Top Stories of the Day // May 8, 2016

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Uber and Lyft shut down in Austin after voters defeat Proposition 1 | The next AI is no AI | Bots, Messenger and the future of customer service | Apple’s new site lets you create a custom “Shot on iPhone” ad for Mother’s Day | NVIDIA ups the power and drops the price with its impressive new graphics cards | Universities can’t solve our skills gap problem, because they caused it | The next stop on the road to revolution is ambient intelligence |

DAILY SUNDAY, MAY 8 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Fitz Tepper Uber and Lyft shut down in Austin after voters defeat Proposition 1 Today voters in Austin went to the polls to weigh in on Proposition 1, an attempt to overturn a bill requiring mandatory fingerprint-based criminal background... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jarno M. Koponen The next AI is no AI Artificial Intelligence is starting to turn invisible from the outside in -- and vice versa. The exact effects and workings of AI technologies are becoming more... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Disrupt NY is taking over Brooklyn this Monday! Here are our judges for the Disrupt NY Startup Battlefield final round: John Borthwick, Charles Hudson, Alfred Lin, Susan Lyne, Matthew Panzarino and Alan Patricof. Be sure to get your tickets today! Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Michael Schneider Bots, Messenger and the future of customer service In the 1970s, CFOs sat with CEOs and devised ways for upset consumers to not be able to get compensation easily. They put up automated phone systems and arcane... Read More… Fitz Tepper Apple’s new site lets you create a custom “Shot on iPhone” ad for Mother’s Day Last week Apple released the latest iteration of its “Shot on iPhone” campaign. The new ad was developed for Mother’s Day, and features a... Read More… Brian Heater NVIDIA ups the power and drops the price with its impressive new graphics cards While you were out enjoying your Friday night, NVIDIA kicked off the weekend with a surprise unveil at the DreamHack gaming event in Austin to debut its latest... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Jonathan Munk Universities can’t solve our skills gap problem, because they caused it The class of 2015 graduated with an average of $35,000 in student loan debt, the most in history. And yet, executives and hiring managers continue to complain... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Gary Grossman The next stop on the road to revolution is ambient intelligence It's easy to see a rainbow when it's in the distance, but more difficult to discern when you are in its midst. Though it's still early days, we're now... 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