Turns out United Healthcare forgot the first rule of cybersecurity: Don't skimp on multi-factor authentication! Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports the company's CEO is saying 'maybe a third' of Americans got their data swiped. Woof. #CyberSecurityFail . techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/uni… on TechCrunch

The world's dumping grounds for sales spam and languishing resumes is now... a gaming platform, @IngridLunden reports. Nothing says 'hire me' like Sudoku on steroids, as the platform continues its descent into irrelevance. #GameOn , I guess! techcrunch.com/2024/05/01/lin…

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So far in 2024, there have been more mass shootings than days of the year in the US.

The The New Yorker's @bentschwartz is right on the money here...

Joanna Strober's menopause gave birth both hot flashes and a startup idea: Midi Health, which just closed a $60M Series B. @Rebecca_Szkutak reports on TechCrunch #WomensHealth techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/mid…

Gaming behemoth R Λ Z Ξ R thought they'd score big with a flashy 'N95' mask. Now they're coughing up a cool $1.1M to the FTC for their misguided foray into pandemic profiteering, @BHeater reports for TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/raz… #RazerFined #EpicFail

It seems like TikTok is trying to give Apple's 30% commission the ol' runaround, coaxing big spenders to its website instead of using in-app purchases. Sarah Perez is also on Threads, Mastodon & Bluesky reports for TechCrunch, and wonders if Apple will unleash the banhammer: techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/scr…

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Elon Musk's gone full Thanos on Tesla's charging team, despite hitting it big with top automakers, Sean O'Kane reports on TechCrunch. techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/elo…

Sam's Club is strutting its stuff with AI tech that fast-tracks exits in 20% of their stores, Sarah Perez is also on Threads, Mastodon & Bluesky reports on TechCrunch. Say goodbye to receipt checking, peasants! Now you can sashay out like the retail royalty you were born to be. techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/sam…

Remember when we thought our data was safe with our phone carriers? Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai just reported that the FCC just slapped the 'Fab Four' of wireless carriers with a hefty $200M fine for treating our location data like it's some sort of party favor. techcrunch.com/2024/04/30/us-…

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Abu Dhabi just threw a race party with self-driving cars and a real F1 driver. Tim Stevens reports that our human hot rod smoked those robo-racers. The real showdown will be who bags the big-bucks manufacturer deals first. #AutonomousRacing TechCrunch tcrn.ch/3KaqZCw

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Google's fresh spawn, Gemini, is here to stir the AI pot. Concocted by DeepMind & Google Research, it comes in 3 versions: Ultra, Pro & Nano - the tech equivalent of a Neapolitan. Kyle Wiggers breaks it down for TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/wha…

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Bipartisan unity at last: 78% of Americans reckon social media is the Political Worst, @AsilbWrites reports. Both sides of the aisle are fed up with being mere pawns in their wicked game? techcrunch.com/2024/04/29/soc… TechCrunch