9 April - Pale Moon StartPage ( Aggregator )

Border Patrol Agents watch for illegal entry from Mexico into the U.S. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Spiegelbeeld van Pier A op de luchthaven van Zaventem (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

• Explosions Hit Kabul After Surprise Kerry Visitabout an hour ago Secretary of State John Kerry landed in Afghanistan Saturday for meetings with rival leaders of government.
• U.S. Officials: North Korea Not Likely Able to Strike U.S.
• U.S. Border Patrol Stats Omit Immigrant Deaths: Report
• Suspect Admits to Being Third Brussels Airport Attacker
• Four Arrested, Charged in Brussels Attacks
• Thousands Rally Against Tightening of Polish Abortion Law
• Crumbling Dam Has 1.5M Fearing Deadly Wall of Water
• North Korea Claims Successful Test of Rocket Engine
• Paris Suspect Among 'Several' Arrests in Belgium
• Belgian Police Arrest Multiple Paris, Brussels Terror Suspectsabout 22 hours ago Belgian prosecutors confirmed the arrest of multiple terror suspects, including Mohamed Abrini who is believed to be the 'man in the hat' seen in Brussels airport.
• Syrian Regime Releases American Prisoner
• 'I Worry He Might Die:' Drought Gripping Ethiopia's Children
• Kerry's Visit to Hiroshima Raises Questions for Obama
• 'Panama Papers' Lawyers Says Didn't Seek Americans
• New Rembrandt Portrait Unveiled ... by a 3-D Printer
• 'Swedish Number' Connects You to Randoms. So We Called It
• Naked Donald Trump Artwork Sparks Backlash
• Pope Francis Softens Communion Ban for Divorcees
• This Dog Is Missing After Being Sent to Edge of Space
• Watch Sam the Dog's Journey to Edge of Spacea day ago Students at a primary school launched Sam using a helium balloon in Morecambe Bay, England.
• Nazi Guard's Death Deprives Survivors of Justice
• Tokyo 2020 Unveils New Logos After Plagiarism Scandal
• Kerry Makes Unannounced Visit to Baghdad
• Shipwrecked Trio Saved After Spelling Out 'Help' on Beach
• Britain's Famous Savile Row Now Has Its First Woman Tailor
• Tokyo Unveils Shortlist of 2020 Olympics Logos
• 'Horrifying' Video Shows Hotel Worker Ignoring Attack
• Surveillance Video Shows Attempted Hotel Kidnapping
• Protesters Jump in Sea but Fail to Stop Deportation
• Watch: U.S. Airstrikes Hit ISIS Armored Vehiclea day ago The Pentagon released aerial footage showing coalition airstrikes on an ISIS armored personnel carrier near Shadaddi, Syria.
• U.K.'s Cameron Made Profit Off Trust Named in Panama Papers
• Ethiopia Battles Worst Drought in Decades
• The U.S. Is Way Behind Its Goal of Accepting 10,000 Syrian Refugees
• Pentagon: U.S. May Set Up More Small Outposts in Iraq
• Number of ISIS Fighters in Libya Has Doubled
• New Video Shows 'Man in White' Fleeing Brussels Attack
• U.S. Bombs Were Used in Attack on Market: Rights Group
• 300 Workers Kidnapped by ISIS: Syrian TV
• Wurst Behavior: Mercedes Shareholders Fight Over Sausages
• U.S. Student Found Dead in Russia Was Likely Killed: Mom2 days ago The grieving mother of a Missouri student whose body was found in a mountainous region of Siberia has hit out at local authorities.
• Venezuelans Get Fridays Off in Bid to Ease Crisis
• Tokyo's Hedgehog Cafe Sees a Spike in Popularity
• Brussels Bomber Briefly Worked in EU Parliament
• No More Hiding: Treasury Preps 'Panama Papers' Rule
• How a Hand-Painted Film Is Bringing Van Gogh's Art to Life
• It Is Now Illegal to Pay for Sex in France
• The Panama Papers: By the Numbers
• Nigerians Write Steamy Novels to Escape Religious Violence
• Tigers Declared 'Functionally Extinct' in Cambodia
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• Tech News
• The delayed revolution in digital financial servicesabout 2 hours ago  Technology has transformed how we work, communicate and travel. In contrast, modern digital technology has not yet transformed financial services. Open data is the key to change in this sector of the economy. The time has come for the financial services industry to join the open data revolution. Re...
• The funny things happening on the way to singularityabout 6 hours ago  People often ask me about the impact of 3D printing on jobs. Will the technology be a job creator or destroyer? The short answer is, it will take more jobs than it makes — and 3D printing is not alone. Technology will eventually make work obsolete. Our big problems are going to be figuring out how ...
• Dear Facebook, why are Facebook Comments so unremittingly terrible?
• With EmoWatch your Apple Watch knows if you are :) or :(
• 6 insights into the French SaaS landscape
• White House announces the kids and projects of its 2016 Science Fair
• SpaceX just landed a rocket on a drone ship for the first time
• Alphabet’s secretive Schaft Inc. shows off new bipedal robot in Tokyo
• New Facebook rules allow publishers and celebrities to share sponsored content
• BMW just jumped into the U.S. car-sharing biz, with the help of YC alum RideCella day ago  BMW just launched a new car-sharing service called ReachNow that will enable Seattle residents to access 400 cars that they can pick up and drop off pretty much wherever they like, as long as that’s not on the outskirts of town. Eventually, the idea is to expand into cities nationwide. BMW’s isn’t ...
• General Catalyst’s Phil Libin eyes bots with his first investment in stealth bot startup Begina day ago  Phil Libin has made his first investment since joining General Catalyst in a bot company called Begin that’s co-founded by GDGT co-founder Ryan Block, who left AOL Alpha in September last year to pursue the new venture. This is Libin’s first investment in bots, but it certainly wont be his last, as...
• Chariot for Women is a new ridesharing service for women only
• We’re giving you one more week to save $1,000 on Disrupt NY tickets
• Feinstein and Burr’s draft encryption bill would essentially make all encryption illegal
• WordPress.com turns on HTTPS encryption for all websites
• 13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week
• Gamification, personalization and continued education are trending in edtech
• Justice Department keeps pushing Apple to unlock iPh
• Rumors swirl EMC wants to dump Documentum ahead of Dell acquisitiona day ago  Rumors are flying today that to nobody’s surprise, EMC and by extension its new sugar Daddy Dell are looking to dump dowdy Documentum, the company’s enterprise content management product. It’s worth noting up front that in email to EMC asking for a comment on the story, a spokesperson had this to s...
• Today is the last day to save on Disrupt NY ticketsa day ago  You’ve waited long enough — the time to act is now. Like, right now. Today is the last day to get tickets to Disrupt NY 2016 at the discounted early-bird price of $1,995 per ticket, $1,000 less than the full retail price of $2,995 that takes effect tomorrow. Read More
• Here’s why we invited B.J. Novak to TechCrunch Disrupt NY 2016
• Luka, with $4.42 million in Series A, releases AI-powered chat bots
• Fintech dominates Nordic startup investments
• Can this video parody get Brits to care about online privacy?
• Sense A Life is a car seat monitor that could save a life
• Sprig founder Gagan Biyani on trying to build the largest healthy and organic restaurant
• An Uber driver in India was shot dead by his passeng
• Samsung’s Galaxy S7 series is selling a lot better than the Galaxy S6 dida day ago  It’s become increasing common to hear of Samsung’s mobile business struggling, but the early signs around its newest devices suggest that the company could turn the tide. Read More
• Uber agrees to pay up to $25M for misleading customers in California over its safetya day ago  Uber has agreed to pay up to $25 million to California-based prosecutors to settle a case in which the ride sharing giant is accused of misleading consumers around the safety of its service. Read More
• Hands on with Reddit’s new smartphone app
• GoPro goes all-in on VR without a winning hand
• Student-designed ‘FemtoSats’ aim to bring cost of satellite deployment below $1,000
• A lot of secondary buyers are apparently coming from overseas
• The second round of Disrupt NY Hackathon tickets are now available
• Mashable cuts staff as it shifts focus from politics and world news
• Now’s your chance to try Signal’s desktop Chrome app
• The Sacramento Kings just held the NBA’s first startup pitch competition2 days ago  At a game on Tuesday night, the Sacramento Kings held the National Basketball League’s first ever pitch competition. Four local companies (narrowed down from 32 semi-finalists and about 100 applicants) pitched to the entire stadium, which voted on Twitter for the winner. QuickLegal, an on-demand le...
• Sen. Franken wants to know what Oculus is doing with its Rift user data2 days ago  Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) has some questions for Oculus. The U.S. senator sent a letter this morning to Oculus CEO Brendan Iribe to inquire about how his virtual reality company is utilizing and sharing customers’ personal data. While Sen. Franken called VR technology “an exciting development,” he ...
• Litsy is a book-focused social network that goes beyond reviews
• Facebook will announce chatbot and live chat APIs at F8
• Test drive: Self-parking in the 2016 Jaguar XF S
• As globalization slows, new startup Globality raises $27 million to bring SMBs to world markets
• 13 women leading the life sciences movement in Silicon Valley
• Rapchat makes me the rapper I always knew I was
• Managed services killed DevOps
• Silicon Valley could gain $25 billion by narrowing gender gap2 days ago  Research has shown, time and time again, that diversity is good for business and the economy. If Silicon Valley can close the gender gap, the tech-heavy area could gain $25 billion (a 9% increase) in gross domestic product by 2025, according to a new McKinsey report. In San Francisco, the city coul...
• Clearbit Connect’s new Gmail widget can help you find anyone’s email address2 days ago  LinkedIn’s acquisition of the popular email add-in Rapportive, and its subsequent demolition as its new owner ripped out some of its best features, left a lot of users angry and scrambling for an alternative. A number of these have since launched, but a newcomer called Connect arriving today from C...
• FBI says method used to unlock iPhone doesn’t work with iPhone 5s or newer
• A few things I learned about virtual reality after spending way too much time in it
• Microsoft and HackerRank bring executable code snippets to Bing’s search results pages