Thousands of schools closed during the week of Jan.2 after the holiday break, amid a surge of COVID-19 cases and harsh winter weather conditions.More than 5,200 schools closed across the U.S.the first week of the year, some of which will remain closed until Jan.16, according to community events website Burbio, […]
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The 58 Best Movies on Hulu Right Now (January 2022)
If you’re in the mood for some grade-A cinema, look no further than Hulu.The bountiful home to hundreds of titles, including big-budget tentpole films, indie breakouts, and everything in between, there’s simply no shortage of flicks to binge this weekend.In fact, the only trouble we think you’ll have is wading […]
Omicron hasn’t stopped the jobs recovery — yet
New York (CNN Business) The US economy added 199,000 jobs in December, the Labor Department reported Friday.That was the fewest jobs added in any month of 2021. That was a major disappointment: Economists had forecast jobs growth of double that number.So how could forecasts be so off again? “We just […]
Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor, dead at 94
Sidney Poitier, the beloved Oscar-winning actor, has died .He was 94.The star’s death was confirmed to Fox News on Friday by the Bahamian Ministry of Foreign Affairs Office.Prime Minister of the Bahamas Philip Davis also held a press conference on Friday morning where he remembered the film icon as an […]
Citigroup will terminate unvaccinated workers by Jan. 31, a first among Wall Street banks
Citigroup will be the first major Wall Street institution to enforce a vaccine mandate by terminating noncompliant workers by the end of this month.The bank reminded employees in a memo sent Friday about its policy, first disclosed in October, that they must be “fully vaccinated as a condition of employment.” […]
Facebook and Google are helping the FBI find January 6 rioters – Vox
A few days after the Capitol insurrection last January, the FBI got two tips identifying an Ohio man named Walter Messer as a participant, and both cited his social media posts about being there.To verify those tips, the FBI turned to three companies that held a large amount of damning […]
Fintech CEO rips into Meta, saying it won’t advertise on Facebook or Instagram ‘alongside scammers who are going after the savings of our customers’
The CEO of Starling said the bank is boycotting buying ads on Facebook and Instagram.The executive cited scammers “going after the savings of our customers” as the reason for the ban.She also said she hopes Meta’s metaverse mission doesn’t distract “from doing what is right today.” Get the latest tech […]
Donald Trump’s Truth Social set to launch President’s Day
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She pulled herself from addiction by learning to code. Now she’s leading a worker uprising at Apple.
But the storied tech giant, Scarlett says, turned out to be a place that blithely enables discrimination against women and other historically underrepresented groups, including disabled people.So, despite her plush new salary and a newfound sense of financial security, Scarlett, 36, says she decided to speak out, becoming one of […]
What Is Antivirus Company Norton Even Doing Mining Crypto on Your Computer?
Over the summer, the antivirus company Norton announced it was adding a new feature to its LifeLock security software: the ability to mine cryptocurrencies using its “Norton Crypto” tool.True to Norton’s roots as a security company, Norton Crypto was billed as a way to help customers improve their cybersecurity by […]