Top Stories of the Day // January 14, 2017

Udacity launches deep learning nanodegree foundation program | Watch SpaceX’s first launch since its September 2016 rocket explosion here | Weekly Roundup: Claims surface on Trump’s dealings with Russia, Yahoo splits into Altaba | Hands-on with the Nintendo Switch | You should read this super-interesting AMA with AI researcher Joanna Bryson | MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear | Nintendo talks Switch launch titles, price point and lessons learned from the Wii U |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, JANUARY 14 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | John Mannes Udacity launches deep learning nanodegree foundation program Greater compute power and power efficiency has made deep learning algorithms ubiquitous in our world. Deep learning has found its way into self driving... Read More… Darrell Etherington Watch SpaceX’s first launch since its September 2016 rocket explosion here SpaceX is launching its first mission since a Falcon 9 rocket exploded on a launch pad during preflight routines in September of last year. The launch is set to... Read More… Anna Escher Weekly Roundup: Claims surface on Trump’s dealings with Russia, Yahoo splits into Altaba As part of the Verizon acquisition, Yahoo has split itself into an investment unit called Altaba and is now waiting for Verizon to undertake its remaining... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT 10th Annual Crunchies Awards Come See Chelsea Peretti At The 10th Annual Crunchies Brooklyn Nine-Nine star and comedian Chelsea Peretti will bring her witty sense of humor as host to this year's Crunchies Awards. Not one to hold back, Peretti was a smash last year and will be sure to knock it out of the park this year. The Feb 6th award show will bring together Silicon Valley to celebrate tech's best and brightest startups, entrepreneurs, and innovations. Make sure to get your tickets today before it sells out! Learn More Brian Heater Hands-on with the Nintendo Switch Moments after Nintendo of America President Reggie Fils-Aimé finished his presentation, another exec took the stage to announce how things will go. The room is... Read More… Devin Coldewey You should read this super-interesting AMA with AI researcher Joanna Bryson The field of artificial intelligence is a large one, full of interesting research, arguments, and people — so you could be forgiven (as I hope to be) for not... Read More… Devin Coldewey MOOC enrollment drops at HarvardX and MITx after free certifications disappear An internal study of the massive open online courses (MOOCs) offered by Harvard and MIT shows a serious decline in the number of students choosing to enroll and... Read More… Brian Heater Nintendo talks Switch launch titles, price point and lessons learned from the Wii U The Switch arrives at one of the most tumultuous moments in Nintendo’s long and storied history. These last several months have seen the gaming giant... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Digital Marketing Specialist at IBISWorld (Los Angeles, CA, United States) Head of Marketing at Concord (San Francisco, CA, United States) DevOps Engineer @ Qadium at The Sourcery (San Francisco, CA, United States) Sales Director at Shopkick (New York, NY, United States) System Administrator at Shopkick (Redwood City, 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