Depending on what part of the US you live in, going back to school in the traditional sense may be entirely off the table. And regardless of how old your children are, navigating these uncertain times have proven to be a hellish nightmare we wish we could wake up from […]
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Expert answers most-Googled questions about working parents and back-to-school
With the future unpredictable as kids return to the classroom during the coronavirus epidemic, parents are turning to Google to ask questions and attempt to plan. As a part of TODAY’s coronavirus and the classroom series, NBC senior business correspondent Stephanie Ruhle answered the three most-Googled questions about the 2020-2021 […]
You Can Now Match Your Face Mask to Your Dog’s Bandana
From Good Housekeeping As the novel coronavirus pandemic surges on, the demand for face masks has some retailers scrambling to make more — and sometimes, finding a mask that’s actually in stock and ready to be shipped is tricky. Medical-grade surgical masks are in tight supply as healthcare workers on […]
Parents go into debt to pay for kids’ breakfasts, lunches
Switching from in-person to online schooling has been hard on many families – and on their budgets. About one-quarter of parents say they’ve gone into debt to pay for their kids’ at-home school expenses, and many blame the cost of their kids’ breakfasts and lunches when they switched to learning […]
Digital Transformation Drives Computer Software Firms: 5 Picks
Digital transformation is often perceived differently across the organization structure that leads to confusion. But, in the last few years, companies around the world have put in collective effort to enable smooth business transformation. The coronavirus outbreak in the beginning of 2020 pushed employees to adapt to remote working, which […]
‘CRA has to devise stronger systems,’ not blame Canadians: experts
REUTERS Following a massive cybersecurity breach that affected thousands of Canadian CRA accounts, experts say that a behavioural shift in how the public approaches cybersecurity is important, but institutions need to take the lead. The CBC first reported the series of cyberattacks that compromised the personal information of 11,200 accounts. […]
Parents are going into debt to pay for kids’ breakfasts, lunches
Switching from in-person to online schooling has been hard on many families – and on their budgets. About one-quarter of parents say they’ve gone into debt to pay for their kids’ at-home school expenses, with a large share blaming the cost of paying for their kids’ breakfasts and lunches when […]
How to Navigate Online College Classes as a Student With Disabilities
As the fall semester begins and students head back to class, many are doing so virtually. Colleges are taking coronavirus prevention precautions, with hundreds opting for fully or partially online classes. But what does the shift to online classes mean for students with disabilities? To get a sense of what […]
5 Momentum Stocks Flying High in August, Promising More Upside
Wall Street is having a dream run since Mar 23, defying coronavirus-induced economic woes, and August is no exception. All the three major stock indexes — the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite — have rallied 50% or more from their recent low levels recorded on Mar 23. […]
‘Are we ready?’ LAUSD’s first day back to school, online and on Zoom, is anything but normal
Tech fuelled ‘everything’s awesome’ rally looks unstoppable
By Saikat Chatterjee and Thyagaraju Adinarayan LONDON (Reuters) – Today’s $72 trillion question for investors: To buy or not to buy into the global equities rally? Notwithstanding inflated share prices, politics and the pandemic, the answer from many is a resounding “yes.” That’s not just because unprecedented stimulus – $20 […]
Pandemic forces Malaysian palm industry to rethink reliance on foreign labour
By Mei Mei Chu KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) – Malaysia’s palm oil producers are embarking on a rare recruitment drive to hire locals and accelerating industry mechanisation as they grapple with a severe shortage of foreign labour due to the coronavirus pandemic. As the September-November peak production season approaches, companies are […]
These Back-to-School Discounts & Freebies Will Take the Load Off (A Little) This Year
There’s a whole lot changing about education this year, but one thing remains the same: Parents spend a lot of money on our children at this time of year, so we need all the help from back-to-school discounts and freebies we can get. Some of us might be buying two […]
How Virtual Concert Platform Wave Plans to Save Live Music
Eight years ago when Tupac Shakur’s hologram was billed to perform at Coachella, the idea seemed almost unthinkable to most. But now as the coronavirus pandemic continues, artists and fans are increasingly turning to live streaming platforms and companies like Wave, a Culver City-based software firm that creates avatars of […]
Antiviral apparel? Here’s what experts say about clothing that is said to kill COVID-19
Brands are rolling out apparel made of fabrics with antiviral technology in an effort to slow the spread of coronavirus. But is the clothing necessary? In March, Swiss textile group HeiQ announced it had developed a treatment for textiles called Viroblock NPJ03 that it says is antiviral and antimicrobial. The […]
Should teachers be considered essential workers?
“The 360” shows you diverse perspectives on the day’s top stories and debates. What’s happening As the coronavirus pandemic began to hit the United States, schools shut down and moved online for the remainder of spring for the safety of their teachers and students. Now, with a new academic year […]
Christian leaders debate how to do church amid pandemic
On a recent Sunday, Rod Loy, senior pastor at the First Assembly of God in North Little Rock, Arkansas, delivered the message of the Gospel through his computer screen. “It’s easy to live out your faith when everything is going good,” he preached to his congregation. “But the real test is difficult. How […]
Why Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ Represents a Big Piracy Risk Around the World
Christopher Nolan’s sci-fi epic “Tenet” is charting a new course for blockbusters during the pandemic by opening in foreign territories before it lands in the U.S. However, many of the factors that make “Tenet” the milestone film in the cinema industry’s post-coronavirus road to recovery are simultaneously elements that expose […]
Why you really should get your flu shot this year; video shows maskless Georgia partiers; US passes 170K deaths
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is calling on House lawmakers to return this week to vote on a bill that would block the changes that the Trump administration has made to the U.S. Postal Service. Pelosi and other Democrats say the changes will cause a slowing of the flow of mail and potentially […]
The algorithms that make big decisions about your life
student protesting Thousands of students in England are angry about the controversial use of an algorithm to determine this year’s GCSE and A-level results. They were unable to sit exams because of lockdown, so the algorithm used data about schools’ results in previous years to determine grades. It meant about […]