The United States is entering the most expensive phase of retirement. Some of America’s oldest are eligible for more than $100,000 a year in combined Social Security benefits, while remaining as one of the wealthiest generations in the country. The national debt is rising—just passing $40 trillion this month—and Social Security is set to enter
For years, China’s military and intelligence agencies, which carry out hacking campaigns against targets around the globe, have grown increasingly reliant on a vast web of proxy devices that enable and obfuscate their targeting. Now the FBI has named and disrupted one key network of those proxies—and in doing so, revealed just how extensively the
China’s foreign ministry has told its citizens to leave the southern African kingdom of Eswatini over “security risks”. The ministry cited “rampant cyber fraud and criminal activities associated with gambling” as among its security concerns, but did not give details. It suggested its citizens relocate as soon as possible to “relatively safer” countries such as
WhatsApp announced Tuesday that it has two new security features to help prevent accounts from being hacked — upgrading PINs to passwords and allowing users to add more passkeys. The Meta-owned app also announced that when you receive calls from someone outside your contact list, you’ll get more information and context about the caller, such
Hello and welcome to Eye on AI. In this edition: The UK AISI has a new head and a big set of challenges. Nvidia spends $6 billion to ‘reverse aquihire’ Poolside. Hugging Face reportedly looks to sell for $13 billion. Use of Anthropic’s top model lags. Why Americans use chatbots for health information. And what
The new head of Iran’s top security body warned Sunday that Tehran will see any country’s support for new U.S. economic measures against the Islamic Republic as an “act of war,” while Iran’s president defended a memorandum of understanding with the United States as the best way out of the stalled conflict. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday is expected