With his internet cut off, Julian Assange steps down as editor of WikiLeaks – TechCrunch

WikiLeaks has a new top dog. Its contentious figurehead and founder, Julian Assange, will step aside, letting former WikiLeaks spokesperson Kristinn Hrafnsson take the reins due to what WikiLeaks calls “extraordinary circumstances” that have seen Assange “held incommunicado.” Assange created the organization in 2006 and has served as its editor-in-chief ever since. Hrafnsson, an Icelandic…

Our 3 favorite startups from Urban-X’s 4th demo day – TechCrunch

Urban-X, the urban-tech startup accelerator backed by MINI and early-stage urban-tech fund Urban.Us, hosted a demo day today for its fourth cohort of companies at its Brooklyn HQ.  The seven presenting companies offered solutions to issues plaguing modern cities, including toll-road pricing, energy and construction management, and even the inefficiencies of modern cycling helmets. In a…