We wanted to craft a perfect phishing scam. AI bots were happy to help

Reuters and a Harvard researcher used AI to plot a simulated phishing scam and tested it on senior volunteers. It worked–showing how AI arms criminals for fraud

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Staffer with Elon Musk's DOGE amplified white supremacists online

One of the people working with billionaire Elon Musk in his efforts to overhaul the U.S. government is a Berkeley-educated computer scientist who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.

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How OnlyFans turned into an empire bent on redefining porn

Reuters traces OnlyFans' journey from an obscure, porn-free site to an adults-only social media phenomenon turbocharged by erotic performers and influencers.

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A fentanyl antidote is saving lives. But it isn‘t ending the crisis

The US death toll from fentanyl is falling as communities hand out overdose-reversal drug naloxone. Behind the good news, opioids remain rife - and users report harrowing effects from the antidote.

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The shadowy ‘brokers’ smuggling fentanyl chemicals for Mexican cartels

Chemical brokers are the supply chiefs of the fentanyl trade, smuggling key ingredients from China to Mexico. Bribes, trickery and violence help them feed the pipeline.

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Exclusive: Power failed at SpaceX mission control before September spacewalk by NASA nominee

A September power outage at a California facility of SpaceX, the space venture of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, caused a loss of ground control for at least an hour during a mission that included the first private spacewalk in history, according to three people familiar with the problem.

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Myanmar junta intimidates aid groups in effort to hide hunger crisis

Myanmar’s army has warned aid workers not to release data showing millions are hungry. Fearing retaliation, aid groups have held back publicizing their findings

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Exclusive: Fund manager Bessent scores double on Trump victory

As a money manager, Scott Bessent's years of inconsistent performance have contributed to a nearly 90% decline in his hedge fund's assets. Now, with other business lines expanding, he has scored on perhaps his biggest bet yet: President-elect Donald Trump.

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Trump camp says China is ‘attacking’ U.S. with fentanyl. A fight looms

President Joe Biden‘s fentanyl diplomacy with China is under scrutiny as President-elect Donald Trump’s team seeks a harder line to stop the flow of Chinese-made chemicals powering America’s epidemic.

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Enslaved on OnlyFans: Women describe lives of isolation and torture

OnlyFans gives women the chance to earn money by making porn. Sex traffickers also use the platform to abuse and exploit them, say police and prosecutors.

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Lori Hinnant named Reuters EMEA investigations editor | Reuters News Agency

Reuters Global Enterprise Editor Mike Williams today shared the below note with staff, announcing the appointment of Lori Hinnant as EMEA investigations

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Exclusive: Putin, ascendant in Ukraine, eyes contours of a Trump peace deal

Vladimir Putin is open to discussing a Ukraine ceasefire deal with Donald Trump but rules out making any major territorial concessions and insists Kyiv abandon ambitions to join NATO, five sources with knowledge of Kremlin thinking told Reuters.

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Reuters taps Sally Buzbee to be News Editor for US and Canada

Sally Buzbee, most recently the executive editor of the Washington Post, will join Reuters as News Editor for the United States and Canada, overseeing the global news agency’s coverage of a second Donald Trump presidency, among other priorities, Reuters said on Tuesday.

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Exclusive: Trump's transition team aims to kill Biden EV tax credit

President-elect Donald Trump's transition team is planning to kill the $7,500 consumer tax credit for electric-vehicle purchases as part of broader tax-reform legislation, two sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.

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Reuters exposé of hack-for-hire world is back online after Indian court ruling

Reuters found that Appin grew from an educational startup to a hack-for-hire powerhouse that stole secrets from executives, politicians and wealthy elites around the globe.

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Exclusive: Trump's team drawing up list of Pentagon officers to fire, sources say

Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon.

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The Musk Industrial Complex

Reuters exposes grave harms to consumers, workers and laboratory animals across Elon Musk’s manufacturing empire, resulting in investigations by U.S. and European regulators and calls for action from U.S. lawmakers.

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