Verizon launches the Simplicity Plan at $45/month, offering top-tier service, unlimited data, and perks like travel passes and bundled streaming. It includes Verizon Dollars for cash back and Verizon Shine for weekly freebies and contests, aiming to reward loyal customers.
Scammers are using AI-generated deepfake videos of celebrities including Taylor Swift and Rihanna to promote fraudulent money-making schemes on TikTok and other social platforms. The ads manipulate real footage from interviews and red carpet events, using TikTok branding to lure users to third-party services that collect personal information. TikTok, Meta, and YouTube are struggling to combat the surge of convincing deepfakes, with Swift recently filing trademark applications to protect her voice from AI copycats.
The US is offering a $4 million reward for information leading to the arrest of Daren Li, a 43-year-old Chinese national with dual citizenship in China and St Kitts and Nevis. Li was convicted in absentia in February 2026 to 20 years in prison for money laundering related to cryptocurrency scams. He fled the US in December 2025 after removing his electronic monitoring device.
