YouTube introduces new creator tools. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH FRIDAY, JUNE 22 2018 By Anthony Ha YouTube introduces more creator tools, Tesla sues a former employee and the Supreme Court rules on sales tax and cellphone records. Here's your Daily Crunch for June 22, 2018. 1. YouTube introduces channel memberships, merchandise and premieres YouTube made the announcement at the big VidCon event yesterday. The new tools include the ability to offer memberships; fans pay $4.99 per month to sponsor their favorite channels and get access to custom badges and exclusive emojis. These changes are coming at a critical time — while YouTube is still at the center of the online video ecosystem, Facebook and Instagram are definitely working to become more competitive. 2. A Tesla telenovela Tesla filed the lawsuit against former employee Martin Tripp for $1 million, alleging Tripp hacked the company's confidential and trade secret information and transferred that information to third parties. In an interview with The Washington Post, Tripp denied tampering with internal systems and claimed he was a whistleblower who was compelled to act. Sponsored By: TechCrunch Demo your startup at Disrupt SF With over 10,000 attendees Disrupt SF is the place to get your startup noticed with a Startup Alley Pass Package. With this package you can get matched with investors at Disrupt, see the entire show, and get the chance to demo on the main stage. Hurry, passes are selling fast. Learn More… 3. States will be able to charge sales tax on online purchases thanks to the Supreme Court This ruling overturns a decision from the Court in 1992 that paved the way for the explosion of online retail in the United States. 4. Supreme Court decision requires warrant to obtain cellphone records for tracking Another 5-4 ruling from the Supremes. This one looks like a big win for privacy advocates. 5. Tinder takes on Coffee Meets Bagel with test of Tinder Picks Tinder will begin testing a new feature aimed at helping people find more matches who fit their interests, based on things like education, job type and hobbies. 6. Twitter 'smytes' customers Twitter recently announced it was acquiring the "trust and safety as a service" startup Smyte to help with issues related to online abuse, harassment, spam, and security. But it also decided to immediately shut down access to Smyte's API without warning. 7. MoviePass introduces surge pricing for the summer This comes just one day after AMC announced its own subscription plan, suggesting that the theater owners see this model as more than a fad. Still, MoviePass' parent company Helios & Matheson is struggling financially, and making the offering more complicated seems unlikely to attract more customers. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Software Engineer at Inficon (East Syracuse, NY, USA) Information Security Analyst at Vulcan Materials Co (Birmingham, AL, USA) Senior IT Auditor/Data Scientist at Vulcan Materials Co (Birmingham, AL, USA) Programmer Analyst at Vulcan Materials Co (Birmingham, AL, USA) Junior .Net Developer at Data Age Business Systems (Clearwater, FL, 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.