Daily Crunch - SoftBank founder leaves Alibaba board

TechCrunch Newsletter [TechCrunch logo]( [The Daily Crunch logo]( Thursday, June 25, 2020 • By [Anthony Ha]( SoftBank and Alibaba seem to be pulling apart, Amazon launches a no-code app builder and a new congressional bill takes a different approach to online protections. Here’s your Daily Crunch for June 25, 2020. [Masayoshi Son resigns from board of Alibaba; defends SoftBank Group’s investment strategy]( SoftBank Group founder Masayoshi Son said he’s leaving the board of Jack Ma’s Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group, a month after Ma left the board of SoftBank. Son said he sees the move as “graduating” from the board of his most successful investment to date. He then swiftly moved to defend the Japanese group’s investment strategy, which has become the subject of scrutiny and public mockery. [Read more]( [Masayoshi Son resigns from board of Alibaba; defends SoftBank Group’s investment strategy image] Image Credits: Kiyoshi Ota / Bloomberg / Getty Images [Simplify and Accelerate Modern App Development]( Sponsored by [DataStax]( [Build cloud-native applications powered by Apache Cassandra. You can minimize risk and optimize costs with DataStax Astra on Google Cloud Platform. Get started today!]( [Read more]( [AWS launches Amazon Honeycode, a no-code mobile and web app builder]( Honeycode is supposed to make it easy for anyone to build their own applications using a web-based, drag-and-drop builder. [Read more]( [PACT Act takes on internet platform content rules with ‘a scalpel rather than a jackhammer’]( The PACT Act is a new bipartisan effort to reform Section 230, the crucial liability shield that enables internet platforms to exist, approaching the law’s shortcomings “with a scalpel rather than a jackhammer,” said Senator Brian Schatz (D-HI). It’s being proposed as an alternative to the EARN IT Act and President Trump’s executive order attacking Section 230. [Read more]( [PACT Act takes on internet platform content rules with ‘a scalpel rather than a jackhammer’ image] Image Credits: Patrick Foto / Getty Images [SevenRooms raises $50M to double down on reservations, ordering and other tools for hospitality businesses]( SevenRooms serves restaurants, hotels and other venues, although food service establishments account for about 95% of its business. Another new opportunity has emerged as shops and other in-person venues are looking at reservations to help with social distancing. [Read more]( [5 VCs agree: COVID-19 reshaped adtech and martech]( We last surveyed VCs about their advertising and marketing investment strategies back in January in a completely different world, before the coronavirus pandemic began to wreak havoc on the global economy. To find out how the landscape looks now, we’ve compiled updated answers from two investors who participated in the previous survey and brought in three new perspectives. (Extra Crunch membership required.) [Read more]( [5 VCs agree: COVID-19 reshaped adtech and martech image] Image Credits: Buena Vista Images / Getty Images [New York City could have an e-scooter pilot program by March]( The New York City Council is expected to vote on a bill that will require the New York Department of Transportation to create a pilot program for the operation of shared electric scooters in the city. [Read more]( [NASA seeks crowdsourced help designing a better moon toilet]( The competition seeks “innovative designs for fully capable, low-mass toilets that can be used both in space and on the Moon.” It’s not the first time that NASA has enlisted the power of the crowd, and HeroX’s crowdsourcing platform, to come up with innovative technology around human waste management. [Read more]( [Read more stories on TechCrunch.com]( Newest Jobs from Crunchboard - [Subject Matter Advisor (CMS) at Tetra Tech (Kabul, Afghanistan)]( - [Enterprise Application Analyst at Northern Water (Berthoud, CO, USA)]( - [Principal Associate, Network Engineer at The Pew Charitable Trusts (Washington, D.C., USA)]( - [Technical Business Development Manager at BizLink Technology (Fremont, CA, USA)]( - [Technical Program/Product Managers at D. E. Shaw Research (New York, New York, 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]( [Privacy Policy]( | [Terms of Service]( | [Unsubscribe]( © 2020 Verizon Media. All rights reserved. 110 5th St, San Francisco, CA 94103