Top Stories of the Day // April 17, 2016

How to deal with the rising threat of ransomware | GoDadddy CTO and cloud VP heads to Google | The new-world insurance agent | The next version of OS X could be called 'MacOS' | How Silicon Valley can put local businesses back on the map | The investor psychology and why VCs aren’t immune |

DAILY SUNDAY, APRIL 17 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Ben Dickson How to deal with the rising threat of ransomware Of all the money-making schemes hackers employ, the most prevalent is perhaps ransomware, a malware that is usually delivered through infected email attachments... Read More… Matthew Lynley GoDadddy CTO and cloud VP heads to Google GoDaddy’s chief technology officer — amid a time when the company is expanding its cloud-computing operations — is departing, according to a... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT These 20 Heroes Under 40 Give Millennials a Good Name The 20 extraordinary philanthropists and nonprofit leaders under 40 you are about to meet—some household names, others unknown—personify the widespread spirit to give back and do better. In fact, it may be time to rebrand millennials as Generation G—for generous. Learn More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Peter G. Colis The new-world insurance agent Silicon Valley is building the new-world insurance agent. My grandfather started selling insurance in the 1950s and insurance eventually granted him the... Read More… Romain Dillet The next version of OS X could be called 'MacOS' It's a small branding change, but it would make a lot of sense. Many different signs point to Apple abandoning the name "OS X" in favor of "MacOS", or... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Tony Xu How Silicon Valley can put local businesses back on the map I come from a small-business family. My mom has owned three small businesses; most recently, a medical clinic in the South Bay. But it was in her first... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Nav Athwal The investor psychology and why VCs aren’t immune One of the most oft-repeated quotes about investing goes something like this: Be fearful when others are greedy and greedy when others are fearful. While Warren... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Senior Game Producer at Big Blue Bubble (London, ON, Canada) IS Operations Manager at Yakima Valley Farm Workers Clinic (Toppenish, Washington, United States) Data Coordinator at ONE Campaign (Washington, D.C., DC, United States) Front-End Web Developer (Part-Time) at (RED) (New York, NY, United States) Social Media Manager at THE FUTURE GROUP (Oslo, Norway) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month 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 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service