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Deals: Woot's Refurbished Apple Sale Discounts iMacs, MacBooks, and iPads From $80
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Deals: Woot's Refurbished Apple Sale Discounts iMacs, MacBooks, and iPads From $80

Woot is back this week with a big sale on a wide variety of refurbished Apple products, ranging from the iMac to the iPad mini. Sale prices start at $79.99 for the first generation iPad mini, and you can also find a few other iPad mini models, MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, and more.

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Mon Apr 13 - Google
Google unveils Maps, Search and YouTube features in India to help people combat coronavirus – TechCrunch
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Google unveils Maps, Search and YouTube features in India

Google has launched a website dedicated to coronavirus updates in India and tweaked its search engine and YouTube to prominently display authoritative information and locally relevant details about the pandemic from the nation’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, the company said on Monday.

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Mon Apr 13 - Google
OnePlus users with a 4G or 5G model running Android 10 need to install this update now!
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OnePlus users with a 4G or 5G model running Android 10 need to install this update now!

The early reviews are positive with OnePlus users posting on Reddit that the new Recents menu is easier to use and that the new UI looks much better. Nonetheless, if your OnePlus handset is running Android 10, you just might want to update the launcher now.

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Mon Apr 13 - Google
Apple-Google coronavirus API sees weak plan & criticisms in UK
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Apple-Google coronavirus API sees weak plan & criticisms in UK

Even without the UK’s planned compromise, the idea of this type of contact tracing has come under criticism from a University of Cambridge computing professor. The API is designed to allow apps to detect when you have been in close proximity to someone who subsequently tested positive for COVID-19, but a severe lack of testing in the UK means that the NHS version will adopt a weak compromise.

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Mon Apr 13 - Google
This is one Apple Maps feature that Google Maps has to copy
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This is one Apple Maps feature that Google Maps has to copy

Google Maps has plenty of coronavirus-related features but doesn’t list COVID-19 testing sites in the app. Apple Maps will soon direct you to the closes COVID-19 testing center near you, which is the kind of information you should find in a navigation app during a pandemic. But Google Maps doesn’t offer information about coronavirus testing inside the app.

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Mon Apr 13 - Google
Fitbit Charge 4 is the perfect alternative to bulky fitness watches
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Fitbit Charge 4 is the perfect alternative to bulky fitness watches

It includes built-in GPS to track outdoor workouts independently, it has better training tools for athletes, and it fits most of the same smartwatch features into a slimmer package than the more expensive Fitbit Versa. If you're looking for a fitness tracker than behaves a lot like a smartwatch without the extra bulk, the Fitbit Charge 4 might be the perfect fit.

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Mon Apr 13 - Google
COVID-19 pandemic and gender-based violence
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COVID-19 pandemic and gender-based violence

In pandemics, especially ones that require quarantine, gender-based violence (GBV) often increases. School closures and quarantine imposed during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa led to women experiencing more sexual violence. This, coupled with disruption in GBV services due to the health crisis, resulted in limited access to public health services and justice systems. COVID-19 is an opportunity to do right by supporting the vulnerable in our communities.

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Mon Apr 13 - WileyOnlineLibrary
Malaysia’s recovery rate is higher than the infection rate
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Malaysia’s recovery rate is higher than the infection rate

Malaysia has managed to report more recoveries than the infections for the fifth time as the country reported 168 recoveries today as compared to 134 new infections. According to the Ministry of Health, a total of 2,276 patients have recovered so far from Coronavirus. The death toll in the country stands at 77. A 62-year-old man, who participated in the Seri Petaling Tabligh assembly became the latest fatality

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Mon Apr 13 - Theedgemarkets
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COVID-19 halting polio campaigns
Mon Apr 13
COVID-19 halting polio campaigns
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COVID-19 halting polio campaigns

Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI) recommends suspending all polio campaigns to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The implications for this can be huge. Mass polio campaigns are essential to eliminate the virus from its last two vestiges, Afghanistan and Pakistan, where it is likely to rebound in the absence of vaccinations. GPEI head Michel Zaffran says that "we have no choice" but has ensured surveillance of the polio virus

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Mon Apr 13 - Science
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A Gendered analysis of COVID-19
Mon Apr 13
Gendered analysis of COVID-19
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A Gendered analysis of COVID-19

Both women and men are affected by COVID-19, but biology and gender norms are shaping the disease burden. Global Health 50/50 data from 39 most affected countries shows that more men are dying as adverse outcomes of COVID-19, including cardiovascular and lung diseases associated with drinking and smoking, are more prevalent in men. On the other hand, women are carrying the burden of increased childcare, elderly care, and housework.

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Mon Apr 13 - TheLancet
Rishikesh has been a hub for international tourists and travelers
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Travelers forced to say 'Sorry' 500 times over lockdown breach in India

India’s spiritual city in the northern state of Uttarakhand, Rishikesh has been a hub for international tourists and travelers. Ten foreigners from Israel, Mexico, Australia, and Austria were caught taking a walk in Rishikesh breaching the lockdown. A local police officer Vinod Sharma forced each of them to write "I did not follow the rules of lockdown so I am so sorry" 500 times

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Mon Apr 13 - CNA
Nurse reveals tragic last words of coronavirus patient: ‘Who’s going to pay for it?’
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Nurse reveals tragic last words of coronavirus patient: ‘Who’s going to pay for it?’

Smith, who is predominantly treating Covid-19 patients at a hospital in New York City, revealed the tragic last words of a dying man he was about to place on a ventilator: “Who’s going to pay for it?” the coronavirus patient asked Smith in between labored breaths.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
In Easter message, Queen Elizabeth says 'coronavirus will not overcome us'
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In Easter message, Queen Elizabeth says 'coronavirus will not overcome us'

That was the central message Saturday from Queen Elizabeth, who gave a two-minute address posted to the British royal family's social media accounts Saturday in hopes of lifting spirits for the millions worldwide who are stuck at home due to COVID-19. "As darkness falls on the Saturday before Easter day, many Christians would normally light candles together," she said.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Coronavirus curve ‘flattening’ but death tolls remain ‘terribly high’: Cuomo
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Coronavirus curve ‘flattening’ but death tolls remain ‘terribly high’: Cuomo

New York state is seeing a “flattening” of the rate of new coronavirus cases and deaths, but the fatality toll is still “at a terribly high level” — with another 758 dying overnight, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Sunday. He said of the new deaths, “you’re seeing a recurrence of the terrible news, which is the lives lost.” There are now 18,700 people hospitalized with the virus, Cuomo said.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
International
Coronavirus and Cuba
Sun Apr 12
The president has vanished; his wife, the VP, says the coronavirus isn’t a problem. Nicaragua declines to confront a pandemic.
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Coronavirus and Cuba

The Cuban government has said that three of its citizens who recently visited Nicaragua have tested positive for the virus. Josefina Bonilla, a doctor and public health expert in Managua, the capital, said Nicaragua’s low number of cases reflected a lack of testing. Even as other Central American countries shut down airports, schools and sporting events, Nicaragua has stayed open for business.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
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The positive side of Coronavirus
Sun Apr 12
Photos: Polluted cities see clean air and water amid coronavirus shutdown
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The positive side of Coronavirus

With many cities shutdown, one of the positive side effects of the shelter-in-place orders around the world has been the reports of cleaner air and water. According to an NPR report, the lockdown has led to less air pollution and cleaner water in many cities across the world

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass alone amid coronavirus pandemic
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Pope Francis celebrates Easter Mass alone amid coronavirus pandemic

Pope Francis called for unity from around the world to confront the coronavirus pandemic as he celebrated Easter Mass in solitude Sunday inside an empty St. Peter’s Square. The 83-year-old pontiff made his traditional Easter address, urging the European Union to step up to the “epochal challenge” caused by the pandemic.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Pennsylvania implementing new federal unemployment benefits, eligible claimers receive extra $600
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Pennsylvania implementing new federal unemployment benefits, eligible claimers receive extra $600

The new benefits include a relief package that will temporarily provide an additional $600 per week, makes self-employed, independent contractors and gig workers eligible for benefits and extends unemployment compensation (UC) benefits for an additional 13 weeks, per a release from the Governor’s office.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
The debate over a post office bailout, explained
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The debate over a post office bailout

Congress has generally opposed the bailout for Postal services, pushing the postal service to instead find new sources of revenue such as its parcel delivery business in which it competes with UPS, Federal Express, and other private companies. Raising prices without making any other operational changes could lead to Amazon looking elsewhere for delivery services, which would leave the post office in even more desperate financial circumstances.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Fed's Neel Kashkari says coronavirus economic recovery 'could be a long, hard road'
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Fed's Neel Kashkari says coronavirus economic recovery 'could be a long, hard road'

Minneapolis Federal Reserve President Neel Kashkari said Sunday he expects the path to economic recovery from the coronavirus pandemic will be a "long, hard road," pouring cold water on hopes for a "V-shaped" rebound.
"But then again, we don't know if this support is going to be long enough," Kashkari added

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Pro Wrestlers react to Ronda Rousey and her comments about “Real Fighters”
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Ronda Rousey and her comments about “Real Fighters”

Professional wrestlers for WWE took to social media to comment on Ronda Rousey and her recent comments about what “real fighters” are. The comments left a bad taste in the mouths of both professional wrestling and MMA fans, who felt Rousey turned her back on those that made her famous.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Disney World to furlough 43K workers April 19
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Disney World to furlough 43K workers April 19

Walt Disney World will furlough its largest amount of workers yet without pay due to the coronavirus pandemic April 19, sending about 43,000 union workers home, the Orlando Sentinel reported. "This agreement provides an easier return to work when our community recovers from the impact of COVID-19,” Disney said in a statement on the furloughs Saturday evening.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
A Photographer Allegedly Once Broke Into Meghan Markle’s Garage to Snap Photos Of Her
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A Photographer Allegedly Once Broke Into Meghan Markle’s Garage to Snap Photos Of Her

The former actress has been bombarded by paparazzi since the news first broke that she and the prince were dating, and many believe it was largely the reason why she and Harry ultimately decided to leave the royal family less than two years after they wed. Nearly four years after the couple’s relationship began, Meghan and Harry made the difficult decision to leave the royal family.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Disney Broadway Streaming Benefit For COVID-19 Fund Halted After Musicians Union Objects
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Disney Broadway Streaming Benefit For COVID-19 Fund Halted After Musicians Union Objects

The pre-recorded Disney concert set for streaming Monday evening as a benefit for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS ’ COVID-19 Emergency Assistance Fund has been canceled. Agreements to permit the streaming without additional fees were obtained by Broadway Cares from Disney Theatrical Productions, SAG-AFTRA and Actors’ Equity Association, but American Federation of Musicians balked, according to a statement issued by Broadway Cares.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google
Microsoft Teams now lets you add custom backgrounds
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Microsoft Teams now lets you add custom backgrounds

Designed for business and education, Teams includes group chat, video calling and collaboration tools and has seen a spike in usage since countries and states have started directing residents to stay and work from home when possible to stop the spread of the coronavirus. With the update to Microsoft's collaboration tool, you can now pick a custom image as your video chat background.

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Sun Apr 12 - Google