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Security researchers have found access to the personal information of 64 million people who applied for jobs at McDonald's. This is largely by logging in to AI jobs, hiring chatbots with username and password “123456”. Ian Carroll and Sam Curry wrote in a blog post that they discovered a password issue “in a rough security review for hours” and another simple security vulnerability in the internal API. Personal data viewed by the researchers included the applicant's name, email address, home address and telephone number. In a blog post, Paradox.ai solved the issue “within a few hours” after the researcher's report,…
Time runs out. In just four days, TechCrunch All Stage 2025 will land on July 15th at the Sova Power Plant in Boston. This one-day summit has not been built for spectators. It is designed for founders, builders, backers and other performers who shape the following: Whether you're going to raise your first round, prepare for a growth leap or scale your team, the event is packed with insights to take action right now. The founder's pass is only $100 and the investor's pass is $200, but not for a long time. Prices will jump on the door, so sign…
TechCrunch returned to Moscone West in San Francisco on October 27-29, 2025, and has brought together over 10,000 startups and VC leaders to see where innovation is improving. Among the must-see sessions is a candid panel of Builders Stage, one of the most high-stakes moments of the founder's journey. Raise the first round. From pitch to partnerships: a real roadmap to fundraising This dynamic panel brings together three veteran investors: Maria Palma (Freestyle Capital), Gabby Cazo (Harlem Capital) and Marlon Nichols (MAC Venture Capital) to unlock the reality of early stage fundraising. From creating a compelling pitch to choosing the…
Another day, another smart device bites the dust – or, in this case, the full lineup of smart home devices. On Thursday, consumer electronics company Belkin said it had ended technical support for older WEMO products as of January 31, 2026, and that the apps used to control devices are no longer supported. This decision will affect a variety of devices, including smart plugs, light switches, smart bulbs, baby monitors, kitchen appliances, heaters, air purifiers, motion sensors, and more. In an email to the customer, the costume said that it should explain the decision and shift focus elsewhere. “This decision…
Developer Maurice Kleine shipped the web app on Thursday. This has been shipped depending on how you view it either by the mememaking bounty or the troubles of your existence. Mockly can generate trusted images of fake conversations with apps like Imessage, Discord, Instagram, X, Tinder, WhatsApp and more. Tools like Mockly have been around since the dawn of instant messaging, but are generally not the most user-friendly apps. If you google “fake Imessage generator” you will need to guess what it is a website with three download buttons and an ad that may contain malware. Mockly makes yourself stand…
In just five days, startup leaders across the country will descend to Boston's Sova power plant and there will be no chance of locking the lowest ticket price for all stage 2025 TechCrunch. Whether you're looking to prepare for your next raise, fine-tune your market strategy, or build a founding team, TC All Stage is where the momentum of your actual startup comes. This is an all-day event packed with practical sessions, tactical advice and conversations that will drive your company forward. Currently, founders' passes are only $100 and investors' passes are $200, but those savings (all prices up to…
YouTube has removed trend pages and removed trend Now lists in favor of category-specific charts, the company announced Thursday. With this change, YouTube now displays the most popular content in a specific category on the YouTube chart from a single comprehensive list of trending content. According to the platform, the update is better tailored to the way today's trending content was discovered, noting that when the trending page was launched in 2015, it was much easier to capture viral videos that everyone was talking about on a singular list. The new category-specific charts include trend music videos, weekly top podcast…
The departure of X CEO Linda Yaccarino announced on Wednesday, and the company that text-first social networking defined the company faced new competition. New data provided by App Intelligence Firm Sensor Tower shows that, compared to the previous year, Elon Musk-owned social networks have seen their daily active user base fall by around 10% as of the second quarter of 2025. X's user base is 65% larger than the threads in Meta and 10 times larger than its next biggest rival, Bluesky, but X's lasting victory in this space is not guaranteed. On mobile devices, it shows that threads are…
French authorities have arrested a professional Russian basketball player who has been accused of being a member of a ransomware gang, according to a newswire from the French Press. Daniil Kasatkin plays for MBA Moscow, part of the VTB United League, which is primarily made up of Russian clubs and one team from Belarus and Kazakhstan. Casatkin played temporarily for Pennsylvania during the 2018-2019 season. AFP reported that US authorities believe Casatokin Moonlight as a ransomware hacker. Casatkin was arrested at Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris on June 21st. Kasatkin's lawyer Frederic Belot told AFP that his client was…
Google said Thursday it was adding image-to-video generation capabilities to its VEO 3 AI video generator via the Gemini app. The company had already deployed the feature in an AI-powered video tool called Flow, which was launched at Google's I/O Developer Conference in May. After starting video generation with VEO 3 in May, Google made the feature available in over 150 countries last week. At the moment, only Google AI Ultra and Google AI Pro Plan users can generate videos with a limit of 3 creations per day without carrying over. Image to video generation using VEO 3 looks like…