Tech News Weekly 73

• 01:49 The Crowd is an app that allows investors to swipe left or right on new ideas pitched by entrepreneurs. COO Chase Johnson shares how the idea was inspired by Shark Tank, and what it's led to so far.
• 13:49 Mark Zuckerberg posted about the importance of private communication, and Kurt Wagner from Recode discusses what this could mean for Facebook.
• 32:03 Sam Abuelsamid sheds light on Waymo's now publicly offered Laser Bear Honeycomb lidar system, available to partners who don't compete with the company's automated taxi services.
• 46:17 YouTube is rolling out a new fact-checking module into its app to help demystify myths at the point of video search.
• 51:20 Jibo went from Time Magazine's pick for best technology in 2017 to being completely shuttered, and we are sad.

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Links

• thecrowd.net
• The Crowd TV: Episode 1
• Mark Zuckerberg believes Facebook’s future is private messaging
• A Privacy-Focused Vision for Social Networking
• Waymo Now Offering To Sell Its Short-Range Laser Lidar Sensors
• Laser Bear Honeycomb by Waymo
• YouTube Is Rolling Out A Feature That Shows Fact-Checks When People Search For Sensitive Topics
• Airbnb buying HotelTonight, adding traditional hotels to private home and room booking service
• Jibo on Time Magazine