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The hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see

The hotel check-in system left a million passports and driver’s licenses open for anyone to see

🚀 Check out this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Security,age verification,cybersecurity,data exposure,Exclusive 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: A hotel check-in system has left more than a million passports, driver's licenses and customer verification photos online open after a security flaw. The data is now offline after TechCrunch alerted the company responsible. The hotel's check-in system, called Tabiq, is maintained by Japan-based technology startup Reqrea. According to its website, the app is being used in many hotels across Japan and relies on facial recognition and document scanning to check in guests. Independent security researcher Anurag Sen contacted TechCrunch earlier this…
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Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after able ‘drive into standing water’

Waymo recalls 3,800 robotaxis after able ‘drive into standing water’

🚀 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: A Waymo vehicle exits a charging lot on Jan. 15, 2026 in Austin, Texas.Brandon Bell | Getty ImagesWaymo is recalling about 3,800 robotaxis in the U.S. to fix software issues that could allow them to "drive onto a flooded roadway," according to a letter on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's website.The voluntary recall is for Waymo vehicles that use the company's fifth and sixth generation automated driving systems (or ADS), the U.S. auto safety regulator said in the letter posted Tuesday.Waymo autonomous vehicles…
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Silicon Valley vacation land needs a new energy provider, just as artificial intelligence is driving up prices

Silicon Valley vacation land needs a new energy provider, just as artificial intelligence is driving up prices

💥 Discover this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: AI,Climate,electrical grid,Lake Tahoe ✅ **What You’ll Learn**: It's no secret that AI data centers have been putting pressure on the network. But Silicon Valley has been relatively insulated from all of that, thanks to rising land and energy prices that have pushed mega projects elsewhere. However, the tech elite may soon taste a crisis of power. The Bay Area vacation spot, Lake Tahoe, has less than a year to find a new energy supplier. By May 2027, Liberty Utilities' agreement with NV Energy will expire. NV Energy's power will be…
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U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown

U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100,000 users of popular car-tinkering app in emissions crackdown

💥 Check out this must-read post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking personal data on potentially hundreds of thousands of drivers who downloaded EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent app, escalating a years-long legal battle over vehicle emissions controls. Subpoenas issued to Apple, Google, Amazon, and Walmart request names, addresses, phone numbers, and purchase histories tied to the app and its accompanying hardware. Background on the Case The DOJ first sued EZ Lynk in 2021, accusing the Cayman Islands-based company of violating the Clean Air Act by marketing and selling “defeat…
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Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving remote operators

Tesla reveals two Robotaxi crashes involving remote operators

🔥 Read this insightful post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Transportation,autonomous vehicles,avs,electric vehicles,robotaxis,Tesla 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: A Tesla Robotaxis has crashed at least twice since July 2025 while the remote operator was driving the vehicles remotely, according to newly unredacted information filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Both accidents occurred in Austin, Texas, and occurred at low speeds. In each case, there was a safety monitor behind the wheel and there were no passengers on board. The new information comes just a few months after Tesla told lawmakers that it allows remote operators to drive one…
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Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg

Free eBooks | Project Gutenberg

🔥 Read this insightful post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Choose among free epub and Kindle eBooks, download them or read them online. You will find the world's great literature here, with focus on older works for which U.S. copyright has expired. Thousands of volunteers digitized and diligently proofread the eBooks, for you to enjoy. Project Gutenberg ✓ 100% Free - No fees, no registration, completely free ✓ No Apps Required - only regular Web browsers or eBook readers needed ✓ 50+ Years - Pioneering free eBooks since 1971 ✓ Volunteer-based - hundreds of volunteers…
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OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, and will let you link bank accounts

OpenAI launches ChatGPT for personal finance, and will let you link bank accounts

💥 Explore this must-read post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: TC,AI,finance,OpenAI,ChatGPT 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: OpenAI on Friday launched a new set of personal finance tools in preview for ChatGPT Pro subscribers in the US, allowing them to connect their accounts and ask questions ranging from spending analysis to future financial planning. OpenAI has partnered with financial communication service Plaid to manage account communications. Users can connect to more than 12,000 financial institutions, including Schwab, Fidelity, Chase, Robinhood, American Express, and Capital One. Once users link these accounts, they will see a dashboard of their wallet's performance, spending, subscriptions, and…
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A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10: When a Door Closes, a Window Opens

A 0-click exploit chain for the Pixel 10: When a Door Closes, a Window Opens

🚀 Explore this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 📌 **What You’ll Learn**: We recently published an exploit chain for the Google Pixel 9 that demonstrated it was possible to go from a zero-click context to root on Android in just two exploits. The Dolby 0-click vulnerability existed across all of Android, until it was patched in January 2026. While we had an exploit chain for the Pixel 9, we wanted to see if it was possible to write a similar exploit chain for Pixel 10. Updating the Dolby Exploit Altering our exploit for CVE-2025-54957 was fairly straightforward.…
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Meridian Ventures has launched a $35 million fund to support founders deferring their MBAs

Meridian Ventures has launched a $35 million fund to support founders deferring their MBAs

✨ Read this trending post from TechCrunch 📖 📂 **Category**: Startups,Venture,VC 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: Meridian Ventures grew out of a shared experience: the deferred MBA. Now, founders Devon Geathers and Carlton Haney have raised a $35 million fund to support pre-seed and seed stage companies started by people like them. The idea for the company came about after he met Haney at Harvard's deferred admission MBA program in 2020, Geathers, 29, told TechCrunch. Geathers grew up in poverty in Washington state, studied behavioral science and finance at the University of Utah, then moved into private equity before launching his…
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Check Your F**cking Sources, People!

Check Your F**cking Sources, People!

💥 Discover this trending post from Hacker News 📖 📂 **Category**: 💡 **What You’ll Learn**: I’m sorry. This is a rant. Which you’ve probably guessed by the title, duh! The straw that broke my back was the lead I saw: “Sweden built smart machines where crows trade trash for food, turning clever birds into unexpected city cleaners.” A clearly AI-generated image didn’t help the credibility (a three-legged crow is quite telling), yet it’s the headline that made me do the search. “Search” is such a big word, though. It was literally one query. Not Sweden, but one Swedish startup. Not…
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