Tech Xplore

Short training helps people spot AI faces in the battle against deepfake fraud

Humans have been successfully trained to spot AI-generated faces in a study led by researchers at the Australian National ...
Android

Nest Cam Familiar Faces Feature May Finally Work the Way It Should

Google Home is bringing behind-the-scenes improvements to Nest Cam’s Familiar Faces feature to make recognition more accurate and reliable. As a part of the change, it will automatically update the ...
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Western Australia police are scanning faces in public—and the law is not ready for the consequences

In a first for Australian law enforcement, police in Western Australia have deployed live facial recognition technology in marked vans at locations around Perth. The system scans the faces of ...
IEEE

Interpretable Defense Against Structural Adversarial Attacks on Android Malware Detection

Abstract: Android, being one of the most widely used mobile systems, is facing pressing threats from malware. Despite the effectiveness of Android malware detection (AMD) systems, they are still ...
IEEE

LLM-MalDetect: A Large Language Model-Based Method for Android Malware Detection

Abstract: Android malware poses a significant cybersecurity threat, enabling unauthorized data access, financial fraud, and device compromise. Although deep learning methods are widely used for ...
Wired

Meta Deletes Face-Recognition System From Its Smart Glasses App After WIRED Report

The code WIRED identified is gone from the latest version of Meta AI, the companion app for the company’s smart glasses. Meta won’t say why or whether it’s coming back. The most recent version of Meta ...
9to5google

Google Phone app rolling out Android fake call detection that uses RCS

Phone by Google wants to combat the “growing threat of impersonation scams” and protect Android users against “sophisticated, AI-powered deepfake attacks” with fake call detection. June Android Drop: ...
CNET

Android Update Adds Fake Call Detection, Expands AirDrop Compatibility

Abrar's interests include phones, streaming, autonomous vehicles, internet trends, entertainment, pop culture and digital accessibility. In addition to her current role, she's worked for CNET's video, ...
TechCrunch

Google rolls out fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams

Google announced on Tuesday that Android is launching fake call detection to protect against AI deepfake impersonation scams. The feature is rolling out globally in Phone by Google to Android 12+ ...
The Verge

Google’s Phone app will tell you if a scammer is impersonating one of your contacts

The Phone by Google app will flag suspicious calls so you can hang up. The Phone by Google app will flag suspicious calls so you can hang up. is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer ...
Ars Technica

Android phones will soon be able to detect spoofed calls and impersonation scams

We’re expecting Android 17 to begin rolling out later this month, but first, Google has a batch of updates for the wider Android device ecosystem. As usual, some of the new features are limited to ...
makeuseof

Android is getting a major boost to scam detection with the June feature drop

Dave Schafer is a passionate storyteller and tech enthusiast. He’s been writing professionally since 2014 and has covered a wide range of topics, from cable and internet providers to VPNs to web ...