Top Stories of the Day // March 14, 2016

John Oliver dives into the iPhone FBI encryption debate | Microsoft is using Minecraft to develop artificial intelligence tech for the real world | Wherefor lets you search for vacations based on how much you want to spend | NASA tests first rocket engine designed to send humans to Mars | Big data and the Death Star | Like player coaches, tech CTOs should know how to code | Adobe launches Experience Design CC, a new tool for UX designers |

DAILY MONDAY, MARCH 14 2016 TODAY'S TOP STORIES: TOP HEADLINE | Greg Kumparak John Oliver dives into the iPhone FBI encryption debate 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… Jon Russell Microsoft is using Minecraft to develop artificial intelligence tech for the real world Yet more proof that Minecraft is more than just a game comes our way today. Microsoft has plans to use the platform, which it bought for $2.5 billion... Read More… SPONSORED CONTENT Fred Wilson to rep New York at Disrupt NY in May Fred is a veteran at TechCrunch Disrupt New York, which makes sense given his contribution to the growth of the New York tech scene over the past 20 years. He promised to make sure it's "not the traditional VC stuff" — and we hope you can join us to see him speak. Learn More… Jay Donovan Wherefor lets you search for vacations based on how much you want to spend As a travel enthusiast, it was a problem Ryan Wenger had often encountered: How can a person search for a flight and hotel based on the amount of money they... Read More… Emily Calandrelli NASA tests first rocket engine designed to send humans to Mars NASA has successfully tested their first RS-25 rocket engine for the agency’s next heavy lift rocket, the Space Launch System (SLS), for 500 seconds. The... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Evaldo H. de Oliveira Big data and the 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... Read More… CRUNCH NETWORK | Kiran Bondalapati Like player coaches, tech CTOs should know how to code 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.... Read More… Frederic Lardinois Adobe launches Experience Design CC, a new tool for UX designers Adobe today launched the first public preview of its new Experience Design CC tool, which was previously known as Project Comet. Experience Design CC is the... Read More… Get more stories at techcrunch.com  Newest Jobs From CrunchBoard: QA Manager at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) Head of Design at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) Product Analyst at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Software Engineer - DevOps at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) Senior Software Engineer - Web Development at FiveStars (San Francisco, CA, United States) SEE MORE JOBS ON CRUNCHBOARD Post your tech jobs and reach millions of TechCrunch readers for only $200 per month If you do not want to receive this email or you would like to update your preferences click here. 410 Townsend Street, San Francisco, CA 94107 © 2016 AOL Inc. All rights reserved.   Privacy Policy   Terms of Service