Top Stories of the Day // March 30, 2016

Spotify raises $1 billion in debt with devilish terms to fight Apple Music | Amazon bans the sale of rogue USB-C cables | Sorry Sunrise, I’m switching to Fantastical | SpaceX is launching an inflatable space habitat | Facebook, Apple, Google, other tech CEOs demand North Carolina repeal anti-LGBT law | Microsoft AI bot Tay returns to Twitter, goes on spam tirade, then back to sleep | Will capitalism survive the robot revolution? |

DAILY WEDNESDAY, MARCH 30 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Josh Constine Spotify raises $1 billion in debt with devilish terms to fight Apple Music On-demand streaming music is inevitable, so Spotify is taking whatever fuel it can get to win the race against Apple. Whoever can sign up customers faster to... Read More… Jon Russell Amazon bans the sale of rogue USB-C cables There's good news in the fight against rogue USB-C cables, some of which have caused major problems with smartphones and laptops, after Amazon tightened the... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Why Your Mobile App 'Strategy' is Killing Your Business Learn the importance of developing a true mobile app strategy, and establish a method for delivering and measuring ROI on the back of it. Learn More… Romain Dillet Sorry Sunrise, I’m switching to Fantastical Fantastical is back with a huge update on OS X. There are ton of new things, like native Exchange support, checking your coworkers' availability,... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Snapchat Launches Chat 2.0 Snapchat launches Chat 2.0, SoundCloud adds subscription tier, Google announces Fiber Phone, Justice Dept drops Apple lawsuit, Twitter improves for visually impaired Watch Now Emily Calandrelli SpaceX is launching an inflatable space habitat On its next trip to the International Space Station (ISS), SpaceX will be carrying an inflatable space habitat built by Bigelow Aerospace. The Bigelow... Read More… Megan Rose Dickey Facebook, Apple, Google, other tech CEOs demand North Carolina repeal anti-LGBT law The Human Rights Campaign (HRC) and Equality NC just released a letter addressed to North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory, urging him to repeal the provisions of... Read More… Jon Russell Microsoft AI bot Tay returns to Twitter, goes on spam tirade, then back to sleep Near a week after being silenced because the internet taught her to be racist, Microsoft's artificial intelligence bot "Tay" briefly returned to Twitter today,... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Zoltan Istvan Will capitalism survive the robot revolution? Economic experts are trying to figure out a question that just two decades ago seemed ridiculous: If 90 percent of human jobs are replaced by robots in the next... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Research Software Developer at Boston Children's Hospital (Boston, MA, United States) Sr. Full Stack Java Developer at Boston Children's Hospital (Boston, MA, United States) Application Development Specialist at Boston Children's Hospital (Boston, MA, United States) Research Software Developer II at Boston Children's Hospital (Boston, MA, United States) Full Stack Engineer at Elemental Machines (Cambridge, MA, United States) 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