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The first Formula One Grand Prix of the season was canceled two hours before the first practice Friday after organizers relented to pressure to call it off amid the spreading coronavirus (COVID-19). The decision came after six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton said he was shocked that organizers planned to proceed with the Australian Grand Prix, […]
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues, we’re trying to up the public’s hygiene levels to slow the spread. You’ll have noticed more hand sanitisers dotted around, signs in bathrooms urging you to please, please wash your hands, and plenty of memes instructing you to recite lyrics when scrubbing with soap and water. One teacher has come […]
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The founder of China’s ByteDance, owner of the wildly successful TikTok app, has for years aspired to make ByteDance the first Chinese firm to rival U.S. internet giants on the global stage. On Thursday Zhang Yiming made a key move to achieve that. Creating new leadership positions for ByteDance’s China business, Zhang said in a […]
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In a world where the most popular games are dominated by multiplayer genres such as Battle Royals and MOBAs, will single-player, narrative-driven experiences become increasingly rare? Not according to one Sony exec, who says the company is committed to solo titles. In an interview with PlayStation Blog, PlayStation Worldwide Studios boss Hermen Hulst was asked […]
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The NCAA on Thursday canceled its men’s and women’s college basketball tournaments, known as March Madness, in response to the coronavirus outbreak. The cancellation extends to all remaining winter and spring NCAA championships. The move comes after most of the NCAA’s conferences had suspended their postseason tournaments, including its “power conferences,” the Pac-12, the Big […]
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The NTT IndyCar Series released an updated schedule Thursday night for its season opener, limiting its on track action to Saturday and Sunday. IndyCar will be on track the first time at 9:45 a.m. ET Saturday for a 45-minute practice that originally was scheduled for Friday. The second practice will be 1:30-2:30 p.m. Saturday, followed […]
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The warnings around the spread of coronavirus have brought the disturbing reality of the public’s hygiene levels to light. Wait, people weren’t properly washing their hands with soap and water in public loos? You really need to teach people how to sneeze into a tissue or cough into their elbow? One of the most harrowing […]
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Starbucks will invest 900 million yuan ($130 million) to build the first phase of a coffee complex in the Chinese city of Kunshan, near the commercial hub of Shanghai, with completion targeted for 2022, it said on Friday. It is Starbucks’ largest investment in a production facility outside the United States and the first production-related […]
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The new play set has all the trappings of a traditional Super Mario Bros video game – Goombas, warp pipes, flags and so on – as well as an interactive Mario character with what appears to be an LED readout on his chest that serves as a timer and to keep track of coins collected. […]
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Anthony Petronzio was on the car ride home from a birthday celebration Wednesday night when the news started to come in. During the trip, about 40 minutes from a nearby restaurant to his home in Brick, New Jersey, Petronzio and his family had shared some jokes about the coronavirus. But as alerts rolled in and […]
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