Top Stories of the Day // June 24, 2017

Andrew Ng announces Deeplearning.ai, his new venture after leaving Baidu | Google now has all the data it needs, will stop scanning Gmail inboxes for ad personalization | Uber has seen a sharp drop in new driver retention this year: Apptopia | SpaceX successfully launches reused Falcon 9 rocket, recovers first stage | VC Justin Caldbeck is taking an indefinite leave of absence, apologizes to the women he ‘made feel uncomfortable’ | 42 percent of smart speaker owners have bought a second device (or more) | Samsung’s Galaxy Note8 will reportedly be the company’s most expensive smartphone yet |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, JUNE 24 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | John Mannes Andrew Ng announces Deeplearning.ai, his new venture after leaving Baidu Andrew Ng, the former chief scientist of Baidu, announced his next venture, Deeplearning.ai, with only a logo, a domain name and a footnote pointing to an... Read More… Frederic Lardinois Google now has all the data it needs, will stop scanning Gmail inboxes for ad personalization Here’s a surprise announcement from Google: It will stop scanning the inboxes of Gmail’s free users for ad personalization at some point later this... Read More… Natasha Lomas Uber has seen a sharp drop in new driver retention this year: Apptopia Uber has seen a sharp drop in retention rates for new drivers in the U.S., according to analysis of the Uber driver app provided to TechCrunch by app analytics... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT TechCrunch Startup Battlefield SF applications are open Get your early-stage startup on the world map at Disrupt SF's Startup Battlefield competition and enter for a chance to win $50K. Since launching on our Disrupt stage, companies have collectively raised over $6B! Put your hat in the ring - apply today! Applications close July 15th. Learn More Darrell Etherington SpaceX successfully launches reused Falcon 9 rocket, recovers first stage SpaceX has successfully launched a Falcon 9 to orbit during its BulgariaSat-1 mission Friday. The launch reused a first stage booster first employed during an... Read More… Megan Rose Dickey VC Justin Caldbeck is taking an indefinite leave of absence, apologizes to the women he ‘made feel uncomfortable’ In light of allegations of sexual harassment and unwanted sexual advances, Binary Capital co-founder and managing partner Justin Caldbeck is taking an... Read More… Sarah Perez 42 percent of smart speaker owners have bought a second device (or more) Here’s a promising metric for Amazon, in terms of its ability to maintain its current lead in the voice computing market: 42 percent of smart speaker... Read More… Lucas Matney Samsung’s Galaxy Note8 will reportedly be the company’s most expensive smartphone yet Samsung is preparing to launch its most expensive smartphone yet this September, VentureBeat reports. Notably, this launch timeline for the Galaxy Note8 places... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Product Manager at Green Bits (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Writer/Editor, Electronics at Consumer Reports (Yonkers, NY, United States) Writer/Editor, Electronics at Consumer Reports (Yonkers, NY, United States) Digital Marketer at REX - Real Estate Exchange, Inc. (Woodland Hills CA, United States) Sr. Ruby Platform Engineer (up to $170k) at Chief People (Mountain View, 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