timef 03/03/2026
- X begins testing standalone X Chat app on iOS techcrunch.com2026-03-03 23:50:16
The new app promises a way to send and receive messages without being distracted by your timeline.
- Apple unveils new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro with M5 techcrunch.com2026-03-03 23:41:36
These updated M5 chips were specifically designed to make the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro laptops better at handling intensive AI tasks.
- Apple’s new Studio displays come with Thunderbolt 5 techcrunch.com2026-03-03 22:49:03
The new displays come with better cameras, new sound systems, and Thunderbolt 5 ports.
- Apple unveils M5 Pro and M5 Max chips with new ‘Fusion Architecture’ techcrunch.com2026-03-03 22:44:34
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).
- Fig Security emerges from stealth with $38M to help security teams deal with change techcrunch.com2026-03-03 22:00:00
Fig traces data flows in the security stack and then alerts security teams when changes at any point affect detection or response capabilities.
- The candidate that Silicon Valley built is now the one they want to tear down techcrunch.com2026-03-03 20:30:00
Ethan Agarwal, a 40-year-old tech entrepreneur with no political background, told TechCrunch on Monday evening that he is running for California's 17th congressional district.
- Cursor has reportedly surpassed $2B in annualized revenue techcrunch.com2026-03-03 09:53:59
The four-year-old startup saw its revenue run rate double over the past three months, according to one Bloomberg source.
- India’s Pronto formalizes house help as its valuation jumps 8× in under a year techcrunch.com2026-03-03 09:15:00
Pronto handles 18,000 daily bookings and plans rapid expansion as it races rivals to digitize India's largely offline home services market.
- ChatGPT uninstalls surged by 295% after DoD deal techcrunch.com2026-03-03 08:03:37
Many consumers ditched ChatGPT's app after news of its DoD deal went live, while Claude's downloads grew.
- Stripe wants to turn your AI costs into a profit center techcrunch.com2026-03-03 07:18:27
Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.
- Geopolitical drama reportedly stalls IPO of SoftBank-backed PayPay techcrunch.com2026-03-03 07:01:57
The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion).
- No one has a good plan for how AI companies should work with the government techcrunch.com2026-03-03 06:59:10
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.
- A new app alerts you if someone nearby is wearing smart glasses techcrunch.com2026-03-03 06:40:00
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.
- Instagram tracked growing usage while targeting teens, lawyers argue techcrunch.com2026-03-03 06:23:48
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.
- Users are ditching ChatGPT for Claude. Here’s how to make the switch techcrunch.com2026-03-03 02:42:11
Following controversies surrounding ChatGPT, many users are ditching the AI chatbot for Claude instead. Here's how to make the switch.
- Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge into one streaming service after WBD deal closes techcrunch.com2026-03-03 02:34:19
If the Warner Bros. Discovery deal were to close, Paramount CEO David Ellison revealed that Paramount+ and HBO Max would combine into one platform.
- Tech workers urge DOD, Congress to withdraw Anthropic label as a supply chain risk techcrunch.com2026-03-03 01:18:34
Tech workers have signed an open letter urging the Department of War to withdraw its designation of Anthropic as a "supply chain risk" and instead to settle the matter quietly.
- X ads ‘Paid Partnership’ labels for creators so they can ditch the hashtags techcrunch.com2026-03-03 00:25:08
The new labels comply with regulations and allow creators to be more transparent with their followers.
- Hacktivists claim to have hacked Homeland Security to release ICE contract data techcrunch.com2026-03-03 00:11:56
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.
