| iOS 13 arrives, YouTube changes its verification process and Postmates raises a giant round. Here's your Daily Crunch for September 20, 2019. 1. iOS 13 pushes the envelope across the board Apple has released iOS 13. It isn't a groundbreaking release that will change the way you use your phone, but Apple has done tremendous work across the board to improve some low-level features, as well as most Apple apps. There are also some changes to privacy and security. For example, you'll start to see reminders about apps that track your location. 
2. YouTube overhauls its problematic verification program Going forward, YouTube will focus its efforts on verifying channels that have more of a need to prove their authenticity — like those belonging to a brand, public figure, artist or another creator who might be subject to impersonation. 3. Readying an IPO, Postmates secures $225M led by private equity firm GPI Capital Perfect timing, since Postmates CEO Bastian Lehmann is coming to Disrupt SF. 4. Google is investing $3.3B to build clean data centers in Europe CEO Sundar Pichai says the company is focusing on running these data centers on carbon-free fuels. 5. How Automattic wants to build the operating system of the web In an interview, Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg discussed why he raised $300 million from Salesforce Ventures, what he thinks of the current state of the web and how Automattic has a shot at building the open-source operating system of the web. (Extra Crunch membership required.) 6. Amazon orders 100K electric delivery trucks from Rivian as part of going carbon-neutral by 2040 The e-commerce giant will seek to meet its goal of becoming carbon-neutral by 2040 — 10 years earlier than is outlined by the United Nations Paris Agreement. 7. Clutter acquires The Storage Fox for $152M to add self-storage to its on-demand platform The Storage Fox will spearhead Clutter's expansion into self-storage services in urban locations, starting in the New York metro area. 
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