Appleβs Cal AI crackdown signals itβs still policing the App Store TechCrunch By:Sarah Perez 21 April 2026 at 23:09 Apple tells TechCrunch Cal AI was removed not for web payments alone, but for deceptive billing, manipulative tactics, and App Store rule violations.
Former Pinterest team redesigns email with Extra β and itβs actually good TechCrunch By:Sarah Perez 21 April 2026 at 20:00 Extra, from a team of former Pinterest designers and engineers, reimagines email around your life instead of the traditional inbox.
YouTube expands its AI likeness detection technology to celebrities TechCrunch By:Sarah Perez 21 April 2026 at 19:02 YouTube is expanding its AI likeness detection tool to celebrities, giving talent and their reps a way to find and remove deepfakes.
GRAI believes AI can make music more social, not replace artists TechCrunch By:Sarah Perez 21 April 2026 at 17:00 AI music startup GRAI says fans want to remix tracks, not generate songs from scratch.
Mastodon says its flagship server was hit by a DDoS attack TechCrunch By:Zack Whittaker Β· Sarah Perez 20 April 2026 at 20:58 The DDoS attack against Mastodon's flagship server comes less than a week after Bluesky was targeted with junk web traffic.
The App Store is booming again, and AI may be why TechCrunch By:Sarah Perez 18 April 2026 at 17:00 New data from Appfigures shows a swell of new app launches in 2026, suggesting AI tools could be fueling a mobile software boom.