Online shoppers rely on star ratings, but the legal ground beneath them is shifting. In Spain, publishing or commissioning fake reviews has been an unfair commercial practice since May 28, 2022. From late 2025, sites that display reviews must ensure they concern products or services bought or used in the previous 30 calendar days. Regulators … Read more
A seemingly harmless message offering paid online tasks has become one of the fastest-growing frauds on messaging platforms. The so-called task scam — also known as the “like scam” — promises easy money for liking posts or rating products, then demands deposits that victims never recover. TechNews DevTop breaks down the playbook, warning signs and … Read more
Three seconds of audio is enough for a criminal to rebuild your voice convincingly enough to fool your own family. That is the figure Starling Bank puts at the heart of its Safe Phrases campaign, and it reframes a very old fraud. The “relative in trouble” call has not changed its script, only its raw … Read more
President Donald Trump has named Jay Clayton, his director of national intelligence, to chair a newly created federal task force on artificial intelligence — branded the Super Intelligence Force — and given it 120 days to deliver a report on the technology’s risks and opportunities. Announced on 4 October 2026 in a post on Truth … Read more