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Fintech app Portabl raises $2.5M to help consumers securely store financial data

TechCrunch

He said the company’s goal is to wean people from passwords, helping consumers obtain more ownership over their economic data by granting control over who can access it. He was born in Colombia, adopted, and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. The app works like this: Portabl stores the information used to access existing financial apps.

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How panic over rumored school shooting threats went viral

The Verge

Another 13-year-old was also arrested in Connecticut for threats made against a school. If you see a threat of violence against a school or any other public place posted on social media, immediately contact local law enforcement or your local #FBI office. DO NOT share or forward the threat.

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University & Higher Education Advertising + Fundraising Study

Whole Whale

This spending covers development staff salaries, donor relations, fundraising events, grant writing, and capital campaign operations. The median fundraising expense per institution was $1.0 million, with colleges and universities averaging $3.7 million in fundraising expenses. What percentage of university budgets goes to advertising?

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What to expect if the EPA revokes this key part of U.S. climate policies

Fast Company Tech

As a law professor , I have tracked federal climate regulations and the lawsuits and court rulings that have followed them over the past 25 years. EPA that six greenhouse gases are pollutants under the Clean Air Act and that the EPA has a duty under the same law to determine whether they pose a danger to public health or welfare.

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Senators question Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Trump’s Labor Department pick, on her past pro-union views

Fast Company Tech

A section of the PRO Act would have overturned state right to work laws that give employees the right to refuse to join a union in their workplace. During her opening statement, Chavez-DeRemer described the proposed law as imperfect. I do not believe the secretary of Labor should write the laws.