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Today’s Tech Crunch Roundup
TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breach
6 Mar 2026, 2:28 pm by Zack Whittaker
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.
Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s’ access to social media
6 Mar 2026, 2:18 pm by Kate Park
Indonesian has outlined new regulations that would restrict users under 16 from accessing digital platforms.
City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A
6 Mar 2026, 2:00 pm by Dominic-Madori Davis
City Detect, a company that helps local governments prevent urban decay, is in at least 17 cities so far, including Dallas and Miami.
Quantum scale-up Pasqal plans $2B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’
6 Mar 2026, 1:44 pm by Anna Heim
A SPAC deal that is set to take French quantum company Pasqal public on the Nasdaq values the company at $2 billion pre-money.
India’s Karnataka signals intent to ban social media for under-16s
6 Mar 2026, 1:35 pm by Jagmeet Singh
Karnataka’s proposal highlights a growing global debate over children’s rights and online policy.
After Europe, WhatsApp will let rival AI companies offer chatbots in Brazil
6 Mar 2026, 1:20 pm by Ivan Mehta
Meta is now allowing rival AI companies to provide their chatbots on WhatsApp to Brazilian users for a fee, a day after the company confirmed a similar decision for users in Europe.
Anthropic to challenge DOD’s supply-chain label in court
6 Mar 2026, 1:28 am by Rebecca Bellan
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said he plans to challenge the Department of Defense’s designation of the AI firm as a supply-chain risk. He claims most Anthropic customers are unaffected by the label.
End of today’s Tech Crunch roundup.
