Top Stories of the Day // May 8, 2017

Really, Nintendo, people want a smaller, travel-friendly dock for the Switch | Emmanuel Macron and how political campaigns will never be the same | Snap’s first earnings this week will give a heat check on the new ad ecosystem | Uber hires Raquel Urtasun to lead a new ATG self-driving unit in Toronto | Facebook culls “tens of thousands” of fake accounts ahead of UK election | Comcast invests in mesh router maker Plume, launches Xfinity xFi for managing your home’s wireless network | Will smartphone AR stunt virtual reality’s growth? |

THE DAILY CRUNCH MONDAY, MAY 8 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak Really, Nintendo, people want a smaller, travel-friendly dock for the Switch People really seem to want a smaller, lighter dock for the Nintendo Switch. One that’ll let you hook a Switch up to a TV while on the road without wasting... Read More… Romain Dillet Emmanuel Macron and how political campaigns will never be the same Every major campaign brings its set of changes. Barack Obama used big data and micro-targeting in his 2008 campaign. Then social networks became a great way to... Read More… Matthew Lynley Snap’s first earnings this week will give a heat check on the new ad ecosystem When Snap went public earlier this year, it revealed a break-neck level of growth in its nascent advertising business — and a dramatic burn rate along... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Crunchboard Find Qualified Candidates With CrunchBoard All jobs on CrunchBoard, TechCrunch's official job board, are highly visible throughout the TechCrunch network, including on every page of TechCrunch.com and in all our newsletters. If you're looking to make your job postings visible to a broad network of highly-engaged, highly-skilled readers, be sure to purchase a posting package today! Learn More Darrell Etherington Uber hires Raquel Urtasun to lead a new ATG self-driving unit in Toronto Urtasun joins Uber in a senior role at Uber’s ATG, at a time when the organizational unit, which drives most of Uber’s work on autonomous driving,... Read More… Natasha Lomas Facebook culls “tens of thousands” of fake accounts ahead of UK election Facebook has revealed that it has purged "tens of thousands" of fake accounts in the UK ahead of a general election next month. Read More… Sarah Perez Comcast invests in mesh router maker Plume, launches Xfinity xFi for managing your home’s wireless network Comcast this morning has launched a new service called Xfinity xFi that will allow customers to better manage and control their home Wi-Fi network through an... Read More… Lucas Matney Will smartphone AR stunt virtual reality’s growth? “It’s a VR play. That’s the frothiest space in the Valley right now. Nobody understands it but everyone wants in. Any idiot could walk into a... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Enterprise Sales Executive at RocketSpace (San Francisco, CA, United States) Manager of Software Development at Freeosk, Inc. (Chicago, IL, United States) Technology Officer at LOR Foundation (Jackson, WY, United States) Technology Lead/Architect at Konica MInolta - Business Innovation Center (Foster City, CA, United States) Sr. Product Manager at Bina Technologies Inc. (Belmont, CA, 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