Top Stories of the Day // November 12, 2016

Facebook suddenly says a bunch of its users are dead. Don’t panic. | Nintendowned: Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in (null) seconds | Democratic Trump supporters were hiding in plain sight | DJI says it's learned its lessons from the Mavic Pro delay | Facebook Messenger launches its public group chat feature “Rooms” in select markets | Snapchat Spectacles vending machine page starts 24-hour countdown to next location | Tech tips to help stay safe in Trump’s America |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 12 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak Facebook suddenly says a bunch of its users are dead. Don’t panic. Over the last half hour or so, reports have started pouring in from Facebook users that the social network has suddenly “memorialized” their pages,... Read More… Devin Coldewey Nintendowned: Amazon sells out of the NES Classic Edition in (null) seconds We knew the NES Classic Edition, with its retro aesthetic and solid game selection, would be hard to get at first, but this is some next level, Tickle Me... Read More… Kate Conger Democratic Trump supporters were hiding in plain sight If you’re shocked by Donald Trump’s election, you’re not alone — the president-elect surprised many people, including the pollsters who... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Mustafa Suleyman @ Disrupt London We're delighted to say Mustafa Suleyman, the co-founder and Head of Applied AI at DeepMind, is coming to Disrupt London.Mustafa is responsible for the application of DeepMind's technology to real-world problems, as part of DeepMind's commitment to use intelligence to make the world a better place. Want to see him live? Grad your tickets today! Learn More Brian Heater DJI says it's learned its lessons from the Mavic Pro delay Timing is everything. And for DJI, the timing for the Mavic Pro, the stars seemed to align perfectly. A couple of weeks after GoPro’s big unveil, the... Read More… Sarah Perez Facebook Messenger launches its public group chat feature “Rooms” in select markets Facebook’s experiment with semi-anonymous social networking centered around interests, via a standalone app called Rooms, failed. But the learnings from... Read More… Darrell Etherington Snapchat Spectacles vending machine page starts 24-hour countdown to next location Snapchat’s going to be selling Spectacles at another location in just under 24 hours as of Saturday morning, as the company’s Snapbot locator page... Read More… Devin Coldewey Tech tips to help stay safe in Trump’s America Trump has gone on the record asking for backdoors to encryption and devices, saying he supports surveillance, and is against Net Neutrality. Policies pursuant... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Developer Events Content Manager (Contract Role) at Google (Mountain View, CA, United States) Director of Marketing and Communications (Position #4782) at Northern Illinois University (DeKalb, IL, United States) Digital Marketing Analyst at Stony Brook University (Stony Brook, NY, United States) Advanced TV Product Manager - Media at Time Warner Cable/Spectrum (New York, NY, United States) Technical Product Manager @ PANTHEON at The Sourcery (San Francisco, 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service