(CNN) – Flying is just not what it used to be. The Covid-19 pandemic has had profound effects even for travelers who rarely experience uncertainty, fear or restlessness when flying. But with vaccinations ahead of time, many travelers are comfortable making spring and summer plans. Statistics from the U.S. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) show that … Read more
European regulators have questions about a Facebook privacy breach, Clubhouse is adding payments, and a robotics company has SPAC plans. This is your daily crisis for April 6th, 2021. The big story: Facebook faces data breach questions A breach of personally identifiable information (such as email addresses and phone numbers) on more than 500 million … Read more
Do you have a stack of Magic: The Gathering cards in storage somewhere? With the game’s “modern” format, you’re likely to be sitting on at least a few that might be worth selling. One of the most popular places to buy and sell trading cards online is on eBay. What keeps most people from parting … Read more
Two people were seriously injured in a rampage in an industrial park in Frederick, Maryland on Tuesday before the suspect was fatally shot at a nearby military facility, police said. The suspect, identified as a 38-year-old Navy medic, stepped into a store in Riverside Tech Park and some people fled, but it wasn’t immediately clear … Read more
ConductorOne announced a $ 5 million seed round led by Silicon Valley venture capital firm Accel. Fuel Capital, Fathom Capital and Active Capital also participated. Founded late last year by veterans of the enterprise ID startup Okta, ConductorOne will use the funds to build a platform that enables IT pros to automate and manage employee … Read more
Weather: Today mostly sunny with a temperature in the high 60s. Expect partly cloudy skies tonight with a temperature dropping by the mid 40s. Alternative parking: Valid until April 29th (Maundy Thursday, Orthodox). The federal stimulus tests should be a near universal benefit. Payments totaling $ 3,200 that would help most Americans recover from the … Read more
Glints, the Singapore-based career platform, announced today that it has raised $ 22.5 million in Series C funding led by Japanese human resources firm PERSOL Holdings. The new capital will be used to expand Glints in Singapore, Indonesia, Vietnam and Taiwan, as well as to recruit its product and development teams. Oswald Yeo, co-founder and … Read more
Today is the first day of contact for the Star Trek franchise, a celebration where people learned about the extraterrestrial volcanic species and set the stage for the United Federation of Planets a few centuries later. Sure, the April 5th meeting won’t be for 42 years, but Paramount + is still celebrating with a day … Read more
The Bidens are marking a virtual Easter celebration after the coronavirus pandemic canceled the White House’s Easter egg roll in 2021. “This year we know that many people are still foregoing the comfort of the season,” said President Joe Biden. (April 5th)
