Covid Live News and Updates

Covid Live News and Updates

Here’s what you need to know: Video transcript Back transcript Fauci Says Virus Variants Underscore Importance of Vaccinations Despite the receding number of coronavirus cases in much of the United States, hospitalizations continue to rise in communities with low vaccination rates as highly contagious variants spread around the country. What I’m going to do right … Read more

Virgin Galactic downplays talk about Branson vs. Bezos space race

Virgin Galactic downplays talk about Branson vs. Bezos space race

How serious could the suborbital space race between Richard Branson and Jeff Bezos get? (GeekWire photos) Would Virgin Galactic founder Richard Branson try to steal a march from Blue Origin (and Amazon) founder Jeff Bezos when it comes to which billionaire will fly his own suborbital spaceship first? There was some excitement over the question … Read more

Wagely, an Indonesian earned wage access and financial services platform, raises $5.6M – TechCrunch

Wagely, an Indonesian earned wage access and financial services platform, raises $5.6M – TechCrunch

Wagely founders (from left to right): Tobias Fischer, Sasanadi Ruka and Kevin Hausburg Earning Income (EWA) platforms, which allow workers to withdraw their earnings on demand, rather than waiting for payday, are on the rise around the world. Today, Indonesian EWA startup Lohnly announced that it has raised $ 5.6 million in strategic funding, led … Read more

CDC issues new travel advice for more than 120 countries

CDC issues new travel advice for more than 120 countries

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Monday updated their international travel policies to provide specific advice to both vaccinated and unvaccinated travelers. The update calls for 33 countries, including Iceland, Israel and Singapore, to be moved to the lowest risk category. The CDC’s revised Covid-19 guidelines on travel health notification aim to … Read more

WeWork shutting down Ballard location in Seattle as it restructures real estate footprint

WeWork shutting down Ballard location in Seattle as it restructures real estate footprint

Fishing buoys line the communal bar in the WeWork co-working space in Seattle’s Ballard district. (WeWork photo) WeWork is closing its location in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle less than two years after opening its office as the office-sharing company restructures its real estate presence amid the ongoing effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. In an … Read more

Opinion | Are We Destined for a Crisis of Democracy in 2024?

Opinion | Are We Destined for a Crisis of Democracy in 2024?

At the state level, the Republican-backed bills purporting to fight electoral fraud are apparently partly conservative paranoia – but as such they are designed to ward off screams of fraud, allegations about ballots sent in from China or conjured up in Italy. That kind of averting strategy can fail, of course, but right now, exercises … Read more

Are we overestimating the ransomware threat? – TechCrunch

Are we overestimating the ransomware threat? – TechCrunch

On Monday afternoon, the U.S. Department of Justice said it had confiscated much of the cryptocurrency ransom that U.S. pipeline operator Colonial Pipeline paid to a Russian hacker collective called DarkSide last month by tracking the payment as it passed through various Hacker group accounts hiked, and eventually broke into one of those accounts with … Read more

Best Father’s Day Sale 2021

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When is Father’s Day 2021? Father’s Day falls on the third Sunday in June, i.e. Sunday, June 20th in 2021. Expect the best Father’s Day gifts to start selling from early June and continue through the rest of the month. However, you will likely find most offers in the week or two immediately preceding Father’s … Read more