October 07, 2025

Security bug in India's income tax portal exposed taxpayers' sensitive data: TechCrunch verified that the security bug in the Indian Income Tax Department's e-Filing portal exposed taxpayers' data to other users. The security researchers who found the flaw say the data leak is now fixed. Read More

OpenAI and the race for AI-driven commerce: OpenAI now has all the pieces in place for AI-driven commerce, establishing ChatGPT as a place customers go to buy and retailers go to sell. Read More

Deloitte goes all in on AI — despite having to issue a hefty refund for use of AI: Deloitte is rolling out Claude to its nearly 500,000 employees after issuing a refund for a report that contained AI hallucinations. Read More

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xAI hires former Morgan Stanley banker Anthony Armstrong as CFO: Armstrong, who advised Musk during his Twitter takeover, will oversee the finances of both xAI and X, which were merged in April, the report said. Read More

Lucid Motors sets record as Gravity sales pick up and tax credit expires: The company has seen EV deliveries increase for seven straight quarters, even though it's still way off the ambitious goals it promoted when it went public in 2021. Read More

Microsoft buys another 100 MW of solar, this time in Japan: The new deal covers output from four different solar projects. Microsoft has said it will spend $2.9 billion to expand its infrastructure in Japan. Read More

OpenAI ramps up developer push with more powerful models in its API : The updates were part of a series of announcements geared toward wooing developers to OpenAI's ecosystem, including the launch of an agent-building tool and the ability to build apps in ChatGPT.  Read More

MrBeast says AI could threaten creators' livelihoods, calling it 'scary times' for the industry: If MrBeast is openly questioning whether AI is an existential threat to his business and others like it, then it's fair to say that smaller creators are likely even more worried. Read More

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Ökosix will show its biodegradable plastic at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Healthcare has a plastic problem, but Ökosix thinks its bio-derived, biodegradable material can replace single-use plastics throughout the industry. Read More

TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 exhibit tables are selling out fast and time is running out: Exhibit tables at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025 are almost gone. We expanded the floor two weeks ago due to hot demand — and those extra tables are nearly sold out. Secure your table before competitors do. Read More

Instacrops will demo its water-saving, crop-boosting AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025: Agriculture consumes a vast amount of water, and some countries are under more stress than others. Instacrops pivoted to AI to help farmers cut water use by 30%. Read More

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Taylor Swift fans accuse singer of using AI in her Google scavenger hunt videos: Swifties love a puzzle, but some were rubbed the wrong way by a promotional scavenger hunt which appeared to use AI-generated videos. Read More

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