More top reads We can keep a secret. Can you?: If youâve been dying to have a secret conversation with your friends on Messenger, you donât have to wait much longer. Meta plans to roll out default end-to-end encryption by the end of the year. Enter the chat. $1 billion richer: Qatarâs sovereign wealth fund rained down $1 billion into Ambaniâs Reliance Retail to value the India-based company at $100 billion. See how Reliance will grow. For when you canât think of anything to say: Lex raised $2.75 million for its AI writing tool that helps writers get past blocks. Now, what was I saying? Welcome to the stage: Now that in-person events are back, baby, investors are pumping money into the industry again. The latest recipient is Dice, which got $65 million for its event discovery and ticketing platform. Read more. Num num: MOSH, the brain health bar brand started by Maria Shriver and her son, Patrick Schwarzenegger, grabbed its first institutional funding, $3 million, to get on store shelves. Take a bite. Baby steps: Meet Apptronikâs humanoid robot, Apollo. Itâs got such a cute walk. Pushing buttons: The iOS 17 beta teased that Apple might be giving the iPhone 15 Pro an âAction Button.â Press here. Any way you slice it: Your résumé can always use some âzhuzhing,â and jobs platform CakeResume brought in $5 million in fresh funding to help software engineers and designers show off their work while finding a job. Piece of cake. Like magic: A creative tool for artists, Wand.app raises $4.2 million to turn your drawings into professional-looking images. Read more. More for your Wednesday: The late-stage venture market is crumbling (TC+) WhatsApp now lets users create groups without names X changes its API to retire legacy tiers and endpoints Third timeâs the charm? Sony makes $200 PlayStation Portal in-home handheld official Crypto lender Maple Finance raises $5M to enter Asia amid regulatory clarity |