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The mystery of the man embroiled in a gold scam
Questions remain around the disappearance of a man mixed up in one of the biggest gold scams in history.BBC News - Top stories -
Arup lost $25mn in deepfake video conference scam
UK-based engineering group identified as target of fraud that used digitally cloned CFO to trick Hong Kong staffFinancial Times - World -
Advisers worry as social media investment scams surge
Trusted figures often used to persuade people to put money into fraudulent schemesFinancial Times - World -
Google tests AI to detect scam phone calls. Privacy advocates are terrified.
Some privacy advocates say that they’re terrified by an announcement this week from Google that the company is testing a way to scan people’s phone calls.NBC News - Top stories - Google -
UK engineering firm Arup falls victim to £20m deepfake scam
Hong Kong employee was duped into sending cash to criminals by AI-generated video call. Business live – latest updatesThe British engineering company Arup has confirmed it was the victim of a deepfake fraud after an employee was duped into sending ...The Guardian - World - United Kingdom -
Vast Identity Theft Scam Traced to North Korean IT Workers With Remote Jobs
Business owners, verify your remote employee IDs. The Justice Department announced a slew of arrests in the wildly complex scheme, in which remote workers got jobsusing stolen identities to steal for Pyongyang.Inc. - Business -
Sketchy Politics: Sunak's sinking feeling
The FT's UK political commentator Robert Shrimsley and deputy opinion editor Miranda Green sketch out Rishi Sunak's defectors, the fallout from the recent elections, and political drama in ScotlandFinancial Times - World -
Biden's Political Ploy at the Holocaust Museum
In 2019, he said cutting off arms to Israel was a ‘preposterous’ idea.The Wall Street Journal - World - Joe Biden -
A tense day at the Trump trial: From the Politics Desk
Michael Cohen returned to the witness stand for a tense cross-examination by Donald Trump’s defense attorneys. Closing arguments could come next week.NBC News - Top stories - Donald Trump -
Xi Jinping's strongman politics is China’s 'new normal'
Rather than go “back to the future” after Xi (who may yet rule for decades), China is unlikely to liberalize.The Hill - Politics - China -
Political Violence in Slovakia Reminds Us of the Dangers of Polarization
The shooting of Slovakia’s prime minister comes with a backdrop of growing political polarization.The New York Times - Top stories -
Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator, dies at 58
Alice Stewart, a CNN political commentator and veteran political adviser who worked on a number of GOP presidential campaigns, has died at age 58, the news network reported Saturday.NBC News - Politics -
Alice Stewart, a CNN Political Commentator, Dies at 58
She had appeared onscreen as a conservative voice since the 2016 presidential race. A political strategist, she had worked for Republican presidential candidates.The New York Times - Top stories -
Alice Stewart, CNN political commentator, dead at 58
Alice Stewart, a veteran CNN commentator and a political adviser who has worked on many Republican campaigns, is dead at 58, the network announced Saturday. Her body was found outdoors in a neighborhood in northern Virginia on Saturday, law ...The Hill - Politics