The COVID-19 pandemic could wind up boosting South Florida’s standing as a national hub of technology businesses, dependent on a workforce that some executives describe as more skilled than most people think.
US Navy takes responsibility for ‘UFO sighting’ in Florida Andy Gregory
A white light hovering above Florida left people wondering whether they had seen a UFO this week – but, depending on your viewpoint, the official explanation is arguably more sinister.
Footage of the strange circular light began to flood social media on Tuesday night.
“I think we just saw a UFO in Delray Beach, Florida,” one Twitter user wrote, describing it as “disintegrating into the sky” before adding: “Coolest thing ever.”
Another appeared to joke: “Nobody panic. It’s just a wormhole with a craft coming out of it.”
But experts began to weigh in.
The thought of thousands of mask-free college students mingling on the sand the way they did last year just when COVID-19 was taking hold has some officials talking of curfews and maybe even beach closings to prevent another surge.
Honor Roll
The pandemic-fueled shift to online college learning proved a boon to Boca Raton-based Honorlock, an online test proctor founded by two Florida Atlantic University graduates.
Honorlock last year placed No. 236 on Inc.’s fast-grower list with 1,860% three-year growth. It raised $11.5 million in March as it plans to add to its 80 employees, further expand in the domestic market and develop the corporate and international market. Along with FAU and FIU, the company has UF and other Florida institutions as clients among several hundred nationally.
It’s led by CEO Michael Hemlepp, an investor who bought in along with Boca investor Dan Cane, who before co-founding Modernizing Medicine founded ed tech companies Blackboard and CourseInfo.
The thought of thousands of mask-free college students mingling on the sand the way they did last year just when COVID-19 was taking hold has some officials talking of curfews and maybe even beach closings to prevent another surge.