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Indian giant McDonald's' delivery system leaked the personal information of customers and drivers due to a few simple security flaws, TechCrunch has learned exclusively. The flaw, discovered by security researcher Eaton Zubair, was found in the API of a delivery system associated with McDonald's India (West & South), owned by Hardcastle Restaurants. Zveare told TechCrunch that a bug in the company's delivery system, McDelivery, could allow anyone to access, hijack, redirect, and process orders in real-time by allowing apps and websites to interact with the company's API, which is used to order products. He said he would be able to…

Integrating quantum computing into real-world computer applications is an ongoing challenge because the platform designs are fundamentally different. BlueQubit, a San Francisco-based quantum software startup founded by Stanford University graduates, thinks it may have the answer. The company's Quantum Software as a Service (QSaaS) platform seeks to address the above issues by providing end users with access to so-called “Quantum Processing Units” (QPUs) and quantum computing emulators. To further its mission, the company has now raised $10 million in a seed funding round led by Nyca Partners. The idea is to combine enterprise applications with advanced quantum hardware. Fields such…

According to data intelligence platform Tracxn, funding rounds raised by Indian startups in 2024 fell by 32% compared to the previous year, indicating that investors are becoming more selective when making deals. The number of startup funding rounds decreased to 1,448 compared to 2,114 last year, but overall funding increased by 6% to $11.3 billion ($10.7 billion in 2023). The difference here shows that investors aren't afraid to pull out their checkbooks when they need to. . Early-stage investment activity reflected broader trends, with the number of Series A and Series B deals down to 387 from 420 a year…

Generative AI may seem like magic, but behind the development of these systems are Google and OpenAI, known as “prompt engineers” who assess the accuracy of chatbot output to improve the AI. The company has an army of employees and analysts. But TechCrunch has confirmed that new internal guidelines handed out by Google to contractors working on Gemini will increase Gemini's tendency to spout inaccurate information to the public about highly sensitive topics like healthcare. This has led to concerns that this may be the case. To improve Gemini, contractors working with GlobalLogic, a Hitachi-owned outsourcing company, are regularly asked…

New research from the show Anthropic shows that AI models can be deceptive, pretending to have different views during training when in fact they maintain their original preferences . The research team said there was no need to panic now. But they said their research could be important in understanding potential threats from future more capable AI systems. “Our demonstration should be seen as a trigger for the AI ​​research community to study this behavior more deeply and address appropriate safeguards,” the researchers wrote in a post on Anthropic's blog. “As AI models become more capable and widely used, we…

Just five months after announcing a new $100 million fund called Anthology Fund, Menlo Ventures and Anthropic have backed their first 18 startups. And they're looking for more. Menlo said the first 18 candidates were selected from thousands of applicants. This includes startups that develop recruitment software. autonomous coding. Interpretability studies (understanding how models make decisions). Fintech compliance and tax app. Radiology image analysis and chart review app. Cybersecurity of non-human identities. Customer engagement software. and consumer nutrition apps. In addition, eight more people have been accepted into the program and are still operating undercover, Menlo said. The program is…

Successful technology companies follow a typical pattern from product to platform that other startups build their businesses on. To facilitate this, they often launch funds. In this case, someone else is starting a fund to support Bluesky, a fast-growing social media site that currently has 25 million users. On Wednesday, open source and Python mogul Peter Wang announced a fund called Skyseed with an initial $1 million war chest. Bluesky is a decentralized social app developed by Jack Dorsey (although Dorsey left the Bluesky board in May). It was launched five years ago and became popular as an alternative to…

Successful technology companies follow a typical pattern from product to platform that other startups build their businesses on. To facilitate this, they often launch funds. In this case, someone else is starting a fund to support Bluesky, a fast-growing social media site that currently has 25 million users. On Wednesday, open source and Python mogul Peter Wang announced a fund called Skyseed with an initial $1 million war chest. Bluesky is a decentralized social app developed by Jack Dorsey (although Dorsey left the Bluesky board in May). It was launched five years ago and became popular as an alternative to…

GPS tracking company Hapn has revealed the names of thousands of its customers due to a bug on its website, TechCrunch has learned. Security researchers alerted TechCrunch in late November about customer names and affiliations (including work names) that had been leaked from one of Hapn's servers, and TechCrunch confirmed it. Hapn, formerly known as Spytec, is a tracking company that allows users to remotely monitor the real-time location of internet-enabled tracking devices that can be attached to vehicles and other equipment. The company also sells GPS trackers to consumers under the Spytec brand that use the Hapn app for…

Threads is introducing a new way to reshare photos and videos on social networks. Instead of posting a quote on the original post and then adding a comment, Threads users can simply reshare the photo or video directly into a new post by clicking on the new option “Use Media” and add their own post there. You will be able to add. Sentence. However, the image or video credit remains with the original poster. The feature was announced Wednesday by Instagram head Adam Mosseri in a thread. He said the new option will be a “quick and easy way to…