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Ram Iyer
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Word count reducer at TechCrunch; bass player; fantasy fiction nerd; that guy who likes snakes too much; big-time lurker. Opinions are my own, etc.
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Indian car-sharing marketplace Zoomcar has revealed that a hacker accessed the personal data of at least 8.4 million customers, including their names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers.

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Car sharing giant Zoomcar says hacker accessed personal data of 8.4 million users | TechCrunch
The personal data includes customer names, phone numbers, and car registration numbers.
techcrunch.com
June 16, 2025 at 2:51 PM
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NEW: Cellebrite, maker of phone unlocking tech, to buy mobile testing startup Corellium for $170 million.
Phone unlocking firm Cellebrite to acquire mobile testing startup Corellium for $170M | TechCrunch
Cellebrite said the deal will help with the "accelerated identification of mobile vulnerabilities and exploits."
techcrunch.com
June 5, 2025 at 12:47 PM
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I was not expecting when I interivewed Toma founder Monik Pamecha to hear him tell a story about barnstorming through Bible Belt car dealerships last summer, like some weird modern day reinterpretation of the movie Tommy Boy.

Anyway this was a fun one:

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Toma’s AI voice agents have taken off at car dealerships – and attracted funding from a16z | TechCrunch
When Monik Pamecha co-founded AI voice startup Toma in early 2024, he hadn’t anticipated spending the summer months sweating in Bible Belt car
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June 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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Mistral releases a vibe coding client, Mistral Code
French AI startup Mistral is releasing its own “vibe coding” client, Mistral Code, to compete with incumbents like Windsurf, Anysphere’s Cursor, and GitHub Copilot. Mistral Code, a fork of the open source project Continue, is an AI-powered coding assistant that bundles Mistral’s models, an “in-IDE” assistant, local deployment options, and enterprise tooling into a single […]
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June 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Data breach at newspaper giant Lee Enterprises affects 40,000 people
Data breach at newspaper giant Lee Enterprises affects 40,000 people | TechCrunch
The ransomware attack paralyzed newspaper printing and disrupted operations at media outlets across the country for weeks.
techcrunch.com
June 4, 2025 at 4:03 PM