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    Etihad Returns To Pakistan But Passengers Must Have COVID Tests

    Etihad Airways has returned to Pakistan today, but with the caveat that every passenger boarding to Abu Dhabi must undertake a COVID test before...

    VPN providers rethink Hong Kong servers after China’s security law – TechCrunch

    In recent decades, Hong Kong has been considered a haven for data centers given its strategic location in Asia, a legal system trusted by...

    Ethiopian Reveals Post Lockdown Resumption Of Service

    Last week, Ethiopian Airlines announced it will be resuming regular services as lockdown restrictions begin to ease. Africa’s largest airline resumed services to Dubai...

    Monzo launches new Monzo Plus with software features it hopes users will want to pay for – TechCrunch

    Can a bank charge for software? That’s the existential question Monzo appears to be asking itself with its second — or, possibly, third —...

    American Airlines Begins Issuing WARN Notices To 25,000 Employees

    American Airlines announced today that it would begin issuing Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notices to 25,000 employees. This comes as government support...

    A hacker used Twitter’s own ‘admin’ tool to spread cryptocurrency scam – TechCrunch

    A hacker allegedly behind a spate of Twitter account hacks on Wednesday gained access to a Twitter “admin” tool on the company’s network...

    Just How Many Passengers Are Flying Across The Atlantic?

    It’s not exactly breaking news that transatlantic flying is in the doldrums. Flights that are still running are flying nearly empty, and airports are...

    Airbnb Says Its I.P.O. Plans Are Back on Track

    SAN FRANCISCO — Airbnb has resumed its efforts to go public, despite significant damage to the home rental business caused by the coronavirus pandemic,...

    Leaving the $3.2 billion portfolio he helped build at IndieBio, Arvind Gupta joins Mayfield to create the Genesis Consortium – TechCrunch

    Arvind Gupta, the founder and head of IndieBio, is leaving the accelerator whose portfolio he helped build into a $3.2 billion life sciences...

    Gmail for G Suite gets deep integrations with Chat, Meet, Rooms and more – TechCrunch

    Google is launching a major update to its G Suite productivity tools today that will see a deep integration of Gmail, Chat, Meet...

    Virgin Galactic brings on Disney Parks leader Michael Colglazier as new CEO – TechCrunch

    Virgin Galactic is shuffling its uppermost leadership ahead of the private space tourism company’s commercial service launch: It just announced Michael Colglazier, who...

    TSA Expands List Of Precheck Eligible Passengers

    A tweak to TSA PreCheck eligibility criteria means several million US citizens, US nationals, or lawful permanent residents can now gain access to fast-tracked...

    Apple, Biden, Musk and other high-profile Twitter accounts hacked in crypto scam – TechCrunch

    A number of high-profile Twitter accounts were simultaneously hacked on Wednesday by attackers who used the accounts — some with millions of followers...

    StackHawk, the Denver-based bug-detecting service, hires developer of open-source project Zed Attack Proxy – TechCrunch

    StackHawk, the Denver-based software startup offering service to detect and fix security bugs, is doubling down on its support for the popular open-source OWASP...

    Twitter stock slides after-hours amid scramble to contain high-profile account hacks – TechCrunch

    Twitter’s stock slid as much as 4% in after-hours trading as the company tried to swat down hackers that had taken over the...

    VC Brad Feld has a new book — and some advice — for startups trying to deal with the unknowable – TechCrunch

    Brad Feld, the longtime investor and founder of both Foundry Group in Boulder, Co., and Techstars, the now-global accelerator program, has a new book...