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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

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Also featured are stories about WeWork’s perennial struggles, Google’s Messages app fully embracing RCS, and spyware maker LetMeSpy shutting down after a massive data breach. If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday. Now, on with the recap.

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Daily Crunch: Thousands of Google Play users download Android banking trojan

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Tech’s response to Russia: I’m bringing you these notes as a group so that you can digest them in sequence. We also have notes today on the latest and greatest in VR fitness products. Indeed, data indicates that last year saw a near-record number of new corporate investors joining the startup fundraising fray.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

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To succeed, VR will have to get beyond ultra geeky goggles. They claim that they have achieved 99.87% accuracy, without significant differences in performance between different demographic groups. A massive ransomware attack by the REvil cybercrime group exploited supply chain vulnerabilities. AI and Data. Operations.

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Radar Trends to Watch: December 2022

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A threat group named Worok is using steganography to hide malware within PNG images. These companies are involved in activities like planting spyware on web sites to collect users’ personal data. When is VR too connected to the real world? It is almost certainly the most complex game based on blockchain technology.

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Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone

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Alloy Automation proves that a16z invests in non-crypto companies (still) : And we thought it had become Token Time over at the investing group. Not a future in which one company owns the VR hardware market. Here in the States, Fiverr is public, and Rhode Island-based Pangea is working along similar lines to Zenjob. Big Tech Inc.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

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with Marc Lore (Wonder Group). Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. Disrupt Stage Agenda. Tuesday, October 18. TechCrunch Startup Battlefield — Session 1.