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Sonos Finally Supports Dolby Atmos With New Arc Soundbar

Sonos has been busy these past few months.




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Twitch Is Reportedly Pivoting to Reality TV

Personally, I welcome whatever reality TV drivel Twitch dreams up to feed our insatiable appetite for content.




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Pandemic Robots Deployed in Singapore Parks to Remind Humans of Their Own Mortality

As well as announcing reminders to stay away from each other, the robots also estimate how many people are in the park at any given time.




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Scientists Cry Foul After Government Redacts Criticism of Its Response in Key Coronavirus Report

"This government has failed to show any self-criticism whatsoever, when it is glaringly obvious to everybody that big mistakes have been made."




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Boba Fett is Reportedly Coming to The Mandalorian

Boba Fett has been on Lucasfilm’s to-do list for a while now.




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Three in race for port sale

The auction for the Port of Melbourne has come down to a three-way race with bidders lodging indicative bids.




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FIFA 20 TOTS Liga Nos Predictions for Portuguese Team of the Season So Far



FIFA 20 Team Of The Season So Far continues this week, hopefully with the additional release of the Portuguese Liga Nos FUT Squad. Here some predictions on who might be included, plus when they'll be announced.




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Destiny 2 Trials of Osiris Rewards, Map, Armor and Weapons: May 8 Trials report



Destiny 2 Trials of Osiris returns once again later today – here's what you need to know for this week's end-game PvP challenge.




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RPGCast – Episode 249: “Imported Handheld Escorts”

We discover the most appropriate analogy for the current handheld market. Jon decides he’s ready to import a 3DS. Square Enix and Nintendo demonstrate how...




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RPGCast – Episode 325: “Pork Buns”

Manny teaches Chris not to let Sleeping Dogs lie. Anna Marie creates a publishing empire. And Alice goes rogue.




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RPGCast – Episode 432: “The Dark Souls Of eSports”

EVE discovers new planets. FFXV gets super sentais. We all get eggs. But we don’t get Ni no Kuni. At least, not yet. We probably...




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Coronavirus in Scotland: Testing strategy to be reviewed amid care worker reports

THE SCOTTISH Government is reviewing its Covid-19 testing strategy after the Deputy First Minster has been left “frustrated” by reports home care workers have been told to travel to the other side of Scotland for tests.




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Fast fashion speeding toward environmental disaster, report warns

Study highlights industry failures and calls for shift in consumer attitudes

The fashion industry needs to fundamentally change in order to mitigate the environmental impact of fast fashion, experts have said.

Clothes rental, better recycling processes, pollution control technology and the innovative use of offcuts are among measures that could help, they said.

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A round of applause: 10 fashion brands supporting the health services – in pictures

From Stay at Home T-shirts to NHS baseball caps, here’s a selection from small labels donating some or all of their profits to charities helping healthcare workers and the Covid-19 response

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Skin-to-skin 'kangaroo care' shows important benefits for premature babies

A world-first study has demonstrated significant benefits to a premature baby's heart and brain function when held by the parent in skin-to-skin contact. Parent-infant skin-to-skin care (SSC) or kangaroo care, started in the late 1970s in Columbia when incubators to keep babies warm were not available. It is now widely recognized as a beneficial component of holistic care provided for pre-term infants.




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Britain to quarantine incoming travellers for 14-days -Times report




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Nearly 90 coronavirus cases reported at Polyus unit in Siberia




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Portugal's low-income households struggle to survive pandemic




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Expansion debate rumbles on amid hush over Britain’s biggest airports

To campaigners’ dismay, the UK’s biggest hubs, Heathrow and Gatwick, are pushing on with plans to increase capacity

Christine Taylor has lived her entire life in the shadow of London’s Heathrow airport, her childhood bedroom affording a view of one of its two runways. She grew up in Sipson, a village that can trace its history back more than 1,000 years, but now sits immediately north of Britain’s busiest airline hub.

Now living a mile to the east in Harlington, Taylor, 62, is experiencing a rare moment of quiet, thanks to the dramatic reduction in air traffic caused by the coronavirus pandemic.

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Reports of the death of the film industry have been greatly exaggerated

Hollywood loves a good comeback, and post-coronavirus will be no exception, writes costume designer Kristin M Burke

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  • Many events have killed the film industry: the 1918 influenza epidemic, the second world war, the invention of television, the invention of VCRs, the invention of the internet, 9-11, strike after strike after strike. And yet, like a phoenix, it rises, every time stronger than before. The appetite for its product is insatiable especially in times of political trouble and uncertainty about the future. People want to escape. They want to be entertained.

    The way we make movies most certainly must change. In the best of circumstances, we are a crew of 75 people jammed into a room with very little ventilation, holding our breath until we hear “CUT”. We are in close contact with one another all day long. We never really thought about it before. All of that is about to change. Film sets usually function as big families, and moving forward, that family unit will take on a stronger, protective meaning. This is how we self-regulate in the post-pandemic era.

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    Circus of Books review – tender doc about family life and gay porn

    An affectionate and absorbing documentary from film-maker Rachel Mason about her devout parents, who ran a famous adult bookstore in early-80s LA

    Here is a documentary with an absorbing and unexpectedly complicated story to tell, whose paradoxes and sadnesses are not entirely resolved by the end. Artist and film-maker Rachel Mason has created an affectionate portrait of her elderly parents, Karen and Barry, who in many ways are like one of the (fictional) old couples in When Harry Met Sally.

    Karen is a former journalist, devoutly Jewish, and Barry is a former special visual effects engineer who worked on Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 and invented a modification for kidney dialysis machines. But they found themselves in a tough financial spot in the early 1980s and took over Circus of Books, a gay porn bookstore in Los Angeles that also sold movies called things like Confessions of a Two Dick Slut and Don’t Drop the Soap, and was one of Larry Flynt’s first distribution points. Under their shrewd management, the store boomed, opened another branch and became a well-known meeting place for LGBT people, while all the time, the Masons were a conventional family who kept their three children well away from the business. Karen movingly – and honestly – recounts how upset she was to discover that one of her sons was gay: the business and family life were that separate.

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    A Secret Love review – moving portrait of two women's 60-year romance

    This heartwarming documentary traces the lives of a baseball star and her partner, now in their 90s, who pretended to be ‘just good friends’ for decades

    This documentary from Netflix is a real heart-soother. Directed with tremendous sensitivity and intimacy by Chris Bolan, it’s a love story about two women now in their 90s – Terry Donahue and Pat Henschel, who have been together since the 1940s.

    For decades they kept up the pretence of being “just good friends” to their families before finally coming out a few years ago. Talking to outsiders, they still describe each other as “cousins”. The legacy of shame and fear among older people in the gay community is explored in the film, but the overwhelming mood here is love.

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    Local sporting royalty's entitlement exposed

    They come from some of the most prominent hockey families in Manitoba, a group of young men blessed with athletic gifts that allow them to be better than most at ...




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    Obama Slams Dropping of Michael Flynn Case, Calls White House COVID-19 Response 'Absolute Chaotic Disaster': Report

    Audio of a private conversation shows the 44th president's unvarnished views about the former national security adviser's case and the White House's COVID-19 response.




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    Jobs Report Reveals Racial Inequality in Unemployment at an Historic Low, Thanks to Pandemic

    More than 20 million Americans lost their jobs in the last month, and unemployment among African-Americans has hit 16.7 percent.




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    7 VCs talk about today’s esports opportunities

    Even before the COVID-19 shutdown, venture funding rounds and total deal volume of VC funding for esports were down noticeably from the year prior. The space received a lot of attention in 2017 and 2018 as leagues formed, teams raised money and surging popularity fostered a whole ecosystem of new companies. Last year featured some […]




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    Twitch launches an esports directory to cater to growing streaming audience

    Twitch is doubling down on esports in this new era of social distancing as a number of traditional sporting events have been cancelled. The company this week introduced a new esports directory on its site that will make it easier for viewers to find live matches, information on players, games with active competition leagues, a […]




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    Valve drops VR support for macOS

    Valve is calling it quits on macOS support for its virtual reality platform. A Valve employee posted an update to the company’s SteamVR forums, noting that “SteamVR has ended macOS support so our team can focus on Windows and Linux.” Apple introduced “Metal for VR” back in June 2017 and highlighted a partnership with Valve. […]





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    VCs see opportunities for gaming infrastructure startups and incumbents

    As the infrastructure for developing games becomes more advanced, studios have turned to buying best-in-class technology from others instead of building everything from scratch (often with inferior quality). This shift underpinned Unity’s rise as the most popular game engine. The current focus on games as ever-evolving social hubs that can remain popular for a decade […]




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    U.S. CDC reports 1,248,040 coronavirus cases, 75,477 deaths

    The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported 1,248,040 cases of the new coronavirus, an increase of 28,974 cases from its previous count, and said that the number of deaths had risen by 2,180 to 75,477.




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    NCAA president: Sports won't return until campuses reopen

    College sports will not resume until all students are back on campus, NCAA president Mark Emmert said Friday.




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    The science of crispy: how to make perfect pork crackling

    What is it that turns tough pork skin into amazing crackling? Sam Wong reveals the secret to that wonderful crispy crunch




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    Mysterious inflammatory syndrome in children potentially linked to COVID-19 reported in Montreal

    As Quebec prepares to reopen schools, doctors are poring over 15-20 cases of children with what seems to be the same illnesses reported in U.S. and Europe




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    Coronavirus: Vuelta a Espana cancels plans for stages in Portugal

    In a further amendment to the plans for Vuelta a Espana 2020, the race will not travel through Portugal.





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    Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Charts Way for Sports to Return to Normalcy After Covid-19 Lockdown

    Kiren Rijiju said coronavirus has changed everything and sports need to be conducted in a new way





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    Sports Minister Kiren Rijiju Charts Way for Sports to Return to Normalcy After Covid-19 Lockdown

    Kiren Rijiju said coronavirus has changed everything and sports need to be conducted in a new way





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    U.S. lawmakers urge support for Taiwan at WHO, as U.S. criticizes China

    The leaders of U.S. congressional foreign affairs committees wrote to nearly 60 countries on Friday asking them to support Taiwan's participation in the World Health Organization, citing the need for the broadest effort possible to fight the coronavirus pandemic.




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    Portugal's low-income households struggle to survive pandemic

    One in four Portuguese with a monthly household income of 650 euros ($705) or less have lost all their income because of the economic impact of the coronavirus outbreak, a study by the National School of Public Health showed on Saturday.




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    Tripoli airport shelling hits fuel tanks, passenger plane-ministry

    Shelling of Tripoli's Mitiga airport early on Saturday, part of an intensified barrage of artillery fire on the capital in recent days, hit fuel tanks and damaged passenger planes, the Transport Ministry said in a statement.




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    'Bring on Lampard and Morris!' - Chelsea fans react to reports of Gianfranco Zola exit

    The Italian is reportedly set to leave Stamford Bridge at the end of his contract..




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    Activision Blizzard and EA report a strong first-quarter

    Stay home, keep gaming




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    Israel’s food safety inspections found equivalent to USA for poultry exports

    Israel exports ready-to-eat fully cooked and not shelf-stable poultry products to the United States. And those exports may continue, according to a report by the USDA’s Food Safety and Inspection Service. That’s because Israel has passed its latest foreign equivalency audit by the United States. The audit did not turn up any deficiencies that might... Continue Reading



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    House coronavirus panel targets big corporations gobbling up small-biz aid

    The House's special panel policing coronavirus spending demanded Friday that five large corporations return rescue money that was intended for small businesses.

    The letters to the five companies were the first official action of the newly formed Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis.

    "Since your company is a public entity ...




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    10 takeaways from the worst jobs report in US history

    BALTIMORE (AP) - Brutal. Horrific. Tragic.

    Choose your description. The April jobs report showed, in harrowing detail, just how terribly the coronavirus outbreak has pummeled the U.S. economy. Most obviously, there's the 14.7% unemployment rate, the highest since the Great Depression. And the shedding of more than 20 million jobs, ...




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    Polémico proyecto de fracking en Argentina amenazado por la pandemia de coronavirus

    El confinamiento y la caída del precio del petróleo ponen en juego el futuro de un enorme yacimiento petrolífero argentino

    En las próximas semanas, se esclarecerá si el mundo vuelve a los combustibles fósiles tras la pandemia o si da un paso adelante hacia una economía limpia, mientras el FMI (Fondo Monetario Internacional) y Argentina deciden si van a continuar ofreciendo su apoyo a los inmensos yacimientos de petróleo y gas de Vaca Muerta, en Patagonia.

    El objetivo del proyecto es explotar el segundo depósito más grande de esquisto del planeta (después de la Cuenca Pérmica, en Texas), pero su futuro es incierto debido al confinamiento forzoso provocado por COVID-19, que ha causado el descenso más drástico en el precio del crudo de los últimos treinta años.

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    Gas stoves making indoor air up to five times dirtier than outdoor air, report finds

    Gas cookers making people sick and exposing tens of millions to air pollution levels that would be illegal if they were outside

    Gas stoves are making people sick, contributing pollution that makes indoor air up to two to five times dirtier than outdoor air, according to a new report.

    Related: Microplastics found in greater quantities than ever before on seabed

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    NBA teams set to reopen training facilities as league issues memo regarding safety protocol: report

    While NBA teams are slowly gearing up to return to training facilities this week, the league has reportedly issued a memo prohibiting those with elevated temperatures from participating.  



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    Joe Flacco could be out until September after neck surgery: reports

    Super Bowl champion quarterback Joe Flacco underwent neck surgery last month and is expected to be out until September, according to multiple reports.