Startups: This Week’s Top Stories // November 8, 2015

uBeam Declassifies Secrets To Try To Prove Wireless Power Is Possible | ProtonMail On Battling A Sustained DDoS Attack | Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Google Photos Team | Separating The Sizzle From The Steak | $30M Later, Struggling JavaScript Platform Famo.us Pivots | An Inconvenient Proof | This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Chronos, comScore, And The Ario Smart Lamp |

STARTUPS WEEK IN REVIEW SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8 2015 THIS WEEK'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Josh Constine uBeam Declassifies Secrets To Try To Prove Wireless Power Is Possible It must violate the laws of physics. It must be dangerous. It must be impossible. This is what critics have concluded despite not actually knowing the details... Read More… Natasha Lomas ProtonMail On Battling A Sustained DDoS Attack Encrypted webmail provider, ProtonMail, has been fighting a wave of DDoS attacks since November 3 that, by last Friday, had taken its service offline for more... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Reminder: Get Your Discounted Student Tickets To Disrupt London Disrupt London 2015 is fast approaching, and we still have some student tickets available for the show available at the hugely discounted price of just £100 plus VAT. those who graduated in the spring of 2015 (May-June 2015) can get in on the action. To get your discounted Disrupt student tickets, just send an email to students@techcrunch.com for more info. Learn More… Drew Olanoff Google Acquires Fly Labs To Join Its Google Photos Team Today, Google acquired Fly Labs to join its Google Photos team. The company aimed to help people edit videos and photos and it sported 3 million downloads over... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Ben Narasin Separating The Sizzle From The Steak Seed rounds are all about the sizzle, the exciting promise of the future if things go as dreamed. Risk is high -- but the reward, if it works, is far greater.... Read More… Josh Constine $30M Later, Struggling JavaScript Platform Famo.us Pivots Famo.us' 15 minutes of open source fame have come to an end. JavaScript rendering engine Famo.us has pivoted out of its hardcore open sourced engineering... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | John C. Havens An Inconvenient Proof An Inconvenient Proof refers to the fact that personalization algorithms proselytize via code. Designed to scrutinize our lives, they're also programmed to... Read More… Jordan Crook This Week On The TC Gadgets Podcast: Chronos, comScore, And The Ario Smart Lamp In case you want to opt out of the smart watch trend without having a dumb watch, Chronos is there for you. comScore made moves this week in the world of... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  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 © 2015 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service