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Tuesday, November 12, 2019 By Anthony Ha

Happy Tuesday

Disney makes its big bet on streaming, Instagram launches its take on TikTok and Twitter shares details about its deepfakes policy. Here’s your Daily Crunch for November 12, 2019.

Disney officially launches its streaming 'crown jewel'

After an initial test in the Netherlands, Disney+ is officially launching in the United States and Canada today, with a lineup of original content that includes the first episode of the very first live-action Star Wars series, "The Mandalorian," along with a deep library of Disney, Pixar and Marvel movies and shows — not to mention the first 30 seasons of "The Simpsons” — all for $6.99 per month.

If that sounds pretty exciting, well, maybe that’s why the service has been plagued with launch-day bugs and crashes.

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Disney officially launches its streaming 'crown jewel' image

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Three years after the release of the popular AirPods, Apple has released its Pro version with a higher price tag. Lean more on how you can save $120 on the Apple AirPods Pro here.

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Instagram Stories launches TikTok clone Reels in Brazil

Instagram is launching a video-music remix feature to finally fight back against Chinese social rival TikTok. Instagram Reels lets you make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories.

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Twitter drafts a deepfake policy that would label and warn, but not always remove, manipulated media

Twitter has provided a draft of its deepfakes policy. When it sees synthetic or manipulated media, it will place a notice next to them, warn people before they share those tweets or add a link so people can see why sources believe something is manipulated.

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Twitter drafts a deepfake policy that would label and warn, but not always remove, manipulated media image

Inspired Capital, founded by Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, just closed its debut fund with $200 million

Inspired Capital is being spearheaded by LearnVest founder Alexa von Tobel and Penny Pritzker, a former U.S. Secretary of Commerce under former President Barack Obama and serial entrepreneur who currently serves on the boards of Microsoft and Harvard.

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And the winner of Hardware Battlefield at TechCrunch Shenzhen 2019 is… Okra

After much deliberation from the judges, we're pleased to announce the winner of Hardware Battlefield at TechCrunch Shenzhen 2019.

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And the winner of Hardware Battlefield at TechCrunch Shenzhen 2019 is… Okra image

Snapchat Spectacles 3 review: Pretty, pricey

No one's going to pay $380 for decent point-of-view video glasses and some trippy filters. But that's kind of the point of Snapchat Spectacles 3.

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A chat about UK deep tech and spin-out success with Octopus Ventures

New research commissioned by U.K. VC firm Octopus Ventures has put a spotlight on which of the country's higher education institutions are doing the most to support spin outs. (Extra Crunch membership required.)

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