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Opera singer Andrea Bocelli to perform live on Easter from Italy's empty Duomo Cathedral

Italian opera singer Andrea Bocelli, one of the world's most famous tenors, will perform a concert at the empty Duomo Cathedral in Milan, Italy on Easter night, which w

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Germany launches smartwatch app to monitor coronavirus spread

People wait outside a newly opened coronavirus disease clearing up center in Berlin, Germany, March 9, 2020. /Reuters Germany's public health authority launched a smartwatch app on Tuesday in

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WHO chief: Africa not to be test ground for any vaccine

Director-General of the WHO Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said Africa will not become a testing ground for COVID-19 vaccines, condemning comments by French doctors who said a vaccine could be trialed in

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UK to announce trial criteria for COVID-19 antibody tests

A swab to be used for testing COVID-19. /Reuters UK regulators will this week announce approval criteria for firms offering new coronavirus antibody tests.The antibody tests show whether peopl

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FIFA to allow contract extensions, flexible transfer windows

The logo of FIFA on its headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. /VCG The world football's governing body International Federation of Association Football (FIFA) said Tuesday it has recommended ex

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Brexit trade deal gets tougher as coronavirus strikes officials on both sides

The Brexit trade deal will face greater challenges ahead as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is now in intensive care because of the coronavirus, while other key ne

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Google Cloud makes it cheaper to run smaller workloads on Bigtable

Cloud Bigtable has long been Google Cloud’s fully-managed NoSQL’s database for massive, petabyte-sized analytical and operational workloads. At $0.65 per hour and node, it was never a chea

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Spot & Tango, with $4.2 million in seed funding, launches UnKibble

Spot Tango, the D2C pet food brand, has today announced the launch of a new line of pet food called UnKibble. Alongside the announcement of the launch, the company has also closed on a $4.2 million se

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Germany announces mandatory quarantine for arriving travelers

Germany is ramping up entry controls to limit the spread of COVID-19. In its latest announcement, the interior ministry said all arriving travelers will be quarantined for 14 days.The EU has already

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Managing customer discovery when you can’t leave the house

With in-person classes canceled, we’re about to start our online versions of Hacking for Defense and Hacking for Oceans (and here). The classes are built on the Lean Startup methodology: customer disc

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Facebook to produce 'heat maps' of COVID-19 infections

Users will be given a link to a survey at the top of their news feeds which will inform research about the spread of the virus.

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UK PM's Spokesman Says Boris Johnson is Not on a Ventilator

The prime minister was admitted to a hospital on 5 April after his COVID-19-related symptoms failed to disappear over a week after being diagnosed with the infection.A

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Boeing to re-fly uncrewed demo mission of their human spacecraft after first try met with errors

Boeing has confirmed what many suspected following the partial failure of their original Starliner capsule Orbital Flight Test (OFT) – the company will re-fly the mission, once again seeking to test a

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AngelList lays off a number of staff and cuts executive salaries

AngelList, a platform that connects angel investors to startups and has roughly $1.8 billion assets under management, has laid off a sizable number of staff and cut executive salaries across all depa

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COVID-19 crisis spurs triple-digit growth for refurbishing startup Back Market

While a number of startups have been hard hit by efforts to curb the spread of the COVID-19 virus, refurbishing firm Back Market is showing increased growth globally.The Paris -based startup encourage

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Dwayne Wade wants to discuss 2020 Slam Dunk Contest with Aaron Gordon

Miami Heat legend Dwyane Wade (L) and Aaron Gordon (R) of the Orlando Magic. /VCG Future Naismith Basketball Hall of Famer Dwyane Wade said he wanted to invite Aaron Gordon of the Orlando Magi

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Amid heated debate over mask, Portuguese president admits wearing mask when shopping

Amid heated debate over whether to wear masks during the COVID-19 pandemic, Portuguese President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa admitted Saturday that he wears a face mask when shopping, Lusa News Agenc