CEO of world’s biggest ad firm targeted by deepfake scam | Technology
The head of the world’s largest advertising group has been targeted in an elaborate deepfake scam using artificial intelligence voice clones. WPP CEO Mark Read detailed the attempted fraud in a recent email to management and urged other employees at the company to be wary of calls from management. I warned you. Emails obtained by […]
Mandelson firm worked for campaign critics say would hinder Post Office-style lawsuits | Peter Mandelson
The advisory firm founded by Peter Mandelson has been cooperating with a campaign that critics say will thwart major lawsuits like the one recently brought by post office operators against the Post Office. The Labor leader, who advised Keir Starmer, is the president of Global Counsel, a strategic advisory firm he founded and partly owns. […]
Robinhood warns feds could penalize firm over crypto tokens traded on platform
Retail trading platform Robinhood Markets announced on Monday that it received an enforcement action notice from the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 4 over crypto tokens traded on its platform. The company said it had received a so-called “wells notice,” which the SEC issues when it plans to take enforcement action against a company. […]
Profit drops at Warren Buffett’s firm but thousands still want to hear from the investing guru
OMAHA, Nebraska — Warren Buffett warned tens of thousands of shareholders packed into his annual meeting that artificial intelligence fraud could become “the fastest growing industry in history.” Buffett doubled down on his words of caution last year, telling the crowd that he had recently encountered the downside of AI. And it looked and sounded […]
Publicly traded Bitcoin mining firm Stronghold may sell itself in wake of latest 'halving' – Fortune
2024 started with a sharp rise in the price of Bitcoin, but it has not been a kind year for the miners who run the cryptocurrency, with last month’s “halving” reducing the rewards given to the operating computers that process blockchain transactions. Ta. Stronghold, a publicly traded New York-based mining company, said on its earnings […]
Crypto forensics firm Elliptic using advances in AI to detect bitcoin money laundering – The Block
Technology • May 1, 2024, 9:16am EDT issued 1 minute ago upon Blockchain forensics firm Elliptic said it has made advances in the use of artificial intelligence to detect Bitcoin money laundering. The company said in a statement that it is using this advancement to enhance Elliptic’s detection tools and details that work in a […]
A’s hire investment firm to secure additional $500 million for Vegas stadium: report
The Oakland Athletics’ stadium in Las Vegas will cost an estimated $1.5 billion, and the team is looking to secure about a third of that money from another company. The organization has reportedly hired Galatioto Sports Partners, an investment firm specializing in sports finance, to help raise $500 million to build the stadium. Nevada taxpayers […]
Missing emergency slide that fell off Delta flight found — washed up in front of house of lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing
The emergency slide that fell from a Delta Air Lines jet that left JFK Airport on Friday was discovered two days later, having washed up in front of the beachfront home of a lawyer whose firm is suing Boeing over safety issues. The Post reported. Jake Bissell Linsk, a New York attorney whose firm filed […]
‘America’s Worst Mayor’ Dropped by Law Firm Representing Her
The law firm representing Democratic Mayor Tiffany Henyard of Dalton, Illinois, has requested that Henyard and the village of Dalton be dismissed from multiple lawsuits, citing unpaid fees. in the letter share with daily mailThe Del Gardo Legal Group warned Henyard and the village board that the village of Dalton was on the verge of […]
Dem Mayor Tiffany Henyard Abandoned By Law Firm Representing Her, Still Facing Multiple Lawsuits
(Photo by OZAN KOSE/AFP via Getty Images) OAN’s James Myers2:43 PM – Monday, April 29, 2024 The law firm representing Tiffany Henyard, the controversial Democratic mayor of Dalton, Illinois, has asked her to withdraw from a lawsuit involving her as she currently faces multiple legal battles as mayor. did. advertisement Del Gardo Law Group sent […]