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Data breach reveals Catwatchful ‘stalkerware’ is spying on thousands of phones

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Techme101

The spyware operation’s exposed customer email addresses and passwords were shared with data breach notification service Have I Been Pwned.

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Microsoft will lay off 9,000 employees, or less than 4% of the company

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Techme101

Microsoft is leveraging another round of layoffs despite posting consistent growth.

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Tesla faces second straight year of falling sales after another bad quarter

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Techme101

Tesla sales fell more than 13% compared to last year as the company struggles to find demand for its aging lineup, and as CEO Elon Musk continues to damage the brand.

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Foxconn tells hundreds of Chinese staff to return from its Indian iPhone factories

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Techme101

Foxconn ordered over 300 Chinese employees to return home from its factories in India, per Bloomberg.

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Qantas hack results in theft of 6 million passengers’ personal data

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Techme101

Qantas, the largest airline in Australia, confirmed the theft of 6 million customers’ personal information.

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Jon McNeill brings the operator’s playbook to TechCrunch All Stage

Posted on July 2, 2025 by Techme101

At TechCrunch All Stage 2025, Jon McNeill, CEO and co-founder of DVx Ventures, will take the Scale Stage to flip the script on conventional startup growth advice.

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ICEBlock, an app for anonymously reporting ICE sightings, goes viral overnight after Bondi criticism

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

The citizen app for anonymously reporting ICE agents and raids went viral after criticism from the U.S. Attorney General.

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Congress just greenlit a NASA moon plan opposed by Musk and Isaacman

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

Legacy aerospace giants scored a win Tuesday when the U.S. Senate passed President Trump’s budget reconciliation bill that earmarks billions more for NASA’s flagship Artemis program.  The $10 billion addition to the Artemis architecture, which includes funding for additional Space … Continue reading →

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Figma moves closer to a blockbuster IPO that could raise $1.5B

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

The financials are impressive and founder CEO Dylan Field already cashed out $20 million worth of shares last year.

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X is piloting a program that lets AI chatbots generate Community Notes

Posted on July 1, 2025 by Techme101

The social platform X will pilot a feature that allows AI chatbots to generate Community Notes, a Twitter-era feature that Elon Musk has expanded under his ownership of the service now called X.

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