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Allianz Life data breach affects 1.1 million customers

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

Data breach notification site Have I Been Pwned notified 1.1 million customers of a July data breach, a number not previously reported.

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X’s declining Android app installs are hurting subscription revenue

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

X is struggling on Android with installs down by 49% year-over-year as of June 2025

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Texas attorney general accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and Character.AI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raising concerns about child safety, data privacy, and targeted advertising.

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Texas AG accuses Meta, Character.AI of misleading kids with mental health claims

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

Texas AG Ken Paxton is investigating Meta and Character.AI over claims they deceptively market chatbots as mental health tools, raising concerns about child safety, data privacy, and targeted advertising.

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Hank Green’s Focus Friend app is climbing the App Store charts — and it’s extremely cute

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

What makes Focus Friend different is that it assigns you a new friend: a little bean.

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Why Paradigm built a spreadsheet with an AI agent in every cell

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

Paradigm raised a $5 million seed round and is releasing it’s AI-powered spreadsheet to the general public.

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Linktree goes dark in India — and the company isn’t sure why

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

Linktree is “investigating” an issue that has made its link-in-bio platform inaccessible in India for several days.

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Perplexity now supports live earnings call transcripts for Indian stocks

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

AI startup Perplexity is augmenting its Finance dashboard with the ability to transcribe Indian public companies’ quarterly earnings calls live, as well as show schedules for post-results conference calls.

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HR giant Workday says hackers stole personal data in recent breach

Posted on August 18, 2025 by Techme101

The HR tech giant said it had no indication of any unauthorized access to customer systems, but has not ruled out a breach affecting customers’ personal information.

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GPT-5 is supposed to be nicer now

Posted on August 17, 2025 by Techme101

OpenAI announced late Friday that it’s updating its latest model to be “warmer and friendlier.”

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