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THE DAILY CRUNCH THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6 2018 By Anthony Ha iRobot unveils a new Roomba, the U.S. Justice Dept. says it has "growing concern" around social media and Upwork files to go public. Here's your Daily Crunch for September 6, 2018. 1. iRobot's new Roomba knows where it's going While the new Roomba looks like a Roomba, iRobot co-founder and CEO Colin Angle said the product represents the culmination of the company's nearly 30-year existence. "This is the thing," Angle told us. "This is the Roomba I've always wanted to make." 2. Justice Dept. says social media giants may be 'intentionally stifling' free speech Apparently Attorney General Jeff Sessions has expressed a "growing concern" that social media giants may be "hurting competition" and "intentionally stifling" free speech and expression. The comments came as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey gave testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee. 3. Freelance marketplace Upwork files to go public on Nasdaq as UPWK Upwork's IPO is yet another mark of the bigger swing we've seen of privately-backed tech companies turning to the public markets for their next cash infusions for growth, this week alone seeing listings for Elastic and another freelancer behemoth, Meituan in China. 4. Take Peloton-style classes through a smart mirror The New York-based startup came out of stealth onstage today at TechCrunch Disrupt. The hardware combines an LCD camera, one-way mirror, microphone, speakers and camera to provide a two-way interactive experience. 5. Insight Venture Partners buys content management platform Episerver for $1.1B The company said it would use the money to fuel its plans for global expansion. 6. Google announces 'Dataset Search' to help scientists and journalists tell stories With Dataset Search, Google is aiming to adapt its Google Scholar search scheme to help data geeks and researchers sift through this data in a single search bar. 7. Kids' gaming platform Roblox raises $150M The company didn't disclose its valuation in the announcement, but a source with knowledge of the deal told us that it valued Roblox at more than $2.5 billion — the same price Microsoft paid to acquire Minecraft four years ago. Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior full-stack software engineer - JS + Ruby at Sticker Mule (New York, Stati Uniti) Social Media Coordinator (contract) at All Turtles (San Francisco, CA, USA) Information Security Consultant - Change Dynamix at Change Dynamix (Royal Oak, MI, USA) Demand Generation Manager at ACS Technologies Group, Inc. (Florence, SC, USA) Director of Social Media at NC State University (Raleigh, NC, 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.