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How we found TeaOnHer spilling users' driver's licenses in less than 10 minutes: Exclusive: A dating gossip app for men exposed thousands of users' personal data, including scans of driver's licenses. The app's developer, Xavier Lampkin, won't say if he plans to notify affected users about the app's security lapse. Read More

Why I finally left Spotify: Spotify's dependence on algorithmic recommendations has gotten too suffocating. Read More

ChatGPT's model picker is back, and it's complicated: GPT-5 was supposed to get rid of all the complicated AI models to choose from in ChatGPT, but that's not how it's panned out. Read More

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Hackers breach and expose a major North Korean spying operation: Two hackers broke into the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents, offering a rare glimpse inside the secretive nation's spying operations. Read More

In a world of vibe coding startups, Uno Platform is targeting enterprise developers: And it's finding customers and investors, including $2.54 million in seed funding. Read More

NeoLogic wants to build more energy-efficient CPUs for AI data centers: To fund its vision of building more energy efficient server CPUs. NeoLogic recently raised a $10 million Series A round led by KOMPAS VC with participation from M Ventures, Maniv Mobility and lool Ventures. Read More

Russian government hackers said to be behind US federal court filing system hack: Report: Officials are reportedly blaming a recent breach of the U.S. federal court's filing system on Russia, whose hackers used the access to snoop on midlevel criminal cases in the New York City area and other jurisdictions. Read More

Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it's raised: Perplexity tells TechCrunch the terms of the offer include a commitment to keep Chrome's underlying engine, Chromium, open source and to invest $3 billion into it. Read More

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Last but Not Least

StubHub is once again working on its IPO that could raise $1B: On Monday, StubHub filed an updated S-1. This indicates its delayed IPO is back on. Read More