Top Stories of the Day // April 4, 2016

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Documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm reveal a global web of corruption | UPDATE: Reddit’s firing up a thread on the Panama Papers leak | Platforms are the real powerhouses in Silicon Valley’s business landscape | Airbnb vows to take a “new approach” to culling illegal listings in San Francisco | Amazon takes on PayPal and others with launch of Amazon Payments partner program | Virtual reality is about to go mainstream, but a lack of content threatens to hold it back | As Valk Fleet is put into administration, drivers claim to be unpaid and staff receive ‘death threats’ |

DAILY MONDAY, APRIL 4 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Jonathan Shieber Documents leaked from a Panamanian law firm reveal a global web of corruption All day, the Internet has been abuzz with stories culled from the "Panama Papers" -- roughly 2.6 terabytes of documents, related to hundreds of thousands of... Read More… Jonathan Shieber UPDATE: Reddit’s firing up a thread on the Panama Papers leak UPDATE: An earlier version of this story linked to an earlier expose’ conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists on offshore... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT YouTube star and Beme founder Casey Neistat to coming to Disrupt NY 2016 Popular YouTuber Casey Neistat has a knack for viral hits. On top of all that, Neistat is the co-founder of Beme, an app that lets people produce four seconds of unedited video to send to friends (and friends to conversely send their unedited reactions). See him and many more on stage at Disrupt NY! Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Vivek Wadhwa Platforms are the real powerhouses in Silicon Valley’s business landscape One of the most important lessons that Silicon Valley learned, that gives it a strategic advantage, is to think bigger than products and business models: it... Read More… Catherine Shu Airbnb vows to take a “new approach” to culling illegal listings in San Francisco Airbnb, which is constantly accused of worsening San Francisco's housing crunch, has released a report specifying how many of its listings might violate city... Read More… Sarah Perez Amazon takes on PayPal and others with launch of Amazon Payments partner program Amazon announced this morning a plan to spread adoption of its payments service, Amazon Payments, to more third-party websites. With the launch of its Amazon... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Tony Scherba Virtual reality is about to go mainstream, but a lack of content threatens to hold it back Technology is surrounding us; its surface is becoming more complex, pliable and familiar to the eye. Virtual reality is no longer creeping into the mainstream:... Read More… Steve O'Hear As Valk Fleet is put into administration, drivers claim to be unpaid and staff receive ‘death threats’ A number of Valk Fleet's management team tell TechCrunch they have been on the receiving end of "death threats" from disgruntled drivers who, due to their... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: RN Case Manager (Senior) at University of New Mexico (Albuquerque, NM, United States) U.S. Growth Marketer at Brainly (New York, United States) Manager, Software Development at NBCUniversal (New York, NY, United States) CEO / Co-Founder at Founders Wanted (Anywhere) Senior Research Scientist at Astrobotic (Pittsburgh, PA, United States) 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