In latest round, Meta laid off approximately 6,000 more employees today

TechCrunch Newsletter [TechCrunch logo]( [The Daily Crunch logo]( By [Christine Hall]( Wednesday, May 24, 2023 To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, [subscribe here](. Today brings news of more layoffs at Meta, a bold initiative from Ebanx and more humanoid robots. Don’t forget to [apply for Startup Battlefield 200]( by May 31. It comes with a chance to win $100,000 in equity-free $$ and “cool kid creds.” This is your Daily Crunch for Wednesday. — [Christine]( Meta continued with its so-called Year of Efficiency with another round of layoffs. These were not a surprise — employees knew this would happen back in March — but I imagine it doesn’t lessen the sting any. [See how many people were impacted](. If you are one of the many sufferers of obstructive sleep apnea, you know that wearing a CPAP at night is necessary, but not always comfortable. Enter U.K.-based Acurable, which received FDA clearance to bring its tiny, wireless sleep apnea diagnostic wearable to the U.S. [Find out just how tiny it is](. Remember when [Figure’s humanoid robot took its first steps](? The company now has $70 million in new capital, so I’m thinking by the end of the year, it should be running. [Anyone wanna take that bet](? Going over the big ocean: Ebanx, a Brazilian fintech unicorn, has its sights set on Africa. [Read more about its expansion plans](. In demand: Snowflake and others backed DataOps.live’s $17.5 million round for DevOps-style tools aimed at data experts. [Get the scoop](. Size matters: Well, small size when you’re talking about climate. [Find out how Volvo’s EX30 measures up](. This fund is on fire: U.K.’s Moonfire VC says it is reviewing 50,000 startups every week. It’s a good thing it now has $115 million in a second fund. [Read more on how startups can make the cut](. Here’s a few more: [Microsoft’s AI reaches Indian villages]( [DouxMatok takes sweet journey to become Incredo after securing $30M]( [The Backbone One: PlayStation Edition mobile controller is now available for Android]( [ image] Image Credits: Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch Now let’s take a look at the streaming sector where there was a lot of noise. Xfinity customers are in luck because Comcast now has a $20 streaming service called NOW TV. [Find out more about what it includes](. Paramount+ now has a launch date for its combo with Showtime. Guess what? It comes with a price hike. [Read more](. Meanwhile, music streaming platform SoundCloud reportedly has laid off a portion of its staff. [Find out what happened](. Out in space, read about how [Astranis’ approach to internet satellites]( is starting to pay off, and what [Gitai plans to do with robots and Mars](. Can’t be a fly on the wall?: We’ve got you covered. Elon Musk headlined The Wall Street Journal’s CEO Council this week. [We have excerpts from that conversation](. “Skor” one for knowing your credit score: It’s an important number, and Skorlife wants to help Indonesians know what theirs is. [See what it does](. Don’t mock me: WireMock lands $6.5 million to help developers build and test on mock APIs. [Learn more](. Lookin’ good: Indian kids fashion brand Hopscotch now has $20 million. [Find out which Big Tech backed it](. Not playing around: The U.S. government targets North Korea with new sanctions after reports say a group of IT workers fraudulently gained employment. [Read what they planned to use their earnings for](. 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