Top Stories of the Day // July 10, 2016

Hype check: Pokémon Go says more about Pokémon than it does about AR | The reality of AR/VR survival | The reward for mining Bitcoin was just cut in half | The two best pieces of early-stage pitching advice | We need to talk about AI and access to publicly funded data-sets | Eyefluence shows us how we’ll be able to navigate screens with our eyes | The end of your undivided attention |

DAILY SUNDAY, JULY 10 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Darrell Etherington Hype check: Pokémon Go says more about Pokémon than it does about AR But before we go sagely nodding about the coming Augmented Reality revolution the Poképoaclypse foretells, maybe it’s best to take a step back and... Read More… Tim Merel The reality of AR/VR survival VR will be big, AR will be bigger (and take longer). But as in most early-stage tech markets, growth will be curved, not straight. There will be a few billion... Read More… Fitz Tepper The reward for mining Bitcoin was just cut in half It’s Halvening!!! Bitcoin just experienced a major milestone in its short little lifespan. The reward for mining a block (a block = a ledger of... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Join Author Neal Stephenson at Disrupt SF 2016 If there is anyone who knows where the future is headed it's Neal Stephenson. The author of the classic cyberpunk novel, Snow Crash, and, most recently, Seveneves, Stephenson has long been a voyager in lands unexplored by the common mind. Get your Disrupt SF Early Bird tickets today to see this rare live appearance. Learn More… David Hickson The two best pieces of early-stage pitching advice Over the past 10 years I've been on the first cap tables of three startups for which I've been responsible for closing their capital-raising efforts. I've... Read More… Natasha Lomas We need to talk about AI and access to publicly funded data-sets If you think Google has a controversial reputation at this point in its business evolution, buckle up because things are really stepping up a gear -- as its... Read More… Katie Roof Eyefluence shows us how we’ll be able to navigate screens with our eyes What if you could control a computer screen with just your eyes? Well that’s the vision of Eyefluence, a Silicon Valley-based startup that is working on... Read More… Darrell Etherington The end of your undivided attention Many things have sought to capture your undivided attention, but that might be the ghost of a goal in today's reality. We're less attentive than goldfish; even... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Developer at Nava (Washington, DC and San Fransisco) AI Research Engineer at Cognii (Boston, MA, United States) Full Stack.NET Software Development Lead at Holy Name Medical Center (New York, NY, United States) Lead Developer, User Experience at Holy Name Medical Center (Teaneck, NJ, United States) Lead Data Engineer at Civis Analytics (Chicago, IL, 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