August 31, 2026

TechCrunch Top 3

Microsoft tests fix for latest hours-long Outlook outage: Microsoft says it's testing a fix for the widespread Outlook issues that have led to email delays and failures. Read More

Ryan Breslow is raising up to $27M in pay-to-play bridge funding to save Bolt: The controversial founder of the checkout startup once valued at $11 billion is putting in $5 million of his own money. Read More

Tim Cook's parting message: Apple is in the hands of a product builder: Tim Cook’s farewell memo to Apple employees offers a glimpse at how he wants John Ternus to be seen: as a product builder with deep experience across the iPhone, Mac, AirPods, and other major hardware lines. Read More

Afternoon Must-Reads

MapQuest's app surges to No. 1 in Navigation after refusing to rename Lake Ontario: MapQuest is getting an unexpected boost from its decision to defy President Trump’s renaming of Lake Ontario. Read More

Apple's top App Store exec, Phil Schiller, follows wave of exits as CEO Tim Cook steps down: The longtime executive won't be leaving Apple just yet but staff at the company say it's a step closer to Schiller retiring. Read More

Harvard Law dropout raises $6M for Blue Voice to build a 'Harvey for police officers': Blue Voice is trained on department-specific laws, local ordinances, protocols, and guidelines that general-purpose AI tools can't access on the public internet. Read More

Hackers claim millions of patient records stolen during data breach at healthcare giant McKesson: The company, which distributes medicines and medical devices to hospitals and healthcare practices across the U.S., said it was hacked and expects intermittent service degradation. Read More

The Pentagon now has its own version of ChatGPT and Grok: Versions of OpenAI's ChatGPT and SpaceXAI's Grok will join Google's Gemini on the Pentagon's central portal for AI tools. Read More

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Last but Not Least

Nvidia’s $3.5B MediaTek bet reveals its plan for tackling Big Tech's AI chip buildout: Nvidia invests $3.5 billion into Taiwanese chipmaker MediaTek. The deal shows how Nvidia plans to stay essential to AI infrastructure as Big Tech begins to build its own AI chips. Read More

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