Malwarebytes launched Scam Link Check, a free web tool that rates any pasted URL as safe, dangerous or unknown before anyone clicks it. Security teams now have a no-login first stop to name in scam guidance for customers and for staff holding a suspect link.
Reality
- Evidence45
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+20
- Incentives70
- Confidence55
Adyen's 2026 fraud report, built on $1.6 trillion in payments, found about half of surveyed merchants saw more good orders wrongly declined. Those lost sales rarely reach the dashboards where fraud teams track chargebacks, so the cost of caution goes largely uncounted.
Reality
- Evidence40
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+25
- Incentives65
- Confidence40
ClarityCheck exposed 450GB of photos plus a second leak of emails and phone numbers, according to researcher Jeremiah Fowler. The company disputes the word "exposed."
Perspective Coverage
4 publishers
- Builder
- Builder 26%
- Operator
- Operator 64%
- Investor
- Investor 10%
Reality
- Evidence68
- Adoption
- Insufficient
- Hype gap+15
- Incentives40
- Confidence66
ChatGPT for Teens folds a year of bolt-on parental controls into a product boundary. The hard part is now deciding which account a minor is sitting in, and who configured it.
Reality
- Evidence34
- Adoption30
- Hype gap+18
- Incentives72
- Confidence44
The macOS feature is off by default, and Business and Enterprise tenants need administrator approval first. That approval is the entire policy decision, and it happens once.
Reality
- Evidence58
- Adoption15
- Hype gap+12
- Incentives60
- Confidence50