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As tech companies seek to limit losses, a reminder of how far some have to go
If Bilibili and Twilio are enduring headaches as investors molt from growth-oriented to more profit-focused beasts, how much harder will it be for startups?
Daily Crunch: Twilio CEO: Laying off 11% of company’s workforce is ‘wise and necessary’
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Twilio lays off 11% of its staff as it aims for profitability in 2023
Twilio today announced that it will lay off 11% of its workforce — between 800 and 900 people across its staff of over 7,800 — as the customer engagement platform looks to rein in costs du
Daily Crunch: Meta’s upcoming VR headset will track eye movements and capture facial expressions
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Twilio says breach also compromised Authy two-factor app users
U.S. messaging giant Twilio has confirmed hackers also compromised the accounts of some Authy users as part of a wider breach of Twilio’s systems. Authy is Twilio’s two-factor authentication (
Daily Crunch: Hacking group penetrates 130+ organizations, captures credentials for nearly 10K workers
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DoorDash hit by data breach linked to Twilio hackers
Food delivery giant DoorDash has confirmed a data breach that exposed customers’ personal information. In a blog post shared with TechCrunch ahead of its publication at market close, DoorDash sa
Twilio hackers breached over 130 organizations during months-long hacking spree
The hackers that breached Twilio earlier this month also compromised more than 130 organizations during their hacking spree that netted the credentials of close to 10,000 employees. Twilio’s rec
DigitalOcean says customer email addresses were exposed after latest Mailchimp breach
Cloud giant DigitalOcean says that some customers’ email addresses were exposed because of a recent “security incident” at email marketing company Mailchimp. In a scant blog post dated August 12
The phishing catch of the day is Twillio (and other TC news)
This week on the TechCrunch Podcast Natasha Mascarenhas is back to talk about VC-backed aperitif company Haus being forced to sell. Then we’re joined by Carly page to talk about a recent phishing ca
Signal says 1,900 users’ phone numbers exposed by Twilio breach
End-to-end encrypted messaging app Signal says attackers accessed the phone numbers and SMS verification codes for almost 2,000 users as part of the breach at communications giant Twilio last week. Tw
Twilio gets hacked, teens ditch Facebook, and SpaceX takes South Korea to the moon
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The subscription pie is getting bigger: How to leverage usage-based billing
Subscriptions are not dying; they are just evolving.
Daily Crunch: ‘Winter may be longer’ because unicorns won’t accept down rounds, says SoftBank leader
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Twilio hacked by phishing campaign targeting internet companies
Communications giant Twilio has confirmed hackers accessed customer data after successfully tricking employees into handing over their corporate login credentials. The San Francisco-based company, w
The rise of API-first companies, in fintech and beyond
It's not just in fintech that API solutions are on the rise — and helping solve a great range of problems.
WhatsApp ramps up revenue with global launch of Cloud API and soon, a paid tier for its Business App
WhatsApp is continuing its push into the business market with today’s news it’s launching the WhatsApp Cloud API to all businesses worldwide. Introduced into beta testing last November, th
Google updates its Firebase back-end-as-a-service to make app development faster
At its I/O developer conference, Google today announced a number of updates to Firebase, Google’s popular back-end-as-a-service platform. The focus here is mostly on deeper integrations with the
Twilio launches Flex Conversations, a unified chat API for contact centers
Twilio today announced a new API for its Flex contact center service that combines the platform’s existing chat channels under a single umbrella to make it easier for developers to build contact