated with cognitive decline is an inapt analog and sadly another…
Looking for Saturday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: It’s been a minute since we took a walk down memory lane, so on this lovely, lazy Sunday, I figured why not? Here are some big, important things that took place on March 2nd over the years:…
Looking for Friday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: Hey look, it’s March! February, the shortest of all months, is behind us and spring is here. Or mostly here. Some say it begins on March 1st, others go by the equinox which falls on March 20th…
Fans asked for it, and it appears they have gotten their wish. On Thursday, the UFC removed Nikolay Veretennikov from its roster. You could look at Veretennikov’s time in a UFC Octagon and find every reason why he’s not fit for the roster. He’s on a two-fight losing streak, with…
Google looks set to release the latest Pixel update next month, further widening the gap with Samsung Galaxy phones still awaiting their first Android 15 update. Ironically, the good Pixel news comes at the same time as the bad Samsung news that Android 15 and its One UI 7 wrap…
Looking for Tuesday’s Wordle hints, clues and answer? You can find them here: We’re back to yet another edition of Wordle Wednesday, the day when we supplement our Wordle with an extra super special riddle, brain-teaser or logic puzzle. Here’s today’s: Four friends—Owl, Robot, Sneaky Bobby, and Tomcat—are playing a…
In case you missed Monday’s NYT Mini, you can find the answers here: The NYT Mini is a quick and dirty version of the newspaper’s larger and long-running crossword. Most days, there are between three and five clues in each direction on a five by five grid, but the puzzles…
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