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After four years, and multiple subpoenas and depositions, the beleaguered startup has dodged yet another bullet. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/the-sec-drops-its-four-year-old-investigation-into-ev-startup-faraday-future/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

On the latest episode of the Equity podcast, we recapped CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote and debated what it means for Nvidia’s future. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/do-you-want-to-build-a-robot-snowman/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Building on top of a Chinese model feels particularly fraught right now. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/cursor-admits-its-new-coding-model-was-built-on-top-of-moonshot-ais-kimi/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Elon Musk recently outlined ambitious plans for a chip-building collaboration Tesla and SpaceX — but he has a history of overpromising. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/elon-musk-unveils-chip-manufacturing-plans-for-spacex-and-tesla/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility, your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/techcrunch-mobility-uber-everywhere-all-at-once/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/22/an-exclusive-tour-of-amazons-trainium-lab-the-chip-thats-won-over-anthropic-openai-even-apple/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/are-ai-tokens-the-new-signing-bonus-or-just-a-cost-of-doing-business/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

On March 21, 2006, Jack Dorsey posted a simple message: “just setting up my twittr”. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/its-been-20-years-since-the-first-tweet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Hachette Book Group said it will not be publishing “Shy Girl” over concerns that artificial intelligence was used to generate the text. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/publisher-pulls-horror-novel-shy-girl-over-ai-concerns/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

An anonymous Substack post accuses compliance startup Delve of “falsely” convincing “hundreds of customers they were compliant” with privacy and security regulations. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/delve-accused-of-misleading-customers-with-fake-compliance/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Despite investor fears of an AI bubble, Nvidia's latest conference shows that most in the industry aren't concerned by that possibility. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/why-wall-street-wasnt-won-over-by-nvidias-big-conference/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/21/how-fusion-power-works-and-the-startups-pursuing-it/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/new-court-filing-reveals-pentagon-told-anthropic-the-two-sides-were-nearly-aligned-a-week-after-trump-declared-the-relationship-kaput/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/elon-musk-misled-twitter-investors-while-trying-to-get-out-of-acquisition-jury-says/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The company is reducing Copilot entry points on Windows, starting with Photos, Widgets, Notepad, and other apps. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/microsoft-rolls-back-some-of-its-copilot-ai-bloat-on-windows/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut. The message was hard to miss: Nvidia […] https://techcrunch.com/video/what-happened-at-nvidia-gtc-nemoclaw-robot-olaf-and-a-1-trillion-bet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

It's the latest escalation in a regulatory battle over the future of prediction markets. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/amidst-legal-turmoil-kalshi-is-temporarily-banned-in-nevada/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Pinterest’s chief compares social media to tobacco and alcohol, saying children need similar protections. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/pinterest-ceo-calls-on-governments-to-ban-social-media-for-users-under-16/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Humor is hard to pull off in front of a cold audience, full stop. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/why-scientists-cant-get-a-laugh/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

A French naval officer went on a run around the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier, inadvertently leaking the warship's location when he uploaded the workout to Strava. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/20/a-french-navy-officer-accidentally-leaked-the-location-of-an-aircraft-carrier-by-logging-his-run-on-strava/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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 […] https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/12/truecallers-now-lets-you-hang-up-on-scammers-on-behalf-of-your-family/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/06/trizetto-confirms-3-4m-peoples-health-and-personal-data-was-stolen-during-breach/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/meta-sued-over-ai-smartglasses-privacy-concerns-after-workers-reviewed-nudity-sex-and-other-footage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Security researchers say exploits used by governments to hack into Apple iPhones have been found used by cybercriminals. They warned of an emerging market for "second hand" exploits. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/03/a-suite-of-government-hacking-tools-targeting-iphones-is-now-being-used-by-cybercriminals/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/02/tech-workers-urge-dod-congress-to-withdraw-anthropic-label-as-a-supply-chain-risk/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/polymarket-saw-529m-traded-on-bets-tied-to-bombing-of-iran/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

With many users feeling uneasy about Discord's new age verification requirement, here are some alternatives that could be worth exploring. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/best-discord-alternatives-age-verification-identity-privacy/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Google is integrating carrier-level filtering into RCS in India through a partnership with Airtel to strengthen protections against spam. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/google-looks-to-tackle-longstanding-rcs-spam-in-india-but-not-alone/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/investors-spill-what-they-arent-looking-for-anymore-in-ai-saas-companies/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

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.” https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/openai-shares-more-details-about-its-agreement-with-the-pentagon/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Honor first teased its “Robot phone” with a movable camera arm earlier this year. Ahead of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona, the Chinese company provided more details about the device, including how the robot can respond to different situations without commands. The company said that it is planning to launch this device in […] https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/honor-says-its-robot-phone-with-moving-camera-can-dance-to-music/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Honor also previewed battery tech that could take foldable batteries over 7,000 mAh mark https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/honor-launches-its-new-slim-foldable-magic-v6-with-a-6600-mah-battery/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

What's behind the SaaSpocalypse? It simply seems a new supreme has risen. https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/01/saas-in-saas-out-heres-whats-driving-the-saaspocalypse/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Netflix's co-CEO reportedly told Trump, "I took your advice." https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/why-did-netflix-back-down-from-its-deal-to-acquire-warner-bros/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Anthropic’s chatbot Claude seems to have benefited from the attention around the company’s fraught negotiations with the Pentagon. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/anthropics-claude-rises-to-no-2-in-the-app-store-following-pentagon-dispute/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Here's everything we know about the biggest AI infrastructure projects, including major spending from Meta, Oracle, Microsoft, Google, and OpenAI. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/billion-dollar-infrastructure-deals-ai-boom-data-centers-openai-oracle-nvidia-microsoft-google-meta/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

OpenAI's CEO claims its new defense contract includes protections addressing the same issues that became a flashpoint for Anthropic. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/openais-sam-altman-announces-pentagon-deal-with-technical-safeguards/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

We round up everything Xiaomi announced at its Mobile World Congress event. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/xiaomi-launches-17-ultra-smartphone-an-airtag-clone-and-an-ultra-slim-powerbank/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

China’s push into humanoid robots is accelerating, with domestic firms shipping more units and iterating faster than U.S. competitors in a still-nascent market. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/28/why-chinas-humanoid-robot-industry-is-winning-the-early-market/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

India, one of Supabase’s biggest markets, is seeing patchy access after a government block order. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/india-disrupts-access-to-popular-developer-platform-supabase-with-blocking-order/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/openai-fires-employee-for-using-confidential-info-on-prediction-markets/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/president-trump-orders-federal-agencies-to-stop-using-anthropic-after-pentagon-dispute/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

In his lawsuit against OpenAI, Musk touted xAI safety compared with ChatGPT. A few months later, xAI's Grok flooded X with non-consensual nude images. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/musk-bashes-openai-in-deposition-saying-nobody-committed-suicide-because-of-grok/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Anthropic and the Pentagon are clashing over AI use in autonomous weapons and surveillance, raising high-stakes questions about national security, corporate control, and who sets the rules for military AI. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/27/anthropic-vs-the-pentagon-whats-actually-at-stake/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

The Pentagon is pushing AI companies to allow the U.S. military to use their technology for “all lawful purposes,” but Anthropic is pushing back, according to a new report in Axios. The government is reportedly making the same demand to OpenAI, Google, and xAI. An anonymous Trump administration official told Axios that one of those […] https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/15/anthropic-and-the-pentagon-are-reportedly-arguing-over-claude-usage/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

Adobe Animate will be discontinued on March 1, 2026, as Adobe shifts its focus to AI. https://techcrunch.com/2026/02/02/adobe-animate-is-shutting-down-as-company-focuses-on-ai/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon