Top Stories of the Day // October 29, 2016

These are Tesla’s stunning new solar roof tiles for homes | Our favorite startups from 500 Startups’ 18th class | Tesla’s Powerwall 2 packs over twice the energy storage | Apple's new Intel driven MacBook Pros have a secondary ARM processor that runs Touch ID and security | Google’s AI creates its own inhuman encryption | Last-minute Halloween costume ideas for techies | Why Apple's MacBook Touch Bar was the right thing to do |

THE DAILY CRUNCH SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Darrell Etherington, Greg Kumparak These are Tesla’s stunning new solar roof tiles for homes Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk wasn’t kidding when he said that the new Tesla solar roof product was better looking than an ordinary roof: the roofing... Read More… Matthew Lynley, John Mannes Our favorite startups from 500 Startups’ 18th class 500 Startups’ 18th demo day wrapped up this afternoon in San Francisco. The companies that presented ranged from financial technology all the way to yet... Read More… Darrell Etherington, Greg Kumparak Tesla’s Powerwall 2 packs over twice the energy storage Tesla’s new Powerwall 2 is part of Tesla Energy, the company’s new comprehensive approach to green, all-electric power delivery. The updated home... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Disrupt LND Giveaway Travel to TechCrunch Disrupt London (5-6 December) in style. Win 2 free attendee tickets, a two-nights stay at the COMO Metropolitan Hotel London, and $1,050 in airfare. Enter now for your chance to win! Learn More Matthew Panzarino Apple's new Intel driven MacBook Pros have a secondary ARM processor that runs Touch ID and security When will Apple ship a MacBook with an ARM processor? This is a question that has been top of mind for observers of the company ever since it started designing... Read More… John Biggs Google’s AI creates its own inhuman encryption What happens when you tell two smart computers to talk to each other in secret and task another AI with breaking that conversation? You get one of the coolest... Read More… John Mannes, Bryce Durbin Last-minute Halloween costume ideas for techies Too busy working to forge a startup from the ground up to think about a costume for Halloween? No worries, TechCrunch has your back. Here are six timely... Read More… Matthew Panzarino Why Apple's MacBook Touch Bar was the right thing to do People love a Greek tragedy. Icarus has flown too close to the sun and tumbled to Earth. Apple has forgotten its core users and been eclipsed by Microsoft. The... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: Platform Engineer @ Pantheon at The Sourcery (San Francisco, CA, United States) Installation Specialist at Software2 (Baltimore, MD, United States) Full Stack Web Engineer @ Shift at The Sourcery (San Francisco, CA, United States) Backend Generalist Engineer @ Shift at The Sourcery (San Francisco, CA, United States) C++ Software Developer with Juce Experience, Full Time at AudioWorks Inc. (Toronto, ON, Canada) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month View this email online in your browser 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