Didi announces new safety features. It's The Daily Crunch.

THE DAILY CRUNCH TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 4 2018 By Anthony Ha China's ride-hailing giant reacts to recent murders, Audi starts production of an electric SUV and The Wing launches a mobile app. Here's your Daily Crunch for September 4, 2018 1. [Didi makes more safety changes — and will pause night services while it does]( The Chinese ride-hailing company has detailed further safety measures coming to its platform following two recent murders of female passengers. Those measures include adding a button in the app to call the police, as well as a trial of on-route audio recording on its Express and Premier services. As the company rolls these features out, it will be suspending late-night service on the Chinese mainland from September 8 to 15. 2. [Audi starts mass production of its first all-electric SUV]( The German automaker unveiled a concept version of the vehicle three years ago, at the International Motor Show in Frankfurt. Sponsored By: Comerica Bank [What keeps your startup from growing? Comerica became the Leading Bank for Business by understanding your unique challenges. Our technology bankers provide a needs-based consultative approach to give your business the flexibility, agility, and speed needed to grow. See how we lead.]( [Learn More…]( 3. [Mozilla hires former Google executive as its new policy and security chief]( Alan Davison, who oversaw internet policy and cybersecurity towards the end of President Obama’s tenure, will return to Mozilla in the new role after last year serving as its tech policy fellow. 4.[Maoyan, China’s largest online movie ticket service, files to go public in Hong Kong]( Maoyan’s IPO comes as another Tencent investment, Meituan-Dianping, is preparing for its own debut. Both Meituan and Maoyan are key pieces in Tencent’s online-to-offline services rivalry with Alibaba. 5. [Women-only co-working space The Wing is launching an app to help its members stay connected]( The coworking company created the app to connect its members and keep them up to date on The Wing’s programming. For now, the app will only be available to paying Wing members. 6. [Political anonymity may help us see both sides of a divisive issue online]( Some topics are so politically charged that even to attempt a discussion online is to invite toxicity and rigid disagreement among participants. But a new study finds that exposure to the views of others, minus their political affiliation, could help us overcome our own biases. 7. [TikTok adds video reactions to its newly-merged app]( Just about a month after the merger of the short-form video apps Musical.ly and TikTok, the app is introducing a new social feature, allowing users to post their reactions to the videos that they watch. Instead of text comments, these reactions will take the form of videos that are superimposed on top of existing clips. [Get more stories at techcrunch.com ]( Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: - [Senior software engineer (C++) at Sticker Mule (Anywhere)]( - [Director of public relations at Sticker Mule (Anywhere)]( - [Android Team Lead at Capital One (Vienna, VA, USA)]( - [Master Mobile Engineer, iOS at Capital one (Vienna, VA, USA)]( - [Senior Software Engineer - Front End at Capital One (Vienna, VA, USA)]( [SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD]( [Post your tech jobs]( and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month [Facebook](  [Twitter](  [Youtube](  [Instagram](  [Flipboard]( [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 © 2018 Oath Tech Network. All rights reserved.   TechCrunch is now a part of Oath and a part of Verizon. On May 25th 2018 we will be introducing a new unified Oath [Terms of Service]( and [Privacy Policy]( which will explain how your data is used and shared. [Learn More](.