September 2023

ChromeOS 117 update brings Material You design and a new window organizer

September 28, 2023
Google is rolling out ChromeOS 117 to Chromebooks with several new features including Material You design, a customizable window-switching panel, and the ability to join video calls directly from the calendar view. The company is bringing customizable Material You design to Chromebooks. After selecting a wallpaper and a color palette, these settings will be reflected […]

Open source Datadog rival SigNoz lands on the cloud with $6.5M investment

September 28, 2023
Every company is now a software company, as the cliché goes, which means every company needs to understand what’s going on inside their apps and infrastructure. Even the slightest lag can be the difference between onboarding a new customer and, well, not. This is where the concept of “observability” enters the fray, a software monitoring […]

Transfr, a VR platform for workforce training, raises $40M

September 28, 2023
Transfr, a startup creating VR tools for training and career development, today announced that it raised $40 million in a Series C round led by ABS Capital with participation from JPMorgan Chase Impact Finance, Advisory, Lumos Capital Group, Akkadian Ventures, Spring Tide Capital, Firework Ventures and Album. The round brings Transfr’s total raised to $90 […]

Being is an app that wants to help users map out and address mental health concerns

September 28, 2023
Being, a Delaware-based startup, is on a mission to scale its mental health app, which aims to help users create a map of their concerns to better navigate their everyday issues. The company, which exhibited as part of the Battlefield 200 at TechCrunch Disrupt, was founded in 2020 by CEO Varun Gandhi and CTO Abhishek […]

Blend uses generative AI to give you a personalized clothing guide

September 28, 2023
Shopping for clothing online has liberated us from the need to brave the endless aisles, fluorescent lights and sale-hungry crowds of the brick-and-mortar retail inferno. But anyone who has found themselves two hours deep into a fashion rabbit hole, with nothing to show for it but 15 open tabs, four full shopping carts, an earful […]

Publisher-focused Twitter alternative Post comes to Android, adds newsletter support

September 28, 2023
Post, a publisher-focused Twitter/X alternative backed by a16z, is bringing its social news-sharing app to Android today along with new tools that will make it easier for creators to share their newsletter content on the platform. By doing so, writers will have additional opportunities to monetize their existing publications, thanks to Post’s micropayments system where […]