You’ll Love These 10 New Workout Songs

It’s February!

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To celebrate, we’ve got 10 new workout songs you will adore.

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It is the month of love after all.

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Worst Nites, Foster the People

Never say, “goodbye,” we say, “hello” (to awesome workouts).

If It Feels Good (Then It Must Be), Leon Bridges

“We don’t have to act so serious …”

Juice, Lizzo

Play. Sip. (Workout.) Repeat.

I Like That, Janelle Monáe featuring Easy All-Stars & Michael Goldwasser Reggae Remix

Oh, yeah, we like that.

High Hopes, Panic! At The Disco

Mama said, don’t give up … and play this for your next workout.

Future Me Hates Me, The Beths

It’s like 90s female rock is back, and it’s awesome.

Giant, Calvin Harris with Rag’n’Bone Man

Break those boulders.

And a couple more we love for your cool down or chill yoga workout …

La Di Da, Lennon Stella

Love It If We Made it, The 1975

Landslide, Beirut

Like always (and forever), here it is on Spotify for you to stream and sweat to! (And, while you’re there, check out our podcast, too.)

Got any new songs you’re loving that we should check out? –Jenn

Next Week on Xbox: New Games for February 5 – 8

Everyone Raises $100M, Pinterest And Zoom Want To Go Public, And HelloSign – TechCrunch

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast, where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines.

This week we recorded as a trio: Connie Loizos holding down the studio with our guest, the ever-present Jeff Clavier of Uncork Capital. I dialed in from the what was the East Coast, back before it froze over.

But while the temperature is low over here, the world’s tech news was anything but slow. Indeed, we had to cram a lot into a little bit of time, so here’s the quick overview to follow as you listen:

• Acorns raised a $105 million Series E. The company, best known for its savings product, does a bit more than just that. With its new capital, the service should have more than enough dosh to work to its own betterment, building a wealthfront for its investors and founders alike. A real square deal, if you will. 
• Stripe also raised another $100 million, but at its $22.5 billion valuation how much money is that really? Not much!
• Moving along, it being 2019, we couldn’t avoid chatting about the IPO market. First up was news that Pinterest has bankers. That Big Pint is going public is not a surprise. That this may finally be the year somewhat is; Pinterest has been a perennial IPO possible. We’re excited to see its margins so that we can better grok what it’s worth.
• And on the IPO front, Zoom is said to be making progress as well. Connie pointed out that 2018 was the year of the enterprise IPO, and that 2019 is looking more consumer-oriented. But that won’t stop Zoom if its S-1 comes in as healthy as we expect it.
• We ran a bit long (woo!) hitting on the SEC, Barrett Daniels, Uber, and more, but we did wrap talking about the Dropbox-HelloSign deal. More of those please, they’re fun to write about.

A big thanks to Jeff for joining us. Today we had two people on the show who are part of the first name club on Twitter. That was fun.

Hang tight, we’re back in a week!

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Nintendo to open its first official store located in Japan – TechCrunch

Fourteen years after unveiling its first location in New York, Nintendo is finally opening an official store in Japan, too. Nintendo Tokyo will be located in Shibuya Parco, the new flagship of the Parco department store chain. Nintendo Tokyo is scheduled to open at the same time as the shopping center in fall.

In an announcement, Nintendo said “we are preparing to make this store, which will be a new base for communicating Nintendo information in Japan, an enjoyable place for a wide range of consumers.” In addition to games, consoles, accessories like amiibo, and branded merchandise, Nintendo Tokyo will also host gaming kiosks and events (if the New York store, in Rockefeller Center, is anything to go by, these might include tournaments, demos, and launches).

Nintendo recently posted strong third-quarter revenue growth, but also cut its Switch forecast for the year. Sales may pick up again, however, if Nintendo releases a smaller and less expensive version of the console, as Japanese financial publication Nikkei reported it plans to do.