Amazon Prime passes 100M members. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, APRIL 19 2018 By Anthony Ha Amazon Prime has a lot of subscribers, Intel gives up on smart glasses and Facebook is looking for chip designers. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for April 19, 2018. 1. Amazon passes 100 million paid Prime members Amazon is one of those companies that rarely releases actual stats about how the business is doing, but CEO Jeff Bezos announced a big one in his annual shareholder letter yesterday. And while there are already a whole bunch of perks (including music and video) on top of the core offering of free shipping, there might even be even more on the way — namely, deals at Amazon-owned Whole Foods. 2. Intel abandons Vaunt smart glasses project It might just be time for Intel admit that it's not great at this whole wearables thing. Sponsored By: TechCrunch TC: Blockchain, Zug - 6 July Blockchain is potentially the most disruptive new technology since the internet itself, and that's why TechCrunch is proud to announce our first event dedicated entirely to blockchain, crypto and the future of the internet. Learn More… 3. Netflix launches 30-second preview videos on mobile I really don't enjoy Netflix's automatic previews, but I guess the company feels differently. 4. TaskRabbit CEO posts statement as its app returns following a cybersecurity breach After taking them down to investigate what it called a "cybersecurity incident," TaskRabbit's website and app are back online. The company's CEO writes that "certain personally identifiable information may have been compromised." 5. Facebook has a new job posting calling for chip designers Specifically, it's looking for experts in hardware that could be used for artificial intelligence and machine learning. The whispers of Facebook's plans for customized hardware vary depending on who you talk to, but they generally center around operating on the massive personal data graph Facebook possesses. 6. Grasshopper, a learn-to-code app from Google's Area 120 incubator, goes live The goal is to get coders proficient in the basics, so they can take the next steps in their coding education – whether that's taking online classes, attending a bootcamp or playing around in Grasshopper's online playground. 7. BenevolentAI, which uses AI to develop drugs and energy solutions, nabs $115M at $2B valuation The core of BenevolentAI's business focuses on what founder Ken Mulvaney describes as a "brain" built by a team of scientists. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Product Experience Designer at PwC (San Francisco, CA, USA) Product Experience Strategist at PwC (San Francisco, CA, USA) Senior DevOps Automation Engineer at PwC (Los Angeles, CA, USA) New Ventures Senior Solution Architect at PwC (Los Angeles, CA, USA) Tech Lead- New Ventures at PwC (San Francisco, CA, USA) 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 © 2018 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved.   TechCrunch is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25th 2018 we will be introducing a new unified Oath Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More.