Arma 3 and War Thunder clips are being passed off as real airstrike footage in the Iran - Israel conflict
Would you be fooled?
Repair technician finds three of four RTX 4090s were fakes packing RTX 3000-series GPUs
Not the first time we've seen this scam
YouTube cracks down harder on fake movie trailer channels with new demonetizations
Don't expect a lot of sympathy
Fake MSRP: AMD's Radeon 9070 XT $600 Launch Price Was a Fantasy
Two months after launch, the Radeon RX 9070 XT is still nowhere near its advertised $600 price. With global supply stabilizing, it's time to examine the real cost of AMD's top GPU across key markets.
HP agrees to $4 million settlement over inflated PC prices on its website
Similar lawsuits have been filed against other major retailers
YouTube demonetizes fake movie trailer channels after investigation
YouTube is no longer turning a blind eye
Amazon customer receives fake Ryzen 7 9800X3D, turns out to be decade-old AMD CPU
It came directly from Amazon and arrived in a sealed box
WTF?! It appears that Amazon still sells the occasional CPU that turns out to be a fake. The latest incident involved a Ryzen 7 9800X3D ordered by a reviewer for a test system that was actually an AMD FX-4100 CPU from 2011.
Study on medical data finds AI models can easily spread misinformation, even with minimal false input
Even 0.001% false data can disrupt the accuracy of large language models
"Goodbye Meta AI" message is a hoax, yet hundreds of thousands have fallen for it
When will people learn?
Retro gaming crime ring busted in Italy, seizing 12,000 fake consoles
Facepalm: Retro gaming has become a lucrative market, with companies repackaging old titles as new experiences. However, criminals are also taking advantage of the retro appeal, flooding the market with cheap, counterfeit replicas of "official" consoles pre-loaded with classic, emulated games.
ElevenLabs, whose tech was used for the fake Biden robocalls, partners with AI detection company
A mutually beneficial deal with no financial component
Why you should be suspicious of that verified Amazon customer review
There's a good chance someone was paid to write it
Meta deleted over 2,000 accounts last quarter for posting fake content, Israel identified as major source
Not surprisingly, generative AI was used in the propaganda campaigns
Fake AirPods cases that feature a display screen are popping up all over the internet
Apple filed a patent for such a device a few years ago but so far hasn't delivered on it
YouTube introduces labeling requirements for synthetic and altered content
Including generative AI
Counterfeiters caught in multimillion-dollar iPhone repair scheme
They face 20 years behind bards
Over 170 million fake reviews were removed from Maps and Search thanks to Google's new algorithm
Google launched a lawsuit against a scammer last year
Beware: Fake LastPass app sneaks onto Apple's App Store
Just as Apple complains about unsafe third-party app stores
Amazon sold a fake RTX 4090 with an RTX 4080 GPU and fried components
The mash-up card was part of a pallet deal
Outcry ensues after Google edits Gemini AI demo video
Google's video suggests that Gemini isn't as fast as it is depicted to be
Spotting counterfeits: Looking inside electronics using a CT scan
It's what's on the inside that counts
In brief: Half-decent attempts at knockoff electronics usually focus on trying to match the outward appearance of the original as closely as possible to avoid detection. Under the hood, however, it's a whole different ballgame.
Watch out for fake Samsung 980 Pro SSDs that are priced too good to be true
Deal only with reputable sellers