New York moves forward with ride-hail cap. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, AUGUST 9 2018 By Anthony Ha NYC will cap new licenses for Uber and Lyft, Samsung unveils the Galaxy Note 9 and the SEC has some questions about Elon Musk and Tesla. Here's your Daily Crunch for August 9, 2018. 1. New York City Council votes to cap licenses for ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft Despite determined opposition from Uber and Lyft, New York is moving forward with legislation that will prevent ride-hailing services from adding new vehicles (unless they're wheelchair accessible) for the next year. Meanwhile, the ride-hailing companies have argued that this will result in fewer drivers on the road and poorer service. Now that the new rules are going forward, they're looking to get creative to find other ways to get more drivers on the road. 2. This is the Samsung Galaxy Note 9 Like the S9 before it, the new Note isn't a radical departure, but it does come with more storage, a better camera, an improved S-Pen and a considerably larger battery. Sponsored By: Divvy Expense report haters rejoice! Utah-based Divvy recently announced their $35M Series B. Divvy is the proactive expense management platform that completely eliminates expense reports. Divvy is free to use and offers decision makers $100 to take a demo. Learn More… 3. The SEC wants Tesla to explain Elon's 420 tweet Wall Street Journal sources say the SEC has since made inquiries to Tesla to find out whether Elon Musk's tweet was truthful and why he chose to announce such a move on Twitter instead of through a regulatory filing. 4. IBM teams with Maersk on new blockchain shipping solution Marie Wieck, GM for IBM Blockchain says the product provides a way to digitize every step of the global trade workflow, transforming it into a real-time communication and visual data sharing tool. 5. RIP EmuParadise, a haven for retro gamers for almost two decades If you're a fan of retro games, chances are you've visited EmuParadise, a stalwart provider of ambiguously legal ROMs. Well, EmuParadise is no more — or at least its current form is going away. 6. Vector is Cozmo for grownups In many ways, the new 'bot is built on the lessons learned from Cozmo, its predecessor at Anki, coupled with more advanced internals. 7. Apple defends decision not to remove Infowars' app At this point, it seems like every major tech platform has either cracked down on Infowars or been pressured into offering a (usually vague) explanation. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Software Engineer at Inficon (East Syracuse, NY, USA) Full-Stack Software Engineer at Quill Content (London) Software Developer (Microsoft CRM) at OpenWorks (Phoenix, AZ, USA) Senior IT Auditor/Data Scientist at Vulcan Materials Co (Birmingham, AL, USA) Country Head USA (m/f) at FOND OF GmbH (New York, 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.