Top Stories of the Day // April 12, 2017

Google’s AutoDraw uses machine learning to help you draw like a pro | Why do airlines overbook their flights? | U.S. Air Force and Lockheed demonstrate autonomous F-16 strike capabilities | Leaked Star Wars: Battlefront II trailer is visually stunning | Uber head of comms Rachel Whetstone is leaving the company | Qualtrics waits on that IPO, raises $180 million at a $2.5 billion valuation instead | Walmart to lower prices on a million online-only items if you opt for store pickup over shipping |

THE DAILY CRUNCH WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12 2017 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Frederic Lardinois Google’s AutoDraw uses machine learning to help you draw like a pro Drawing isn't for everyone. I, for one, am definitely not very good at it. But with AutoDraw, Google is launching a new experiment today that uses machine... Read More… Haje Jan Kamps Why do airlines overbook their flights? We've all been there: You turn up to the gate and there are more passengers than there are seats on the plane. You wouldn't be the first person to think, "If... Read More… Darrell Etherington U.S. Air Force and Lockheed demonstrate autonomous F-16 strike capabilities The U.S. Air Force, working with Lockheed Martin’s Skunk Works (which, as its name suggests, is its skunkworks operation) have demonstrated another round... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT CrunchBoard Find Your Dream Hire As the official job board of TechCrunch, CrunchBoard leverages an engaged and educated audience of over 12 million unique readers each month to help fill your job vacancies. Post your job today! Learn More Darrell Etherington Leaked Star Wars: Battlefront II trailer is visually stunning If you’re a fan of the Star Wars (many people are) then you may also be a fan of this trailer for Star Wars: Battlefront II, which just popped up a bit... Read More… Megan Rose Dickey Uber head of comms Rachel Whetstone is leaving the company Rachel Whetstone, Uber's head of communications and policy, is leaving the company, Recode reports. Uber has confirmed Whetstone's departure to TechCrunch. "I... Read More… Sarah Buhr Qualtrics waits on that IPO, raises $180 million at a $2.5 billion valuation instead That Qualtrics IPO many have been expecting is on hold for now. The online market research platform has just raised its third round for $180 million at a... Read More… Sarah Perez Walmart to lower prices on a million online-only items if you opt for store pickup over shipping Walmart.com is preparing to launch a new feature called "Pickup Discount" that will lower the prices on up to one million online-only items if the customer... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Back End Integration Engineer at Two Bit Circus (Los Angeles, CA, United States) Software Engineer, Web Applications (mobile gaming) at Nexon M (Emeryville, CA, United States) Technical Instructor, JavaScript, React.Js at CodePath (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Data Engineer @ The Meet Group at The Meet Group (San Francisco, CA, United States) Site Reliability Engineer @ Sift Science at Sift Science (San Francisco, CA, 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