Top Stories of the Day // April 22, 2017

Waymo accuses Uber of hiding a secret LiDAR device | Uber and Lyft sued for patent infringement by ‘Hailo,’ but not Daimler’s Hailo | Q&A app Quora valued around $1.8 billion in $85 million fundraise | Theranos says it has been mischaracterized in allegations the company faked tests | The death of retail is greatly exaggerated | The augmented reality gold rush is afoot | PowerRay is an underwater drone for filmmakers or fishermen |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, APRIL 22 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Kate Conger Waymo accuses Uber of hiding a secret LiDAR device In preparation for a preliminary injunction hearing next month, Waymo today filed new claims in its lawsuit against Uber, alleging that its competitor withheld... Read More… Darrell Etherington Uber and Lyft sued for patent infringement by ‘Hailo,’ but not Daimler’s Hailo A company called “Hailo Technologies, LLC”, has sued both Uber and Lyft over alleged infringement of U.S. patent 5,973,619, which describes an... Read More… Josh Constine Q&A app Quora valued around $1.8 billion in $85 million fundraise Quora just became the unicorn of subjective human knowledge. After eight years carefully cultivating an intelligent question and answer community, it's just... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Enter To Win A Trip To New York Disrupt NY is back in New York and it's going to be off the hook. We are giving one lucky giveaway winner the chance to win a trip for two to come to the conference in NY including a room at The William Vale hotel, round trip flights, a private chef-lead tasting experience, and more. Giveaway closes on May 1st. Enter today! Learn More Sarah Buhr Theranos says it has been mischaracterized in allegations the company faked tests Theranos secretly bought lab equipment through a shell company, faked tests and inappropriately pumped up its financial outlook to investors, according to... Read More… John Biggs The death of retail is greatly exaggerated I’ve been thinking a lot about retail these days and I’ve been connecting the dots between the seeming death of retailers like Ralph Lauren and the... Read More… Josh Constine The augmented reality gold rush is afoot Who will be the Pixar of AR? Someone oughta be rounding up Hollywood special effects engineers and animated character designers to build an augmented reality... Read More… Lora Kolodny PowerRay is an underwater drone for filmmakers or fishermen The creator of the PowerEgg, an ovoid flying robot, has begun accepting orders for its newest creation, a submersible camera drone for home use. Dubbed the... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Front End Software Engineer at BrightEdge Technologies (Foster City, CA, United States) Full Stack Developer at Cooper Vision (Folsom, CA, United States) Senior Fintech Business Advisor at Ontario Securities Commission (Toronto, ON, Canada) Senior Software QA Engineer at Starry, Inc. (Boston, MA, United States) Call Center / Telephone Answering Service at THE ARC OF LOUISIANA (Atlanta, GA 30303, 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 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service