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Spotify Reportedly Testing Video Podcasts: Could This Be the Next Big Thing

The video podcasts feature will likely to reach more Spotify listeners in the coming days, albeit Spotify has not mentioned any official date.




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Apple to Reopen Some Retail Stores in US Next Week While Enforcing Social Distancing Protocol

The company will be opening only six retail stores out of 271 that it operates in the US.




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Twitter Opposes US Govt's Claims That Accounts from China, Russia Spreading COVID-19 Hoax

The US state department accused China of colluding with Russia to manipulate social media platforms to spread fake news around coronavirus.




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Bitcoin Crosses $10,000 Threshold For First Time Since February Before Halving Again

Some analysts are predicting there are signs a major rally may be underway, with retail or individual investors involved.




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WHO Plans to Launch Coronavirus Symptom Checking App For Under-Resourced Countries

The app will ask people about their symptoms and offer guidance on whether they may have COVID-19, the potentially lethal illness caused by the coronavirus.




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Milan's Famed La Scala Opera House Reopens Digitally Via Google Virtual Tour

The project includes virtual tours of the theatre, backstage and museum, along with 240,000 archival photos, 16,000 documents, and more than 40 digital exhibits.




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Samsung Said to be Working on its Own Smart Debit Card to Compete Against the Apple Card

Samsung's physical and virtual smart debit card could become a part of the company's existing Samsung Pay platform.




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Xiaomi Mi 10 5G vs OnePlus 8: Chinese Mid-Range Flagship Brawl

OnePlus has yet another competitor in India, this time it is the Chinese tech giant Xiaomi with its new Mi 10.




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Internet Traffic in India Sees 40% Spike in March Due to COVID-19 Lockdown: ACT Fibernet

The data is based on overall traffic data measured from February-April 2020 from 19 cities across the country.




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Many US States Are Exploring House Arrest Technology to Keep COVID-19 Patients at Home

House arrest tech includes battery-powered ankle bracelets or location-tracking apps.




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The Next Apple AirPods Refresh Will Not Arrive before 2021

Apple was all set to launch the new AirPods this year but has delayed its release owing to COVID-19 pandemic.




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PUBG Mobile Mad Miramar Sandstorm Mode to Arrive on May 12

Gear up as Mad Miramar is going to even more exciting with the new sandstorm mode.




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Xbox Series X Gameplay Reveal: Trailers of All 13 Titles 'Optimised for Series X'

While the Xbox Series X gameplay reveal did have crowdpullers in the likes of Assassin's Creed Valhalla, Madden NFL 21 and Scorn, many clearly expected more.




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Samsung Patent Reveals a Smartphone That Has a 'Status Indicator' On the Selfie Camera

According to reports, the status indicator around the camera is in various shapes like square, ovaloid, and even circular.




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Indian Consumers Don't Care About Megapixels As Much As Brands Do

The report added that 79 per cent of the consumers in the sub-Rs 30,000 price band believe that image quality is not dependent on the number of megapixels.




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Hackers Are Targetting Online Educational Portals More Than Ever

Hackers are taking advantage of the current situation when people are locked down in their homes and are heavily reliant on digital resources.




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WeChat Allegedly Surveilled Foreign Users To Refine Censorship At Home: Report

WeChat developer Tencent, however, downplayed the report saying all content shared among international users is private and not used surveillance purposes.




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Cricket Australia Looking for Temporary Jobs for Stood-down Staff at Supermarket

Cricket Australias staff, which has been stood down amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, could find new jobs stacking supermarket shelves in the coming days




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Brett Lee Was Quite a Terror on the Field Himself: Shoaib Akhtar

The Pakistani bowler was thus indicating that he was going to aim for Lee's head but instead the ball went to his toes.




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Josh Hazlewood Picks Adelaide Oval as Venue if Entire India Series is Held at One Stadium

A financially-weakened CA is desperate to host India to save the broadcast revenue from the contest.




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Shakib Al Hasan Auctions 'Favourite' Bat Used in World Cup 2019 to Help Fight against Coronavirus

The 33-year-old all-rounder had a hugely successful World Cup in England last year, scoring 606 runs in eight matches at an average of 86.57, which included two centuries and five fifties.




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Playing James Anderson in England Has Been 'Really Challenging': Ajinkya Rahane

Rahane, who has amassed over 4000 runs in Test cricket and has a century in England, the West Indies apart from India, emphasised on the need to be mentally fit during the coronavirus-forced lockdown period.




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Anil Kumble the Best Captain I Played Under: Gautam Gambhir

The cricketer-turned-politician believes if Kumble had led Team India for a longer period, he would have broken every captaincy records.




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Pakistan's Tour to Netherlands Postponed Due to Covid-19

The Pakistan Cricket Board on Wednesday announced following advice from the Koninklijke Nederlandse Cricket Bond (KNCB), it has indefinitely postponed its July tour to the Netherlands after the Dutch government banned all events (sports and cultural) until September 1 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.




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Chris Gayle Joins St Lucia Zouks for CPL 2020

Swashbuckling West Indies batsman Chris Gayle has been signed by St Lucia Zouks as their marquee player for the 2020 edition of the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).




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England Players Were Jealous of Pietersen's 'Massive' IPL Deal: Vaughan

Michael Vaughan has revealed that many former England players were jealous of Kevin Pietersen after the latter bagged a huge contract with the Indian Premier League (IPL).




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Indian Players' 100s Was for Themselves During Our Playing Days: Inzamam

Former skipper Inzamam-ul-Haq believes the difference between India and Pakistan teams during his playing days was that Indian players played for themselves while Pakistani players played for the team.




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Aaron Finch Prepared for T20 World Cup Postponement

Finch said he wouldn't mind seeing the game resuming without fans once the pandemic is brought under control.




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Postponing T20 World Cup Could Open up Window for IPL: McCullum

Former New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum believes if the ICC T20 World Cup -- which is scheduled to be played in Australia in October-November -- is postponed till next year, it could open up a window for the Indian Premier League.




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Top Indian Umpires Honing Third Umpiring Skills Through Simulation Activities Amid Lockdown

The advent of technology, in recent years, has helped the game of cricket but has increased the challenge as well.




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Kagiso Rabada Says 'Consistent' Virat Kohli Pushes Him to Give his Best

The 24-year-old has taken 197 wickets from 43 Tests while he has picked up 117 ODI wickets from 75 matches.




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You Were in Your Nappies, When I Made my Test Debut: Parthiv Patel to Steve Waugh's Son

That trip to Australia was historic for India's first-ever Test series win Down Under. For Patel it was a way of finally breaching the fortress having come close as first-choice 'keeper on the 2003-04 tour.




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Family Man Chris Woakes Ready for 'Quarantine' Tests

Tests in England have seen Woakes average an impressive 23.45 with the ball compared to an expensive 51.68 abroad.




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Sport in Empty Stadiums will be Disappointing, Feels Sachin Tendulkar

But does he think that winning and losing will have the same kind of impact in an athlete''s mind once the mayhem of this pandemic is over?




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Won't Accept Change of Asia Cup Schedule to Accommodate IPL: PCB CEO

Khan said the BCCI representative did not raise the IPL window issue at Thursday's ICC Chief Executives virtual meeting where he took part as PCB's representative.




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Sunrisers Hyderabad Has the Best Death Bowling in IPL: David Warner

Asked about what they liked most about batting with each other, both said running between the wickets was a major contributing factor in their successful partnership.




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India Should Win at least Two Out of Next Three World Cups: Rohit Sharma

Rohit spoke his mind in an Instagram live session with former India spinner Harbhajan Singh.




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England's James Anderson and Stuart Broad set Ashes Target

With the end in sight, both are eager to keep their England places long enough for a memorable farewell Ashes series in Australia in 2021/22.




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ICC CEC Meeting: FTP Set for Overhaul, World Test Championship Cycle Set to be Affected

But the T20 World Cup is on course even though Cricket Australia CEO Kevin Roberts said that his board is ready for any eventuality.




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Happy Birthday Sachin Tendulkar - 47 Interesting Facts About The Master Blaster

Tendulkar scored 2278 runs in just 44 World Cup innings at an average of 56.95 and strike rate of 88.98.




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Shane Watson Explains Why Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne Were His 'Favourite Captains'

Watson also revealed an interesting story, featuring Ponting, after Australia won the 2007 World Cup in the West Indies by getting the better of Sri Lanka in the final.




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Ball Shining with Spit, Celebrations During Games Set to Change Post Coronavirus: Sachin Tendulkar

But with increased focus on social distancing and personal hygiene to contain the spread of the virus, the sport stares at a changing landscape.




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After Coronavirus, Legalisation of Ball-tampering Could be Considered - Report

Following the chief executives meeting of the ICC on Thursday, its medical committee, headed by Peter Harcourt, had issued an update.




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Umpires' Group Starts Distributing Food to Help Local Scorers, Groundsmen hit by Lockdown

The COVID-19 pandemic has so far claimed over 700 lives and infected more than 23,000 people in the country.




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Indian Women's Tour of England Postponed as ECB Suspends Cricket till July 1

Indian women were supposed to play four ODIs and two T20 Internationals during their short two-week trip that would have ended on July 9.




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When Pakistan's Saqlain Mushtaq Learnt to Not Sledge Sachin Tendulkar Ever Again

Saqlain was expected to play a lot more than the 49 Tests and 169 ODIs he eventually did.




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Haven't Heard Anything From MS Dhoni Since World Cup: Rohit Sharma

Rohit Sharma feels the best way forward is to directly ask Dhoni.




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Tendulkar's 'Desert Storm' Voted his Top ODI Innings on Birthday

Tendulkar's blitz narrowly edged out his match-winning 98 against arch-rivals Pakistan in the 2003 World Cup group match.




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Battles Against You on the Ground are a Treasure: Shoaib Akhtar to Sachin Tendulkar

Asked if he was finding it frustrating to stay at home, the genius answered in the negative and said that he is looking to spend quality time with his family.




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Playing IPL Behind Closed Doors a Smarter Option: Pandya

All-rounder Hardik Pandya said that he would be okay with the 2020 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL) being played behind closed doors. The season has been postponed after the Indian government extended the ongoing lockdown in the country to May 3 amid the coronavirus pandemic.