Top Stories of the Day // May 7, 2016

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‘Captain America: Civil War’ mostly ignores the real world, and it’s all the better for it | Rethinking security for the Internet of Things | Researchers have developed a flexible holographic smartphone screen that plays a mean game of 'Angry Birds' | Lenovo is launching a new $500 million startup fund | West Ham becomes first English Premiership football club to sign an e-sports player | Relay is a beautiful app for creating and sharing custom maps | Bar Roulette routes your Uber to a random bar nearby |

DAILY SATURDAY, MAY 7 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Anthony Ha ‘Captain America: Civil War’ mostly ignores the real world, and it’s all the better for it I'll be honest: I was kind of nervous about this one. In the run-up to this weekend's release of Captain America: Civil War, I'd seen some fond recollections... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Mike Gault Rethinking security for the Internet of Things Many people scoffed in January 2014 when Cisco CEO John Chambers pegged the "Internet of Everything" as a potential $17 trillion market, five to 10 times... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Post Your Job on TechCrunch Reach 12M highly educated, motivated and talented readers every month. Jobs are visible on every page of techcrunch.com and start at only $200 a listing. Great candidates are waiting. Learn More… Brian Heater Researchers have developed a flexible holographic smartphone screen that plays a mean game of 'Angry Birds' The first thing you do upon developing a flexible holographic smartphone display? Fire up a game of Angry Birds, naturally. All the rest of that smartphone... Read More… CATCH UP WITH CRUNCH REPORT Apple Music Adds A Student Discount Apple Music adds a student discount, SpaceX recovers another rocket, Twitch gets more social, researchers explore smart rings, Musical.ly raising $100M Watch Now Jon Russell Lenovo is launching a new $500 million startup fund Chinese tech giant Lenovo is investing $500 million in startups after it announced a new fund. Unlike other corporates, Lenovo has a history of making deft... Read More… Jon Russell West Ham becomes first English Premiership football club to sign an e-sports player West Ham United has become the first football team in the U.K. to embrace e-sports after the club signed pro gamer and World Cup runner-up Sean Allen, aka... Read More… Sarah Perez Relay is a beautiful app for creating and sharing custom maps Today’s mapping applications are focused on helping you navigate from one spot to the next, or discovering the businesses around you. But they tend to be... Read More… Haje Jan Kamps Bar Roulette routes your Uber to a random bar nearby Want to go party the night away but not sure where to go? Bar Roulette's brand new iOS app has you covered. Press a button to summon an Uber, and it will take... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: UI & Graphic Designer at Parasol Co (Walnut Creek, CA, United States) Solutions Engineer at Wrap Media (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior QA Engineer- Wrap Media "Mobile Platform Startup" at Wrap Media (San Francisco, CA, United States) DevOps Engineer- Wrap Media "Mobile Platform Startup" at Wrap Media (San Francisco, CA, United States) Software Engineer- Wrap Media "Mobile Platform Startup" at Wrap Media (San Francisco, 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