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May 23, 2026

These special phone and app features can help protect you from spyware

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/dark-phone-person-spyware.jpg?resize=1200,800 Spyware attacks on journalists, human rights defenders, and political dissidents are no longer rare or exotic. In early 2025, WhatsApp notified roughly 90 users — […]
May 22, 2026

Kash Patel’s clothing brand website shut down after reports it was hacked

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/kash-patel-fbi-donald-trump.jpg?resize=1200,800 The merchandise website of FBI director Kash Patel was taken offline on Friday after reports that it had been hijacked by hackers trying to infect […]
May 22, 2026

We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/1_IO_Glasses_Product_GentleMonst.width-1000.format-webp_NnExl2N.webp?w=1000 At the Google I/O developer conference this week, we had the opportunity for a brief hands-on with Google’s upcoming AI-powered glasses — not the audio-only […]
May 22, 2026

Trump Mobile confirms it exposed customers’ personal data, including phone numbers and home addresses

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/donald-trump-cellphone.jpg?resize=1200,800 Phone provider Trump Mobile has confirmed that it was exposing customers’ names, email addresses, mailing addresses, cell numbers, and order identifiers to the open internet. […]
May 22, 2026

Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/HMD-vibe-2-5g.jpg?resize=1200,665 Finnish phone maker HMD today launched its first smartphone, called the Vibe 2 5G, which comes preloaded with Indian AI company Sarvam’s chatbot Indus. Both […]
May 21, 2026

Law enforcement shuts down VPN service used by two dozen ransomware gangs

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/tunnel-vpn-v6.jpg?resize=1200,675 An international coalition of law enforcement agencies announced Thursday that they took down a popular virtual private network service used by cybercriminals and arrested its […]
May 21, 2026

Flipper unveils a Linux-powered networking gadget built for hackers and tinkerers

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/What-is-Flipper-One-new.jpg?resize=1200,689 Flipper Devices, maker of the Flipper Zero hacking device, today announced a new gadget called Flipper One that has multiple network connectivity chops and can […]
May 21, 2026

Scammers are abusing an internal Microsoft account to send spam links

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/microsoft-logo-1865237814.jpg?resize=1200,863 For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used […]
May 21, 2026

Scammers are abusing an official Microsoft email address to send spam

https://techcrunch.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/microsoft-logo-1865237814.jpg?resize=1200,863 For months, scammers have been taking advantage of a loophole that allows them to send spammy emails from an internal Microsoft email address typically used […]