Figma acquires AI-powered media generation company Weavy

Design platform Figma has announced its acquisition of Weavy, an AI-powered image and video generation company. The startup will join Figma under a new brand named Figma Weave. A team of twenty people from Weavy will be moving to Figma…

WhatsApp adds passkey protection to end-to-end encrypted backups

WhatsApp is introducing a new method to access your encrypted backups using passkey support. This update means that if you lose your device, you can regain access to your WhatsApp backup using authentication methods like your fingerprint, face scan, or…

And the winner of Startup Battlefield at Disrupt 2025 is: Glīd

For three days this week, twenty startups participated in the Startup Battlefield at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025. Each company was selected from the Startup Battlefield 200 to represent the best of the group and competed for a chance to win the…

YouTube announces ‘voluntary exit program’ for US staff

YouTube is conducting a voluntary exit program with severance for its employees based in the United States. The company confirmed this news on Wednesday. YouTube CEO Neal Mohan informed employees about the program through an internal memo. The same memo…