Frauds involving digital transactions accounted for more than half of all reported bank fraud in 2024 - 13,516 cases resulting in losses of ₹5.2 billion (about $58.61 million), according to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). Online scams caused an estimated ₹70 billion (roughly $789 million) in losses in the first five months of 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs said.
With the November Pixel Drop, Google Messages is introducing a new Remix feature that lets users edit and recreate images directly within the app. The feature is powered by Google's Nano Banana image generation model. Next, Google is rolling out AI-powered summaries for notifications from messaging apps. This feature will generate concise summaries for lengthy conversations directly in the notification shade. Additionally, starting in December, low-priority notifications will be automatically grouped and silenced under specific categories.
Heads up, Pixel users, your phone is getting some pretty cool new features for free thanks to the November Pixel Drop. Also: Amazon is selling the Google Pixel 9 for $300 off right now - and I highly recommend it Not only are you getting an additional layer of protection against scams, you're getting a new way to make sure you don't miss messages from important people, a way to get a summary of a long message thread, some fun photo tools,
The tech giant said it's detected and disrupted about 8 million accounts engaging in scam operations during the first half of 2025, including those associated with scam centers in areas like Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, the United Arab Emirates, and the Philippines. It also took action on over 21,000 Facebook Pages and accounts that were pretending to be customer support operations that were attempting to trick people into sharing their information.
