Hackers breach and expose a major North Korean spying operation

[ad_1] Hackers claim to have compromised the computer of a North Korean government hacker and leaked its contents online, offering a rare window into a hacking operation by the notoriously secretive nation.  The two hackers, who go by Saber and cyb0rg, published a report about the breach in the latest …

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ADC Mentions Tambuwal, Other Coalition Leaders, EFCC is Investigating

[ad_1] The EFCC has been accused of making selective probing of opposition leaders ahead of the 2027 general election ADC’s spokesperson, Bolaji Abdullahi, made the allegation against the anti-graft agency, following the detaining of Aminu Tambuwal, the former governor of Sokoto Abdullahi further alleged that the EFCC has started digging …

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AI companion apps on track to pull in $120M in 2025

[ad_1] Demand for AI “companion” applications outside of bigger names, like ChatGPT and Grok, is growing. Of the 337 active and revenue-generating AI companion apps available worldwide, 128 were released in 2025 so far, according to new data provided to TechCrunch by app intelligence firm Appfigures. This subsection of the …

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Perplexity offers to buy Chrome for billions more than it’s raised

[ad_1] In a moonshot move, AI search engine Perplexity has offered to buy Chrome from Google for $34.5 billion cash in an unsolicited offer, Reuters reported and Perplexity has confirmed to TechCrunch. Perplexity tells TC the terms of the offer include a commitment to keep Chrome’s underlying engine, Chromium, open …

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Disgraced crypto mogul Do Kwon changes plea to guilty in US court

[ad_1] The crypto tycoon was arrested in March 2023 at the airport in Podgorica, the Montenegrin capital. Photo: SAVO PRELEVIC / AFP/FileSource: AFP South Korean cryptocurrency specialist Do Kwon pleaded guilty to fraud charges in front of a New York judge on Tuesday following his firm’s multi-billion-dollar bankruptcy, court filings …

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Threads now has more than 400 million monthly active users

[ad_1] Just two years since its launch as a competitor to Twitter (now X), Meta’s Threads has topped 400 million monthly active users (MAUs), Instagram head Adam Mosseri announced on Tuesday. “As of a few weeks ago we there are more than 400 million people active on Threads every month,” …

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