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Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET's key takeaways * Google's selfie video sign-on helps users recover their accounts. * You should know how your biometric data is stored and used. * Google asserts that uploaded biometric data is never shared. Google's introducing
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Assaf Keren announced on Wednesday that he is the new Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) of social media giant Meta. “Building AI at the frontier means building the trust infrastructure for it at the same frontier, with the same seriousness, at a scale that touches billions of people. There are
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Unelected globalists want the same power and influence over narratives and information that big tech has for themselves: perspective AI is eroding information integrity while weakening “the shared reality required for public trust, social cohesion, and democratic deliberation,” according to the United Nations preliminary scientific report on artificial intelligence. Last
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Check Point has notified customers that a critical zero-day vulnerability discovered recently in its products has been exploited in the wild. The exploited vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2026-16232 and it affects the cybersecurity company’s Security Management and Multi-Domain Management products. The flaw has been described as an authentication bypass
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The 2026 FIFA World Cup is the largest sporting event ever staged, being hosted in 16 cities across three countries. The event revenue is projected to reach $10.9 bn, and from a cybersecurity standpoint, this makes for an unprecedented attack surface that threat actors are desperate to get their
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Industrial organisations are adopting artificial intelligence for threat detection, network monitoring, and security operations, but formal controls governing its use in operational technology environments remain limited, according to a new industry survey. The State of AI in OT Cybersecurity 2026 report found that 87.7% of respondents are using, evaluating,
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OpenAI said on Tuesday that its most advanced artificial intelligence (AI) models, while being tested for their hacking skills in a controlled environment, found a way out, reached the internet and broke into the systems of Hugging Face, the New York company that functions as a public library for AI
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The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance industry is entering a new era where competitive advantage will increasingly be shaped by computational power, cryptographic resilience and real-time decision intelligence. While advances in AI, predictive analytics, cloud modernization have significantly enhanced fraud detection, risk assessment and customer engagement; many institutions still face
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Revenue at Google Cloud rose 82% to $24.8 billion during the quarter ended June, accelerating from the 63% jump reported in the preceding three months. Total revenue of $119.8 billion in the period, net income of $112.1 billion. It’s all AI-driven, of course. Alphabet CEO Sundar
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The recent OpenAI-Hugging Face security incident has sparked a new debate in the cybersecurity community. What was once considered a theoretical risk is now being viewed as evidence that highly capable AI agents can autonomously discover, chain together, and exploit weaknesses across real-world systems. According to Vlad Korsunsky, Chief Technology
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Fliki is one of the best AI video generation and editing platforms, priced on par with other similar tools, especially during the discount season. Its new dashboard and layout make it easy to use and beginner-friendly. You can create videos from simple prompts, generate scripts, or create AI images right
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The US government has updated a recent cybersecurity advisory describing Iran-linked attacks on critical infrastructure organizations, warning that hackers have been targeting industrial control systems (ICS) made by Siemens, Schneider Electric, and Rockwell Automation. The advisory was initially published in early April, when federal agencies said Iranian hackers had been
