Passkeys, multi-factor authentication, direct verification and faster reporting remain the clearest consumer defences against ...
Older Americans lost at least $1.9 million to grandparent scams in the first nine months of 2023 alone, according to FBI ...
Cryptocurrency ATM scams are surging, with FTC data showing a 1,000% increase in losses. Learn how scammers operate and how ...
FBI reports elder fraud losses topped $7.7 billion in 2025. Learn how to protect your dad this Father's Day by removing his ...
In 2024, Americans reported losing $470 million to scams that started with texts, according to the Federal Trade Commission. Text scams are also becoming harder to detect with AI. Knowing what to look ...
US Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) has urged Amazon to discontinue the Familiar Faces feature. Markey sent Amazon a letter in October 2025 asking how Familiar Faces works, and summarized Amazon’s responses ...
Sam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO and the public face of ChatGPT, has carved out an image for himself as one of the preeminent AI whisperers of our age, whose influence supposedly extends to the White House on ...
An appeals court invalidated the Biden-era Federal Trade Commission’s attempt to punish Intuit for allegedly deceptive ads that pitched TurboTax as free. Under then-Chair Lina Khan, the FTC determined ...
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) issued warnings to 97 auto groups around the country, reminding them their advertised prices must be the total price, inclusive of all mandatory fees, that consumers ...
In a year already racking up examples of dubiously beneficial about-faces from the U.S. government, we’ve finally found one that seems unambiguously positive. This week, the Trump administration is ...
The expanded use of QR codes has been a convenience for some and an annoyance for many. Does anyone really want to scan one with their phones to read a restaurant menu? Lately they have become another ...
More than 444,000 people who rented homes with Invitation Homes will soon receive checks as part of a $47.2 million settlement stemming from a 2024 lawsuit filed by the Federal Trade Commission. The ...