2026 promised us incredible technological leaps, but it didn’t prepare us for the rapid rise of deepfakes, LLM-generated custom spam, and the death of traditional passwords.
The harsh reality? The internet wasn’t built with your security in mind.
To help us navigate this increasingly complex threat landscape, fellow Muslims in Tech member Yaseen Ahmed (from Gridware) has put together a highly practical guide to protecting yourself, your family, and your workplace in this era of uncertainty.
In this exclusive write-up, Yaseen breaks down:
The Death of the Password: Why 15-character passphrases aren’t enough anymore, and the exact steps you need to lock down your accounts.
Deepfakes & Voice Cloning: Why your family urgently needs a shared “safe word” to counter hyper-realistic AI kidnapping and emergency scams.
AI Hygiene: The unspoken rules of what you and your kids should never feed into a Large Language Model.
Workplace Defense: How to prevent your professional footprint from becoming the entry point for a devastating breach.
🔗 Click here to read Yaseen’s full guide and update your security playbook for 2026
Ever had that sinking feeling that you just overpaid for a new laptop or phone? Arham Asif Syed is out to fix that with his new platform, Its Cheaper There. Whether you are hunting for the latest tech or replacing a broken device, its cheaper there acts as your personal shopping assistant to ensure you never pay more than you have to.
What It Does
it’s cheaper there empowers consumers to make data-backed purchasing decisions for electronic goods. It provides a transparent view of the market through three core features:
Price History Tracking: See how the price of an electronic product has fluctuated over time across major retailers to understand the broader market trends.
AI/ML Price Drop Predictions: Don’t know if you should wait to buy? The platform’s proprietary AI/ML model predicts upcoming price drops for your desired items so you can time your purchase perfectly.
Real-Time Retailer Comparison: If you need the item immediately and can’t wait for a price drop, the tool compares current prices across top retailers to show you exactly who is selling it for the cheapest right now.
Traction & Milestones
The platform is already gaining serious momentum and proving its value in the market:
Award Winner: Won the Sponsor WiseTech Global Best Project Award at UTS TechFest 2026.
Explosive Start: Acquired the first 200 users in a single day during the TechFest competition.
Steady Growth: Following a soft launch on LinkedIn, the platform has grown to 600 total users, with 70 weekly active users relying on the tool.
How the Muslims in Tech Community Can Help
Use it and share it! Next time you are in the market for electronics, use it’s cheaper there to save yourself some money. If the platform successfully saves you a few dollars, please give the website a shoutout on your socials or within your network so that others can benefit from it too!
What an incredible month across Melbourne, Sydney, and Brisbane! Since making a few key tweaks, the energy at our meetups has been off the charts, and our growing community proves it.
From deep dives into workplace AI and hardware startups to practical tips on landing tech internships, our meetups are packed with brilliant conversations, connections, and unmatched vibes.
Missed out this time? Don’t let the next one pass you by! Sydney is up next again, with more cities dropping soon.
🔗Keep an eye and lock in your spot for upcoming events & meetups here!
Claude Opus 5 is Anthropic’s newest model designed to deliver near-top-tier performance matching Claude Fable 5, but at half the price. It currently tops benchmark leaderboards across coding and complex knowledge tasks, making it the primary default engine powering Claude Max.
OpenAI Presence is a specialized enterprise tool designed to roll out managed AI agents for customer service and internal workflows. By combining model reasoning with robust permission controls, safety policies, evaluation suites, escalation paths, and post-deployment refinement tools, it ensures AI operations remain secure, compliant, and continuously improving.
Gemini Robotics ER 2 acts as an advanced "embodied reasoning" brain for physical systems, integrating large language models with real-time video, spatial, and audio processing. By enabling robots to plan multi-step workflows, self-correct errors, and coordinate with other machines, it brings high-precision automation and fluid execution to complex industrial settings.
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