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The Japanese sex toy maker said a hacker broke into an employee's inbox and stole customer names, email addresses, and correspondence, including order details and customer service inquiries. Source

Watch as TechCrunch’s Equity podcast hosts discuss the week's biggest deals and departures, from billion-dollar bets on fusion and robotics to the tech exodus reshaping AI companies.  Source

The company said hackers downloaded “a limited number of files” after breaking into an employee’s account. The hacking group ShinyHunters took responsibility for the breach. Source

Airbnb was poised to introduce an app that doesn't just search for you, but one that "knows you." CEO Brian Chesky said, "It will help guests plan their entire trip, help hosts better run their businesses, and help the company operate more efficiently at scale." Source

Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky said the company wants to increase its use of large language models for customer discovery, support and engineering. Source

A backend flaw in web admin dashboards used by one of India's largest pharmacy chains, exposed thousands of online pharmacy orders. Source

The two-story location will sell products from Nothing and the more affordable, mass-market brand CMF. Source

India’s $1.1B fund-of-funds will invest through private VCs to support deep-tech and manufacturing startups. Source

Designer Kate Barton teams up with Fiducia AI and IBM for a NYFW presentation. Source

Hollywood organizations are pushing back against a new AI video model called Seedance 2.0, which they say has quickly become a tool for “blatant” copyright infringement. Source