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Flaw in photo booth maker’s website exposes customers’ pictures

Hama Film makes photo booths that upload pictures and videos online. But their backend systems have a simple flaw that allows anyone to download customer pictures.

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Zevo wants to add robotaxis to its car-share fleet, starting with newcomer Tensor

As robotaxi adoption continues, wild ideas like personal ownership and renting them out are starting to pop up again.

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Reddit argues it isn’t like other social platforms in case against Australia’s social media ban

Reddit, one of the world’s largest social platforms, is arguing that it doesn’t meet the definition of “social media platforms” as it seeks to overturn Australia’s law banning children under 16 years of age from social media.

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World launches its ‘super app,’ including crypto pay and encrypted chat features

Tools for Humanity, the company behind the app, is seeking to expand its “real human network.”

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Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-soaked’ startup culture

His reporting on a Stanford University president put Theo Baker on the map, but his upcoming book may cement his reputation as the rare young journalist willing to challenge Silicon Valley’s startup machine.

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Google launched its deepest AI research agent yet — on the same day OpenAI dropped GPT-5.2

For the first time, developers can embed Google’s Deep Research tool, based on Gemini 3 Pro, into their own apps.

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1X struck a deal to send its ‘home’ humanoids to factories and warehouses

Despite launching as a humanoid robot designed to help consumers around the house, 1X’s Neo robots are heading to industrial use cases.

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The market has ‘switched’ and founders have the power now, VCs say

Graham & Walker’s Leslie Feinzaig and XYZ Venture’s Ross Fubini share the secrets for founders — and VCs — to make the most of the current fast pace of dealmaking.

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Epic Games’s Fortnite is back in US Google Play Store, as court partially reverses restrictions it won on iOS

The game is back on the Google Play Store, but another court decision is rolling back some of the developer-friendly changes on iOS.

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Disney hits Google with cease-and-desist claiming ‘massive’ copyright infringement

Disney is accusing the tech giant of unauthorized distribution of its copyrighted characters without permission via Gemini AI.

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