Top Stories of the Day // May 15, 2016

Highlights from Disrupt NY 2016 | Smart-home technology must work harder to create smarter consumers | The drone race is on | What startups are saying about raising cash in Latin America | There’s an online soccer game used to fight gender based violence | After losing his leg, a Syrian war survivor turns to tech to 3D print prosthetic limbs | How threat intelligence sharing can help deal with cybersecurity challenges |

DAILY SUNDAY, MAY 15 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Anna Escher Highlights from Disrupt NY 2016 The doors to TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016 opened May 9 at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. The three-day conference hosted 2,300 attendees and hundreds of... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Robert S. Marshall Smart-home technology must work harder to create smarter consumers Attendees of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas this year were confronted with a head-spinning volume of smart-home devices. From $5,000 refrigerators... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Meetup+Pitch-Off Seattle Tickets Start at $10.00 TechCrunch is coming to Seattle on June 16! Join us for beer and networking as local Seattle startups compete in front of top Seattle VCs. Buy your tickets today! Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Philip McNamara The drone race is on We've seen an increase in drone investments on a huge scale, many new entrants into the field, and more mainstream companies getting into the marketplace. So,... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Gonzalo Costa What startups are saying about raising cash in Latin America You don't have to look hard to see why the startup community in Latin America has long faced a lack of capital and resources to fuel significant growth. Many... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Claudia Cahalane There’s an online soccer game used to fight gender based violence The online game BREAKAWAY culminates with a girl being abducted, forced into a locker and left there after continual bullying and abuse. But the game is not... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Farid Y. Farid After losing his leg, a Syrian war survivor turns to tech to 3D print prosthetic limbs Asem Hasna, 22, heard dead silence for five minutes after a shell blew his left leg off in a small town southwest of Damascus in April 2013. A mathematics... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Ben Dickson How threat intelligence sharing can help deal with cybersecurity challenges In the ever-shifting landscape of cyberthreats and attacks, having access to timely information and intelligence is vital and can make a big difference in... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Software Development Technology Lead at Virtual Health (New York, NY, United States) VP, Marketing at Virtual Health (New York, NY, United States) Product Engineer, Engineering @ Pantheon at Pantheon Platform (Minneapolis, MN, United States) PHP/MySQL Developer at VS Media, Inc. (Westlake Village, CA, United States) DevOps Engineer at VS Media, Inc. (Westlake Village, 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