Scam victims in Singapore lost a total of ~$858M last year, up 70% YoY; most are contacted via Meta-owned apps, and deepfakes in scams are increasingly common
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A look at Interpol's innovation lab in Singapore for studying cybercrime, digital piracy, and more, and developing new techniques for bringing down criminals
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A look at the network of group chats that surged in 2020 as a place where Silicon Valley leaders allied with the new right, revolving around Marc Andreessen
THE SCOOP — Last Thursday morning, a bit before 10 am in Austin and nearly 11 pm in Singapore, Joe Lonsdale had enough of Balaji Srinivasan's views on China.
Argentine President Javier Milei posted and then deleted an X post promoting Libra, a memecoin that rose 2,000%+ to a $4.4B market cap before plunging 95%+
‘Not aware of the details’ Zack Abrams / The Block : Argentinian President Javier Milei retracts $LIBRA endorsement after insiders cash out $107 million Elendu Benedict / The Crypto Basic : Argentina'...
Chinese state media has embraced the success of Black Myth: Wukong, a Chinese AAA game that has sold 20M+ copies globally, hailing it as a soft power export
Lizzi C. Lee / Rest of World : X: @sluongng , @restofworld , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , @danielolimac , @restofworld , @wstv_lizzi , and @wstv_lizzi X: Son Luong / @sluongng : It would be nice if m...
Some Singaporean writers resist the government's request to use their works to train a multilingual LLM, citing little clarity on compensation and other issues
https://restofworld.org/... Nuurrianti Jalli, Ph.D / @nuurrianti : “So the Singapore government's approach stands out as unusually considerate of writers' rights. But writers understandably also want ...
Hacking group GhostR claims it stole 5.3M records from World-Check screening database, used for KYC checks for sanctions and financial crime links, in March
The group told TechCrunch they stole the data last month from a Singapore-based firm with access to the World-Check database. — The database is used for security clearances in the public and private...
Citizen Lab and Microsoft detail mercenary spyware from Tel Aviv-based QuaDream used to hack iOS 14-based iPhones of journalists, politicians, and an NGO worker
why didn't Apple warn us? Wall Street Journal : New Spyware Firm Said to Have Helped Hack iPhones Around the Globe Phil Muncaster / Infosecurity : New Zero-Click iOS Exploit Deploys Israeli Spyware Ed...
Singapore, which is often portrayed as an aspiring techno-utopia, is edging closer to a surveillance state amid a nationwide move toward constant vigilance
In the “smart nation,” robot dogs enforce social distancing and an app can claim to neutralize racism. The reality is very different. Tweets: @hackylawyer , @eashanghosh , @gquaggiotto , @angabridged...
As Southeast Asian governments introduce “fake news” laws to fight COVID-19 misinformation, conspiracists thrive on Telegram and other non-public platforms
Peter Guest / Rest of World : Tweets: @febrofirdaus , @restofworld , @cengizyar , @ismailfahmi , and @restofworld Tweets: Febriana Firdaus / @febrofirdaus : Singapore's conspiracists thrive on Telegr...