Top Stories of the Day // April 18, 2016

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Amazon now lets you separately subscribe to Prime Video for $8.99 per month | Be kind to artificial intelligence | The 3 factors behind Uber and Lyft's regulatory win in California | Europe’s antitrust chief scrutinizing Google’s Android contracts | Alibaba confirms $1.25B investment in food delivery service Ele.me | IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet | FLIR and Movidius create the smartest thermal camera out there |

DAILY MONDAY, APRIL 18 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Romain Dillet Amazon now lets you separately subscribe to Prime Video for $8.99 per month Amazon has been ramping up its video streaming efforts by investing heavily into original content. A couple of years ago, Prime Video looked like an... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Mike Finley Be kind to artificial intelligence Big innovations come in unexpected bursts. We grow accustomed to life and work as we know it, until something apparently simple brings about bold change. For... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT MIT Big Data and Social Analytics certificate course - online and part-time Learn to better understand and predict human networks and behaviours in social structures with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Lisa Rayle, Onesimo Flores The 3 factors behind Uber and Lyft's regulatory win in California It's a common gripe: Outdated regulations obstruct innovation; government regulators move too slowly or, worse, try to block technological progress. But when... Read More… Natasha Lomas Europe’s antitrust chief scrutinizing Google’s Android contracts Google will be concerned the European Commission's antitrust commissioner, Margrethe Vestager, is not letting up the pressure in an ongoing probe of its Android... Read More… Jon Russell Alibaba confirms $1.25B investment in food delivery service Ele.me Southeast Asia wasn't the only new market that Alibaba jumped into with a billion dollar deal last week. Beyond a deal with Rocket Internet's Lazada, the... Read More… Ingrid Lunden IBM inks video deals with AOL, CBC, more; debuts quality live-stream over ‘commodity’ Internet IBM today unveiled some significant strides forward in its bid to be a major player in the world of online and cloud-based video services, three months after... Read More… Jay Donovan FLIR and Movidius create the smartest thermal camera out there This morning FLIR Systems announced a new product—the Boson Thermal Core Camera. Regardless of product features, two things interest me about the launch of... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Game Producer at Big Blue Bubble (London, ON, Canada) IS Operations Manager at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (Toppenish, Washington, United States) Data Coordinator at ONE Campaign (Washington, D.C., DC, United States) Front-End Web Developer (Part-Time) at (RED) (New York, NY, United States) Social Media Manager at THE FUTURE GROUP (Oslo, Norway) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service