The AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems.
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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
Toyota’s Woven Capital appoints new CIO and COO in push for finding the ‘future of mobility’
Woven Capital is the growth-stage venture capital arm of Toyota, focused on backing founders building in space, cybersecurity, and autonomous driving.
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Anthropic is having a month
A human really borks things at Anthropic for the second time this week.
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Salesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new features
Slack just got a whole lot more useful.
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Whoop’s valuation just tripled to $10 billion
The fitness tracking startup just closed a $575 million Series G with Cristiano Ronaldo and LeBron James among its investors. The obvious question looming over a round of this size at this valuation: Is an IPO coming?
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Uber increases stake in WeRide as robotaxi partnership ramps up in Dubai
Uber and WeRide have launched robotaxi operations without a human safety operator in Dubai as part of a broader expansion in the Middle East.
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Hacker hijacks Axios open-source project, used by millions, to push malware
A hacker inserted malware in Axios, an open-source web tool downloaded tens of millions of times weekly, in a widespread hack.
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FedEx chooses partnerships over proprietary tech for its automation strategy
FedEx recently announced a partnership with Berkshire Gray as the company works with external players to develop its automation tech.
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Nomadic raises $8.4 million to wrangle the data pouring off autonomous vehicles
The company turns footage from robots into structured, searchable datasets with a deep learning model.
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Rivian spinoff Also will build autonomous delivery vehicles for DoorDash
DoorDash joins Greenoaks Capital in another $200 million funding round for Also, bringing its total funding to more than $500 million.
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Monday, March 30, 2026
Allbirds is selling for $39 million. It raised nearly 10 times that amount in its IPO.
The collapse of the brand, which was originally venture-backed and that went public in 2021, has been well-documented.
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15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new poll
According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned tasks and set schedules.
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Popular AI gateway startup LiteLLM ditches controversial startup Delve
LiteLLM had obtained two security compliance certifications via Delve and fell victim to some horrific credential-stealing malware last week.
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What we’re looking for in Startup Battlefield 2026 and how to put your best application forward
Here's what we're looking for in your Startup Battlefield 200 application and how to make sure your application reflects it.
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Delve whistleblower strikes again, with alleged receipts about ‘fake compliance’
Shortly after Delve's founder published a lengthy denial of allegations, while promising changes, the accuser came forward with more alleged details.
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Meta starts testing a premium subscription on Instagram
Among the premium features on Instagram is the ability to view a Story without the poster seeing that you viewed it and the option to see how many people have rewatched your Story.
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Bluesky’s new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance
More than 125,000 Bluesky users have blocked Attie in just a few days, sending a strong message from the user base.
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Apple will hide your email address from apps and websites, but not cops
Demands for Apple customer records by federal agents in recent months underscore the privacy limitations of email.
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Uber is buying Berlin startup Blacklane to bolster its ‘Elite’ offering
It's a notable exit for Blacklane, which has raised more than $100 million from backers like Mercedes-Benz and Sixt.
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Mantis Biotech is making ‘digital twins’ of humans to help solve medicine’s data availability problem
Mantis takes disparate sources of data to make synthetic datasets that can be used to build so-called "digital twins" of the human body, representing anatomy, physiology and behavior.
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Sunday, March 29, 2026
Why OpenAI really shut down Sora
OpenAI's decision last week to shut down Sora, its AI video-generation tool, just six months after releasing it to the public raised immediate suspicions. The app had invited users to upload their own faces — so was this some kind of elaborate data grab?
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The Pixel 10a doesn’t have a camera bump, and it’s great
The Google Pixel 10a can lay flat on a table, but otherwise the company hasn't brought a ton of upgrades to its newest budget smartphone.
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YouTube CEO says the best YouTubers will ‘never leave their home’
CEO Neal Mohan insisted that he isn’t worried about Netflix luring away YouTube's most popular creators.
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‘Project Hail Mary’ becomes Amazon MGM’s biggest box office hit
Amazon’s bet on “Project Hail Mary” has paid off handsomely.
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Sora’s shutdown could be a reality check moment for AI video
Is this just normal corporate strategy, or are we about to see a broader pullback on AI-generated video?
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TechCrunch Mobility: When a robotaxi has to call 911
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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SXSW rebounds as a top networking, ideas festival for founders and VCs
SXSW made some changes this year, but some founders loved it all the same.
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Saturday, March 28, 2026
Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds
Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto.
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Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE
While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration.
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Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice
While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be.
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Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI
All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week.
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These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time
We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store.
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Friday, March 27, 2026
Whoop has LeBron – now it wants your mom
Whoop founder Will Ahmed has spent 14 years building a health wearable beloved by elite athletes, and is now racing Oura — and the FDA, and the limits of consumer medicine — to turn it into something that could one day save your life.
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Physical Intelligence is reportedly in talks to raise $1 billion, again
The deal would effectively double the company's $5.6 billion valuation in just four months.
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Memory chip giant SK hynix could help end ‘RAMmageddon’ with blockbuster US IPO
SK hynix’s potential U.S. listing could raise $10-$14 billion to help it build more capacity, encourage others to follow, and end the 'RAMmageddon' memory shortage.
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Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart
Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years.
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European Commission confirms cyberattack after hackers claim data breach
The European Union's top executive body has confirmed a cyberattack after hackers reportedly stole reams of data from the European Commission's cloud storage.
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Aetherflux reportedly raising Series B at $2 billion valuation
Index Ventures is said to be leading a $250 million to $350 million round.
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Iranian hackers claim breach of FBI director Kash Patel’s personal email account
Handala, a pro-Iranian hacking group allegedly working for Iran’s government, published emails it said were taken from the Gmail account of FBI director Kash Patel.
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Rivian gets another $1B from Volkswagen
The two companies have been collaborating on a joint venture that would see Rivian tech go in VW's EVs.
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Apple says no one using Lockdown Mode has been hacked with spyware
The tech giant's claim that it has not seen any successful spyware attacks targeting Apple devices with Lockdown Mode enabled comes amid a leak of hacking tools targeting users running devices with older software.
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Thursday, March 26, 2026
David Sacks is done as AI czar — here’s what he’s doing instead
Sacks will be much further from power center in Washington than since the outset of this second Trump administration.
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Anthropic wins injunction against Trump administration over Defense Department saga
A federal judge has ordered that the Trump administration rescind recent restrictions it placed on the AI company.
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You can now transfer your chats and personal information from other chatbots directly into Gemini
Google is launching "switching tools" that, just as it sounds, will make it easier for users of other chatbots to switch to Gemini.
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Data centers get ready — the Senate wants to see your power bills
Sens. Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren want the Energy Information Administration to gather more details about how data centers use power — and how that affects the grid.
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Defense startup Shield AI lands $12.7B valuation, up 140%, after U.S. Air Force deal
In one year, Shield AI's value has leaped 140%. This after it won a contract to be the software provider to Anduril's Fury fighter jet for the U.S. Air Force.
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Apple made strides with iOS 26 security, but leaked hacking tools still leave millions exposed to spyware attacks
Leaked hacking tools threaten the security of millions of older iPhones. Cybersecurity experts weigh in.
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Google is launching Search Live globally
Search Live allows users to point their phone camera at objects to get real-time assistance, enabling back-and-forth conversations that draw on the visual context from the camera feed.
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Silicon Valley’s two biggest dramas have intersected: LiteLLM and Delve
LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware.
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ByteDance’s new AI video generation model, Dreamina Seedance 2.0, comes to CapCut
The new model in CapCut will have built-in protections for making video from real faces or unauthorized intellectual property.
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Why hiring the weirdos works
When you’re building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. Bland CEO and co-founder Isaiah Granet has tactical advice on how the company managed to find hidden talent in unlikely places.
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Wednesday, March 25, 2026
The least surprising chapter of the Manus story is what’s happening right now
Did anyone think there would not be a reckoning over this tie-up?
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Mercor competitor Deccan AI raises $25M, sources experts from India
Deccan AI concentrates its workforce in India to manage quality in a fast-growing but fragmented AI training market.
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Delve did the security compliance on LiteLLM, an AI project hit by malware
LiteLLM offers an AI open source project used by millions that was infected by credential harvesting malware.
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Riding the GLP-1 boom, VITL lands $7.5M to overhaul cash-pay clinic prescribing
The startup provides an e-prescribing marketplace for the booming cash-pay clinic market.
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Bernie Sanders and AOC propose a ban on data center construction
Senator Bernie Sanders and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez introduced companion legislation to halt construction on new data centers until Congress passes comprehensive AI regulation.
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DeleteMe acquires social media security tool Block Party
Tracey Chou founded Block Party in 2018 as a tool to help people stay safe from targeted harassment on Twitter, inspired by her own experiences.
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Russia arrests alleged owner of cybercrime forum LeakBase, report says
Russian state-owned media reported that police in Russia arrested the administrator of LeakBase, a large hacking forum.
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Google launches Lyria 3 Pro music generation model
Google is launching Lyria 3 Pro, an upgraded music model that generates longer, more customizable tracks, as it expands AI music tools across Gemini, enterprise products, and other services.
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Waymo relies on firefighters and police to bail out stuck robotaxis
In at least six instances identified by TechCrunch, first responders have had to take control of Waymo vehicles and move them out of traffic during emergency situations.
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Reddit takes on the bots with new ‘human verification’ requirements for fishy behavior
Reddit will require suspected automated accounts to verify they’re human, as it ramps up efforts to curb bot-driven spam and manipulation.
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Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company's business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the company wants to do more in the space.
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Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app
Granola's valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained.
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Tuesday, March 24, 2026
A former Thiel fellow’s startup just launched a drone it says can replace police helicopters
Brinc launched its newest 911 response drone this week, as the company seeks to expand its prominence in the public safety industry.
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With $3.5B in fresh capital, Kleiner Perkins is going all in on AI
The fundraise includes $1 billion for investing in early-stage startups, and $2.5 billion for late-stage growth businesses.
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Amazon just bought a startup making kid-size humanoid robots
The acquisition of Fauna Robotics is the second robotics startup Amazon has purchased this month.
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OpenAI’s Sora was the creepiest app on your phone — now it’s shutting down
Though the underlying Sora 2 video- and audio-generation model is scarily impressive, there was not sustained interest in an AI-only social feed.
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Lululemon bets Epoch Biodesign can eat its shorts, literally
Startup Epoch Biodesign uses enzymes to break plastic waste down into monomers, the chemical building blocks that can be used to make new plastic.
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New Mexico just handed Meta its first courtroom defeat over child safety, and the rest of the country is watching
The dollar amount isn’t as important as the fact that this is the first jury verdict of its kind against Meta over harm to young people.
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Accel, Prosus pick six ‘off-the-map’ startups for inaugural India cohort
The six startups were selected from over 2,000 applications and will receive $500,000 to $2 million each.
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Kentucky woman rejects $26 million offer to turn her farm into a data center
A "major artificial intelligence company" reportedly offered a Kentucky women $26 million to build a data center on their farm.
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BRK Capital raises $14.5M (so far) to invest in Black founders
BRK Capital announced Monday that its Fund II closed $20 million Canadian towards its $50 million target.
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Crunchyroll confirms data breach after hacker claims unauthorized access
Crunchyroll said it continues to investigate the data breach involving its users' personal information.
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Apple Music partners with Ticketmaster to power its concert discovery feature
Apple Music teamed up with Ticketmaster to power its Concert Discovery feature, which recommends live music events based on users' listening habits.
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Doss raises $55M for AI inventory management that plugs into ERP
Doss's AI-powered inventory management system integrates with existing ERP systems. The Series B round was co-led by Madrona and Premji Invest.
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Meet the former Apple designer building a new AI interface at Hark
The company said it would design models, hardware, and interfaces in tandem to deliver a "seamless end-to-end personal intelligence product."
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Ads are coming to Apple Maps, as Apple expands its business offerings
Apple Maps will launch ads this summer in the U.S. and Canada. Plus, a new suite of Apple Business offerings arrives April 14.
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Flighty’s new update gives you real-time alerts about airport disturbances
Flighty's new feature will give users real-time updates about why operations at an airport are disrupted.
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Epic Games cuts 1,000 jobs, says Fortnite engagement is down
Epic Games also increased the price of V-Bucks, the Fortnite in-game currency.
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Roku’s $3 Howdy subscription service launches on Prime Video
Launched in August 2025, Howdy features a library of nearly 10,000 hours of content from its partners, including Lionsgate, Sony Pictures, Disney Entertainment, Warner Bros. Discovery, and FilmRise, alongside select Roku Original titles.
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FCC bans import of new consumer routers made overseas, citing security risks
The FCC ban will affect the import of all new, foreign-made consumer routers, the agency's head Brendan Carr said.
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Monday, March 23, 2026
Delve halts demos, Insight Partners scrubs investment post amid ‘fake compliance’ allegations
After a whistleblower alleged that the startup fabricated audit evidence, its prominent Series A investor removed an article detailing why it led the deal.
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Bengaluru food delivery startup Swish raises $38M: its third round in 18 months
Swish has more than doubled its valuation in a year as its full-stack, hyperlocal model positions ultra-fast food delivery as a high-frequency habit.
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Emil Michael, now a senior Pentagon official, says he’ll never forgive Uber investors who ousted him and Kalanick
When asked whether he was still "salty" about about being shown the door at Uber, alongside co-founder Travis Kalanick, Michael didn't equivocate. "I'll never forget that, nor forgive," he said.
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Despite bitter rivalry, Kalshi, Polymarket CEOs back $35M predictions markets VC fund
As prediction markets explode, the new firm called 5(c) Capital, will back startups supporting the burgeoning category.
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Air Street becomes one of the largest solo VCs in Europe with $232M fund
London’s Air Street Capital has raised a large Fund III with eyes locked on backing early-stage European and North American AI companies.
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Apple Maps may be about to get ads
Apple Maps may soon serve ads in top results when users search on terms like "restaurants."
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Leonid Radvinsky, the owner of OnlyFans, has passed away
OnlyFans owner Leonid Radvinsky has passed away at the age of 43 after a battle with cancer.
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Startup Gimlet Labs is solving the AI inference bottleneck in a surprisingly elegant way
Gimlet Labs just raised an $80 million Series A for tech that lets AI run across NVIDIA, AMD, Intel, ARM, Cerebras and d-Matrix chips, simultaneously.
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Littlebird raises $11M for its AI-assisted ‘recall’ tool that reads your computer screen
Littlebird is building an AI that reads your screen in real time to capture context, answer questions, and automate tasks, without relying on screenshots.
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Grab to buy Foodpanda Taiwan from Delivery Hero for $600 million
Grab will acquire Delivery Hero’s Foodpanda business in Taiwan for $600 million, expanding beyond Southeast Asia and setting up a closer challenge to Uber Eats in a tightly contested market.
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Elizabeth Warren calls Pentagon’s decision to bar Anthropic ‘retaliation’
In a letter to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) equated the DoD's decision to label Anthropic a "supply chain risk" as retaliation, arguing that the Pentagon could simply have terminated its contract with the AI lab.
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FBI says Iranian hackers are using Telegram to steal data in malware attacks
Hackers working for Iran’s government are using Telegram in hacking operations that use malware to target dissidents, opposition groups, and journalists who oppose its regime, according to the FBI.
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Sam Altman-backed fusion startup Helion in talks with OpenAI
Helion is reportedly negotiating a deal that would see it sell 12.5% of its power output to OpenAI.
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Federal immigration agents filmed making airport arrests as Trump calls in ICE to ease security line delays
The Trump administration has deployed ICE agents to over a dozen U.S. airports amid an ongoing federal shutdown that's causing long wait times. Eyewitnesses have already recorded at least one arrest in San Francisco's airport.
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Sunday, March 22, 2026
TechCrunch Mobility: Uber everywhere, all at once
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Elon Musk unveils chip manufacturing plans for SpaceX and Tesla
Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising.
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Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’
An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations.
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An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple
Shortly after Amazon announced its $50 billion investment in OpenAI, AWS invited me on a private tour of the chip lab at the heart of the deal.
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Saturday, March 21, 2026
Are AI tokens the new signing bonus or just a cost of doing business?
Maybe tokens really will become the fourth pillar of engineering compensation. But engineers might want to hold the line before embracing this as a straightforward win.
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It’s been 20 years since the first tweet
On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”.
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Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’
An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations.
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Why Wall Street wasn’t won over by Nvidia’s big conference
Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility.
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How fusion power works and the startups pursuing it
Fusion power promises to generate large amounts of clean electricity from nearly limitless fuel. This article explains the main approaches and the companies that use them.
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Friday, March 20, 2026
New court filing reveals Pentagon told Anthropic the two sides were nearly aligned — a week after Trump declared the relationship kaput
Anthropic submitted two sworn declarations to a California federal court late Friday afternoon, pushing back on the Pentagon's assertion that the AI company poses an "unacceptable risk to national security" and arguing that the government's case relies on technical misunderstandings and claims that were never actually raised during the months of negotiations.
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Elon Musk misled Twitter investors while trying to get out of acquisition, jury says
At the time, Musk had tweeted that Twitter had too many bots, which is why he was trying to renege on his commitment to buy the company.
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Microsoft rolls back some of its Copilot AI bloat on Windows
The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps.
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Amazon working on new smartphone with Alexa at its core, report says
The device is being developed by the company's Devices and Services division, and it would feature personalized features aimed at making it easier to use Amazon's suite of apps, including Amazon shopping, Prime Video, and Prime Music, according to Reuters.
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The best AI investment might be in energy tech
Power has become one of the biggest bottlenecks in rolling out new AI data centers. That's creating an opening for investors.
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These AI notetaking devices can help you record and transcribe your meetings
These physical notetakers transcribe audio and give users summaries and action items of meetings using AI. Some even offer live translation.
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Thursday, March 19, 2026
Amazon acquires Rivr, maker of a stair-climbing delivery robot
Amazon and Jeff Bezos had previously invested in the startup.
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Jeff Bezos reportedly wants $100 billion to buy and transform old manufacturing firms with AI
The Amazon magnate has a new project centered around acquiring industrial firms and revamping them with AI technology.
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Employees had to restrain a dancing humanoid robot after it went wild at a California restaurant
A dancing robot in a Haidilao hot pot restaurant boogied down a little too hard.
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Inside a $1.1B deal to reshore critical minerals refining
Critical minerals startup Nth Cycle is betting that its modular approach to nickel refining can make the practice viable in the U.S. and Europe.
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Multiverse Computing pushes its compressed AI models into the mainstream
After compressing models from major AI labs including OpenAI, Meta, DeepSeek and Mistral AI, Multiverse Computing has launched both an app that showcases the capabilities of its compressed models and an API that makes them more widely available.
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Wednesday, March 18, 2026
Two Palantir veterans just came out of stealth with $30 million and a Sequoia stamp of approval
The founders are worth paying attention to.
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Meta is having trouble with rogue AI agents
A rogue AI agent inadvertently exposed Meta company and user data to engineers who didn't have permission to see it.
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Sam Altman’s thank-you to coders draws the memes
Altman expresses gratitude for people who knew how to write their code from scratch. The internet replies with salty jokes.
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Nothing CEO Carl Pei says smartphone apps will disappear as AI agents take their place
Nothing CEO Carl Pei says AI agents will eventually replace apps, shifting smartphones toward systems that understand intent and act on a user's behalf.
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Marquis says over 672,000 people had personal and financial data stolen in ransomware attack
Fintech company Marquis is notifying hundreds of thousands of people that hackers stole their personal and financial information, including their Social Security numbers.
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Russians caught stealing personal data from Ukrainians with new advanced iPhone hacking tools
A suspected group of Russian government hackers was caught targeting Ukrainians with new iPhone hacking tools designed for espionage and potentially to steal crypto.
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DOD says Anthropic’s ‘red lines’ make it an ‘unacceptable risk to national security’
The Defense Department said concerns that Anthropic might "attempt to disable its technology" during "warfighting operations" validate its decision to label the AI firm a supply chain risk.
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Mave Health aims to improve attention and mood with its brain-stimulating headset
Mave Health is listing the headset at $495 for pre-orders. It aims to ship devices to users in the U.S. and India in April 2026.
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Tuesday, March 17, 2026
Kalshi’s legal troubles pile up, as Arizona files first ever criminal charges over ‘illegal gambling business’
It's the latest salvo in an escalating battle between state regulators and an industry that claims it's not beholden to them.
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Mistral bets on ‘build-your-own AI’ as it takes on OpenAI, Anthropic in the enterprise
Mistral Forge lets enterprises train custom AI models from scratch on their own data, challenging rivals that rely on fine-tuning and retrieval-based approaches.
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Why Garry Tan’s Claude Code setup has gotten so much love, and hate
Thousands of people are trying Garry Tan's Claude Code setup, which was shared on Github. And everyone has an opinion: even Claude, ChatGPT, and Gemini.
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Monday, March 16, 2026
Picsart now allows creators to ‘hire’ AI assistants through agent marketplace
Picsart's AI agent marketplace will launch with four agents, then add more agents each week.
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SEC eyes shift to twice-yearly earnings reports
The SEC is working on a proposal to allow public companies to release earnings reports twice a year instead of quarterly, per the WSJ.
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Nvidia’s version of OpenClaw could solve its biggest problem: security
Nvidia announced an open enterprise AI agent platform, called NemoClaw, that is built off of viral OpenClaw.
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Jensen just put Nvidia’s Blackwell and Vera Rubin sales projections into the $1 trillion stratosphere
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said he expects $1 trillion worth of orders for the chips.
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Warren presses Pentagon over decision to grant xAI access to classified networks
Sen. Elizabeth Warren noted that Grok, xAI's controversial chatbot, has created harmful outputs for users and poses a potential national security risk.
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Memories AI is building the visual memory layer for wearables and robotics
Memories.ai is building a large visual memory model that can index and retrieve video-recorded memories for physical AI.
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Apple quietly launches AirPods Max 2
The successor to its premium headphones cost $549 and are launching with enhanced active noise cancellation, the H2 chip, live translation, better sound quality, and more.
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Walmart-backed PhonePe shelves IPO as global tensions rattle markets
PhonePe has paused its planned IPO, delaying a major liquidity event for investors including Tiger Global and Microsoft.
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Sunday, March 15, 2026
The billionaires made a promise — now some want out
In 2010, Warren Buffett and Bill Gates launched a disarmingly simple campaign to get the richest people on earth to promise, publicly, to give most of their money away. The moment seemed to call for it. Tech was minting billionaires faster than any industry in history, and the question of how those fortunes would impact […]
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Netflix’s ‘Frankenstein’ wins three Oscars, ‘KPop Demon Hunters’ wins two
“Frankenstein” won for Best Production Design, Best Costume Design, and Best Makeup and Hairstyling, while “KPop Demon Hunters” won for Best Animated Feature and Best Original Song.
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Google, Accel India accelerator choses 5 startups and none are ‘AI wrappers’
Google and Accel say about 70% of AI startup pitches tied to India were "wrappers" as they reviewed more than 4,000 applications for their Atoms cohort.
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ByteDance reportedly pauses global launch of its Seedance 2.0 video generator
The company is reportedly delaying the launch as its engineers and lawyers work to avert further legal issues.
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Unacademy to be acquired by upGrad in share-swap deal as India’s edtech sector consolidates
The deal comes after Unacademy’s valuation plunged from $3.5B to under $500M, as India’s once-booming edtech sector struggles.
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TechCrunch Mobility: Travis Kalanick’s return proves it really is 2016 again
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.
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Wiz investor unpacks Google’s $32B acquisition
Shardul Shah of Index Ventures walks us through Google's biggest acquisition ever.
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Rivian’s RJ Scaringe thinks we’re doing robots all wrong
Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shares his thoughts and plans for his newest startup, Mind Robotics.
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Saturday, March 14, 2026
The MacBook Neo is ‘the most repairable MacBook’ in years, according to iFixit
Apple’s new MacBook Neo isn’t just the most affordable MacBook — it’s also the company's most repairable laptop in “about fourteen years."
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US Army announces contract with Anduril worth up to $20B
The Army described this as a single enterprise contract consolidating more than 120 separate "procurement actions."
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Friday, March 13, 2026
Lawyer behind AI psychosis cases warns of mass casualty risks
AI chatbots have been linked to suicides for years. Now one lawyer says they are showing up in mass casualty cases too, and the technology is moving faster than the safeguards.
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‘Not built right the first time’ — Musk’s xAI is starting over again, again
The AI lab is revamping its effort to build an AI coding tool, with two new executives joining from Cursor.
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Digg lays off staff and shuts down app as company retools
Digg laid off a significant number of staff and shut down its app, but says it's not giving up on the startup.
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Nyne, founded by a father-son duo, gives AI agents the human context they’re missing
The data infrastructure startup raised $5.3 million in seed funding led by Wischoff Ventures and South Park Commons
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Facebook makes it easier for creators to report impersonators
Facebook is making it easier for creators to report impersonators while tightening rules around reposts and other unoriginal content.
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Steven Spielberg says he’s ‘never used AI’ in any of his films
At SXSW, Steven Spielberg said AI has uses in many fields, but not when it comes to replacing creative people in film and TV writing.
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Travis Kalanick launches a new company called Atoms focused on robotics
Kalanick's existing ghost kitchen company CloudKitchens will be rolled into Atoms, which also wants to get into mining and transport.
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The biggest AI stories of the year (so far)
The AI industry is constantly churning out news, like major acquisitions, indie developer successes, public outcry, and existentially dangerous contract negotiations.
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Travis Kalanick reportedly starting a new self-driving company backed by Uber
Kalanick reportedly wants to be more aggressive in pursuing the technology than industry-leader Waymo.
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Thursday, March 12, 2026
Before quantum computing arrives, this startup wants enterprises already running on it
After selling his AI startup to AMD for $665 million, Peter Sarlin is back with QuTwo, a new venture building the infrastructure it believes enterprises will need when quantum computing finally arrives.
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Truecaller now lets you hang up on scammers — on behalf of your family
Caller identity platform Truecaller recently launched a new feature that lets one person become an admin of a family group, get alerts about fraud calls received by other members, and even end a call on their behalf if they suspect a family member might get scammed. The company, which has over 450 million users, first […]
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How to watch Jensen Huang’s Nvidia GTC 2026 keynote
Nvidia kicks off its GTC conference with Huang's keynote on Monday, which can be watched in person or via livestream.
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Sales automation startup Rox AI hits $1.2B valuation, sources say
Rox, founded in 2024 by the former chief growth officer of New Relic, offers an AI-native alternative to CRM tools.
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Why Rivian is holding the $45,000 base model R2 until ‘late 2027’
Rivian spent the last two years promoting the R2 as a $45,000 SUV. But buyers won't be able to pay that price until late next year -- if at all.
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Channel Surfer lets you watch YouTube like it’s old-school cable TV
The web app lets you turn on YouTube and surf channels like you're watching cable TV in the '90s.
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Facebook Marketplace now lets Meta AI respond to buyers’ messages
When buyers inquire about an item’s availability, sellers can use Meta AI to automatically draft replies using information from their listing, such as the description, availability, pickup location, and price.
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Substack launches a built-in recording studio
Substack creators can pre-record video conversations with up to two guests, then publish directly on the platform.
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Tinder tries to lure people back to online dating with IRL events, virtual speed dating
Tinder just got a major revamp as it attempts to re-engange its user base and attract younger daters. This includes in-person events, AI enhancements, and even virtual speed dating.
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Wednesday, March 11, 2026
Chinese brain interface startup Gestala raises $21M just two months after launch
This is the largest early-stage funding in China’s brain computer interface industry.
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AI ‘actor’ Tilly Norwood put out the worst song I’ve ever heard
This song is an AI actor's rallying cry to other AI actors, urging them to keep going despite the naysayers who doubt their humanity. Literally no one can relate to this.
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Nuro is testing its autonomous vehicle tech on Tokyo’s streets
Nuro began testing its self-driving software on public roads in Tokyo, marking the first international expansion for the AV startup.
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Google Play is adding new paid and PC games, game trials, community posts, and more
The updates indicate that Google is focused on transforming Google Play into an enhanced gaming hub.
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Ford’s new AI assistant will help fleet owners know if seatbelts are being used
Ford Pro AI debuted at Work Truck Week in Indianapolis and is now available to all of its U.S.-based Pro telematics subscribers.
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Ride hailing inDrive acquires Pakistan’s KraveMart to bolster grocery delivery
inDrive has closed its acquisition of KraveMart, expanding grocery delivery in a market dominated by Foodpanda.
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Zendesk acquires agentic customer service startup Forethought
Forethought was years ahead of its time and the 2018 winner of TechCrunch Battlefield.
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Netflix may have paid $600 million for Ben Affleck’s AI startup
This deal could rank as among the streaming giant's largest acquisitions ever.
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India neobank Fi winds down banking services on its platform
Fi, founded by former Google Pay executives, is discontinuing banking services over four years after launch.
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Drivers in fatal Ford BlueCruise crashes were likely distracted before impact
The National Transportation Safety Board released documents ahead of a March 31 hearing that help show how and why two drivers crashed into stationary vehicles in 2024, leading to three deaths.
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Replit snags $9B valuation 6 months after hitting $3B
Replit raised a new $400 million round and said it hopes to have $1B in ARR by year's end.
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Pro-Iran hacktivist group says it is behind attack on medical tech giant Stryker
The hacktivist group claimed the attack was in retaliation for a U.S. strike on a Tehran school that killed more than 175 people, most of them children.
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Breakout Ventures raises $114M fund to back AI science startups
Breakout Ventures is finding growing success by backing early-stage startups in scientific fields such as biology and chemistry.
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Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are
Almost 40 new unicorns have been minted so far this year — here they are
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VC mega funds are back with General Catalyst, Spark rumored to be raising billions
GC is said to be raising $10 billion and Spark Capital $3 billion. This after several other firms have also raised mega funds.
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Poppi founder on TikTok, Super Bowl ads, and her return to Shark Tank
For years, venture capitalists have been skeptical of beverage startups, citing thin margins and brutal distribution as reasons most brands never break out. But a new wave of “functional soda” companies has been challenging that assumption, including Poppi, the prebiotic soda brand that grew from a kitchen experiment into a $1.95 billion acquisition by PepsiCo. On this episode of […]
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Tuesday, March 10, 2026
Google brings Gemini in Chrome to India
As part of the rollout, Gemini will support languages including Hindi, Bengali, Gujarati, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu, and Tamil.
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In a vote of confidence for Meta’s Threads, Kalshi adds sharing feature
Kalshi now offers a share option that will automatically embed the relevant prediction market chart into a Threads post.
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‘Pokémon Pokopia’ is a game about rehabilitating a broken world — and I love it
The latest Pokémon game is a cozy life simulator like "Animal Crossing" or "Minecraft," but in a way that feels more grounded to our actual world.
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YouTube surpasses Disney, Paramount, WBD in 2025 ad revenue
YouTube pulled in $40.4 billion in ad revenue last year, which is more than Disney, NBC, Paramount, and Warner Bros. Discovery combined.
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Mandiant’s founder just raised $190M for his autonomous AI agent security startup
Mandia, who sold his previous company Mandiant to Google for $5.4 billion in 2022, has launched an agentic security startup.
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AI-powered apps can make money, but struggle with long-term retention, new data shows
AI can drive stronger early monetization for apps, but sustaining value remains the challenge, RevenueCat's latest report finds.
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ChatGPT can now create interactive visuals to help you understand math and science concepts
On Tuesday, OpenAI introduced dynamic visual explanations, a new ChatGPT feature that allows users to see how formulas, variables, and mathematical relationships change in real time. Instead of just reading an explanation or looking at a static diagram, users can now interact directly with interactive visuals. For example, when exploring the Pythagorean theorem, you can […]
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U.S. military contractor likely built iPhone hacking tools used by Russian spies in Ukraine
Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.
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Monday, March 9, 2026
Apple now makes one in four iPhones in India: report
Apple reportedly produced 55 million units in India last year, a shift accelerated as Apple faced growing uncertainty in China.
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Yann LeCun’s AMI Labs raises $1.03 billion to build world models
AMI Labs, the new venture cofounded by Turing Prize winner Yann LeCun after he left Meta, has raised $1.03 billion at a $3.5 billion pre-money valuation.
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An iPhone-hacking toolkit used by Russian spies likely came from U.S military contractor
Google found a series of hacking tools they said were used by a Russian espionage group and a cybercriminal group in China. Sources from a U.S. government defense contractor said some of those hacking tools were theirs.
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Electric air taxi maker Archer hits back at Joby in countersuit alleging concealed Chinese ties
Archer's countersuit comes four months after Joby sued its rival for alleged 'corporate espionage.'
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Founders Fund nears $6 billion close for latest growth fund, sources say
The firm is raising this growth fund less than a year after closing its previous $4.6 billion vehicle.
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Electric air taxis are about to take flight in 26 states
The federal government has selected eight proposals to test electric aircraft across 26 states.
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OpenAI and Google employees rush to Anthropic’s defense in DOD lawsuit
More than 30 OpenAI and Google DeepMind employees signed onto a statement supporting Anthropic's lawsuit against the Defense Department after the agency labeled the AI firm a supply chain risk, according to court filings.
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Bluesky CEO Jay Graber steps down
Bluesky's board will search for a replacement while Graber becomes Chief Innovation Officer.
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Anthropic launches code review tool to check flood of AI-generated code
Anthropic launched Code Review in Claude Code, a multi-agent system that automatically analyzes AI-generated code, flags logic errors, and helps enterprise developers manage the growing volume of code produced with AI.
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It looks like the DOJ isn’t going to break up Live Nation and Ticketmaster
The DOJ and Live Nation agreed to a tentative settlement, but dozens of State Attorneys General don't want to drop the lawsuit.
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Periwinkle is making self-hosted social media on Bluesky’s AT Protocol even easier
Periwinkle offers managed hosting for AT Protocol users who want social media accounts on their own domains, with backups, storage, and migration tools.
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OpenAI acquires Promptfoo to secure its AI agents
This deal underscores how frontier labs are scrambling to prove their technology can be used safely in critical business operations.
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Zoox starts mapping Dallas and Phoenix for its robotaxis
It's a precursor to launching robotaxis in those cities, though the Amazon-owned company is still waiting for federal approval to commercially operate its purpose-built AV.
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The 2027 Chevy Bolt is the McRib of the automotive world
TechCrunch drove the 2027 Chevy Bolt and found that incremental improvements build on a solid basic recipe to deliver an affordable EV.
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Flipkart moves its headquarters back to India ahead of IPO
Flipkart's headquarters shift comes as the Walmart-backed e-commerce giant reaches about $30 billion in GMV.
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Sunday, March 8, 2026
Ring’s Jamie Siminoff has been trying to calm privacy fears since the Super Bowl, but his answers may not help
The facial recognition question is where things get more tangled.
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Palmer Luckey’s retro gaming startup ModRetro reportedly seeks funding at $1B valuation
The company launched its first product, a Game Boy-style handheld device called the Chromatic, in 2024.
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Will the Pentagon’s Anthropic controversy scare startups away from defense work?
On the latest episode of TechCrunch’s Equity podcast, we discussed what the controversy means for other startups seeking to work with the federal government.
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Saturday, March 7, 2026
A roadmap for AI, if anyone will listen
The Pro-Human Declaration was finalized before last week's Pentagon-Anthropic standoff, but the collision of the two events wasn’t lost on anyone involved.
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Push for $40 smartphones builds momentum, but still faces cost hurdles
A coalition of telecom operators and device makers is pushing $40 smartphones to bring up to 20 million people online, but rising component costs threaten the plan.
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Google just gave Sundar Pichai a $692M pay package
Most of it is tied to performance, including new stock incentives linked to Waymo and Wing, its drone delivery venture.
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Grammarly’s ‘expert review’ is just missing the actual experts
A recently-added feature in Grammarly purports to improve users’ writing with help from the world's great writers and thinkers — and some tech journalists, too.
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OpenAI robotics lead Caitlin Kalinowski quits in response to Pentagon deal
Hardware executive Caitlin Kalinowski announced today that in response to OpenAI's controversial agreement with the Department of Defense, she’s resigned from her role leading the company's robotics team.
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PopSockets founder David Barnett talks about building a viral business
David Barnett, founder of PopSocket, stops by Equity to talk about scaling the business and what he's learned as a leader.
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OpenAI delays ChatGPT’s ‘adult mode’ again
The feature, which will give verified adult users access to erotica and other adult content, had already been delayed from December.
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Friday, March 6, 2026
Robinhood’s startup fund stumbles in NYSE debut
The fund currently offers retail investors exposure to eight startups, including Mercor, Ramp, and Stripe, with plans to expand its portfolio.
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Nintendo sues the U.S. government for a refund on tariffs
This lawsuit comes after a Supreme Court decision struck down some of the president's sweeping tariffs, which had impacted Nintendo and thousands of other companies.
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X is testing a new ad format that connects posts with products
An ad test on X promotes Musk's Starlink beneath original content.
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Life EV officially owns Rad Power Bikes now
The Rad Power brand is expected to live on.
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These are the countries moving to ban social media for children
Australia was the first country to issue a ban in late 2025, aiming to reduce the pressures and risks that young users may face on social media, including cyberbullying, social media addiction, and exposure to predators.
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Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s’ access to social media
Indonesian has outlined new regulations that would restrict users under 16 from accessing digital platforms.
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TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breach
Health tech giant TriZetto has confirmed that more than 3.4 million people had personal and health information stolen in a 2024 cyberattack, which the company failed to detect for almost a year.
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City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A
City Detect, a company that helps local governments prevent urban decay, is in at least 17 cities so far, including Dallas and Miami.
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India’s Karnataka signals intent to ban social media for under-16s
Karnataka's proposal highlights a growing global debate over children’s rights and online policy.
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After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil
Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a fee, a day after the company confirmed a similar decision for users in Europe.
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Quantum scale-up Pasqal plans $2B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’
A SPAC deal that is set to take French quantum company Pasqal public on the Nasdaq values the company at $2 billion pre-money.
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Thursday, March 5, 2026
Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply chain label in court
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense's designation of the AI firm as a supply chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label.
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DiligenceSquared uses AI, voice agents to make M&A research affordable
The startup, which just raised $5 million, is founded by an ex-Blackstone principal and a former BCG consultant.
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Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year
The $7 million in annual recurring revenue that Cluely CEO Roy Lee shared last summer was a lie, its founder and CEO Roy Lee admitted on Thursday on X.
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Cursor is rolling out a new kind of agentic coding tool
Called Automations, the new system gives users a way to automatically launch agents within their coding environment, triggered by a new addition to the codebase, a Slack message, or a simple timer.
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Meta sued over AI smart glasses’ privacy concerns, after workers reviewed nudity, sex, and other footage
Lawyers say Meta's marketing materials promised privacy and user control over sharing footage. But an investigation found that subcontractors are reviewing footage from customers' glasses.
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Oura acquires Doublepoint, a startup that specializes in gesture recognition technology
The company believes its next phase of wearable AI will be powered by a combination of voice and gesture.
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Netflix buys Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking company InterPositive
Affleck says he wanted to "preserve what makes human storytelling human, which is judgement."
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei could still be trying to make a deal with Pentagon
Anthropic's $200 million contract with the Department of Defense broke down due to disagreements over giving the military unrestricted access to its AI.
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Match Group COO out, as dating apps struggle to connect with Gen Z
Match Group eliminates the COO role as CEO Spencer Rascoff has been managing operations.
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Zeno raises $25M to speed up production of its battery-swap motorbikes
The startup, co-founded by Tesla and Apple alumni, has sold nearly 1,000 of its motorbikes so far.
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Meta will allow rival AI chatbots on WhatsApp in Europe, but for a fee
Meta will allow rival AI chatbot providers to offer their services on WhatsApp for a fee, which ranges from €0.0490 to €0.1323 per "non-template message," depending on the country.
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Science Corp raises $230M as it races to bring its brain implant to market
A source close to the company says the round assigns Science a post-money valuation of $1.25 billion.
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Wednesday, March 4, 2026
Jensen Huang says Nvidia is pulling back from OpenAI and Anthropic, but his explanation raises more questions than it answers
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Wednesday that his company's investments in OpenAI and Anthropic will likely be its last — but his explanation may not tell the whole story.
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Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls OpenAI’s messaging around military deal ‘straight up lies,’ report says
Anthropic gave up its contract with the Pentagon over AI safety disagreements -- then, OpenAI swooped in.
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Decagon completes first tender offer at $4.5B valuation
The AI-powered customer support startup is the latest example of a fast-growing, young company that's providing employee liquidity.
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The US military is still using Claude — but defense-tech clients are fleeing
As the US continues its aerial attack on Iran, Anthropic models are being used for many targeting decisions.
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X taps William Shatner to give out invites to its payments service, X Money
42 X users donated to William Shatner's charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.
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Host a Side Event during TechCrunch Founder Summit Week in Boston
Want to tap into the energy of 1,100+ startup founders, investors, and tech leaders descending on Boston for the Founder Summit 2026 on June 9? Host your own Side Event during “Founder Summit Week,” happening June 4-10!
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Meet the MacBook Neo, Apple’s colorful answer to the Chromebook, starting at $599
Apple is offering the MacBook Neo at a more affordable price point by using an A18 Pro chip, which is used in the iPhone 16 Pro.
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TikTok won’t add end-to-end encryption to direct messages, report says
The social media giant says that end-to-end encryption would make users less safe.
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Father sues Google, claiming Gemini chatbot drove son into fatal delusion
A father is suing Google and Alphabet, alleging its Gemini chatbot reinforced his son’s delusional belief it was his AI wife and coached him toward suicide and a planned airport attack.
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One startup’s pitch to provide more reliable AI answers: crowdsource the chatbots
CollectivIQ looks to give users more accurate answers to their AI queries by showing them responses that pull information from ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok — and up to 10 other models — all at the same time.
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Tuesday, March 3, 2026
Why AI startups are selling the same equity at two different prices
Some AI founders are using a novel valuation mechanism to manufacture unicorn status.
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A suite of government hacking tools targeting iPhones is now being used by cybercriminals
Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into iPhones have been found to be used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for "secondhand" exploits.
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Alibaba’s Qwen tech lead steps down after major AI push
Reactions rippled through Alibaba's Qwen team after tech lead Junyang Lin stepped down following a major model launch.
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Just three companies dominated the $189 billion in VC investments last month
Crunchbase data shows a record $189 billion of global venture capital flowed to startups last month, with AI startups nabbing 90% of the capital.
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TikTok down for some in US, thanks to second Oracle outage since sale
TikTok experienced a similar outage just days after ByteDance divested the app's U.S. operations.
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Amid new competition, Chrome speeds up its release schedule
Google Chrome will begin shipping new releases every two weeks in September, instead of monthly.
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Audible launches a cheaper ‘Standard’ subscription plan, challenging Spotify
The new plan is $6 cheaper than the platform's existing "Premium" plan, which costs $14.95 per month.
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X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS
The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline.
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Apple unveils new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M5
These updated M5 chips were specifically designed to make the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops better at handling intensive AI tasks.
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Apple’s new Studio displays come with Thunderbolt 5
The new displays come with better cameras, new sound systems, and Thunderbolt 5 ports.
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Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to help security teams deal with change
Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.
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Apple unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with new ‘Fusion Architecture’
The chips are engineered around Apple's new Fusion Architecture, an advanced design that merges two dies into a single, high-performance system on a chip (SoC).
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Monday, March 2, 2026
Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue
The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.
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India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8× in under a year
Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.
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ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal
Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.
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Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center
Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.
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No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government
As OpenAI transitions from a wildly successful consumer startup into a piece of national security infrastructure, the company seems unequipped to manage its new responsibilities.
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Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay
The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion).
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Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue
The company said usage grew from 40 minutes per day in 2023 to 46 minutes in 2026. Other documents referenced back teens a top priority for the app before asking existing users for birthdays.
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A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses
A hobbyist developer's new app, which can detect nearby smart glasses, comes amid resistance to always-on recording and listening devices that invade people's privacy.
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X ads ‘Paid Partnership’ labels for creators so they can ditch the hashtags
The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.
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Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data
A hacking group called Department of Peace said they hacked a specific office within Homeland Security to protest ICE’s mass deportation campaign, and the companies aiding it.
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Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e
The base model comes with 256 GB of storage, which Apple says is twice the entry storage from the previous generation at the same starting price.
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A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups
14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.
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Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599
Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases.
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Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes
Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran's biggest cities, killing the country's leader.
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MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens
After wooing Cal AI for months, MyFitnessPal has successfully acquired its up-and-coming rival, Cal AI, the app built by teens soaring on the apps stores.
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Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding
Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.
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Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage
Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.
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Sunday, March 1, 2026
Honor launches its new slim foldable Magic V6 with a 6,600 mAh battery
Honor also previewed battery tech that could take foldable batteries over 7,000 mAh mark
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Anthropic’s Claude rises to No. 1 in the App Store following Pentagon dispute
Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon.
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SaaS in, SaaS out: Here’s what’s driving the SaaSpocalypse
What's behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen.
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