timef 04/03/2026
- The Facebook insider building content moderation for the AI era techcrunch.com2026-04-03 22:00:15
Moonbounce has raised $12 million to grow its AI control engine that converts content moderation policies into consistent, predictable AI behavior.
- Amazon hits sellers with ‘fuel surcharge’ as Iran war roils global energy markets techcrunch.com2026-04-03 06:56:29
The e-commerce giant called the surcharge "temporary" but couldn't give a date for when the policy would be retired.
- Telehealth giant Hims & Hers says its customer support system was hacked techcrunch.com2026-04-03 05:26:48
The U.S. telehealth giant says hackers stole customer support ticket data over the course of several days in February.
- Artemis II is NASA’s last Moon mission without Silicon Valley techcrunch.com2026-04-03 04:06:29
Next time around, the pressure will be on SpaceX and Blue Origin.
- Gateway Capital announces first close of $25M Fund II techcrunch.com2026-04-03 03:45:19
Gateway Capital, the Milwaukee-based venture firm founded by Dana Guthrie, can now begin investment operations for its $25M Fund II.
- OpenAI acquires TBPN, the buzzy founder-led business talk show techcrunch.com2026-04-03 03:21:00
TBPN, Silicon Valley's cult-favorite tech podcast, will operate independently, even as it's overseen by chief political operative, Chris Lehane.
- Flipboard’s new ‘social websites’ help publishers and creators tap into the open social web techcrunch.com2026-04-03 03:18:51
Flipboard's social websites consolidate profiles and posts from Bluesky, Mastodon, Threads, YouTube, podcasts, blogs and RSS feeds into a single, shared destination.
- ElevenLabs releases a new AI-powered music generation app techcrunch.com2026-04-03 02:58:45
ElevenMusic lets users create and remix songs using text prompts
- NASA astronauts prove that sending an email really is rocket science techcrunch.com2026-04-03 02:19:39
NASA Artemis II commander Reid Wiseman faced the most earthly possible conflict while in outer space: his Outlook wasn't working.
- Microsoft takes on AI rivals with three new foundational models techcrunch.com2026-04-03 00:48:16
MAI released models that can transcribe voice into text as well as generate audio and images after the group's formation six months ago.
- Money transfer app Duc exposed thousands of driver’s licenses and passports to the open web techcrunch.com2026-04-03 00:29:35
An exposed Amazon-hosted server allowed anyone to access reams of customer data without needing a password.
- Google now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids app techcrunch.com2026-04-03 00:00:00
Google is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app
