Author’s Blurb: I’ve never been the type of person to frequently go to artisan bazaars or similar, since they’re just not my scene. But from the few times I’ve been, I’ve noticed that there is always a variety of lesser-known sellers who benefit from the foot traffic. With the MCO …
Read More »How to Run for 2.5 Days
Welcome to the Running newsletter! Every Saturday morning, we email runners with news, advice and some motivation to help you get up and running. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. Runners are doing all sorts of things to get in their miles while in partial or total …
Read More »This 5-Year-Old M’sian Peanut Butter Brand By 2 SPM Grads Is Giving Itself 45 Days To Stay Alive
Author’s Blurb: Peanut butter is just one of those staples you must have if you enjoy toast (unless you have a peanut allergy), and the quality of a lot of mass produced commercial brands that I’ve tried over the years have been disappointing. But there are Malaysians out there trying …
Read More »Intellivision takes more than 10,000 VIP edition preorders for Amico console in a few days
Intellivision Entertainment‘s Amico retro video game console is proving popular with gamers who are anticipating its October launch in spite of the coronavirus pandemic. In a presale, Intellivision has received more than 10,000 preorders for the VIP version of the Amico, which is available for presales until Tuesday. Tommy Tallarico, …
Read More »Razer Could Start Mask Production In 30 Days – 3 Firms Have Pledged US$50K Each To Buy Them
Three Singapore companies Frasers Property Retail, JustCo and PBA Group have each committed US$ 50,000 to purchase surgical masks that gaming peripheral company Razer is producing. The masks will be donated to health authorities in Singapore and other countries in Southeast Asia, to support frontline healthcare workers in the fight …
Read More »‘A Week of Snow Days’? Ha! Families Deal With Cabin Fever
Anita Tandon and Sujit Chakravarthy, parents of three young children, ages 3 months to 7 years old, have taken extreme measures to keep order in their home during quarantine. “At 9 o’clock, school’s in session and I stop being ‘Mommy,’” said Ms. Tandon, who runs a marketing advisory firm in …
Read More »My Coronavirus Test: 5 Days, a Dozen Calls, Hours of Confusion
Almost a dozen calls with five health care providers over five hours. Two hours of hold music. Two hours in a hospital. Four days of anxiously checking an online portal for results. And lots of confusion. That’s the winding path through bureaucracy that took me from placing my first phone …
Read More »U.S. Senate votes to extend government surveillance tools for 77 days
(Reuters) — The U.S. Senate agreed on Monday to extend a set of government surveillance tools for 77 days, to allow lawmakers time to consider broader changes to the divisive domestic eavesdropping program. The Senate had been due to begin voting on Monday evening on a bill passed in the …
Read More »Internet Providers Won’t Cut Off Users Over Unpaid Bills for 60 Days
AT&T, Comcast and dozens of other telecommunications firms have committed to not disconnecting service to residential and small business customers who can’t pay their bills because of the coronavirus outbreak, the Federal Communications Commission said on Friday. The pledge the companies plan to implement also calls for them to open …
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