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#10 AI-Powered Scam Targets 2.5 Billion Gmail Users in Sophisticated Phishing Attacks - Kurt Knutsson for Fox News, Cyber News Live, and Ken Williams on X
Gmail is used by nearly 2.5 billion users worldwide, making it a frequent target for scammers. If you use Gmail, you've probably encountered phishing emails impersonating popular companies like Microsoft, Google, Apple, and others. These scams are often easy to spot due to suspicious email addresses and other red flags like poor grammar or urgent requests for personal information. However, a new AI-powered scam is making the rounds, and it’s much harder to detect unless you're very cautious. Wondering how this scam works and how to protect yourself? I’ve got you covered. In this article, I'll share a real-life example and provide practical tips to safeguard your information...
#9 Windows Users Are Exposed to Over 600 Million Cyber Attacks Every Day - Kristian Kask and Joel Lee for PC World, Instasafe, and Microsoft on the Issues on X
Microsoft recently released the Microsoft Digital Defense Report 2024, this year’s edition of the company’s annual cybersecurity report. In the 114-page document, Microsoft reveals — among other things — just how much cyber threats have grown over the past year. Cybercriminals have gained access to better resources, including the incorporation of AI tools to bolster their arsenal. They’re now better equipped to create fake images, videos, and audio recordings to trick people, to flood job applications with AI-created “perfect” résumés to physically access companies, and much more...
#8 FBI Quietly Revised 2022 Crime Data to Show Violent Offenses Rose Rather Than Dropped - Ryan King for The New York Post, Rick Snyder, JustCallMeYoYo, and The Vintage Villager on X
Former President Donald Trump has been hit with numerous “fact-checks” on the campaign trail that have cited FBI statistics to maintain violent crime is falling in America. However, the bureau quietly adjusted its figures for 2022 in recent weeks — and the new numbers show that offenses actually ticked up overall. The apparent stealth edit to the bureau’s statistics, first reported by RealClearInvestigations, shows that the raw number of violent crime incidents — including murders, assaults, and rapes — rose to 1,256,671 in 2022 from 1,197,930 in 2021, an increase of 4.9%...
#7 Supreme Court Appears Split in San Francisco Water Lawsuit Against Biden Administration - Zack Budryk for The Hill, EJ News Today, Epoch Times - Southern California, and Steve Milloy on X
The Supreme Court appeared split Wednesday on a challenge from the city of San Francisco to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency over federal wastewater rules. In its lawsuit against the federal agency, the city argued regulations around discharge of untreated sewage were unclear, including the potential price tag for violations, and that they could leave the city on the hook for factors beyond its control, such as the quality of water that enters the San Francisco Bay from elsewhere...
#6 Mormon Voters Set to Play Critical Role in Swing States - Caroline Vakil and Julia Manchester for The Hill, Blake Burman, Jack Jenkins, and Seema on X
Mormon voters are increasingly seen as a crucial swing vote in the presidential election, with both Vice President Harris and former President Trump stepping up their outreach to the demographic in multiple battleground states. The Harris and Trump teams have launched coalitions and deployed surrogates to engage with members of the community, formerly known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, in Arizona and Nevada—home to more than 600,000 members combined, including children...
#5 Democrat-Friendly Licensing Boards Target Republican Attorneys General in Election Year - Joy Pullmann for The Federalist, and Tennessee Star on X
Democrat-friendly lawyer licensing boards are targeting two Republican attorneys general in an election year under the pretext of “grievances” filed by political opponents. The years-long government litigation against Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita and Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen has racked up six-figure legal bills for taxpayers while punishing these elected officials for public speech on behalf of their voters’ priorities. “Every minute I’m spending defending the AG from this is one minute I’m not spending suing the Biden administration or defending laws passed by the legislature,” Christian Corrigan, one of Knudsen’s lawyers as Montana’s solicitor general, told The Federalist. “This is starting with conservative AGs, but it’s not going to stop there.”
#4 MSNBC Interviews Early Voters In Key Battleground State, Struggles To Find Anyone Who Voted For Harris - Nicole Silverio for MSNBC, Robby Starbuck, and Justjonomo on X
NBC News correspondent Vaughn Hillyard said Wednesday that not one early voter interviewed by his team in the battleground state of Arizona admitted they were voting for Vice President Kamala Harris. Republicans are voting by mail or returning their ballots early at a two-to-one margin over Democrats, though Democrats outpaced Republicans with early voting in 2020, Hillyard said on “Jose-Diaz Balart Reports.” Not a single voter lining up at the polling locations in Mohave County openly said they were voting for Harris, the NBC correspondent added...
#3 SpaceX Sues California Regulator, Claiming Its Launches Were Blocked Because of Elon Musk’s Politics - Clare Duffy for CNN, Alex, KTLA, John Doe, and Neil Cavuto on X
Elon Musk’s SpaceX has accused a California regulator of political discrimination after it voted to block the rocket company from conducting more launches on the state’s central coast. SpaceX claimed in a lawsuit filed Tuesday that members of the California Coastal Commission violated Musk’s right to free speech and overstepped the agency’s authority after members cited the billionaire’s conspiratorial comments on his social media platform X in denying the bid. The commission oversees development and environmental protection of the state’s coastline...
#2 Watchdog Files FCC Complaint Against CBS Over ‘60 Minutes’ Edit - Misty Severi for Just the News, John Solomon, Bob Miscia, Election Wizard, and James Pleickhar on X
The complaint called for the FCC to force CBS to release its transcripts of the interview, citing a long-standing FCC precedent that broadcasters "may not engage in intentional falsification or suppression of news." The Center for American Rights (CAR) on Wednesday filed a formal complaint with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) against CBS News over its allegedly misleading edit of a "60 Minutes" interview with Vice President Kamala Harris. Multiple Republican politicians have urged the network to release the full unedited transcripts of the appearance last week after the vice president's answer in a clip promoting the interview differed from the answer in the full interview that aired. House Speaker Mike Johnson has also accused the network of "selectively editing" his interview...
#1 Bret Baier Says Kamala Harris Caught Him Off Guard With Fox News Interview - James Bickerton for Newsweek, Kylie Jane Kramer, Mojo, The Perimeter, TJ TrumpVance 24, and David J Harris Jr on X and Fox News on YouTube
Fox News host Bret Baier was caught off guard by Kamala Harris and said she may have been "icing the kicker" by appearing later than scheduled for her interview with the network on Wednesday. Baier also questioned whether Harris went into the interview seeking "a viral moment" that would be shared on other networks and social media, adding: "I think she may have gotten that."Democratic presidential nominee Harris took part in a somewhat tempestuous interview with Baier on Wednesday, during which she discussed immigration, transgender healthcare, and said Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump had "talked about turning the American military on the American people." Harris's decision to appeal on Fox News, a conservative-leaning network, came as polling indicated the 2024 presidential election is too close to call in a number of key swing states...
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