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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes
2 Mar 2026, 2:16 pm by Zack Whittaker
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.
Parade’s Cami Tellez announces new creator economy marketing platform, $4M in funding
2 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm by Dominic-Madori Davis
Cami Tellez announces launch of new company, $4 million raise.
MyFitnessPal has acquired Cal AI, the viral calorie app built by teens
2 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm by Julie Bort
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.
Anthropic’s Claude reports widespread outage
2 Mar 2026, 1:31 pm by Ram Iyer
Anthropic’s AI chatbot Claude experienced widespread service disruptions on Monday morning, with thousands of users reporting issues accessing the bot.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
