[ad_1] Ben Franklin once famously said that in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes. But that doesn’t make dealing with either particularly natural and easy. Tech is rushing in to fill that gap, and today a Berlin-based startup called Taxfix, which has built a popular mobile assistant to address the former of these, is announcing a big round of funding to fuel its growth. It has closed a…
"Taxfix, the Berlin-based mobile tax filing app, raises $220M at a $1B+ valuation – TechCrunch"Author: Staff Reporter
[ad_1] OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Martine Roamba’s 10-month-old daughter weakly tugs at her mother’s breast searching for milk. The malnourished baby has been struggling to feed since birth as her mother hasn’t had enough to eat to produce sufficient breastmilk since fleeing her village in northern Burkina Faso last year when jihadis started killing people. Seated on a hospital bed with other severely malnourished children and their parents on the outskirts of Burkina Faso’s…
"Hunger grips Burkina Faso due to increasing jihadi violence"
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"The Comprehensive Multivitamin for Everyday Glow"
[ad_1] Johnny Depp displays the middle finger of his hand, injured while he and his ex-wife Amber Heard were in Australia in 2015. Photo: Evelyn Hockstein/AFP Please note: This article contains content and footage of a violent and disturbing nature. Testy at times, rambling and poetic at others, Johnny Depp has embraced a familiar role at his defamation trial against his former wife Amber Heard – the leading man. During three days on the witness…
"WATCH | Johnny Depp in starring role at defamation trial"
[ad_1] Days before Osman Kavala’s appearance in a Turkish court on Friday, his wife, Ayse Bugra, gave an exclusive interview to FRANCE 24. She spoke about the accusations faced by the so-called “red billionaire”, a prominent member of Turkish civil society who has been behind bars without a sentence since October 2017. He risks life in prison if he is found guilty of “attempting to overthrow the government”. Osman Kavala, a philanthropist and entrepreneur nicknamed the…
"‘I don’t expect anything’ from Turkish justice"
[ad_1] Meta is reportedly investigating whether Sheryl Sandberg broke company rules in her dealings with a publication that was reporting on Activision CEO Bobby Kotick, who she was dating at the time. According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal, the Meta COO used company resources to help kill negative reporting about Kotick. Meta is now reportedly conducting a “review” of her actions and “whether she violated the company’s rules.” According to the…
"Sheryl Sandberg reportedly used Facebook resources to help embattled Activision CEO"
[ad_1] Ukraine said Russian forces in their new offensive had captured the town of Kreminna, an administrative centre of 18,000 people in Luhansk, one of the two Donbas provinces, after a ferocious night of artillery bombardment along a 482-kilometre front line in the east. Driven back by Ukrainian forces in March from an assault on Kyiv in the north, Russia has instead poured troops into the east for the launch of what its foreign minister,…
"Russia issues new ultimatum for surrender of Mariupol"
[ad_1] Marine Le Pen’s comments in an interview in early February this year were particularly forthright: “I do not believe AT ALL that Russia wishes to invade Ukraine,” she said. The remarks were also rather unfortunate, given that barely a fortnight later Vladimir Putin sent thousands of troops, amassed on Ukraine’s border, into the country. Russian bombardments have since flattened towns and cities, and there have been multiple reports of Russian soldiers murdering, torturing and…
"French election: What exactly is Marine Le Pen’s stance on Russia and Vladimir Putin?"
[ad_1] Tables are very important both for domestic and commercial purposes. They are what people use to work on when they are in their home offices. Tables and desks come in varying forms and designs, each perfect for a particular set of roles. We are going to look at the types of tables that are used for all types of settings, the roles they are used for, and how you can improve your life by…
"Types of Tables for Your Home"
[ad_1] The Wyss Center for Bio and Neuroengineering has developed a communication platform for people with complete locked-in syndrome. A 36-year-old German man in a completely locked-in state was outfitted with a novel brain-computer interface (BCI) system that relies on auditory feedback. The man learned to alter his brain activity in response to that auditory feedback to compose simple messages. He used this ability to ask for a beer, for his caretakers to play his…
"BCI lets completely “locked-in” man communicate with his son, ask for a beer"