Top Stories of the Day // January 20, 2016

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Breaks Ground To Make Elon Musk’s Hyperloop A Reality | Apple Releases iOS And OS X Updates With Bug Fixes And Performance Improvements | Israel's Cannabis Industry Blazes Ahead | Is Bitcoin’s Promise Going Up In Smoke? | Augmented Reality For Trying On Makeup Is A Booming Business | FreedomPop Raises Another $50M, Launches “Free” Global Data Hotspot And SIM | Prepd Pack Is A Lunchbox You Won’t Be Ashamed To Carry |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 20 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Sarah Buhr Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Breaks Ground To Make Elon Musk’s Hyperloop A Reality Musk first proposed the Hyperloop, a vacuum tube intended to speedily shoot passengers at 800 mph from city to city, in 2013. The idea was to create a mechanism... Read More… Romain Dillet Apple Releases iOS And OS X Updates With Bug Fixes And Performance Improvements Apple just released two software updates for Mac, iPhone and iPad. These are minor software updates focusing mostly and bug fixes, security fixes and... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Start your next chapter with Audible Are you a Mobile, UX, Software or Product Development professional? We'd like to meet you. Come to our recruitment event in Jersey City on February 4th. Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Dennis Mitzner Israel's Cannabis Industry Blazes Ahead In January the government announced plans to open the local medical marijuana market to new farms and sellers. Adding to the developments on a governmental... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Amazon Appliances Will Restock Themselves Former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo revealed his two new jobs in a tweet, GM buys what’s left of the now defunct Sidecar, Minecraft unveils a new educational edition, and more. Watch Now CRUNCH NETWORK | Vivek Wadhwa Is Bitcoin’s Promise Going Up In Smoke? In the beginning, Bitcoin was a noble experiment. Now, it is a distraction. Read More… Josh Constine Augmented Reality For Trying On Makeup Is A Booming Business "Sure, that looks great on a model, but how will it look on me?" Now you can find out thanks to ModiFace, an augmented reality startup that's quietly grown to... Read More… Ingrid Lunden FreedomPop Raises Another $50M, Launches “Free” Global Data Hotspot And SIM FreedomPop, the startup disrupting the businesses of traditional mobile carriers by giving people ways to use mobile devices free of any charges — is... Read More… Lucas Matney Prepd Pack Is A Lunchbox You Won’t Be Ashamed To Carry There are a ton of clear benefits to taking your lunch to work. It's more sustainable, you are able to assess exactly what you're putting in your body, you can... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Entry Level Customer Support Specialist - Felix, HomeAdvisor Posted: January 20 PHP Full Stack Developer, Motive Interactive Posted: January 20 Marketing Technologist, Point of Contact Posted: January 20 SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service