Subscribe here to receive TechCrunch's top stories and the roundup delivered straight to your inbox each day at 3:00 PDT.Extra Crunch is pleased to welcome you for the August 5, 2021 edition. What goes up must also go down. Mostly. This is the lesson learned from Robinhoods stock. Yesterday, it shot up. Today, it dropped sharply. Something is very strange. We have some big news from Apple, Facebook and a bunch of other startups, as well as drones, for you today.Just a reminder that tomorrow is your last chance to get early-bird Disrupt tickets. You can't miss it! TechCrunch will be launching a new newsletter, which we are also thrilled about! This Week in Apps by Sarah Perez launches Saturday, August 7. It is your place for all things app news. Sign up now. AlexTechCrunch Top 3Apple will scan iPhones for child-abusive content: Apple's privacy efforts are reflected in its efforts to restrict the sharing of child sexual abuse material. The plan, which it is yet to roll out will work at the device-level to identify if a child uploads child abuse imagery to iCloud. However, the images won't be decrypted until a threshold has been reached and a series of checks are run to confirm the content.Apple's privacy efforts are reflected in its efforts to limit sharing of child sexual abuse material. The plan, which it is yet to roll out will work at the device-level to identify if a child abuse image is uploaded to iCloud. This will allow the user to determine if the images are encrypted until a threshold has been met and a series of checks have been run to confirm the content. TechCrunch wanted more information about when a startup should move to a different country or city to compete. We gathered some smart VCs to ask questions. To build a unicorn, you need gold and silver medals, not bronze.TechCrunch was interested in learning more about the best time for a startup to leave a specific city or country to compete after Deliveroo announced it would be leaving Spain's market. We gathered some smart VCs to ask questions. To build a unicorn, you need gold and silver medals. Not bronze. Facebook changes its privacy settings: Devin Coldeway from TechCrunchs isn't impressed. He writes that Facebook took the privacy settings settings and scattered them among other categories. It may take longer.Startups/VCBelow is a solid collection of startup stories. But, to get things started, take a look at the latest drone story by Brian Heater. It's quite tasty. The warehouse drone space was a natural habitat for Heater, as large storage buildings don't emit a lot of noise and boxes are often stacked vertically.Now, our usual rundown:Quora launches subscriptions for certain answers: Quora is looking for creators who enjoy answering questions. Quora+, the long-running Q&A site Quora, will be available for $5 per month. It will allow you to access content that creators have decided should cost money.Quora is looking for creators who enjoy answering questions. Quora+, the long-running Q&A website, will be available for $5 per month. It will allow you to access content creators have decided should be free. Is there a startup that will build the hub to handle all our digital content subscriptions so we don't have to remember password managers? Please, someone build it.Allocations raises 4M to support small PE funds: This is a cool one. Allocations developed tech that allows fund managers to quickly create new private equity funds or SPVs. The startups tech also handles tedious tasks like capital calls and paperwork. This thesis suggests that the future will see many smaller PE funds. Allocations may be barking up a good money tree by the solo GP movement.This one is awesome. Allocations developed tech that allows fund managers to quickly create new private equity funds or SPVs. The startups tech also handles tedious tasks like capital calls and paperwork. This thesis suggests that the future will see many smaller PE funds. Allocations may be barking up a different money tree by the solo GP movement. Ad astra for Astra. This is the latest from Astra, a space launch vehicle company. Its first commercial launch is scheduled for August 27. Boeing may be struggling to get its rocket up, but Astra is chasing better-known launch platforms. There are more competitors and there will be more rockets. Then you and I will be able to go into space.This is the latest from Astra Space Launch Vehicle Company, which plans to launch its first commercial launch on August 27. Boeing may be struggling to get its rocket up, but Astra is chasing better-known launch platforms. There are more competitors and there will be more rockets. Then you and I will be able to go into space. OffLimits raises $2.3M to support healthy cereals: Americans like sweet breakfasts. This means that our cereals are often full of sugar and can make us both happy and sick. OffLimits makes healthy, delicious, organic, vegan, and gluten-free cereals.Americans like their breakfasts sweet. This means that our breakfast cereals are often full of sugar and can make us happy while making us sick. OffLimits makes healthy, delicious, organic, vegan, and gluten-free cereals. TechCrunchs Natasha Mascarenhas, a TechCrunchs journalist, has a large piece today that looks at Coderhouse (and Crehana) which are both in the reskilling sector in Latin America. The teaching of new skills to existing workers is a huge market for reskilling. Latin America is a key market for edtech. Don't miss it!There are many companies that work in the reskilling sector in Latin America. The teaching of new skills to existing workers is a major market for reskilling. Latin America is a growing market for edtech. Don't miss it! Cent raises 300,000,000 dollars to make sense of NFTs. Remember @Jack's first tweet as an NFT? This transaction was made possible by a platform that raised just $3 million. As we have already mentioned, 300 million dollars. No matter how you like to spend monetary sums, 12,000,000 quarters is what you get! The latest Cent deal shows that VCs still have a willingness to place bets on NFTs and the cryptoeconomy in general.Today, TechCrunchs Ron Miller reported on a $125 million Series E by Bluecore. The new capital has made Bluecore the world's newest unicorn in e-commerce personalization. For a few hours at least. Miller was not covered by the round, so I asked him why. Here's what he had to say:Bluecore is part the omnichannel personalization industry. This market grew rapidly during the pandemic, when more commerce moved online. It became even more important to provide targeted messaging. This round shows that investors recognize the value of Bluecore and are willing to invest big money in its long-term success.Here's a peek behind the curtain!This is a blueprint for building great startups founding teamsIt is more difficult than assembling 10 IKEA dressers, and the stakes are higher.Founders must be aware of the fact that 90% of startups fail, and that the best ones take six years to IPO. They also need to be careful about choosing who they invite to the founding team.Are you a brilliant engineer? Or is it a bad choice? Do you want your product person to be opinionated? Or a team player. Is your CEO the right choice?Sudheesh Nair, ThoughtSpot CEO, shared his thoughts on building a strong leadership team. He also created a checklist for entrepreneurs looking to put together a team. His first advice?Investors love founder CEOs and founders can be great candidates for this position. However, not everyone can do this job well and, more importantly, not everybody wants to.(Extra Crunch) Our membership program that helps founders and startups get ahead. Sign up hereBig Tech Inc.Twitter Spaces now offers co-hosting: You can invite your friends to join you in managing your next Twitter live audio conversation. Yes, Spaces is growing its feature set. Now you can have up to 10 speakers simultaneously, as well as a host and two co-hosts. You shouldn't, as that would create more noise than signals.You can now invite your friends to join you in managing your next Twitter live audio conversation. Spaces, the Big Tweets chatroom tool is growing its feature set. Now you can have up to 10 speakers simultaneously, as well as a host and two co-hosts. You shouldn't, as that would create more noise than signal. Qualcomm wants Veoneer to be bought: Qualcomm offers $800 million more than Magna International for Veoneer, the Swedish automotive tech company. The chip company is willing pay $4.6 billion to acquire the asset. Why? Why? It will happen eventually.Qualcomm offers $800 million more to Veoneer, the Swedish automotive tech company, than Magna International. The chip company is willing pay $4.6 billion to acquire the asset. Why? Why? It will happen eventually. Automakers need more government money. Cars are becoming electric and the U.S. government is determined to increase their domestic market share as well as production volume. Automakers want help. A group of OEMs from the automotive industry are calling for timely deployment of all electrification policies as committed by the Administration in its Build Back Better Plan. This includes consumer incentives and a charging network.The U.S. government is working hard to increase their domestic market share as well as production volume. Electric cars are on the rise. Automakers say, "Hey, how about some assistance." A group of OEMs from the automotive industry are calling for timely deployment of all electrification policies as committed by the Administration in its Build Back Better Plan. This includes consumer incentives and a charging network. This is odd considering that GM is making a lot of money right now. It can surely deploy some of this capital? It seems that money is not expensive at the moment.Google's Nest division refreshes: Googles Nest division has finally completed its refreshes for its Nest line of cameras and doorbells. Nest is somewhat of a dark horse within Google because it is a hardware division in a company that is almost entirely a software company. The new hardware is quite attractive.TechCrunch Experts: Growth MarketingTechCrunch invites you to recommend growth marketers who are experts in SEO, social media, content writing, and other areas. This survey is for growth marketers. We want to know why your clients love working with you.Miranda Halpern spoke with Ward van Gasteren (founder of Grow with Ward) about the impact these surveys have on our coverage.
