timef 03/02/2026
- A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups techcrunch.com2026-03-02 23:14:36
14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.
- Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599 techcrunch.com2026-03-02 23:06:20
Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases.
- Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e techcrunch.com2026-03-02 22:53:14
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.
- Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes techcrunch.com2026-03-02 22:16:53
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.
- MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens techcrunch.com2026-03-02 22:00:00
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.
- Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding techcrunch.com2026-03-02 22:00:00
Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.
- Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage techcrunch.com2026-03-02 21:31:49
Anthropic's AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.
- Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran techcrunch.com2026-03-02 03:05:35
Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.
- Let’s explore the best alternatives to Discord techcrunch.com2026-03-02 03:00:01
With many users feeling uneasy about Discord's new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring.
- Google looks to tackle longstanding RCS spam in India — but not alone techcrunch.com2026-03-02 01:30:00
Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam.
- Investors spill what they aren’t looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies techcrunch.com2026-03-02 01:00:00
TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore.
- OpenAI shares more details about its agreement with the Pentagon techcrunch.com2026-03-02 00:30:10
By CEO Sam Altman’s own admission, OpenAI’s deal with the Department of Defense was “definitely rushed,” and “the optics don’t look good.”
