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Pete Davidson film ‘King of Staten Island’ skipping theaters
Entertainment
Pete Davidson film ‘King of Staten Island’ skipping theaters

Universal’s “The King of Staten Island” — a semi-autobiographical comedy starring Pete Davidson and directed by Judd Apatow — is hitting video on demand, making it the latest film to forgo a traditional theatrical release as cinemas remain closed due to the coronavirus outbreak.

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
Charging a MacBook on the Wrong Side Can Significantly Lower Its Performance
Technology
Charging a MacBook on the Wrong Side Can Significantly Lower Its Performance

Further testing shows that plugging two devices in on the right side may send temperatures soaring, but apparently at least some MacBook laptops don’t respond in the same way. According to his testing, simply having a device plugged into a TB port is enough to raise temperatures by about 10 degrees (even if the TB port isn’t used to provide power).

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
HBO Max details: Current HBO Now subscribers billed through Apple upgraded at no cost, more
Technology
HBO Max details: Current HBO Now subscribers billed through Apple upgraded at no cost

WarnerMedia announced last week that its new HBO Max streaming service will launch in May for $15 per month. As expected, there will also be a new HBO Max application that’s available for the fourth-generation Apple TV as well as iPhone and iPad. Those using an older Apple TV model will have to use AirPlay to stream content from their iPhone to the TV.

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
YouTube’s new chapters experiment makes listening to game soundtracks even better
Technology
YouTube’s new chapters experiment makes listening to game soundtracks even better

Instead of finding and clicking on hyperlinked timestamps and song titles in the video description, this new feature incorporates that metadata right into the red progress bar built within the video player. I presume that this feature still isn’t available for most people, and it doesn’t work for many of the long album uploads that I enjoy listening to on YouTube.

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
UK National Health Service releasing coronavirus contact tracing app … without using Apple API
Technology
UK National Health Service releasing coronavirus contact tracing app … without using Apple API

Unfortunately, the app will not use of the Apple/Google privacy-conscious exposure notification framework, and instead the NHS are rolling their own solution, as reported in a statement to BBC News today. The NHS app will send exposure events to a centralized server, which means it will necessitate that users share more information than if they had adopted the official Exposure Notification API, which Apple and Google are evangelizing.

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
The iPhone SE can’t expand lock screen notifications with Haptic Touch
Technology
The iPhone SE can’t expand lock screen notifications with Haptic Touch

It’s emerged that the new iPhone SE, which started shipping last Friday, has a curious feature missing: unlike every other modern iPhone, you’re unable to bring up rich content on the lock screen or notification shade with a “Haptic Touch” long press.

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
Google launches app for the Pixel Buds
Technology
Google launches app for the Pixel Buds

The Pixel Buds are now available today from the Google Store in Clearly White for $179 and will run for five hours on a single charge; with the carrying case, you can use them for up to 24 hours without running out of battery life.

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Tue Apr 28 - Google
India and Pakistan eases lockdown but flights still grounded
International
India and Pakistan eases lockdown but flights still grounded

Pakistan and India are easing some of their coronavirus-related lockdown measures, though it will still be at least more than two weeks before aircraft flying scheduled international flights as Pakistan has extended its flight ban and India’s remains subject to review. India which had around 29,000 confirmed coronavirus cases and 881 deaths, began to ease some lockdown restrictions in parts of the country over the weekend

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Tue Apr 28 - Flightglobal
The $600 Unemployment checks are delayed in some US states
International
The $600 Unemployment checks are delayed in some US states

The $2.2 trillion coronavirus relief package enacted last month expanded unemployment benefits in several ways, partly by increasing jobless pay by $600 a week. That extra money is in addition to any weekly benefits Americans receive through states’ traditional unemployment framework. However, those $600 payments, which are available through July and funded by the federal government, are delayed in some states.

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Mon Apr 27 - CNBC
Global COVID19 cases above 3 million
International
Global COVID19 cases above 3 million

Global coronavirus (Covid-19) infections touched three million on Monday with over 207,000 dead. According to the real-time tracker, worldometers, over 880,000 had also recovered from Covid-19. Despite more than half the planet living in some form of lockdown, the virus is continuing to spread rapidly and claiming lives, with the US, Spain, and Italy reporting most of the cases and deaths.

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Mon Apr 27 - KhaleejTimes
We have stopped community transmission of COVID19, says Jacinda Ardern
International
We have stopped community transmission of COVID19, says Jacinda Ardern

New Zealand says it has stopped community transmission of Covid-19, effectively eliminating the virus. With new cases in single figures for several days, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the virus was "currently" eliminated. But officials have warned against complacency. The news comes hours before New Zealand is set to move out of its toughest level of social restrictions

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Mon Apr 27 - BBC
Business
Plunging sales of Adidas
Mon Apr 27
Plunging sales of Adidas
Business
Plunging sales of Adidas

Adidas has predicted that sales will fall by 40% in the second quarter, as the impact of the coronavirus takes hold. The German sportswear giant on Monday reported a 19% decline in net sales for the first quarter from the year before, as 70% of its stores worldwide closed as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Adidas expects “both top- and bottom-line declines in the second quarter of 2020

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Mon Apr 27 - CNBC
Italian Prime Minister outlines lockdown easing measures
International
Italian Prime Minister outlines lockdown easing measures

Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte said the measures would be relaxed from 4 May, with people being allowed to visit their relatives in small numbers. Parks, factories, and building sites will reopen, but schools will not restart classes until September. It comes as the country recorded its lowest daily death toll in weeks. There were 260 new virus-related deaths on Sunday, the lowest daily figure since 14 March

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Mon Apr 27 - BBC
Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of Kim Jong-un
Politics
Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of Kim Jong-un

Kim Yo Jong, like many members of the ruling Kim dynasty in North Korea, is a mysterious figure. Kim was born in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Sept. 26, 1989. She spent her childhood at her mother’s residence in central Pyongyang. She attended the Winter Olympics in 2018 and became the first member of the ruling Kim family to cross into South Korea since the Korean War truce in 1953

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Sun Apr 26 - kiro7
Spanish death toll drops to the lowest level since 20 March
International
Spanish daily death toll drops to the lowest level since 20 March

Spain's daily coronavirus death toll dropped to 288, the lowest since 20 March, as the country eased its lockdown to allow children outside for the first time in six weeks. The health ministry said the figure dropped from 378 yesterday and brought Spain's total toll to 23,190. Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has said Spaniards will be allowed out for exercise and to take walks from next weekend

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Sun Apr 26 - RTE
Thousands flock to California beaches, defying stay-at-home orders
International
Thousands flock to California beaches, defying stay-at-home orders

People have flocked to beaches in California during a summer-like heatwave despite authorities urging them to avoid trips there and continue practicing social distancing measures. Thousands packed Newport Beach and Huntington Beach on Friday and Saturday, defying stay-at-home orders amid the coronavirus pandemic. Officers in San Diego said three people were arrested in Encinitas for violating health orders after they protested against beach closures

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Sun Apr 26 - SkyNews
International
India’s Covid warriors
Sun Apr 26
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to contribute to the government’s digital platform
International
India’s Covid warriors

Narendra Modi on Sunday urged people to contribute to the government’s digital platform for those who are on the forefront of the fight against the coronavirus pandemic in the country, named Covid warriors.PM Modi highlighted the massive support that the Government’s digital platform http://covidwarriors.gov.in had been able to garner from citizens. The portal has seen around 1.25 crore registrations, from doctors, nurses, NCC cadets, and civil society organizations

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Sun Apr 26 - News18
Australia launches a new tracing app, COVIDSafe
International
Australia launches a new tracing app, COVIDSafe

Australian Government launched a new coronavirus tracing app called COVIDSafe. The government is asking people to consider the healthcare staff on the frontline and download the new contact tracing app to support them. Many have voiced privacy concerns over the app’s collection of data. The privacy protections for the new COVIDSafe app include making it illegal to force anyone to download the app or hand over data from it

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Sun Apr 26 - NEWS.com.au
China has shut down gyms and swimming pools in Beijing
International
China preparing for the second coronavirus wave?

China has shut down gyms and swimming pools in Beijing amid fears the country is vulnerable to the second wave of coronavirus. It comes just days after the communist regime quarantined a city of 10 million people in its northwest region near Russia. A second outbreak would be a setback for President Xi Jinping who is trying to restart the nation's economy

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Sun Apr 26 - Dailymail
Global coronavirus death toll crosses 203,000
International
Global coronavirus death toll crosses 203,000

More than 203,000 people worldwide have now died with the coronavirus, figures from Johns Hopkins University show. There are more than 2.9 million confirmed cases of Covid-19, according to the tally. It comes after the number of fatalities in the US passed 50,000, as Americans endure the world's deadliest outbreak. Chinese state media reported the first known death linked to the virus on 11 January.

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Sun Apr 26 - BBC
Mysterious death rumors of Kim Jong Un
International
Mysterious death rumors of Kim Jong Un

Kim Jong Un is rumored to be dead, according to a Hong Kong broadcast network, while a Japanese magazine is reporting that North Korea’s rocket man is in a “vegetative state” after he underwent heart surgery earlier this month. Other unconfirmed reports, attributed to senior party sources in Beijing, said an operation to insert a stent went wrong because the surgeon’s hands were shaking so badly

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Sat Apr 25 - Nypost
Mark Zuckerberg taking on Zoom through Messenger Rooms
Technology
Mark Zuckerberg taking on Zoom through Messenger Rooms

Facebook is creating a new video conference version of its Messenger app called Messenger Rooms, CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced Friday. The new service will allow users to host a meeting with up to 50 people at once with no time limit. Zoom's free version allows up to 100 people for a maximum of 40 minutes. Facebook users can invite people to Messenger Rooms even if they don't have Facebook accounts

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Sat Apr 25 - CNN
International
Small shops to reopen across India
Sat Apr 25
Small shops to reopen across India
International
Small shops to reopen across India

India has allowed small local stores to reopen more than a month after the country went into lockdown because of the coronavirus pandemic. The interior ministry said only half of the staff should work and they had to follow precautions such as wearing face masks and observing social distancing. Millions of Indian households depend on their local shops for their day-to-day groceries and other essentials

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Sat Apr 25 - BBC
Businesses reopening in Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska
Business
Businesses reopening in Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska

Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alaska allowed some shops to reopen after measures imposed to curb the spread of the coronavirus, as the country's death toll passed 51,000. Salons and spas could reopen in Georgia and Oklahoma while Alaska lifted restrictions on restaurants. Customers visiting the newly reopened businesses in Georgia, Oklahoma, and Alaska will be expected to continue adhering to social distancing measures

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Sat Apr 25 - BBC
Singapore's class divide, exposed by Coronavirus
International
Singapore's class divide, exposed by Coronavirus

In recent weeks, the Asian city-state has had a dramatic spike in coronavirus infections, with thousands of new cases linked to clusters in foreign worker dormitories. To control the spread, the government has attempted to isolate the dormitories, test workers, and move symptomatic patients into quarantine. Singapore is home to about 1.4 million migrant workers who come largely from South and Southeast Asia. As housekeepers, domestic helpers, and construction workers

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Sat Apr 25 - CNN