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Researchers jailbreak a Tesla, the FCC fines robocallers and WeWork finds itself in trouble (again)

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Also featured are stories about WeWork’s perennial struggles, Google’s Messages app fully embracing RCS, and spyware maker LetMeSpy shutting down after a massive data breach. If you haven’t already, sign up here to get WiR in your inbox every Saturday. Now, on with the recap.

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Radar trends to watch: August 2021

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To succeed, VR will have to get beyond ultra geeky goggles. Amnesty International has released an open source tool for checking whether a phone has been compromised by Pegasus, the spyware sold by the NSO group to many governments, and used (among other things) to track journalists. AI and Data. Virtual Reality.

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Daily Crunch: How to remove common consumer-grade spyware from your Android phone

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Not a future in which one company owns the VR hardware market. So, it’s good that Sony has a new VR headset to gawk at – if only Meta makes VR gear, we are going to have live in a Facebook walled garden, which sounds a bit lame. Advice and strategy for early-stage sex tech startup founders. Big Tech Inc.

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Announcing the agenda for TechCrunch Disrupt 2022

TechCrunch

Alongside a16z founder Marc Andreessen, general partner Chris Dixon has been integral to the firm’s rise as a giant in the crypto VC world — he was an early investor in startups such as Coinbase, Uniswap and Oculus VR. From hardware to hard science, some startups take more time to build income streams.