Top Stories of the Day // October 1, 2018

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Subscription startup Bespoke Post is creating its own brands and products for men | The Das Keyboard 5Q adds IoT to your I/O keys | Website flaw exposed a Canadian ISP's entire customer database | Zuckerberg must face public scrutiny over latest data breach, say UK MPs | Netflix is planning a choose-your-own-adventure episode of 'Black Mirror' | HP made a leather laptop | New YouTube ads will push viewers to download apps, book trips, find movie showtimes |

THE DAILY CRUNCH MONDAY, OCTOBER 1 2018 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Anthony Ha Subscription startup Bespoke Post is creating its own brands and products for men Bespoke Post says it has more than 100,000 subscribers signed up to receive a monthly "box of awesome" (that's what it calls its bundles of curated men's products). Next up:... Read More… John Biggs The Das Keyboard 5Q adds IoT to your I/O keys Just when you thought you were safe from IoT on your keyboard Das Keyboard has come out with the 5Q, a smart keyboard that can send you notifications and change... Read More… Zack Whittaker Website flaw exposed a Canadian ISP's entire customer database Canadian internet provider Altima Telecom has fixed a flaw in its website that could have given an attacker full access to its customer database. The customer database was connected to... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Melbourne Tech City Australia Why do US tech companies choose to base themselves in Melbourne, Australia? Tech companies like Square, Salesforce and Zendesk have chosen Melbourne for their Asia Pacific base. Melbourne gets them close to their markets, provides talent for their development teams and is one of the world's best cities to live and work in. Learn More Natasha Lomas Zuckerberg must face public scrutiny over latest data breach, say UK MPs UK members of parliament have once again called for Facebook's founder, Mark Zuckerberg, to travel to the country to face questions about how his business operates. They're renewing calls for... Read More… Sarah Perez Netflix is planning a choose-your-own-adventure episode of 'Black Mirror' Netflix is doubling down on interactive TV, according to a new report from Bloomberg this morning. The streaming service is planning to develop a number of projects that will allow... Read More… Brian Heater HP made a leather laptop This is the HP Spectre Folio. Unveiled in an over-the-top press event in Manhattan today, that included such turns of phrase as "aluminum has become the gold standard," the device... Read More… Sarah Perez New YouTube ads will push viewers to download apps, book trips, find movie showtimes YouTube is expanding the ways advertisers can connect with their audience, thanks to an expansion to its TrueView in-stream ad format that will now push viewers to take actions when... Read More… Ingrid Lunden Groupon finally settles IBM patent suit with a $57M payment A patent suit between IBM and Groupon that has been underway for over two years has finally been settled. Today, the two companies announced that Groupon will pay IBM $57... Read More… John Biggs Watch this humanoid robot install drywall The HRP-5P is a humanoid robot from Japan's Advanced Industrial Science and Technology institute that can perform common construction tasks including - as we see above - install drywall. While... Read More… Brian Heater LG teases V40 ThinQ's cinemagraph feature LG is announcing a new flagship this week. It's called the V40 ThinQ. These things we know for sure. We also now know that the handset will sport a cinemagraph-style... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Digital Performance Marketing Director at Mother Dirt (Cambridge, MA, USA) Business Data Analyst at BookBub (Cambridge, MA, USA) Senior System Engineer (Unix Systems) at Centene (Chesterfield, MO, USA) Project Lead Database Administrator - Teradata at Centene (St. Louis, MO, USA) Project Lead System Engineer (Security) at Centene (Rancho Cordova, CA, USA) 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 © 2018 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved.   TechCrunch is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25th 2018 we will be introducing a new unified Oath Terms of Service and Privacy Policy which will explain how your data is used and shared. Learn More.