High-end racing bikes are now vulnerable to hacking
Photo by Alex Broadway / Getty Images A team of computer scientists found that wireless gear-shifting systems in high-end bikes are vulnerable to cybersecurity attacks that could undermine popular races like the Tour de France. Wireless gear-shift systems are meant to give riders better control of their bikes, according to
Read moreThe weirdest ‘3 billion people’ data breach ever
Illustration: Beatrice Sala National Public Data, a company that collects personal data to resell and process background checks, is the target of a proposed class action lawsuit alleging it is the source of a massive data leak that includes information like Social Security numbers and more on reportedly “3 billion
Read morePalo Alto Networks CEO apologizes for happy hour display featuring women with lampshades on their heads
Cybersecurity giant Palo Alto Networks is getting a lot of grief for a recent trade show event in which two women posed with lampshades on their heads. The debacle — which unflatteringly recalls the CES booth babes of the early ’90s and 2000s — reportedly happened at a happy hour
Read moreThis Week in AI: AI isn’t world-ending — but it’s still plenty harmful
Hiya, folks, welcome to TechCrunch’s regular AI newsletter. This week in AI, a new study shows that generative AI really isn’t all that harmful — at least not in the apocalyptic sense. In a paper submitted to the Association for Computational Linguistics’ annual conference, researchers from the University of Bath
Read moreCamera app Halide’s latest update adds an option for ‘zero-AI’ image processing
Popular iOS pro photography app Halide launched its new version today with a new feature called Process Zero, which does not use AI in image processing. Lux Optics, the company behind the Halide app, believes that this option can be a creative tool for photographers to take different kinds of
Read moreTechCrunch Minute: OpenAI’s latest GPT4-o model gets weird
OpenAI’s newest GPT4-o model can behave pretty strangely, for example by copying your voice, or by shouting or moaning erotically during a conversation. The reason we know this is not because some independent researchers or random users caught it. These are actually observations from OpenAI itself, in a “red teaming”
Read moreStoke Space’s initial launch plans at Cape Canaveral take shape
Stoke Space is nothing if not ambitious. The five-year-old launch startup has generated a lot of hype due to its bold plans to develop the first fully reusable rocket, with both the booster and second stage vertically returning to Earth. Those plans got a major boost a year ago, when
Read moreTelegram adds new ways for creators to earn money on its platform
Telegram announced on Wednesday that it’s adding new ways for creators to make money on its platform. Most notably, the platform is launching monthly paid subscriptions that users can purchase using the app’s digital currency, Stars, in order to get access to a creator’s extra content. Content creators can now
Read moreTexas firm says it lost $60M in a bank wire transfer scam
A Texas company says it lost $60 million to a criminal fraud scheme, which the FBI says makes fraudsters billions of dollars every year. © 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Read moreAnnouncing the final agenda for the SaaS Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024
Software as a service (SaaS) is an ever-evolving industry. We’ll talk to some of the brightest minds and leaders in the industry — executives from early- and late-stage SaaS companies, leaders from the infrastructure companies that power the industry and the venture capitalists who fund them. Explore and enjoy by
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