March 14, 2016

Alooma scores $11.2 million Series A to solve data science pain points

Data scientist in front of giant board with mathematical formulas. Alooma, an Israeli startup that helps companies process and work with big data in real time delivered as a cloud service, announced an $11.2 million Series A round today led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and Sequoia Capital. The product focuses on the people working with data like data scientists and and users with advanced degrees in mathematics and machine learning, rather than… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

U.S. Says North Korea Rhetoric a Prelude to Attack

Escalating threats from North Korea's communist regime are indicators of a future military attack or another nuclear test in the coming days, according to a recent U.S. intelligence assessment.

The post U.S. Says North Korea Rhetoric a Prelude to Attack appeared first on Washington Free Beacon.

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Cubans convicted of US crimes could face deportation

MIAMI (AP) - As Washington normalizes relations with Havana, nearly 30,000 Cuban nationals convicted of crimes in the U.S. may face deportation.

The Miami Herald reports (http://hrld.us/1QCE347 ) that 28,400 Cuban nationals have served their prison terms and face automatic deportations. Some 18,000 live in Florida. For decades they've been ...

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John Oliver Dives Into The iPhone FBI Encryption Debate

apple If you were hoping that John Oliver would do a deep dive on the iPhone encryption debate: good news. Today's the day. Read More

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Trump used foreign student labor he pledges to ban

WASHINGTON (AP) - If elected president, Donald Trump has pledged to scrap a work visa program that brings 300,000 student workers each year to the U.S. Among the businesses that would be forced to stop hiring foreign labor: Trump's own.

The visa, known as the J-1, purports to offer a ...

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Marley Spoon, the cook-at-home food delivery service, expands across U.S. with $17M Series B

Box Marley Spoon, the cook-at-home food delivery service that competes with the likes of Gousto, Blue Apron, Plated, and Rocket Internet's HelloFresh, has closed $17 million in Series B funding. Read More

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Hillary Clinton Won't Meet Embattled Mayor Rahm Emanuel During Chicago Visit

Bernie Sanders has made Clinton's ties to the mayor an issue ahead of the Illinois primary.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

The Chicago Chaos Only Helps Trump

Many Americans have had enough of left-wing aggression against free speech

Via: The Daily Caller

Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's dramatic downfall rattles Brazil

BUENOS AIRES — During his eight years as president of Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva managed to turn his country into a poster child of developing economies and himself into a towering figure of the left admired at home and respected in Washington, the most consequential and well-known Latin ...

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Who Is The Real Heidi Nelson Cruz?

She is currently on a leave of absence without pay from a position at Goldman Sachs

Via: The Daily Caller

March 13, 2016

Hillary Clinton Accuses Donald Trump of Stoking Violence to Win Votes

Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders also took aim at the Republican front-runner Sunday night.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Who Attacked Donald Trump?

(John Hinderaker) A scary incident occurred yesterday at a Donald Trump event in Dayton, Ohio. A man rushed the stage, coming from behind Trump. His intent was unclear, but there was every reason to assume he intended to injure or kill Trump. He was quickly stopped and led away by Secret Service agents: The man was identified as Thomas ("Tommy") DiMassimo. He is a leftist, of course. Early on, the Trump camp

Source: Power Line

Clinton Stumped on Obamacare Cost Question, Tells Voter She Should Keep Shopping

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Ben Carson's supporters bewildered by Trump endorsement

MIAMI | Supporters of former GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson are bewildered over his surprise endorsement of Donald Trump last week, with many expressing outrage and others praying the retired neurosurgeon might soften the billionaire businessman's rough edges.

While they share an outsider's political perspective, the two are otherwise contrasts, ...

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Another Ex-State Dept. Official Refuses To Talk To Congress About Hillary's Server

Senators believe retired official knows about Clinton's server

Via: The Daily Caller

Romney Set to Campaign With Kasich in Ohio, NBC Reports

Mitt Romney to campaign with Republican candidate John Kasich at two stops in Ohio tomorrow, NBC News reports, citing unidentified person familiar. Romney not expected to endorse Kasich during the campaign swing

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Donald Trump blames Bernie Sanders' supporters for violence at rallies, threatens retaliation

BOCA RATON, Florida — Donald Trump blamed Sen. Bernard Sanders' supporters Sunday for inciting protests at his rallies, and vowed to send his own supporters to Sanders' events, as the GOP front-runner continued to court controversy ahead of Tuesday's slate of primaries.

Liberal pressure groups continued to cheer on the ...

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Big data and the Death Star

death-star The Star Wars movies have captured the imaginations of everyone, from baby boomers through millennials on down to tots. It seems like everyone has been talking about the latest episode in this saga. Around the water cooler, discussions begin with "Have you seen it?" Being a database company, the topic around this office is, of course, "How much data do they need to manage in… Read More

Source: TechCrunch

Clinton Says Trump 'Encouraging Violence and Chaos'

"Donald Trump is running a cynical campaign of hate and fear for one reason: to get votes," Hillary Clinton says at Ohio Democratic Party Legacy dinner. Trump "encourages his supporters to beat up anybody who disagrees with him": Clinton ''He's encouraging violence and chaos to get votes. He's pitting Americans against each other to get votes" Earlier, at a CNN Town Hall, Bernie Sanders says Trump's offer to pay legal fees of supporter who punched a protester is wrong "What that means is that Do

Source: Bloomberg Politics

Obama Supreme Court candidates Paul Watford, Sri Srinivasan, Merrick Garland scrutinized

With President Obama expected to nominate a federal judge to the Supreme Court this week, a coalition of conservative groups is digging through the backgrounds of potential candidates and developing a strategy to portray the nominee as a liberal who would upset the balance of the court.

Groups on the ...

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Top VA Hospital Bosses Would See Pay Doubled Under Proposal To Congress

In the rare occasions when VA executives are fired, they typically fight tooth and nail using appeal after appeal and launching lawsuits that divert agency officials to litigation when they could be focusing on making sure veterans are getting proper health care.

Via: The Daily Caller

Like player coaches, tech CTOs should know how to code

8233487012_5a802daa51_k They seem as anachronistic as helmetless hockey players, the no-dunking rule and bullpen carts. But the player-coach was once a familiar figure in pro sports. Bill Russell and Lenny Wilkens in the NBA. Curly Lambeau and George Halas in football. The first six World Series were won by guys who filled out the lineup card and also were on it. This form of multi-tasking fell out of favor decades… Read More

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Parties, the Convention, and Trump

(John Hinderaker) Donald Trump's populist uprising has, for some, cast the parties and their somewhat Byzantine nomination procedures in the role of anti-democratic anachronism. Ross Douthat sticks up for the parties: As Donald Trump attempts to clamber to the Republican nomination over a still-divided opposition, there will be a lot of talk about how all these rules and quirks and complexities are just a way for insiders to steal the nomination away

Source: Power Line

Michelle Malkin Takes On Drudge For 'Cheap Tabloid Shot' At Christians, Cruz [VIDEO]

Bestselling author and senior editor at Conservative Review, Michelle Malkin, is calling Matt Drudge "anti-Christian" for his choice of headlines regarding an event involving Texas Sen. , characterizing it as a "cheap tabloid shot" that exposes "ignorance and bigotry." The headline, posted to the Drudge Report Friday, involved a story of Cruz receiving the blessing of […]

Via: The Daily Caller

Cruz Says Brokered Convention Would Shatter Republican Party

"The people would quite rightly revolt if the Washington dealmakers tried to substitute their own choice for the choice of the voters," Ted Cruz says during rally in Concord, N.C. Says Washington establishment has "fevered dreams of the convention deadlocking and their being able to parachute in their favorite establishment candidate" during Republican convention to be held in Cleveland in July "That would be an absolute disaster" Earlier: Cruz Changes Tune on Delegates Before Tuesday's Vital Co

Source: Bloomberg Politics

WATCH LIVE: Trump Rally In Boca Raton, Florida [VIDEO]

Event scheduled from 7:00 pm till 10:00 pm eastern time

Via: The Daily Caller

How emerging tech can solve ad desensitization

smellovision Advertising has lost sight of a very basic concept: The pleasure principle. In the "golden days," the 1960s and 1970s, colorful creative in a full-page spread was enough to create buzz — and that's not just Mad Men nostalgia talking. With the advent of the Internet, new technology had the power to make advertising more poignant; instead, the worst-case scenario happened. Read More

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Kasich Calls on Rubio to Tell Pennsylvania Supporters to Drop Suit

The Ohio governor is battling to stay on the ballot in his neighboring state.

Source: Bloomberg Politics

John Kasich says "reward me"

(Paul Mirengoff) Marco Rubio is encouraging his supporters to vote for John Kasich in the Ohio primary. He reasons that he can't win there and that the next best thing to a victory is a result that halts the Trump express. Kasich is in the same position in Florida. He can't win there — he isn't even campaigning — but a Rubio win would be a blow to Trump. Kasich, however, is

Source: Power Line

How open record laws are applied in state legislatures

Lawmakers in every state have adopted laws requiring most government meetings and records to be open to the public. But in some states, lawmakers have exempted themselves from complying.

The Associated Press sent open-records request to the top lawmakers in all 50 states and most governors, seeking copies of their ...

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The two misconceptions dominating the encryption debate

WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 23: The official seal of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is seen on an iPhone's camera screen outside the J. Edgar Hoover headquarters February 23, 2016 in Washington, DC. Last week a federal judge ordered Apple to write software that would allow law enforcement agencies investigating the December 2, 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California, to hack into one of the attacker's iPhone. Apple is fighting the order, saying it would create a way for hackers, foreign governments, and other nefarious groups to invade its customers' privacy. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) When vulnerability is injected into technology used worldwide, it becomes everyone's liability. Read More

Source: TechCrunch

California Gun Owner Shoots, Kills Alleged Home Invader

'It's kind of scary'

Via: The Daily Caller