Top Stories of the Day // November 23, 2018

BlueCargo optimizes stacks of containers for maximum efficiency | Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage 'we are not robots' protests | Equity podcast: A Thanksgiving-ish special episode | Black Friday predicted to hit $6.4B in online sales, $643M spent so far | Meituan, China's 'everything app', walks away from bike sharing and ride hailing | Silentmode's PowerMask is a $200 connected relaxation mask | Black Friday only: 2-for-1 Innovator passes to Disrupt Berlin 2018 |

THE DAILY CRUNCH FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 23 2018 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet BlueCargo optimizes stacks of containers for maximum efficiency Meet BlueCargo, a logistics startup focused on seaport terminals. The company was part of Y Combinator's latest batch and recently raised a $3 million funding round from 1984 Ventures, Green... Read More… Natasha Lomas Amazon warehouse workers in Europe stage 'we are not robots' protests Amazon warehouse workers in several countries in Europe are protesting over what they claim are inhuman working conditions which treat people like robots. It's the latest in a series of... Read More… Alex Wilhelm Equity podcast: A Thanksgiving-ish special episode Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch's venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. It's the day after Thanksgiving, so if you are reading this in America... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Black Friday predicted to hit $6.4B in online sales, $643M spent so far After a record-breaking Thanksgiving with $3.7 billion in digital sales across desktop and mobile devices, it looks like Black Friday will also pull in a bumper year for e-commerce. Adobe... Read More… Rita Liao Meituan, China's 'everything app', walks away from bike sharing and ride hailing A major player in the race to transport Chinese people around is losing steam. Meituan Dianping, the Tencent-backed all-encompassing platform for local services, continues to put the brakes on bike-sharing... Read More… Brian Heater Silentmode's PowerMask is a $200 connected relaxation mask I barely slept, the second night in Chunking Mansions. The loud neighbors, the hot Hong Kong air, the landlord banging on the door after midnight. None of these things are... Read More… Leslie Hitchcock Black Friday only: 2-for-1 Innovator passes to Disrupt Berlin 2018 We love a great deal almost as much as we love early-stage startups. So, we decided to combine both into an awesome Black Friday mashup for Disrupt Berlin 2018. Europe's... Read More… Brian Heater Soundbrenner's wearable metronome gets a modular upgrade It took all of 14 minutes for the Soundbrenner Core to hit full funding. Not too shabby. Last week, the wearable maker closed out its campaign with more than 10x... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Thanksgiving online spend hits a record $3.7B, mobile accounted for one-third of sales Thanksgiving, a day when brick-and-mortar stores tend to be closed, has become a big one for online spending, and this year did not disappoint, with a surge of consumers rushing... Read More… Romain Dillet Be a Thanksgiving security hero with these family-friendly tips If you're reading this, chances are you're: Pretty good at tech stuff Spending time with your family for Thanksgiving Bored because you're reading this article right now You may not... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Jr developer at Sticker Mule (Anywhere) SEO and Digital Content Marketing Wizard at Teramind (Anywhere) Digital Advertising Coordinator at Judicial Watch, Inc. (Washington, D.C., USA) Front End Web Designer at University of Maryland (College Park, MD, USA) Senior Backend Developer - Node.js, Python at Swift Executive Search (Irvine, CA, 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 Privacy Policy | Terms of Service | Unsubscribe © 2018 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107