March 29, 2026

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Anthropic's Claude popularity with paying consumers is skyrocketing: Estimates for total Claude consumer users are all over the map (we've seen figures ranging from 18 million to 30 million). Anthropic hasn't disclosed this data, but a spokesperson did tell TechCrunch that Claude paid subscriptions have more than doubled this year. Read More

Mark Zuckerberg texted Elon Musk to offer help with DOGE: While the relationship was once thorny enough that Musk challenged Zuckerberg to a cagefight, things seem to have warmed up by the early days of the second Trump administration. Read More

Waymo’s skyrocketing ridership in one chart: Waymo's weekly paid robotaxi trips have increased tenfold in less than two years. Read More

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Sunday Must-Reads

Elon Musk’s last co-founder reportedly leaves xAI: All but two of Musk's 11 xAI co-founders departed before this week. Read More

Let’s take a look at the retro tech making a comeback: Boomboxes, instant cameras, and even landlines are making a comeback. Here are the coolest retro-inspired devices available. Read More

These iPad apps will make you wish you had more free time: We’ve compiled a list of some of the best iPad apps for creativity that are available on the App Store. Read More

Stanford study outlines dangers of asking AI chatbots for personal advice: While there’s been plenty of debate about AI sycophancy, a new study by Stanford computer scientists attempts to measure how harmful that tendency might be. Read More

Bluesky leans into AI with Attie, an app for building custom feeds: Bluesky’s new app Attie uses AI to help people build custom feeds the open social networking protocol atproto. Read More

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Last but Not Least

From Moon hotels to cattle herding: 8 startups investors chased at YC Demo Day: We polled nearly a dozen VCs to find out which W26 startups are the sought after in the batch. Read More

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