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President Donald Trump rebutted immigrants during last year's presidential election, pledging an unprecedented number of deportations. According to CNN, in his first eight months, the promises have been changed to figures that include around 350,000 deportations, immigration and customs deportation (about 200,000), customs and border protection (over 132,000), and almost 18,000 self-reports. ICE is on the centre stage with Trump's deportation campaign, raiding homes, workplaces and parks in search of undocumented immigrants. To support that effort, Ice is at his own willingness to use several technologies that allow him to identify and monitor individuals and communities. Below is a summary…

TechCrunch's 2025 Startup Battlefield 200 is almost here, and the pressure is higher than ever. With a $100,000 line, the top 20 early-stage startups know they have to bring their best on the Disrupt stage, October 27-29 at Moscon West in San Francisco. Meanwhile, our VC judges bring sharp questions, deep experience, and a discerning eye to separate the promising from the truly exceptional. Founders can gain invaluable insight into what makes winning pitches and sustainable startups from these veteran VCs. Investors can discover pitch-ready, impactful startups to add to their pipeline. Everyone else can witness the intense startup showdown.…

Former NBA champion, fintech entrepreneur and AI founder Tristan Thompson brings another kind of game that will disrupt TechCrunch in 2025 in Moscon West, San Francisco in October. After more than a decade illuminated the NBA, Thompson shifted his focus from hardwoods to the field of innovation. His latest venture, Tracyai, applies advanced artificial intelligence to sports analysis. Turn real-time data into predictive insights that make athletes, teams and fans alike. Don't miss this fireplace chat where sports meet technology. Sign up now to save up to $444 on your ticket or up to 30% with your group pass. Unlock…

U.S. Immigration Customs Enforcement (ICE) paid $825,000 earlier this year to a company that manufactures vehicles with a variety of technology for law enforcement, including a fake cell phone tower known as “Cell-Site Simulators.” According to public records, the award dated May 8th was “Providing Cell Site Simulator (CSS) vehicles to support the Technical Operations Program for Homeland Security,” and is a change to “additional CSS vehicles.” The agreement was signed with Techops Specialty Vehicles (TOSV), a Maryland-based company. TOSV also signed a similar agreement with ICE for $818,000 in September 2024, indicating the agency-company relationship that pre-Trump administration. TOSV…

Hackers working for the North Korean government have been stolen more than $2 billion in code so far this year, according to blockchain analytics firm Elliptic. On Tuesday, Elliptic published a blog post with this new quote. The company said it was “the largest total on record and hasn't made it for three months yet,” and is based on more than 30 hacks this year. Previous records were in 2022 when North Korea stole $1.35 billion. According to Elliptic, the total amount of stolen codes since 2017 is at least $6 billion. “The actual numbers could be even higher. Accidenting…

In a StrictlyVC download this week, Prime Minister Connie Loizos' TechCrunch editor speaks with Kara Nortman, co-founder of Monarch Collective, the first fund dedicated solely to women's sports. Noteman launched the $250 million fund in 2023 just before women's sports exploded into the mainstream. But she didn't just get good fortune. She helped create the market with the co-founded Angel City Football Club. This proved that it could earn $30 million from scratch and pack a women's soccer stadium. The two discuss Monarch's unusual approach, where the team is making a very focused bet, and invest the time most PE…

The Indian government's tax authorities have fixed a security flaw in the income tax return portal, which publishes sensitive taxpayer data. The flaw, discovered by security researchers Akshay CS and “Viral” in September, allowed anyone logged in to the Income Tax Bureau's electronic filing portal to access other people's latest personal and financial data. The exposed data included the names, home addresses and email addresses, date of birth, phone numbers and bank account details of those paying taxes on their Indian income. The data also exposed citizens' Aadhaar numbers. This is a unique government-issued identifier used as proof of identity…

Oracle fixed a zero-day vulnerability in one of the flagship business software products that hacking groups are currently abusing personal information about corporate executives. In a short post updated over the weekend, Oracle's chief executive Rob Duhart said the tech giant released a new patch to fix the vulnerability in Oracle E-Business Suite, urging customers to install the update as soon as possible. The Security Advisory said that bugs officially tracked as CVE-2025-61882 can be “exploited on the network without the need for a username and password.” The advisory provides some so-called metrics of compromise to help Oracle customers identify…

Sheena Jindal is from Boston. She grew up there, attended MIT and worked for the Boston Consulting Group for several years. She started a startup and worked for a startup before becoming an investor in Bessemer and Comcast Ventures (CV). Last year, her world collided when she decided to launch Sugar Free Capital, a company focused on investing in MIT's technology founders. She arrested LPS, including the family offices of heavy, tech executives from companies such as Nvidia and Citadel, and announced the closure of Sugar Free's first $32 million fund on Monday. One premise of the fund is in…

Microsoft CTO Kevin Scott joins TechCrunch's 2025 disruption phase to share what one of the world's biggest tech companies navigates the AI ​​revolution and shares what it means for the innovation startup and the future. From landmark partnerships with Openai to rebuilding businesses and consumer products with AI, Scott will pull back the curtains where Microsoft sees its biggest opportunity. This is not a session you will miss. It leaps towards one of the biggest debates about AI from an enterprise perspective. Sign up now to save up to $444 with your pass or up to 30% with your group…