Lyft's lookie-loo problems. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH FRIDAY, JANUARY 26 2018 By Darrell Etherington Lyft has an Uber-style scandal of its own, Tesla is fighting new claims of Model 3 delays and Walmart and Rakuten want to take on Amazon. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for January 26, 2018. 1. Lyft had its own 'god view' Lyft is the protagonist in the story of ride sharing companies, right? Well, maybe not. The Uber rival had a program similar to Uber's 'god view,' which basically allowed staff to see "pretty much everything" about rides on the platform. This is bad news, but it's also not as bad as it otherwise might've been for Lyft, basically because Uber is already the most villainous company operating in this space in general public opinion. 2. Tesla strongly refutes new claims of Model 3 issues Tesla isn't happy about new reports claiming major issues and potential safety risks around Model 3 production. They took the time to prepare a longer, more detailed statement than is typical for the automaker, in response to a new CNBC report citing former and current employee concerns. Sponsored By: Skillshare Love Your Work in 2018 with Skillshare With 18,000+ classes in business analytics, data science, web design, product management and more, Skillshare lets you learn the skills you need for your best year yet. And for January only, Skillshare is offering TechCrunch readers their best deal of the year: get your first 3 months of Skillshare Premium for just $0.99! That's 90 days of unlimited learning for less than a dollar. Just click here to redeem by January 31st. Learn More… 3. Walmart and Rakuten think they can fight Amazon together Two second-tier players don't really add up to one market leader, just saying. 4. Annual smartphone sales in China were down last year for the first time China has been a juggernaut in terms of the global smartphone market, but in 2017, sales overall declined, which is bad and not good. For everyone making smartphones, that is. Maybe we're just on trend to return to feature phones. 5. Intel plays down Spectre and Meltdown on earnings call Intel had a great, great, great 2017. The best really. All good news. Except for those two pieces of, uh, really really bad news. 6. Ford patents a self-driving police car Autonomous police cars are kind of an interesting idea, especially in dangerous situations like high-speed pursuits. But then how do the arrests get made? Also, does the car have feelings? 7. On Equity this week Netflix had a good quarter, and Twitter lost one of its best execs. Plus Lyft f'd up. Equity talks about it all this week. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Businesss Process Specialist - HCM at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Business Systems Supervisor - Finance at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Full Stack Rails Engineer (remote) at Riderflex (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Django/Python Web Developer at National Journal (Washington, DC, United States) Sales Associate, Broadcast & Telecom, US & CAD at Haivision Network Video (Los Angeles, 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 © 2018 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service

                                                           

SpaceX readies for launch with a big engine test. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, JANUARY 25 2018 By Darrell Etherington SpaceX readies for its biggest ever launch, Snapchat's VP of Product leaves it all behind, and Logan Paul apologetically returns. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for January 25, 2018. 1. SpaceX nears first Falcon Heavy launch SpaceX completed a very important step in its mission to launch Falcon Heavy, a high-capacity rocket platform it hopes will help it open up new client opportunities. The rocket, which has three-times the engines and cargo capacity of the Falcon 9, ran a static test fire on Wednesday. The static fire means that we should see a launch in as little as a week, according to SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. It'll be a blast, regardless of the outcome. 2. Snapchat's VP of Product is leaving Snap – and tech Yeah get out there and see the world – there's more to it than tech. This is an extreme departure, and I wonder whether Snapchat's trajectory has anything to do with that. Sponsored By: Internet of Business PTC, AWS, GE, Ford & more to speak at IoTBuild US 2018 IoTBuild, March 27 & 28, San Francisco, is the event where IoT adopters & builders share success stories in platform, architecture, connectivity & partner choice. Join Google, Twitter, Chevron, Exelon, Airbnb, Uber, IBM, Phillips, Stanley B&D & more. Learn More… 3. YouTuber Logan Paul is back The dumb guy who posted the video of the dead man to his YouTube channel has returned. His first video back seems like a decent attempt to reflect on exactly what he did wrong, and how he can make good. 4. 50 Cent hodls (note to my copy editor Chris Nesi – this is not a typo, just an extremely 'with it' Bitcoin reference) 50 Cent is a Bitcoin millionaire, it turns out (even after the dip in value), since he sold his 2014 album for Bitcoin, amassing around 700 at the time. 5. Sonos pre-empts HomePod with Sonos One deal The HomePod isn't quite here yet, but Sonos wants you to choose its new smart speaker instead, so it's selling two for $349, which is $50 discount and the same price as just a single HomePod from Apple. It's a better deal, in case you were wondering. 6. CamSoda is doing virtual sex with robots of course The image for this article says it all, so go ahead and have a look. I'm not spending any more time on it. 7. YouTube Gaming is growing at a rapid clip – but so is Twitch, which is far ahead YouTube's game streaming business is growing very quickly. Like by over 300 percent per year. Twitch is growing fast, too, but we'll see whether these eventually meet up somewhere, or whether Google can make up the difference. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Businesss Process Specialist - HCM at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Business Systems Supervisor - Finance at Pennsylvania Turnpike Commission (Middletown, PA, United States) Full Stack Rails Engineer (remote) at Riderflex (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Django/Python Web Developer at National Journal (Washington, DC, United States) Sales Associate, Broadcast & Telecom, US & CAD at Haivision Network Video (Los Angeles, 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 © 2018 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service