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We are not climbing a ladder, we are building it

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Generative AI is levelling the creative-tech field, giving women a rare chance to shape rules, narratives and power from the ground up.
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Generative AI fuels alarming surge in intimate image abuse

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Generative AI is fuelling a sharp rise in intimate image abuse, outpacing weak platform responses and patchy global legal protections.
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Google rolls out Nano Banana 2 as default AI image tool

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Google is rolling out Nano Banana 2 across Gemini, Search, Ads and Cloud, making its faster image model the default in key AI products.
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UK listeners spot AI voices faster & trust them less

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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UK listeners are quicker than Americans to spot AI-generated voices, and their trust in what they hear plunges once they detect them.
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Revuze adds TikTok Shop insight to market platform

Fri, 27th Feb 2026
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Revuze now tracks TikTok Shop sales and creator performance, unifying commerce data with customer feedback in its market platform.
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Adobe adds Quick Cut AI to streamline Firefly editing

Thu, 26th Feb 2026
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Adobe's Quick Cut AI auto-assembles long clips in Firefly, giving creators a structured first edit to refine pacing, shots and style.
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New Zealand tightens rules for therapeutic, health ads

Wed, 25th Feb 2026
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New Zealand tightens health advertising rules, sharpening evidence demands and making brands liable for influencer and social media claims.
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Google adds Gemini AI tool to generate short music tracks

Mon, 23rd Feb 2026
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Google's Gemini app can now spin 30-second AI songs from text or images using its new Lyria 3 model, with built-in SynthID watermarks.
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Super Bowl study shows ad views don't equal recall

Sat, 21st Feb 2026
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Super Bowl study finds top-watched ads often fail to boost brand recall, warning marketers against over-relying on completion rates.
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INTERPOL cybercrime sweep in Africa recovers USD $4.3m

Fri, 20th Feb 2026
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INTERPOL's Africa cybercrime blitz nets 651 arrests, seizes 2,341 devices and recovers USD $4.3m after scams linked to USD $45m losses.
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Phishing & smishing scams surge across Philippines

Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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Phishing and smishing scams in the Philippines surged in 2025, with phishing sites jumping 423% as fraud shifts to mobile and social media.
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Marketers boost budgets as LLMs emerge as key audience

Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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Marketers plan to raise content budgets for 2026 as large language models rapidly become a primary audience and core performance metric.
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Innovid adds Reddit ads to unified social workflow

Thu, 19th Feb 2026
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Innovid adds full Reddit ad management to its Social Ads Manager, letting marketers run Reddit alongside other major social platforms.
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Fake Olympics shop ads on Meta target fans' wallets

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Fake Olympics shop ads on Meta push fans to cloned sites mimicking Milano Cortina 2026 store to steal card and personal details.
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Pinterest & World of Warcraft launch housing tie-up

Wed, 18th Feb 2026
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Pinterest links moodboards to World of Warcraft housing, letting players design Azeroth homes and pin in-game creations directly.
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Advertising standards tightened to protect Kiwi consumers

Tue, 17th Feb 2026
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New Zealand tightens health advertising code, curbing influencer endorsements, tougher evidence rules and stricter protections for vulnerable people.
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AI romance scams surge on UK dating apps, says study

Sat, 14th Feb 2026
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AI-driven romance scams are rife on UK dating apps, with one in five users meeting fake profiles and 11% losing money, new research warns.
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ChatGPT caricature trend raises fresh ID fraud fears

Fri, 13th Feb 2026
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Daon warns viral ChatGPT caricature craze is handing fraudsters a richer dossier of personal data to fuel scams and social engineering.
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Experts warn of rising Valentine's Day cyber scams

Thu, 12th Feb 2026
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Cyber experts warn Valentine's Day brings a surge in romance and shopping scams, urging users to be wary of links, apps and payment requests.
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Fluent Cargo, Sea Sentinel AI team to cut port risk

Wed, 11th Feb 2026
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Fluent Cargo links Sea Sentinel AI to give Australian shippers early alerts on strikes, storms and congestion threatening port operations.