News Headlines - 06 May 2019

▽Royal baby: Meghan gives birth to boy, Harry announces - BBC News

A beaming Prince Harry said they were "absolutely thrilled" and thanked the public for their support.
He said Meghan and the baby were doing "incredibly well", adding that they were still thinking about names for the infant, who was delivered at 05:26 BST... The baby boy is seventh in line to the throne, behind the Prince of Wales, the Duke of Cambridge and his children - Prince George, Princess Charlotte and Prince Louis - and Prince Harry.

▽Theresa May in secret discussions on second Brexit referendum

Theresa May has held secret discussions over a three-way second referendum ahead of a crunch meeting with Labour this week to agree a cross-party Brexit deal.
The Prime Minister has carried out “scenario planning” with aides and ministers in case the Government cannot prevent a Parliamentary vote on a second referendum.

▽Dow makes major recovery, rebounding from 471-point plunge - CNN

The Dow closed just 66 points lower on Monday, recovering from a plunge of as much as 471 points. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq also erased their sharp losses, ending just 0.5% lower.
The comeback signals investors don't believe President Donald Trump's surprise threat to impose higher tariffs on China will spark a painful deepening of the trade war. Optimists are even hoping an historic trade deal will still be reached.

▽Boeing Discovered Problem With Warning Light But Didn't Notify For A Year : NPR

Boeing knew that there was a problem with one of the safety features on its 737 Max planes back in 2017 - well before the Lion Air crash in October 2018 and the Ethiopian Airlines crash in March. But it did not disclose the issue to airlines or safety regulators until after the Lion Air plane crashed off the Indonesian coast, killing all 189 aboard.

▽Firefox Addons Being Disabled Due to an Expired Certificate

Mozilla Firefox users are discovering that all of their addons were suddenly disabled. It turns out that this is being caused by an expired intermediary certificate used to sign Mozilla addons.
In numerous reports on Reddit, Twitter, and bug reports on bugzilla, users were stating that their Mozilla addons were suddenly disabled with a message stating that they "could be verified for use in Firefox".