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1. Facebook starts testing News, its new section for journalism
Facebook’s news section, which was previously reported to be imminent, is here: The company is rolling out Facebook News in a limited test in the U.S. as a home screen tab and bookmark in the main Facebook app.
Should publishers trust Facebook? Well, Josh Constine argues that none of them have learned the right lessons from the last 10 years.
2. Pixelbook Go review: a Chromebook in search of meaning
The Go is clearly Google’s attempt to lead the way for manufacturers looking to explore Chromebook life outside the classroom. It has some nice hardware perks, but it’s not the revolution or revelation ChromeOS needs.
3. SpaceX wants to land Starship on the Moon before 2022, then do cargo runs for 2024 human landing
SpaceX president and COO Gwynne Shotwell shed a little more light on her company’s current thinking with regards to the mission timelines for its forthcoming Starship spacefaring vehicle.
4. After its first earnings miss in two years, Amazon shares get walloped in after-hours trading
Amazon shares fell by nearly 7% in after-hours trading on Thursday after the company reported its first earnings miss in two years.
5. Lawmakers ask US intelligence chief to investigate if TikTok is a national security threat
In a letter by Sens. Charles Schumer (D-NY) and Tom Cotton (R-AR), the lawmakers asked the acting director of national intelligence Joseph Maguire if the app maker could be compelled to turn Americans’ data over to Chinese authorities.
6. The SaaS gold rush will become the ‘Hunger Games’
Enterprise software investor Rory O’Driscoll says that while the cloud is obviously here to stay, the next five years in cloud investing will neither be the same nor as easy as the last 10. (Extra Crunch membership required.)
7. Learn how to raise your first euros at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin
Startup funding experts — including Forward Partners managing partner Nic Brisbourne, Target Global partner Malin Holmberg and DocSend co-founder and chief executive officer Russ Heddleston — will sit down together on the Extra Crunch Stage at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin.
