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The IMF and World Bank say scammers now trick people into sending money, and want banks to add delays and checks before payments leave an account.
Read more: Global Banks Urged to Slow Down Scam Payments and Cover Fraud VictimsGulf Shores officials say scammers are sending fake city invoices and posing as police on the phone. One resident has already lost $4,000.
Read more: Gulf Shores warns of fake city invoices and fake police callsA retired teacher lost Rs 3.73 lakh to a fake bank call. India's central bank rules say sharing a code does not end your claim, and quick reporting matters.
Read more: Tricked into sharing a bank code? You may still get money backAn Android phone's hotspot can act as a travel router, a backup for your home router and a Wi-Fi extender. A few limits apply, including battery, heat and VPNs.
Read more: Your Android phone's hotspot can do much more than share dataMastercard says it is using AI and stand-in card numbers to cut fraud in Ethiopia, where reported fraud losses hit 1.3 billion birr in 2024.
Read more: Mastercard uses AI and card-number swaps to fight fraud in EthiopiaScam callers pose as Social Security, the IRS or your bank and push you to pay fast. Losses for Americans 60 and older hit $7.748 billion in 2025.
Read more: 12 Phrases a Phone Scammer Uses to Rush You Into PayingScammers posing as a parish jail kept a mother on the phone for almost three hours and took $1,700 by Venmo, then asked for $6,750 more.
Read more: Family loses $1,700 to fake jail bail call, then is asked for $6,750 moreIndiana's governor and attorney general say scammers are posing as state licensing staff and faking caller ID to steal personal information from license holders.
Read more: Fake state licensing agency callers target Indiana professionalsScammers posing as Harris County deputies are calling about missed jury duty, and one lawyer stayed on the line 44 minutes before she caught on.
Read more: Fake jury duty call nearly cost a Houston lawyer $700Guelph Police say a woman lost about $140,000 after a text from a stranger turned into months of fake crypto investing. Here is the pattern to spot.
Read more: Woman loses $140,000 after a text from a stranger led to fake crypto investingSecurity firm Kaspersky found fake Apple store sites using the new iPhone Duo as bait, with a 25% discount and a countdown timer to rush you.
Read more: Fake iPhone Duo websites are tricking buyers with 25% off dealsA Florida Politics column warns that AI can copy a voice, so a call that sounds like family or your boss may be fake. The same tricks could target voters.
Read more: AI voice scams can fake a loved one's voice to steal moneyA Small Business Trends report says phones, social apps and AI search are where online shoppers are heading, and sellers need to be ready for all three.
Read more: Online shopping is moving to phones, social apps and AI searchDayforce, a work and payroll software company, plans to buy Ribbon, whose AI has run over a million job interviews. Here is what it means if you apply or hire.
Read more: Dayforce to buy Ribbon, an AI that interviews job candidatesCanva's first AI image maker is free to try, but a Business Insider test found it behind ChatGPT, Muse and Gemini on cards, product shots and photo-style images.
Read more: Canva's first AI image maker trails rivals in a hands-on testA writer who swapped an Apple Watch for the screenless Fitbit Air says it lacks lap marking, music controls and built-in GPS. Runners should know before buying.
Read more: A screenless Fitbit Air is missing three things an Apple Watch doesKalshi is adding bets on whole sectors, like retail foot traffic and app downloads, giving investors a way to back a trend without picking one stock.
Read more: Kalshi lets people bet on store traffic and app downloadsDenmark's Ministry of Digitalisation has quietly ended a pilot of an open source Office alternative, and its reasons are not public in the material available.
Read more: Denmark quietly cancels its test of a free alternative to Microsoft OfficeGoogle Maps hides settings for a McLaren car icon, electric car plugs and Wi-Fi-only map downloads. A few minutes there can save data and hassle.
Read more: Four Google Maps settings most people never openApple's Image Playground app can make realistic AI photos in iOS 27, and it adds a hidden watermark so people can tell them apart from real pictures.
Read more: Apple's Image Playground can now make realistic AI photos in iOS 27Coast, a company that automates expense tracking, raised $35 million. Its customers are heating, cooling, electrical and utility firms with crews in the field.
Read more: Coast raises $35 million to automate expense tracking for trade firmsSelect GM vehicles can now treat a compatible Galaxy phone as the key through Samsung Wallet, which could ease how small businesses share company cars.
Read more: Samsung phones can now unlock and lock some GM cars on their ownInsightly now connects its customer management system to AI assistants through a shared standard, so an assistant can look up your contacts and deals.
Read more: Insightly lets AI assistants read your customer records directlyA TechCrunch list shows AI products shutting down fast, from small startups to OpenAI, and about 42% of AI projects get dropped by their own companies.
Read more: Many AI products have already shut down, even from big names
