Top Stories of the Day // April 9, 2017

How I made my own VPN server in 15 minutes | Uber is now banned in Italy for unfair competition | A short list of executives who made less money than Anthony Noto last year | Netflix’s long-time chief product officer Neil Hunt is leaving the company | Gig economy stalwart TaskRabbit is contemplating a sale | Alleged NSA hack group Shadow Brokers releases new trove of exploits | Spotify Premium Director Robert Lamvik leaves company for meditation app Headspace |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SUNDAY, APRIL 9 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet How I made my own VPN server in 15 minutes A VPN doesn’t make you anonymous What the hell is a VPN? I already wrote an article explaining VPNs using simple concepts, even comparing VPNs to movie... Read More… Romain Dillet Uber is now banned in Italy for unfair competition While Uber is fighting Waymo at home, the American company is also having issues abroad. As Reuters reported, an Italian court has ordered Uber to stop all... Read More… Ryan Lawler A short list of executives who made less money than Anthony Noto last year Executives at Twitter make a lot of money. But it's not just like they make a lot of money relative to you or me, or compared to lower level employees within... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Last Week To Save $1000 On Disrupt NY Tickets Early Bird tickets for TechCrunch Disrupt end this Friday! Book your tickets today and you'll save $1000 while still getting full access to the conference. You'll enjoy groundbreaking thought leadership, amazing networking opportunities, and meet awesome startups. Tickets are selling fast! Learn More Ryan Lawler Netflix’s long-time chief product officer Neil Hunt is leaving the company Streaming video provider Netflix is making a change in its senior management, as the company announced long-time chief product officer Neil Hunt will be leaving... Read More… Ryan Lawler Gig economy stalwart TaskRabbit is contemplating a sale One of the earliest and most prominent startups of the so-called "sharing economy" or "gig economy," is evaluating the possibility of selling itself. As... Read More… Ryan Lawler Alleged NSA hack group Shadow Brokers releases new trove of exploits Shadow Brokers, the group behind last year's release of hacking exploits used by the National Security Agency, has dropped another trove of files. In a Medium... Read More… Megan Rose Dickey Spotify Premium Director Robert Lamvik leaves company for meditation app Headspace Meditation app Headspace recently brought on Robert Lamvik, Spotify's now-former director of its premium service, and Dr. Megan Jones Bell, former chief science... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Technical Instructor, JavaScript, React.Js at CodePath (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Data Engineer @ The Meet Group at The Meet Group (San Francisco, CA, United States) Site Reliability Engineer @ Sift Science at Sift Science (San Francisco, CA, United States) CEO. Consumer facing digital marketing. at Loeb Enterprises (Manhattan, New York, NY, United States) Marketing Communications Manager at BearX (College Station, TX, 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