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American investor and hedge fund manager Bill Ackman said in a series of tweets that President Trump must order a complete shutdown of the country for 30 days to control the health crisis. He added that the shutdown and border closure will help America reduce the infection rate and to recover from the stock market crisis. He warned about the disastrous results of delaying the shutdown.

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Following emergency bailout programs from the governments of Sweden and Denmark to support national airlines with 300 million USD in loan guarantees, Australia and Taiwan have joined the growing list of world governments who are taking measures to bail out airlines on the verge of bankruptcy due to the coronavirus pandemic, with Australia refunding and waiving charges to domestic airlines and Taiwan approving subsidies and loans for its airlines.

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Founded in 2015, the San Francisco-based speech recognition startup Deepgram has successfully raised 12 million USD in capital from Nvidia, Wing VC, Y Combinator and SAP in its Series A funding round, with Nvidia's Jeff Herbst calling Deepgram the best speech recognition company in the world. Deepgram utilizes deep learning to build a much more accurate speech recognition tool that can effectively manage real-time text input.

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Vanessa Hudgens, the 31-year-old Hollywood star who rose to fame as Gabriella Montez in Disney's High School Musical movie franchise, has apologized after being slammed on social media for insensitive comments towards those suffering during the coronavirus pandemic. Hudgens posted a video on Instagram in which she seemed to dismiss the suffering of those who have died from the COVID-19 infection.

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Former Vice President Joe Biden has swept the Democratic primaries for Florida, Illinois, and Arizona, building on his dominating lead against rival Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders, who is now almost certain to concede the nomination and is under increasing pressure to end his campaign. The race will now enter a hiatus with no new primaries scheduled in the upcoming weeks due to the coronavirus pandemic

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Four of the largest cinema chains in the UK, namely the Odeon, Cineworld, Vue, and Picturehouse have announced that they are temporarily shutting down operations in the UK due to the coronavirus pandemic. The announcement came as box offices saw revenue decline by nearly 50 percent as film fans stayed away from packed crowds to avoid the contagious infection.

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A new Chrome web store extension called Netflix Party lets users watch Netflix with their loved ones even while quarantined or self-isolated, by allowing them to synchronize their viewing in the Chrome browser. The extension can be downloaded by visiting netflixparty.com and clicking the link titled "Get Netflix Party for free!", which redirects to the Chrome web store link for downloading the extension.

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A new study from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which forms part of the US National Institutes of Health, has discovered that the extremely contagious novel coronavirus COVID-19 can survive in the air and remain infectious for up to three hours, on cardboard surfaces for no more than 24 hours, on copper for 4 hours, and on stainless steel surfaces for about 6 hours.

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Uncle and trainer to boxing superstar and unbeaten welterweight and featherweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., Roger Mayweather has died aged 58 after a long battle with several health problems, including diabetes. Like his nephew, Roger was also a respected boxing champion, winning the super-featherweight title in 1983 and the WBC super-lightweight title in 1987.

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Amid the looming economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and the global economy sinking into an almost-certain recession, US President Donald Trump has announced extraordinary measures to ease the economic fallout from the outbreak, seeking more than 1 trillion USD in emergency funds and allowing Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin to defer income tax payments without penalty or interest for up to 90 days.

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One of the National Basketball Association's biggest stars, Kevin Durant of the Brooklyn Nets, is the latest of four Nets players to test positive for the COVID-19 infection. The team's spokesperson has stated that the players were tested on priority due to their frequent travel and interaction with large crowds. Currently, at least seven NBA players have been confirmed as having the coronavirus.

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The 33-year-old Hollywood star Amanda Bynes and her fiance Paul Michael have announced that they are pregnant and are expecting their first child, but the post, made by Bynes on her Instagram, has since been deleted. Rumors of the couple breaking up spread earlier in the week when Bynes deleted all photos and videos of Michael from her social media, after getting engaged to him on Valentine's Day.

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According to newly leaked documents, TikTok moderators were told to suppress videos made by people who were deemed to be 'too ugly', poor or disabled. They did this in order to create a more aspirational atmosphere on their platform. TikTok claimed this was being done to prevent cyberbullying on their platform, keeping vulnerable people out of the spotlight.

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Dan Harmon's fan-favorite sitcom 'Community' will soon be available on both Netflix and Hulu as both companies have chosen to share the streaming rights for the show. Netflix managed to grab exclusive global rights for the show and thus paid much more money in the deal. The show will be on the site on April 1st.

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Growing Coronavirus fears forced companies to make their employees work from home. Video conferencing has allowed workers to continue having meetings. Key things that you need to keep in mind are
1. Casual but appropriate dressing
2. Get over your awkwardness
3. Find a good place to sit
4. Limit your distractions

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Marvel has announced that the new solo Black Widow movie will now not be releasing on May 1st as it was previously scheduled. This decision was made in response to the abysmal Box Office numbers that followed the global coronavirus pandemic. Although cinemas across America have not shut down yet.

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CcHub, Africa's largest startup incubator, is offering funding and engineering support to any tech startups that are trying to curb the coronavirus pandemic. Established startups can also apply for the funding so long as it is used on projects that will help fight the virus. Many countries in Africa are currently poorly equipped to fight an outbreak.

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According to a new report, Magecart hackers have been accessing confidential information on the NutriBullet website over the last two months. They managed to steal the credit card information of a large number of unsuspecting customers and then sold this information on the dark web. Customers have been warned not to use the site until the issue is resolved.

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Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has urged the country to remain calm as the number of coronavirus cases rose to 245, almost doubling overnight. He said that only those with intense symptoms should go to the hospital as the country does not have the resources to test everybody. The country has also imposed tight restrictions on its border.

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The US has imposed more sanctions on Iran in order to increase the economic pressure on the country. The government has demanded the release of detained American citizens and will not lower the sanctions until their demands are met. China has encouraged the US to lower the sanctions in order to help Iran deal with the coronavirus outbreak.

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China is withdrawing the press credentials of American journalists in response to America's new restrictions on Chinese journalists. The US has claimed that these restrictions were only placed on journalists who worked for 'propaganda outlets' and that China's response is unbalanced. US newspapers have also condemned this decision saying this is bad for everyone involved.

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Sony is planning to reveal more details regarding the PS5's hardware during a special broadcast event that will take place on the 18th of March. This will be their first event that will be entirely dedicated to their next-generation console. This event is happening just days after Microsoft revealed the full specs for their new Xbox Series X.

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West Virginia became the 50th US state to report confirmed coronavirus cases as the total number of cases in the US crossed 6,300. West Virginia's Governor Jim Justice said: "We knew this was coming." Global Coronavirus cases crossed 200,000 with nearly 8,000 deaths. In the US, San Francisco announced a lockdown recently with New York City considering a lockdown due to a massive rise in the number of cases

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UEFA confirmed the postponement of Euro 2020 for at least 1 year amid the Coronavirus epidemic. All the major stakeholders arranged an emergency video conference call on Tuesday to discuss the situation. The tournament was scheduled to take place from 12-June to 12 July this year across 12 European venues, the tournament will now run from 11 June to 11 July 2021.

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Refurbed is a European startup active in Austria, Germany, Poland and Italy which provides an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of refurbished electronic devices that have a minimum of 12 months guarantee and are renewed through a transparent 40-step process. Refurbed recently raised 17 million USD in funding in its latest round, with Evli Growth Partners investing the majority of the new capital.

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