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Why this major security company is ditching April Fools' Day for good

Ellsworth Toohey
Mar 31, 2025
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Malwarebytes announced they're done with April Fools' pranks because we have enough fake crap on the internet already.

The cybersecurity company points out that between AI-generated fakery, Google ad scams, and fraudsters using synthesized voices of loved ones to con families, we're already drowning in digital deception. T…

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