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You may have stumbled across the Flipper Zero hacking device that’s been doing the rounds. The Russia-based company claims it is on track to sell $80 million worth of ’em this year after selling almost $5 million worth as Kickstarter preorders — and it claims it sold $25 million worth of the devices last year. […]

Russian hacking device on track to make $80 million worth of sales by Haje Jan Kamps originally published on TechCrunch

By identifying your ideal customer personas first, you will find product-market fit faster and identify the right customers to sell to.

Don’t wait to identify your startup’s ideal customer personas by Walter Thompson originally published on TechCrunch

Satellite-to-phone connectivity provider Lynk has made its debut in Palau, where the nation’s hundreds of islands make traditional cell coverage difficult to achieve. The company’s “cell towers in space” now cover the entire country — intermittently, but that’s a lot better than nothing, and service will improve as more satellites are added to the constellation. […]

Lynk connects Palau’s off-grid islands with satellite texting by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

A hacktivist group broke into an online system belonging to the Texas city of Fort Worth, stole several gigabytes of data, and then posted it online. On Saturday, Fort Worth officials admitted that it suffered a data breach, but said that after reviewing the leaked data, “at this time, there is no indication that sensitive […]

Hacktivists steal government files from Texas city Fort Worth by Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai originally published on TechCrunch