Delphi buys self-driving tech company Nutonomy. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24 2017 By Anthony Ha Delphi makes a big self-driving acquisition, Amazon updates the Kindle app and Facebook fights fake news. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for October 24, 2017. 1. Delphi buys Nutonomy for $400 million to scale and deliver autonomous vehicles Automotive company Delphi is looking to boost its self-driving efforts with the acquisition of Boston-based Nutonomy. Delphi's CTO said the company's initial focus will be on self-driving commercial vehicles, but it'll probably move into the consumer market over time. Elon Musk's response: "Groan." 2. Here are the cars that support iPhone 8 and iPhone X wireless charging There's one downside: Some charging pads are not large enough for the iPhone 8 Plus, which means you'll have to plug your phone into a cable to charge. There's no workaround if the phone is too big. Sponsored By: Columbia Business School Lead Digital Transformation in Your Organization According to a recent Deloitte and MIT Sloan report, the key driver to digital success is not technology. It's strategy. That's why our programs on digital strategy are specifically designed for business leaders and executives, so you can lead your organization to success in the digital age. Learn More… 3. Amazon's new $70 Fire TV does 4K and HDR, but Alexa still sells it Sarah Perez checks out the new Fire TV. 4. Amazon revamps the Kindle app with a new design and deeper Goodreads integration Speaking of Amazon, the company still seems bullish on this whole "reading books" things. 5. Facebook releases new guidelines to address publisher concerns in its fight against fake news Head of News Feed Adam Mosseri said the guidelines don't represent any changes to Facebook's approach. They're just a way for publishers to understand the strategy. 6. LinkedIn boosts its messaging with smart replies, pre-written, AI based interactions LinkedIn was testing out smart replies already, but the company is now using more AI tools like machine learning and natural language processing to understand the gist of a conversation and how to help keep it going. 7. AppDynamics founder Jyoti Bansal wastes little time launching a new company For starters, Bansal teamed up with Rishi Singh, former DevOps platform architect at Apple. Together they are launching a company out of stealth today called Harness, which aims to automate continuous code deployment. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Java Software Engineer (m/f) at eGym GmbH (München, Deutschland) Fullstack Web Developer (m/f) at eGym GmbH (München, Deutschland) Software Team Lead, Network Switching at Cisco Meraki (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer (CDN Specialist) at Tencent Cloud LLC (Palo Alto, CA, United States) Solutions Engineer, Tencent Cloud Platform at Tencent Cloud LLC (Claremont, CA, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service

                                                           

Top Stories of the Day // October 23, 2017

Take a look at Apple’s first ‘Town Square,’ its most beautiful retail store yet | Ancestry answered the DNA questions 23andMe couldn’t | ‘Pay with Google’ goes live, allowing mobile users to pay with any card on file, not just those in Android Pay | Essential Phone gets a $200 price drop, existing customers get credit | Zero raises $8.5 million for a credit card that functions like a debit card | Watch the Amazon HQ2 video pitches from Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philly, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and DFW | Cisco scoops up BroadSoft for $1.9 billion to boost communications tools portfolio |

THE DAILY CRUNCH MONDAY, OCTOBER 23 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Lucas Matney Take a look at Apple’s first ‘Town Square,’ its most beautiful retail store yet This weekend, Apple took the wraps off of its first “Town Square” retail store in Chicago. The location marks Apple’s 497th retail store. The... Read More… Megan Rose Dickey Ancestry answered the DNA questions 23andMe couldn’t A really awesome thing about being black is that ancestry can be very unclear because of, you know, slavery. Enter DNA kits. Read More… Sarah Perez ‘Pay with Google’ goes live, allowing mobile users to pay with any card on file, not just those in Android Pay Google announced today it’s launching a new way to pay on mobile devices, using any card you have on file – including those saved to your Google... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Variety Magazine Variety's INNOVATE Summit - November 29th - Montage Beverly Hills Variety's INNOVATE Summit on Nov. 29 gathers cutting-edge technology leaders to discuss how AI, VR & AR are impacting content creation, storytelling, marketing & audience engagement. Register today & use TechCrunch to get 20% off registration. Learn More Darrell Etherington Essential Phone gets a $200 price drop, existing customers get credit Essential has an offer that’s honestly very hard to refuse: The price of the Essential Phone (PH-1, going by technical model number), is now $200 cheaper,... Read More… Katie Roof Zero raises $8.5 million for a credit card that functions like a debit card Just one-third of young adults have a credit card, according to a Bankrate survey. It’s partly due to concerns about debt. A startup called Zero thinks... Read More… Matt Burns Watch the Amazon HQ2 video pitches from Detroit, Boston, Pittsburgh, Philly, Las Vegas, Atlanta, and DFW Cities, regions and states are throwing everything at Amazon in the hopes the giant company will pick them to house its second headquarters. Amazon says 238... Read More… Ron Miller Cisco scoops up BroadSoft for $1.9 billion to boost communications tools portfolio One thing is clear, Cisco is not afraid to use its considerable cash on hand to fill in holes in its product portfolio. Today it wrote out a big fat check for... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Cloud Solutions Engineer (CDN Specialist) at Tencent Cloud LLC (Palo Alto, CA, United States) Solutions Engineer, Tencent Cloud Platform at Tencent Cloud LLC (Claremont, CA, United States) Sr. Vice President of Engineering at BWBacon Group (Denver, Co) Front End Agile Web/Mobile Developer (React/Angular, JavaScript, CSS) at IHS Markit (Boulder, CO, United States) VP/ Head of Engineering at Guardhat (Southfield, MI, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service