TECHNOLOGYGoogle now lets you direct avatars through prompts in its Vids appGoogle is adding a way to customize and instruct avatars for video creation in the Vids app.TechCrunch·April 2, 2026
TECHNOLOGYEven Artemis II Astronauts Have Microsoft Outlook ProblemsThe mission commander’s email inbox failed during the journey to the moon. Have they tried turning the computer off and back on again?Wired·April 2, 2026
TECHNOLOGYUnited’s mobile app now shows TSA wait times at select airportsThe TSA wait times feature is one of many new additions to the United app, including automatic rebooking assistance and real-time time weather radar maps.TechCrunch·April 2, 2026
TECHNOLOGY‘Letting the algorithm rip’: no legal basis for lack of human override of aged care funding tool, inquiry hears<p>Department says it’s received 834 requests for a review of tool’s assessments since it launched in November</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https:/The Guardian·April 2, 2026
TECHNOLOGYIranian tourist ban doesn’t align with the ‘Australian values’ Hedieh signed up to as a citizen<p>Visa ban makes Iranian-Australian feel her adopted country is a ‘home that doesn’t support you’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguarThe Guardian·April 2, 2026
TECHNOLOGYCash App launches ‘pay later’ feature for P2P transfersBlock says that the new feature has strong built-in protections to keep users from so-called debt spirals.TechCrunch·April 2, 2026
TECHNOLOGYThe reputation of troubled YC startup Delve has gotten even worseDelve faces new allegations that it violated the open source license of its customer, Sim.ai, by taking the customers's tool and passing it off as its own.TechCrunch·April 1, 2026
TECHNOLOGYA new dating app, Sonder, has a deliberately annoying sign-up process (and it’s working)Sonder profiles are completely unstructured, encouraging users to build something that looks like a mood board or a digital collage. Think MySpace rather than LinkedIn.TechCrunch·April 1, 2026
TECHNOLOGYMercor says it was hit by cyberattack tied to compromise of open-source LiteLLM projectThe AI recruiting startup confirmed a security incident after an extortion hacking crew took credit for stealing data from the company's systems.TechCrunch·April 1, 2026
TECHNOLOGYSalesforce announces an AI-heavy makeover for Slack, with 30 new featuresSlack just got a whole lot more useful.TechCrunch·March 31, 2026
TECHNOLOGYOpenAI, not yet public, raises $3B from retail investors in monster $122B fund raiseOpenAI's latest funding round, led by Amazon, Nvidia, and SoftBank, values the AI lab at $852 billion as it nears an IPO.TechCrunch·March 31, 2026
TECHNOLOGY15% of Americans say they’d be willing to work for an AI boss, according to new pollAccording to a Quinnipiac University poll, 15% of Americans say they'd be willing to have a job where their direct supervisor was an AI program that assigned tasks and set schedules.TechCrunch·March 30, 2026
