Top Stories of the Day // May 28, 2016

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Amazon puts Alexa in the browser with Echosim.io | HP sheds some more light on the Omen X VR PC backpack | Two-year, $25M study finds positive effect of cell phone radiation on some cancers in male rats | SpaceX launches a communications satellite and sticks another landing | Who’s afraid of the IoT? | 13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week | The sweep of the Internet of Things, garbage cans and all |

DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 28 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Jordan Crook Amazon puts Alexa in the browser with Echosim.io Amazon has put Alexa, the voice-powered AI software found in the Echo, Dot and Tap, right inside the browser with the launch of Echosim.io. After logging in... Read More… Brian Heater HP sheds some more light on the Omen X VR PC backpack The Omen X by HP VR PC is nothing if not compelling. The company showed off a picture of the concept earlier today and let slip a smattering of details around... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT 7 Days Till Pitch-Off Austin Applications Close. Put Your Hat In the Ring! Pitch-Off Austin Applications Extended to June 3 Learn More… Devin Coldewey Two-year, $25M study finds positive effect of cell phone radiation on some cancers in male rats A major study conducted by the National Toxicology Program has found a slight, but significant, positive correlation between radio-frequency radiation exposure... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Try Amazon Alexa In A Web Browser Amazon Alexa can now be used in a web browser to test it out. Facebook starts selling offsite ads. Apple pay wants to expand into more countries in both Asia and Europe. Nick Denton from Gawker challenges Peter Thiel to a public debate and Twilio is looking to IPO soon. All this fun stuff on todays Crunch Report! Watch Now Nitish Kulkarni SpaceX launches a communications satellite and sticks another landing It’s been a good week for SpaceX. Earlier this week we learned that the company won a lucrative contract with the National Reconnaissance Office, the... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jon Evans Who’s afraid of the IoT? It's heeeere! The Internet of Things, I mean. I just spent several days at the Connected Conference in Paris, which focused on IoT hardware. They built a whole... Read More… Anna Escher 13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week This week, Google successfully defended itself against the $9 billion fair use court case against Oracle, Snapchat’s financials were leaked, Twilio... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jake Rozmaryn The sweep of the Internet of Things, garbage cans and all Who could imagine being wowed by a garbage can? Not much floors us anymore in our age of technological whiz-bang, but I couldn't stop thinking about the lowly... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior .Net Developer at MatchSource Llc (Chicago, IL, United States) Growth Marketer - Community & Programs at REX - Real Estate Exchange, Inc. (Westlake Village, CA) Director of Velocity at University of Waterloo - Velocity (Waterloo, ON, Canada) Sr. Technical Project Manager at iCrossing (Santa Monica, CA, United States) Senior Systems Engineer - Contract at LegalZoom (Glendale, CA, 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