| You only have one more day to get all that March business handled. Business like reusing an orbital rocket with liquid fuel for the first time in history, and basically proving out your company's entire business model. That happened, and a lot more, in The Daily Crunch for March 31, 2017. 1. SpaceX makes history a few different ways SpaceX's first attempt to reuse one of its Falcon 9 rockets couldn't have gone better: The rocket launch was successful, and it came back to Earth in one piece, likely ready to launch again with some refurbishment work and testing. This is what SpaceX is built on – the idea that rockets can be reused, and not only once. Elon Musk wants to be able to relaunch rockets within 24 hours, which is the company's next goal. This one took four months to turn around (it's been a year since it last launched, but SpaceX says only four months of that was spent on actively preparing the rocket for reuse), but this is a very good sign of progress. 
2. Oculus founder Palmer Luckey folds at Facebook Luckey at VR, unlucky at Facebook? There's a good joke there I just need more time to find it. Basically Palmer Luckey is out at Facebook, which owns Oculus, the company he founded when basically just a kid. The VR company co-founder has been pretty much MIA since it came to light he funded alt-right online troll groups leading up to the election, and Facebook's parting note re: his departure sounds like a eulogy. 3. Google's doing a lot with AI in Canada Google is opening a second Canadian office for Google Brain, its AI-focused internal organization. The search giant is also backing a new research institute in Toronto with funding, but more importantly, its VP Geoffrey Hinton, also a celebrated AI academic, will be helping direct research efforts coming out of the new institute, which gives Google plenty of pipeline on basic research. 4. Uber's Anthony Levandowski is watching out for himself in Waymo suit It's the smart thing to do, but it's an interesting development nonetheless: Uber exec Anthony Levandowski is pleading the fifth amendment in the Waymo suit, under advice of his own counsel – separate from Uber's. The judge in the case is advising that this could lead to him ordering an injunction of Uber's self-driving tech on May 3, so that's the day to watch. 5. Matternet now clear to fly blood via drone Flying blood by drone in Switzerland could mean it's easier to get samples from hospital to hospital. That's cool, and this is where drone delivery really starts to make sense. 6. Twitter, unbreak thyself You gotta feel for Twitter – its service changes are designed to help grow its appeal. But in the meantime, it's alienating its core users. As with this @ reply fiasco. I used Tweetbot like a proper human so it's fine, but still: The cure appears more deadly than the disease. 7. This is the Rocket Man Elton was talking about Seriously the song was actually about this guy, Elton John is a time traveler. Also! Sign up for our new weekly startups newsletter, curated by Anthony Ha. Just follow the link below and check the "TC Startups" checkbox. You'll only ever regret NOT doing it. 
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