Top Stories of the Day // June 24, 2016

What the actual hell, Britain? | Uber switches out surge for price transparency | Start your speculation engines, Apple is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display | From the Oval Office to Investor-in-Chief: Obama considers a VC gig next | Bitcoin surges past $650 as Brexit result sends UK Pound tumbling to 30-year low | Facebook Live grows up with two-person broadcasts and waiting rooms for viewers | The world isn’t ready for only wireless headphones, Apple |

DAILY FRIDAY, JUNE 24 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Haje Jan Kamps What the actual hell, Britain? As I'm writing this, it looks as if Britain has voted to leave the EU.It's hitting me like a ton of Europe-approved bricks, because this decision just simply... Read More… Sarah Buhr Uber switches out surge for price transparency No more pop-ups asking you to agree to those murky “2.1x” (or some other “x” amount) surge fares on the Uber app. Soon Uber will just... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Staples Launches Interactive Store Map Pilot to Save Customers Time The interactive store map feature on the Staples iPhone app creates an easier and more convenient in-store shopping experience for customers. Learn More… Matthew Panzarino Start your speculation engines, Apple is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display Apple today announced that it is discontinuing its Thunderbolt Display, the large external display many use to connect to MacBooks or other Macs for extra... Read More… Haje Jan Kamps From the Oval Office to Investor-in-Chief: Obama considers a VC gig next As the country holds its breath in anticipation of who will take Barack Obama's chair in the Oval Office, the president is considering how to get his résumé... Read More… Jon Russell Bitcoin surges past $650 as Brexit result sends UK Pound tumbling to 30-year low The global finance markets are slipping on Friday after the UK public voted to leave the EU, but there is one currency that is reveling in the uncertainty of... Read More… Fitz Tepper Facebook Live grows up with two-person broadcasts and waiting rooms for viewers Today at VidCon Facebook pre-announced three new big product updates for Facebook Live, their live-streaming platform built into Facebook. The platform will... Read More… Haje Jan Kamps The world isn’t ready for only wireless headphones, Apple As the rumor mill continues to report that Apple supposedly is doing away with the headphone socket on its next-generation phones (more than 300,000 people... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Product Manager at American Express Global Business Travel at American Express Global Business Travel (Jersey City, NJ, United States) PROGRAMMER/ANALYST - (T38187) at University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL, United States) Seeking Visionary Founder for Messaging App Startup at Founders Wanted (Anywhere USA) Software Development Project Manager at Wisconsin Court System (Madison, WI, United States) Sales Operations at Mapbox (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 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