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The Tea dating safety app experienced a second data breach, exposing over 1.1 million private messages between users. This follows an initial breach last week that exposed 72,000 sensitive images. The recent issue revealed messages including phone numbers, discussions about abortions, and infidelity. Independent security researcher Kasra Rahjerdi discovered the vulnerability. Tea, which launched in 2023, released a statement about the initial breach, but Rahjerdi's findings revealed messages from early 2023 up to last week.
Orange, a major telecommunications provider, reported a cyberattack on July 25 that affected some of its information systems.
The company isolated affected services, leading to disruptions for business clients and public services, primarily in France.
Orange is working to restore services and stated that there is no evidence of data exfiltration. The company has filed a complaint with authorities and is informing affected customers.
The company serves 291 million customers worldwide.
The Boring Company and Tennessee Governor Bill Lee have announced a plan to construct a 10-mile underground "loop" in Nashville, connecting downtown, the convention center, and the airport. Privately funded, the project aims to ease traffic congestion with potential operation starting as early as fall 2026. This initiative follows The Boring Company's similar project in Las Vegas, while addressing past challenges and safety concerns highlighted by Fortune.
TikTok has expanded its music streaming integration by adding YouTube Music as an option for users to save songs from video clips. This feature, initially launched in the U.S. and U.K. with Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon Music in November 2023, has since been rolled out to over 160 countries.
Users can now save songs directly to YouTube Music via the "Add Song" button, with the option to set a default music streaming service in the settings. TikTok reports that this feature has driven hundreds of millions of track saves, translating into billions of streams for the music industry.
A security researcher, BobDaHacker, revealed that Lovense, a sex toy manufacturer, has not fully addressed two security vulnerabilities. These flaws expose users' private email addresses and enable the takeover of any user account.
The first flaw leaks email addresses during app use, visible through network analysis. The second allows account takeovers using just an email address, enabling remote control without a password. This poses a significant risk, especially for cam models.
BobDaHacker disclosed the bugs to Lovense via Internet of Dongs and was awarded $3,000. However, Lovense requested 14 months to fix the flaws, prompting the researcher to go public. The company declined a faster fix that would require users of older products to upgrade immediately.
Julius AI, an AI data analysis startup, has successfully raised a $10 million seed round led by Bessemer Venture Partners. The funding round also included participation from Horizon VC, 8VC, Y Combinator, and notable angel investors.
Founded by Rahul Sonwalkar, Julius AI aims to function like a data scientist, capable of analyzing large datasets, creating visualizations, and performing predictive modeling using natural language prompts.
The platform has garnered over two million users and generated more than 10 million visualizations. Julius AI's specialization in data science has attracted attention, including from Harvard Business School, where it is used in a new course called Data Science and AI for Leaders.
Sonwalkar emphasized the importance of focusing on specific use cases, differentiating Julius AI from broader AI models. He also mentioned a past prank involving a fake layoff at Twitter (now X), but asserts that Julius AI is now gaining more recognition.
Harmonic, an AI startup founded by Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev, has launched 'Aristotle,' an AI chatbot app for iOS and Android. Aristotle aims to provide accurate, 'hallucination-free' answers to math-related questions using its AI model. Harmonic plans to release an API for enterprises and a web app for consumers, claiming Aristotle achieved gold medal performance on the International Math Olympiad (IMO) through a formal test. The company recently raised $100 million in a Series B round led by Kleiner Perkins, valuing it at $875 million. Harmonic aims to create 'mathematical superintelligence' and believes that math is a critical domain for AI development due to its verifiable nature.