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Security researchers found a government hacking campaign that relies on Windows spyware developed by surveillance tech maker Memento Labs. When reached by TechCrunch, the spyware maker’s chief executive blamed a government customer for getting caught.

Korean telecom giant LG Uplus is the third major phone provider in the past six months to report a cybersecurity incident.

A security researcher found the Indian automotive giant exposing personal information of its customers, internal company reports, and dealers’ data. Tata confirmed it fixed the issues.

After two days full of live demos and pitches, it’s time to announce the five finalists at this year’s Startup Battlefield.

Actor Thomas Middleditch had a planned takeover of Australian startup Othelia’s presentation at the pitch showcase stage. 

The move comes as Waabi announced earlier this year that it was partnering with Volvo Autonomous Solutions to build a custom purpose built truck based on Volvo’s auto autonomy platform using Waabi’s software stack.

Unlisted is like Zillow but for homes that are not yet on the market.

Founded by a former math teacher and Googler, Super Teacher’s AI tutor is being used in public school in New York, New Jersey, and Hawaii.

CampusAI is like “Coursera meets Github meets Tinder in the metaverse” — an educational platform focused on making learning accessible to everyday people who want to bring AI into their everyday workflows, and a virtual ecosystem to connect like-minded people.

Unthread builds Slack-native, AI-powered support bots for high-profile customers like Intuit, Lemonade and Automattic.