I don't think this is a mistake, I think they needed a "visual," Googled LIDAR and thought Sombre Scanner was the coolest looking image... I wonder if Introversion knows about this usage? I guess for an indie game any kind of exposure is good even if its completely misappropriated...

It's also sloppy on Techcrunch's part because it's not even a real LIDAR capture, it's a video game emulating LIDAR.