Snap unveils better Spectacles. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, APRIL 26 2018 By Anthony Ha Snap is still trying to make Spectacles happen, IBM has a new use for blockchain technology and earnings season marches on. All that and more in The Daily Crunch for April 26, 2018. 1. Snapchat launches Spectacles V2, camera glasses you'll actually wear TechCrunch's Josh Constine says the new Spectacles address many of the issues with version 1. They allow you to take photos (not just video), come in classier colors, include prescription options and remove the yellow ring alerting people to the camera. Snap has only sold 220,000 pairs of Spectacles so far, so this will be a test of whether the company can move more units with a better product — or if the whole face camera thing just isn't something that most people want. 2. IBM introduces a blockchain to verify the jewelry supply chain The verification process becomes much more digital, reducing much (though not all) of the manual paper-pushing normally required. And the TrustChain has a mechanism for participants to check the validity of each transaction, each step of the way. Sponsored By: The MIT Press A science fiction novel written by a prominent roboticist A sweet, smart 13-year-old girl from the 21st century wakes from a cryogenically induced sleep into a future in which many human emotions are extinct, and "emotional masseuses" try to help people recover those lost sensations. Individuals rely on personal-assistant robots to navigate daily life. Learn More… 3. Facebook beats in Q1 and boosts daily user growth to 1.45B amidst backlash The recent controversies don't seem to be hurting Facebook's user growth or ad revenue. 4. Nintendo's annual profit rockets by 500% after selling 15M Switch consoles On the games front, Super Mario Odyssey was the biggest seller at 10 million copies, followed by Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (nine million) and Splatoon 2 (six million). The company revealed that it sold over five million units of the SNES Classic Edition, too. 5. Ford to stop selling every car in North America but the Mustang and Focus Active This reduction in traditional cars was a long time coming. North America consumers have increasingly turned to crossovers, trucks and SUVs over sedans and small cars. 6. For the first time, parents will be able to limit YouTube Kids to human-reviewed channels and recommendations Launched less than three years ago, YouTube Kids is reaching more than 11 million children weekly. But from a public relations standpoint, the app has been a nightmare. 7. Adtech company BuySellAds acquires a majority stake Digg Remember Digg? Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Systems Integrator at Consolidated Cooperative (Delaware, OH, USA) Technical Lead - Blockchain Engineer (Ethereum) at Aimhighinterweb (New York City, New York, Verenigde Staten) Senior Software Engineer at Philadelphia Media Network (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Software Engineer at Philadelphia Media Network (Philadelphia, PA, USA) Sr. Technology & Systems Adm./Consultant at iCorps Technologies (Boston, MA 02116, USA) 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 © 2018 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved.   TechCrunch is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25th 2018 we will be introducing a new unified Oath Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More.