July 16, 2025

Beeper’s all-in-one messaging app relaunches with an on-device model and premium upgrades

Multi-service messaging app Beeper, which allows people to connect to all their chat apps from one interface, is relaunching its app on Wednesday to offer a more secure version that no longer requires use of its own cloud services.

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Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green

October 28, 2022

The best way to remove plastics from the ecosystem is to make sure they never get there in the first place, and Cruz Foam is well on its way to replacing some of the worst ones out there with its naturally-derived and compostable alternative — and the company just landed an $18M series A to […]

Cruz Foam’s chitin-based packaging brings in $18M as industries scramble to go green by Devin Coldewey originally published on TechCrunch

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump

October 28, 2022

Elon Musk has only been in control of Twitter for a short time, but he’s already making big moves. Musk fired a number of key executives on day one, including Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, but in a new tweet he claims he’ll be moving more slowly when it comes to making content moderation decisions. Musk […]

Elon Musk says Twitter will form a content moderation ‘council’ before deciding on Trump by Taylor Hatmaker originally published on TechCrunch

I regret to inform you that Elon has something to do with this

October 28, 2022

Hello and welcome back to Equity, a podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. We hope that you are in good form this Friday, alive, well, and ready to rock. We certainly were. And in a change of pace, as our dear Mary Ann was off this […]

I regret to inform you that Elon has something to do with this by Natasha Mascarenhas originally published on TechCrunch

Galen Robotics looks to assist ENT surgeons with new bot and $15M round

October 28, 2022

Medical devices and robots have been making their way into operating rooms in an increasing number of procedures. Now a new robot is trying to forge its path in the OR and assist surgeons who don’t yet have that advantage. “There are surgeons out there that have really no robotic assistance at all,” said Bruce […]

Galen Robotics looks to assist ENT surgeons with new bot and $15M round by Andrew Mendez originally published on TechCrunch

Twilio hack investigation reveals second breach, as the number of affected customers rises

October 28, 2022

U.S. messaging giant Twilio confirmed it was hit by a second breach in June that saw cybercriminals access customer contact information. Confirmation of the second breach — carried out by the same “0ktapus” hackers that compromised Twilio again in August — was buried in an update to a lengthy incident report that Twilio concluded on […]

Twilio hack investigation reveals second breach, as the number of affected customers rises by Carly Page originally published on TechCrunch