Top Stories of the Day // July 8, 2016

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Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes banned from operating blood testing labs | Apple just released the first iOS 10 beta to everyone | Oops! Wearables can leak your PINs and passwords | Siris Capital to buy Polycom for $2B in cash, Polycom cancels its $1.96B Mitel merger | Facebook Messenger adds end-to-end encryption in a bid to become your primary messaging app | New reports confirm $1.15B leveraged loan raised by Uber at 5% | News discovery app SmartNews nabs another $38M, now valued at $500M-$600M |

DAILY FRIDAY, JULY 8 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Sarah Buhr Theranos’ Elizabeth Holmes banned from operating blood testing labs Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of blood analysis startup Theranos has been banned from operating a blood testing lab for the next two years. Where this leaves... Read More… Romain Dillet Apple just released the first iOS 10 beta to everyone It's here. The first public beta of iOS 10 is now available to download. You can download it, even your neighbor can download it. And the good news is that you... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Marc Andreessen Is Coming To Disrupt SF He's witty. He's thought-provoking. He's a tweeting machine. Some also believe the big bets pioneered by his venture firm began a fast rise in startup valuations, as hedge funds, mutual funds and others took notice. We are thrilled to announce that Marc Andreessen is coming to Disrupt SF. Get your tickets to see him in person this September. Learn More… Natasha Lomas Oops! Wearables can leak your PINs and passwords The security nightmare posed by the Internet of Things isn't just related to the lack of expertise in the types of companies adding connectivity to gizmos and... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Siris Capital to buy Polycom for $2B in cash, Polycom cancels its $1.96B Mitel merger Here’s an interesting twist in one of the bigger enterprise acquisition stories of 2016. After Mitel earlier this year announced that it would acquire... Read More… Kate Conger Facebook Messenger adds end-to-end encryption in a bid to become your primary messaging app Facebook Messenger wants to be your primary messaging app. As people become more and more concerned about security, being the best messaging app means being the... Read More… John Mannes New reports confirm $1.15B leveraged loan raised by Uber at 5% Two weeks ago, we reported that Uber was in talks to raise $1-2 billion in leveraged loans. The Wall Street Journal is circulating new information that the... Read More… Ingrid Lunden News discovery app SmartNews nabs another $38M, now valued at $500M-$600M As large platforms like Facebook and Apple position themselves as the new go-to places to read news, an independent app that started in Japan has landed a new... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: AI Research Engineer at Cognii (Boston, MA, United States) Full Stack.NET Software Development Lead at Holy Name Medical Center (New York, NY, United States) Lead Developer, User Experience at Holy Name Medical Center (Teaneck, NJ, United States) Lead Data Engineer at Civis Analytics (Chicago, IL, United States) Platform Technical Lead at Animoto (New York, NY, 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