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The latest data shows that miners are shutting down the mining equipment. Since the halving, there has been a 40% drop in hashrate. Arguably, just before the halving, this was at an all-time high with miners competing to grab as much as Bitcoin they could get while the reward was 12.5 BTC.

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French President Emmanuel Macron said that a coronavirus vaccine should not be subject to market forces, his comments came after an announcement by French drug giant Sanofi to prioritize the US market if it develops a Covid-19 vaccine. "For us, it would be unacceptable for there to be privileged access to such and such a country for financial reasons," Deputy Finance Minister Agnès Pannier-Runacher told France's Sud Radio

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Tech giant Microsoft announced the acquisition of Metaswitch Networks, a company with software that telecommunications companies can use to deliver voice and data services to their customers. Telecommunication giants like British Telecom and Sprint are customers of Metaswitch. Corporate Vice President of Microsoft, Yousef Khalidi announced in a blog post. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed

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Around 3 million jobless claims were filed last week in the US as the jobless claims tally during the coronavirus crisis reached 36.5 million, according to the Labour department figures released on Thursday. Total 2.981 million new claims for unemployment insurance filed last week brought the total to 36.5 million, by far the biggest loss in U.S. history. The labor department reported a loss of 20.5 million jobs in April

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French footballer and Manchester United’s superstar Pogba has been named as the Premier League 's wealthiest footballer in this year’s edition of The Sunday Times Rich List. Pogba’s net worth now stands at around 50 million pounds, he is one of four Manchester United players to feature on the Young Sports Rich List, which highlights the wealth of sports stars under the age of 30

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According to the data gathered by app analytics firm Sensor Tower, Zoom topped the list of the most downloaded non-gaming apps worldwide in April 2020. The video-conferencing app got a total of 131 million downloads in April. Sensor Tower’s report says “The countries with the most installs of the app during this period were India at 18.2%of its total downloads and the United States at 14.3%”.

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According to research conducted by the University of Saskatchewan, playing video games can help in stress reduction and it can also help in improving mental health. University of Saskatchewan computer science professor Regan Mandryk says video games aren't just a mindless way to waste time. "When people play video games they have a lot of benefits to our emotional health or social health and our mental well-being," Mandryk said

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For almost two weeks, Russia is adding more than 10,000 new coronavirus cases daily. Now, the country is just behind the US and Spain in the list of most number of COVID-19 cases. The mysterious part behind Russia's data is its mortality rate. The mortality rate in the US is 6%, in Brazil 7% and Western European countries like Italy and Spain 10% but in Russia, it’s less than 1%

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New Zealand eased lockdown restrictions for most of the businesses, including retail shops, malls, restaurants, and barbershops. Businesses opened their doors at 12.01 am Thursday with many employees returning to their workplaces. Long queues were spotted outside barbershops. Mass gatherings will still be limited to 10 people and social distancing guidelines remain in place under the country's Level Two restrictions

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One of the world’s most populated cities, Mumbai in India is now suffering from the blood shortage crisis in public and private hospitals amid the coronavirus crisis and lockdown. The acute shortage has worsened as a limited number of units left in public and private hospitals in the city. According to the Maharashtra State Blood Transfusion Council, only one-sixth of the usual stock if left in some hospitals

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Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan celebrated the 743rd anniversary of the Turkish Language on Wednesday. "We always defended the interests of our country and the right of the oppressed in Turkish," Recep Tayyip Erdogan said on Twitter. He encouraged people to speak Turkish. Karamanoglu Mehmetbey University rector Mehmet Akgul said that Turkey's "greatest responsibility" to protect and develop the Turkish language against the adverse effects of other languages

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According to a London-based research firm, IWSR Drinks Market Analysis. India consumes more whiskey than any other country in the world and ranked second, just behind China in the overall consumption of alcohol. The country saw long queues outside the liquor shops when the Government announced easing in lockdown restrictions. In cities like Mumbai, booze-loving people made a mockery of social distancing, prompting the government to shut the shops again

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Global air traffic has fallen 90% amid lockdowns and travel restrictions around the world. Dubai International Airport recently released its numbers for the first quarter of 2020 and recorded a 20% drop in the number of passengers. “Dubai Airports today confirmed that Dubai International (DXB) recorded a total of 17.8 million customers during the first quarter of 2020, a year-on-year contraction of 19.8%, ” a statement from Dubai Airports said

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Emergencies director at WHO, Dr. Mike Ryan said in a virtual press conference in Geneva that coronavirus pandemic may never go away just like HIV. "It is important to put this on the table: this virus may become just another endemic virus in our communities, and this virus may never go away," Dr. Ryan said. "HIV has not gone away - but we have come to terms with the virus”

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Amazon announced on Wednesday that the company is rolling out new 8-inch Fire tablet models with a starting price of $89.99. The Fire HD 8 tablets include the new HD 8 and the HD 8 Plus. The HD 8 is priced at $89.99. Unlike Apple’s expensive range of iPad Tablets starting at $329 and up, Amazon’s strategy is to try to gain a wide customer base for less-expensive Fire tablets

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According to a new study, Nitrogen, together with organic molecules , carbon-rich molecules that are considered the building blocks of life as we know it have been spotted in the Alan Hills meteorite.. Even though the Alan Hills sample has been in the news before, this was the first definitive evidence that there was nitrogen in the meteorite.

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Coronavirus cases are exploding in Brazil. The country has recorded its highest daily rise in the number of deaths from COIVD-19, health officials say. Brazil registered 881 new deaths on Tuesday. The total death toll now stands at 12,400. It comes after researchers said the first recorded coronavirus-related death in Brazil happened almost two months earlier than previously thought

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According to the statement by FBI, “The FBI is investigating the targeting and compromise of U.S. organizations conducting COVID-19-related research by [the People’s Republic of China]-affiliated cyber actors and non-traditional collectors,” the public service announcement issued by the FBI and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) said.

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In his first statement to Parliament on the coronavirus pandemic, months after the beginning of the outbreak in the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Boris Johnson on Monday issued a lengthy clarification to his government's advice over the lifting of lockdown measures.

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According to the reports, Uber's attempt to build the largest meal delivery company in the US by buying its rival Grubhub has immediately come under fire from lawmakers, city officials, and antitrust experts. Uber and Grubhub, currently the second and third-largest US meal delivery companies by market share behind DoorDash, are in talks over a tie-up as the coronavirus crisis accelerates consumer demand for delivery services.

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The Alameda County Public Health Department announced on Twitter early Wednesday that the Fremont, California plant of Tesla will be able to go beyond basic operations this week and start making vehicles this coming Monday — as long as it delivers on the worker safety precautions that it agreed to.

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US grocery store price tags are soaring across the country. Prices at the supermarket are rising sharply because coronavirus has disrupted the food supply chain : When restaurants shut down, Americans started cooking at home, and demand for groceries shot up. Breakfast cereal prices rose 1.5%. Doughnut prices shot up 5% last month, and muffins are 4.7% more expensive. Baby food prices rose 2.7%.

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Iraq, OPEC’s second-biggest producer and the least compliant member in all previous rounds of cuts, has told some of its Asian oil buyers that it would not send the full contractual volumes requested for June, traders who were informed of the measure by Iraq’s state oil marketing company SOMO told Bloomberg on Wednesday.

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Donald Trump tweeted about China and its role in coronavirus pandemic. “As I have said for a long time, dealing with China is a very expensive thing to do,” Trump said, “We just made a great Trade Deal, the ink was barely dry, and the World was hit by the Plague from China. 100 Trade Deals wouldn’t make up the difference - and all those innocent lives lost” he added

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According to a report published by Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Wednesday, coronavirus pandemic will reverse globalization as countries will move towards regional supply chains to reduce dependence on Chinese manufacturing. “Covid-19 will push more companies in other sectors to relocate parts of their supply chains,” the report predicted. “The outcome of this will be an Asian supply chain network that is both less China-focused and more diverse"

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