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We only have a few months until 2025, but this year we have already seen several data breaches affecting the personal information of millions of individuals, from student records to phone data and sensitive health information. Last year, in 2024, more than a billion records were stolen. If the first two months of this year go by, 2025 looks like an unprecedented year for data breaches. PowerSchool Violation Can Influence Tens of Million Students and Teachers The Ed-Tech big powercook violation is one of the biggest violations of student data in recent history. Although the number of stolen records is…
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Optifye.ai, a Y-combinator-backed startup, sparked a massive social media backlash this week after the demonstration went viral. The video shows how the company's AI-powered cameras can track factory workers in real time, and quickly set fire to it online as criticism is flooded with criticism over X and hacker news. In the clip, the supervisors spark a broader conversation about workplace surveillance, workers' rights, and the growing role of AI, sparking a broader conversation in the workplace, and the supervisors address them. Today, on TechCrunch's equity podcast, hosted by Kirsten Korosec, Max Zeff and Anthony HA, breaks the biggest story…
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Skype has been closed after kickstarting the market for making phone calls 23 years ago. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it would be retiring from active duty on May 5th to double its team. Skype users will take 10 weeks to decide what they want to do with their account. It is not clear how many people are affected. The latest figure shared by Microsoft was in 2023, but said it had over 36 million users. This is a long way from the peak of Skype's 300 million users. “We know this is…
Belgium is investigating allegedly a National Security Services (VSSE) data breach by Chinese government hackers. In a statement sent to TechCrunch on Friday, the Belgian Federal Prosecutor's Office said that an investigation into the cyberattack was opened in November 2023 after learning about the alleged violations. This reviewed an earlier report by French-language Belgian newspaper Le Soir, reporting that Chinese hacking groups could access the intelligence agency's external mail server between 2021 and 2023. The unnamed Chinese hacking group reportedly exploited a vulnerability in the software of US cybersecurity company Barracuda. The critical assessment that Barracuda first disclosed in May…
Roelof Botha, managing partner and one of Sequoia's most prominent investors, sees signs that another greedy cycle is being cultivated in venture capital. He posted a warning to X on Thursday, writing: SPV is making a comeback. There, the lead investor talks about less than 10% of the capital, but this time he eagerly lists the latest tourist champs who believe the story will end differently. It's only been three years. ” (He separated the posts with explosive head emojis). That last cycle ended badly. In 2022, the overheating VC market crashed in 2021. The fallout is still ongoing, and…
The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance on Thursday saying that he didn't see most of the meme coins. This is a crypto token as a securities under US federal law, a crypto token derived from a meme. As a result, the SEC said it does not believe that people who purchase or hold meme coins are protected by federal securities laws, saying “people who participate in the offer and sale of meme coins are not required to register a transaction with the Commission.” The new SEC guidance is about a month for President Donald Trump's second term, with Trump…