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Bryant has won numerous awards throughout his career, image via Getty Images
Sports
Kobe Bryant becomes a finalist for Basketball Hall of Fame weeks after the death

Basketball legend Kobe Bryant has been named a finalist in the running for entry into the Basketball Hall of Fame, with the final 4 inductees to be announced on Sunday. Bryant tragically passed away three weeks before the announcement in a helicopter crash and has since been mourned by the entire basketball community.

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Sat Feb 15 - Reuters
The movie will be based on the incredibly popular video game franchise, image via Naughty Dog
Entertainment
Tom Holland describes the plot of the new Uncharted movie

Hollywood superstar Tom Holland has revealed that the new Uncharted movie he is starring in will be an origin story for the franchise's main character, Nathan Drake. The film will not follow any of the events from the games and will tell an entirely new narrative. The movie will also star Mark Wahlberg as Sully.

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Sat Feb 15 - Collider
Team Evolve is known for making incredible custom maps, image via Epic Games
Gaming
Fortnite players pay tribute to Counter-Strike with new custom Dust 2 map

A collection of passionate Fortnite players who call themselves 'Team Evolve' have recently recreated Dust 2 in Fortnite. Dust 2 is one of the most popular first-person shooter maps in the world and can be played in numerous Counter-Strike games. The team has managed to make a living out of creating custom maps for the game.

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Sat Feb 15 - PCGamer
Coronavirus has now infected more than 67,000 people globally, Image via ABC
International
Coronavirus cases jumped above 67,000 as death toll crossed 1,500

Coronavirus has now infected more than 67,000 people globally with most cases from mainland China. The total number of deaths reached 1,526 with three deaths outside China. The US embassy in Tokyo revealed details about the plan to evacuate US citizens from the quarantined cruise ship, Diamond Princess. In the latest announcement from WHO, the first case of Coronavirus has been confirmed in Egypt.

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Sat Feb 15 - CNN
UEFA banned Manchester City for next two seasons, Image via AFP
Sports
Breaking: UEFA banned Manchester City for next two seasons

English Football club Manchester City has been banned from the Champions League for the next two seasons after a serious breach of UEFA’s financial fair play regulations. European Football’s governing body has also announced that Manchester City will not be able to compete in UEFA club competition and has to pay around 30 million euros in fine. Club responded by saying the case has been initiated and judged by UEFA

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Fri Feb 14 - SkyNews
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle fire UK staff, close Buckingham Palace office, Image via Mirror
Entertainment
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle closed Buckingham Palace office

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle had let go of all the 15 UK staffers who served their office in Buckingham Palace. They have completely closed the Buckingham Palace office. All the senior officials are aware of the lay-offs and office closure. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex told employees last month following their decision to step down.

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Fri Feb 14 - Google
Zuckerberg ready for Facebook to pay more tax as he welcomes rules review, Image via Vox
Business
Facebook ready to pay more taxes: Mark Zuckerberg

CEO of social media giant Facebook is ready to pay more taxes according to excerpts of his upcoming speech in Germany on Saturday. "I understand that there’s frustration about how tech companies are taxed in Europe, We also want tax reform and I’m glad the OECD is looking at this" Zuckerberg is expected to tell the Munich Security Conference.

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Fri Feb 14 - Google
Vodafone India on the brink of Bankruptcy after court orders, Image via Bloomberg
Business
Vodafone India on the brink of Bankruptcy after court orders

Vodafone Idea, the Indian subsidiary of UK based Vodafone plc is on the brink of collapse after an Indian court ordered Vodafone Idea and Bharti Airtel to pay $13 billion to the government by March 17. Vodafone Idea has to pay the $7bn it owes in retrospective license and spectrum fees. The bankruptcy would be a setback for a growing Indian economy.

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Fri Feb 14 - FT
UCLA scientists have discovered a mysterious ancient human population. Image via The Independent.
Science
Scientists discover a mysterious ancient human population

A research technique pioneered by scientists at UCLA has used computer modeling techniques on modern human DNA to discover a mysterious ancient human population that, much like the Neanderthals and Denisovans, is thought to have interbred with modern humans before dying out, with anywhere from 2 to 19 percent of DNA in modern West Africans belonging to this mysterious and unnamed hominin ancestor.

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Fri Feb 14 - CNN
Tesla to offer 2.65 million more shares as stock price skyrockets. Image via Business Insider.
Business
Tesla to offer 2.65 million shares as stock price skyrockets

Owing to the astronomical rise in the stock value of electric carmaker Tesla, CEO, founder, and billionaire inventor Elon Musk has stated that the company will be offering 2.65 million shares to raise an additional 2 billion USD, of which Musk will buy up to 10 million USD while board member and Oracle co-founder Larry Ellison will buy up to 1 million USD's worth of shares.

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Fri Feb 14 - Reuters
One-stop shop for healthcare data Innovaccer raises 70 million USD in funding. Image via Inventiva.
Technology
Innovaccer might be your next one-stop-shop for healthcare

Innovaccer, a startup that aims to provide a single source for all healthcare data and management for patients and physicians, has successfully raised 70 million USD in funding from Microsoft-backed M12, Dubai-based Mubadala Capital and Westbridge Capital among several others, and boasts a rapidly increasing user base of 3.8 million patients, claiming to have saved 400 million USD for healthcare systems worldwide.

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Fri Feb 14 - Techcrunch
Jordan-based gaming studio Tamatem raises 3.5 million USD in funding. Image via MENA Bytes.
Technology
Jordan-based game studio Tamatem raises $3.5 million in funding

Founder and CEO Hussam Hammo's Jordan-based game developer Tamatem has successfully raised 3.5 million USD in funding from existing investor Wamda Capital as well as new backers, setting the company up for expanding its operations into other Middle Eastern countries and continuing its mission of providing content for underserved gaming markets worldwide.

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Fri Feb 14 - Techcrunch
Slowthai posts public apology for behavior at the NME Awards show. Image via Sky News.
Entertainment
Slowthai publicly apologizes for NME Awards behavior

Slowthai, the UK rapper who won the NME Award for Hero of the Year, has publicly apologized on social media for his actions at the awards show, where he indulged in overtly sexual behavior with comedian Katherine Ryan, who many viewers thought was made extremely uncomfortable by his actions. Ryan has since stated she knew he was joking and was not made to feel uncomfortable by Slowthai.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
Tyson Fury promises second-round knockout against undefeated Deontay Wilder in February rematch. Image via Business Insider.
Sports
Tyson Fury promises second-round knockout in Wilder rematch

With the hotly anticipated rematch between Tyson Fury and current WBC heavyweight champion Deontay Wilder scheduled for February 22, Fury has stated that he is going to aim for a second-round knockout against the undefeated Wilder, who has an almost perfect record of 42-0 in fights, with his only draw coming against Fury in last year's title match, which resulted in a controversial tie decision by judges.

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Fri Feb 14 - TalkSport
Billie Eilish unveils new Bond theme to critical acclaim. Image via Variety.
Entertainment
Billie Eilish unveils new James Bond theme

Having become the youngest artist ever to perform the theme for a Bond movie at 18 years of age, rising pop star Billie Eilish recently unveiled the song she had been working on for the new James Bond movie No Time to Die. The song is receiving critical acclaim, with the duo of Eilish and her brother Finneas fusing classic James Bond theme elements and their own dark sound.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
Enrique Iglesias and Anna Kournikova announce their third child. Image via InStyle.
Entertainment
Enrique and Anna Kournikova announce third child

Russian tennis champion and American television celebrity Anna Kournikova and Latin pop star Enrique Iglesias have announced their third child, a baby girl, as the latest member of their growing family with two other children, two-year-old twins Lucy and Nicholas. The couple has been together since 2001 and in keeping with tradition shared loving pictures of their newly-born on Twitter and Instagram.

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Fri Feb 14 - CNN
Hope Hicks rejoins Trump administration for 2020 re-election campaign. Image via CNBC.
Politics
Hope Hicks rejoins Trump administration after two-year hiatus

Hope Hicks, the 31-year-old who joined US President Donald Trump's presidential campaign in 2016 and eventually held a post as White House communications director before resigning two years ago, has announced her return to the Trump administration. Hicks will be serving in a new role for Trump's 2020 re-election campaign, overseen by Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner.

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Fri Feb 14 - NewYorkTimes
Six Chinese health workers have died since the Coronavirus outbreak, Image via Xinhua/Cheng Min
International
Six Chinese health workers have died since the Coronavirus outbreak

According to the recent figures given by the Chinese officials, six health workers have died and 1,716 have been infected since the outbreak of the virus. Death of Dr. Li Wenliang sparked public anger and grief. The World Health Organization confirmed 1,381 deaths and 64,000 infected people from the virus. WHO said there was no major shift in the virus pattern and no significant rise outside China.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
Body of missing 6-year-old Faye Marie Swetlik found, death being treated as homicide. Image via CNN.
International
Body of missing 6-year-old Faye Swetlik discovered

The dead body of Faye Marie Swetlik, a 6-year-old who went missing a few days ago while playing in front of her house in a neighborhood in Cayce, South Carolina, has been found by Cayce Department of Public Safety officials. The investigation into her death is ongoing and is being treated as a homicide, and may be connected to another man's untimely death in the neighborhood.

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Fri Feb 14 - 5News
Season 5 of the show will air in two weeks, image via Warner Bros.
Entertainment
Netflix in talks to renew Lucifer for another season

According to some insider information, Netflix is currently in talks with Warner Brothers to make yet another season of Lucifer, saving the show from cancelation. The show was supposed to end at Season 5 but large viewership numbers and a large amount of fan backlash may have saved the show.

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Fri Feb 14 - TVLine
The movie will be released in the summer of 2021, image via Warner Bros.
Entertainment
Matt Reeves shares the first glimpse of Robert Pattinson in new Batsuit

'The Batman' director Matt Reeves shared a minute-long video of Robert Pattinson in a batsuit on Twitter on Thursday. The video was a camera test that showed off the new batsuit design from the waist up and under moody red lighting. The new suit looks sleek and polished, even coming off as somewhat metallic.

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Fri Feb 14 - IndieWire
Sonic was released after much delay due to backlash regarding the characters appearance, image via Paramount Pictures
Entertainment
New Sonic movie burned repeatedly by critics

The new Sonic movie has received mostly negative reviews from critics across the board, some even going as far as to call the movie a nightmare. Although some have praised Jim Carrey's portrayal of Dr. Robotnic, most have disparaged the film for its unimaginative plot and dialogue. Many expect the movie to do poorly at the Box Office.

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Fri Feb 14 - BBC
The company faced serious backlash after implementing a new non-chronological system, image via Getty Images
Technology
Instagram is internally testing new feature users have been waiting for

According to some insider information, Instagram is internally testing a new 'Latest Posts' feature that will show users the latest posts from their network as soon as they launch the app. Instagram is currently using a system that shows users posts that they are most likely to engage with, instead of what posts were made latest.

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Fri Feb 14 - TechCrunch
It is unclear when the app will come to Android, image via Facebook
Technology
Facebook launches new app to help you document your hobbies and projects

Hobbi is yet another experimental app released by Facebook and is currently only available on iOS. The app is centered around documenting and sharing your progress as you work on your favorite hobby or personal project. The app does not have any built-in social features as of yet, but users can externally share their pictures and videos.

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Fri Feb 14 - TechCrunch
Huawei has been repeatedly accused of stealing trade secrets, image via Getty Images
Politics
Huawei has been accused of helping Iran commit human rights violations

Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei has once again been accused by US prosecutors of committing corporate espionage and aiding sanctioned governments. This time they have been accused of helping Iran identify and track down protesters in 2009. Huawei has pled not guilty to all previous charges and claims the US is just trying to ruin its reputation.

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Fri Feb 14 - Reuters