Top Stories of the Day // March 19, 2017

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How Spotify is finally gaining leverage over record labels | Google offers more control, after ads on offensive content leads to brand boycott | In a Massachusetts warehouse, NASA's Valkyrie robot helps lay the groundwork for Mars settlements | Transnational socialism vs. Transnational Socialism | SVRF may have the answer to VR’s search problem | On mentorship and finding your way around | Facebook will never take responsibility for fake news |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SUNDAY, MARCH 19 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Josh Constine How Spotify is finally gaining leverage over record labels That’s why over the past few years, Spotify has been pushing five different paths to putting pressure on the labels to cut it a better royalties deal.... Read More… Mike Butcher Google offers more control, after ads on offensive content leads to brand boycott Google plans to give its advertising clients more control over where their ads appear on YouTube and the Google Display Network, which posts advertising to... Read More… Brian Heater In a Massachusetts warehouse, NASA's Valkyrie robot helps lay the groundwork for Mars settlements NASA’s Valkyrie (R5) robot will never slip the surly bonds of Earth. The humanoid space robot is destined to spend the rest of its days on terra firma... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT ChickTech's ACT-W Conference Get your ACT-W Bay & NYC tickets before they're gone! ACT-W Bay (4/7 – 4/8) and ACT-W NYC (5/18 – 5/19) are action-packed events where talented WIT & supporters build skills, grow their community, & accelerate their career path by connecting with organizations & industry leaders! ACT-W includes speaking sessions, hands-on workshops, one-on-one coaching sessions, a career/exhibit fair, & more. Use promo code: techcrunch20 for discounted admission! Learn More Jon Evans Transnational socialism vs. Transnational Socialism "Governments of the Industrial World, you weary giants of flesh and steel ... I declare the global social space we are building to be naturally independent of... Read More… Alice Lloyd George SVRF may have the answer to VR’s search problem For websites we had Google. For videos, YouTube. For products, Amazon. For general reference, Wikipedia. For Gifs, Giphy. Well when VR and AR devices become... Read More… Romain Dillet On mentorship and finding your way around He knew a lot about computer science as he had been a computer engineer for so long that he first started developing with a pen and paper. His code would then... Read More… Jordan Crook Facebook will never take responsibility for fake news [tc_dropcap]M[/tc_dropcap]ark Zuckerberg is displeased. It's been more than four months since election night, but Facebook still finds itself in the hot seat... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Online Research Specialist at C+R Research (Chicago, IL, United States) Consultant (SharePoint, Mission Outreach) at Arc Aspicio (Washington, DC, United States) Human Resources Specialist at cleverbridge (Chicago, IL, United States) Marketing Campaign Manager at cleverbridge (Chicago, IL, United States) Email Marketing Specialist at cleverbridge (Chicago, IL, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser 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 © 2017 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service