Top Stories of the Day // February 21, 2015

TODAY'S TOP STORIES // Feb 21, 2015

SARAH PEREZ Viv, Built By Siri’s Creators, Scores $12.5 Million For An AI Technology That Can Teach Itself The company behind Viv, a powerful form of AI built by Siri's creators which is able to learn from the world to improve upon its capabilities, has just closed... read more

DARRELL ETHERINGTON Alto’s Adventure Review: Get This Amazing iOS Game Right Now read more

KIM-MAI CUTLER Software Eats Sex Trafficking: YC’s Rescue Forensics Aids Law Enforcement In Finding Victims Rescue Forensics builds search software that helps law enforcement officials collect and document online evidence that could be used to prosecute traffickers in... read more

GREG KUMPARAK Lenovo Releases Tool To Remove The Sketchy Exploitable “SuperFish” Garbage It Pre-Loaded On Laptops Earlier this week, word spread that Lenovo had been pre-installing sketchy adware called "SuperFish" onto many of its Windows PCs. Then researchers started... read more

ALEX WILHELM The New Rules Of Going Public According to a recent report, Twilio wants to go public. Twilio, a company that provides software-based communications tools for developers, closed out 2014 on... read more

ANNA ESCHER 15 TechCrunch Stories You Don’t Want To Miss This Week This week's tech news included the crowdfunding of Burning Man's largest art car, Apple's plunge into the market for automobiles, Raspberry Pi surpassing the $5... read more

SARAH PEREZ Diary Of A Cord Cutter In 2015 (Part 3: Using An Over-The-Air DVR) read more

TOP VIDEOS

CrunchWeek: YikYak Vs. Spam, VCs Funding Coffee, Big Steps For Science Tech  Another week in tech has come and gone, bringing a fresh crop of stories for us to talk about on CrunchWeek,... read more

Celebrate This Terrible Winter With The Highlights Of Amazon’s Summer Preview  Amazon.com hosted a summer preview event in New York City today, and I’ll be real honest: I thought... read more

Despite What The FCC Says, Some Carriers Still Make It Hard To Unlock Your Phone  Over the past week, a number of headlines have trumpeted a big victory over the notoriously bad practices... read more

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