Philly News Briefs: 02/03/16

1.) The Philadelphia Auto Show is full of vehicles to look and and explore, but one overriding theme at the show is family friendliness. Cars featured at the show tout many innovative features designed with families and safety in mind. The new Chrysler Pacifica minivan was designed with kids in mind, featuring the Uconnect Theater system. It consists of two 8.4″ touchscreens located in the rear seats. Kids can each watch their own videos or play games, and parents can control the screens from a front touchscreen if, for example, they need to tell the children to quiet down. Also new from Chrysler: the “Are We There Yet?” app, which tells children how long until their destination and how long they have been in the car, so they don’t have to repeatedly ask parents.

A credit card data breach with the potential to impact Philadelphia consumers has been uncovered.

2.) The Free Library of Philadelphia is again kicking off its “One Book, One Philadelphia” reading initiative. “One Book, One Philadelphia” is an annual event designed to get people reading and talking about books by creating a sort of citywide book club – everyone reads the same book. This year, the book is Charles Frazier‘s Cold Mountain, which is themed around the Civil War. Siovhan Reardon, with the Free Library Of Philadelphia, told KYW Newsradio that Opera Philadelphia is concurrently running an opera of Cold Mountain and that the library has planned several other Civil War-themed programs and displays meant to coincide with the six-week reading period. Every neighborhood library will hold discussion events.

3.) Landry’s, Inc. and Golden Nugget Hotels and Casinos announced Tuesday that a credit card data breach has impacted consumers in the Philadelphia and New Jersey area. Investigators say criminals were able to install a data-mining program on credit card readers that could give away information like the consumer’s full name, card number, expiration date, and verification code. The breach affects customers who patronized various Landry’s and Golden Nugget locations between May 2014 and December 2015. More information is available here.