A woman in Ohio made more than 1,700 fraudulent returns worth a whopping $266,699 at Home Depot locations in various states — and now she’s landed herself in jail. The Medina Township Police Department identified the mastermind of the multi-state organized retail fraud scheme as Tracy A. James of Peebles, a village in Southwest Ohio. … Read more
Your iPhone calendar used to remind you about dentist appointments and dinner reservations. Now? It might be screaming that you’ve “won a prize” — or worse, that your device is infected and your bank account is toast. Welcome to the latest digital headache: a calendar con that’s turning Apple users’ schedules into spam central, per … Read more
It’s a different kind of false confidence. Not only is AI getting harder to spot, but now we don’t even know that we’re wrong. Australian scientists found that people are becoming overconfident about their ability to tell real and digital faces apart, which can make us susceptible to misinformation and fraud. “People have been confident … Read more
Like any good mother, Gina Kasoff rises each morning, heads to the nursery to greet her baby girl, Pippa, before waking up the tot’s older siblings in preparation for yet another busy day. The difference between Kasoff and other moms, however, is that Pippa, along with her brothers and sisters, isn’t real. They’re dolls. “They’re … Read more
One source of Christmas joy may make some feel not so holly and jolly. If you decorate your home for the holidays every year, but feel downright awful as soon as the tree goes up, you could be dealing with “Christmas tree syndrome.” But despite the delightful name, you could feel like the Grinch. While … Read more
The newly released 4K version of “Mad Men” on HBO Max was supposed to give viewers an upgraded look at the series. Instead, fans quickly spotted a glaring production mistake where a crew member operating a fake vomit machine is fully visible in one of the show’s earliest and most memorable scenes. The error appears … Read more
Aidan Hutchinson’s mom couldn’t help but respond to a rumor circulating online that the Lions defensive end is engaged. Melissa Hutchinson — who caught the attention of fans at the 2022 NFL Draft when Detroit selected her son second overall out of Michigan — reposted what appeared to be an AI image of Aidan and a woman wearing … Read more
Amanda Bynes has spoken out about the viral rumor that disgraced Nickelodeon producer Dan Schneider got her pregnant at 13. The former child star, 39, told TMZ that the TikTok clip that appears to show her making the accusation against Schneider, 59, is fake. The video, according to Bynes, was spliced together with other unrelated … Read more
Research has revealed that “fake fasting” may offer the same age-reversing health benefits as forsaking food. Known as the fasting mimicking diet (FMD), the diet is designed, as the name implies, to mimic the effects of water fasting by targeting blood glucose, ketone levels and other biomarkers. While traditional fasting is characterized by the utter … Read more
Kim Kardashian is endorsing a wild conspiracy theory. During Thursday’s episode of “The Kardashians” on Hulu, the 45-year-old reality star tried to convince her “All’s Fair” co-star Sarah Paulson that the 1969 moon landing was “fake.” “I’m sending you, so far, a million interviews with both Buzz Aldrin and… the other one [Neil Armstrong],” Kardashian told Paulson, … Read more
Brigitte Bardot is alive and well. The French actress, 91, shut down the rumors that she died in a message on X (formerly Twitter) on Wednesday. “I don’t know who is the idiot who started this ‘fake news’ about my disappearance but know that I am doing well and I have no plan on taking … Read more
Jason Kelce is speaking out after “fake quotes” regarding Bad Bunny’s upcoming Super Bowl halftime show were wrongly attributed to him. In a message posted Tuesday on X, the retired Eagles center made it clear that “unless you hear something directly from me,” consider what’s being conveyed elsewhere false, as the apparent viral remarks — … Read more
English singer and songwriter Harry Styles ran the Berlin Marathon in under three hours on Sunday. Organizers confirmed to news agency dpa that Styles took part. Local newspaper Der Tagesspiegel was the first to report his participation. The 31-year-old former member of the One Direction boy band was among some 55,000 runners taking part in the race … Read more
After star 49ers tight end George Kittle had a fake quote regarding Charlie Kirk attributed to him on social media earlier this week, his wife, Claire, blasted a “sick” world and lamented the fact that Kittle needed to address the situation. “This is clearly a fake quote,” Claire wrote on her Instagram story. “How sick … Read more
Alicia Silverstone has a funny story about her time guest-starring on “The Wonder Years” more than 30 years ago. During a new interview with Entertainment Weekly published Friday, Aug. 15, the “Clueless” actress explained why the show’s star, Fred Savage, thought she gave him a fake phone number after they first met on set in … Read more
A New York woman is roasting almond giant Blue Diamond, claiming in a new class-action lawsuit that its nuts are misbranded to fool people into thinking they’re naturally smoked. Harlem’s Leela O’Connor says shoppers are duped into thinking the nuts are roasted over a real wood fire, when in reality, they’re just doused with liquid … Read more
Airbnb has apologized to a woman after her host used artificial intelligence to claim she had caused thousands of dollars worth of damage. The incident took place earlier this year when a London-based woman booked a one-bedroom apartment in Manhattan for a two-and-a-half month stay, The Guardian reported. She decided to leave the Airbnb early … Read more
It’s the art of the steal. The internet is flooded with inventive schemes, from AI-fueled romance scams to cybercriminals who pose as kidnapped loved ones to receive “ransom” payments. Now, a woman is warning of a sneaky “new scam” in which bad actors masquerade as artists so they can hijack people’s personal information. “Heads up … Read more
Get that meat outta here. In a world of various kinds of meat alternatives — it can be hard to tell what’s real or not these days. A cattle rancher recently took to social media to share what he discovered to be a “glued meat product” and is instructing others how to spot one when … Read more
If only the Worldwide Leader spent as much time combing through Cowboys fan tweets as it did discussing America’s Team. ESPN committed a major blunder Tuesday during a “First Take” segment centered on the Cowboys, with the show airing what they believed to be social media footage of quarterback Dak Prescott throwing a pass to … Read more