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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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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Investors spill what they aren't looking for anymore in AI SaaS companies: TechCrunch spoke with VCs to learn what investors aren't looking for in AI SaaS startups anymore. Read More

Polymarket saw $529M traded on bets tied to bombing of Iran: Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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. Read More

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Last but Not Least

OpenAI reveals more details about its agreement with the Pentagon: 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." Read More