Australian opener David Warner has reportedly pulled out of England's new franchise league The Hundred. Warner's reason to pull out of the tournament however is not the coronavirus pandemic but to make himself available for Australia's ODI series against Zimbabwe.
Former England captain Kevin Pietersen on Friday urged Indian citizens to follow government directions on self-isolation to contain the COVID-19 pandemic, posting a message in Hindi with some help from his former IPL teammate Sreevats Goswami.
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YouTube is reducing the quality of its videos in Europe, as an increase in home usage strains the continent’s internet during the novel coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. “We are making a commitment to temporarily switch all traffic in the EU to standard definition by default,” the company said in a statement.
The decision comes after EU industry chief Thierry Breton called on streaming platforms to help reduce their load on the continent’s infrastructure. Internet traffic is increasing as more people spend time at home in line with social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic. There are fears about the strain this could place on the internet’s infrastructure, and cause further disruption to remote workers and e-learning...
Google is discounting its Stadia cloud gaming service for the first time since its November launch. The Stadia Premiere Edition, which includes a Stadia controller, Chromecast Ultra, and three months of Stadia Pro, is dropping from $129 to $99 for a one day sale until 11:59PM PT tonight (2:59AM ET on March 21st).
The sale is limited to the US to celebrate the launch of Doom Eternal, which arrives on Google Stadia today. The game is priced at $59.99 for the standard edition and $89.99 for the deluxe edition. Google’s Stadia sale also comes just as the company is preparing to launch a free tier of the service in the coming months. You’ll still need to purchase games individually on Stadia Pro or the free tier, but Google is promising 120...
By now most Americans have gotten the message that, as much as possible, they need to stay away from everyone else. In San Francisco and a growing number of other cities around the world, all non-essential travel has been banned. Even in cases where life more closely resembles normalcy, the government has encouraged social distancing. And if anyone in your life isn’t yet under self-quarantine, sending them this brutal essay by Jeff Wise ought to do the trick. It’s a plausible account of how you might contract COVID-19 even while doing your best to wash your hands and minimize social contacts; the prose is so sharp and severe that I almost found it cruel.
OK, so you’re social distancing; I’m social distancing. How’s everyone else doing?...
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YouTube is reducing the quality of its videos in Europe, as an increase in home usage strains the continent’s internet during the novel coronavirus outbreak, Reuters reports. “We are making a commitment to temporarily switch all traffic in the EU to standard definition by default,” the company said in a statement.
The decision comes after EU industry chief Thierry Breton called on streaming platforms to help reduce their load on the continent’s infrastructure. Internet traffic is increasing as more people spend time at home in line with social-distancing guidelines during the pandemic. There are fears about the strain this could place on the internet’s infrastructure, and cause further disruption to remote workers and e-learning...
Google is discounting its Stadia cloud gaming service for the first time since its November launch. The Stadia Premiere Edition, which includes a Stadia controller, Chromecast Ultra, and three months of Stadia Pro, is dropping from $129 to $99 for a one day sale until 11:59PM PT tonight (2:59AM ET on March 21st).
The sale is limited to the US to celebrate the launch of Doom Eternal, which arrives on Google Stadia today. The game is priced at $59.99 for the standard edition and $89.99 for the deluxe edition. Google’s Stadia sale also comes just as the company is preparing to launch a free tier of the service in the coming months. You’ll still need to purchase games individually on Stadia Pro or the free tier, but Google is promising 120...
By now most Americans have gotten the message that, as much as possible, they need to stay away from everyone else. In San Francisco and a growing number of other cities around the world, all non-essential travel has been banned. Even in cases where life more closely resembles normalcy, the government has encouraged social distancing. And if anyone in your life isn’t yet under self-quarantine, sending them this brutal essay by Jeff Wise ought to do the trick. It’s a plausible account of how you might contract COVID-19 even while doing your best to wash your hands and minimize social contacts; the prose is so sharp and severe that I almost found it cruel.
OK, so you’re social distancing; I’m social distancing. How’s everyone else doing?...
Gavaskar also said that the fate of the IPL depends upon how quickly the spread of coronavirus is controlled in the country.
The size of phones has been consistently increasing over the years but in 2020 most phones have gotten bafflingly BIG and heavy. Small phones are almost extinct, particularly in the affordable segment. If you have been holding on to your phone for the last two to three years and are now planning on an upgrade, […]
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Out of the blue, Realme Narzo was teased, surprising the industry and fans alike. In the following days, we learned that this is going to be a smartphone series, beginning with two phones – Narzon 10 and 10A. Well, the latest Flipkart microsite reveals the launch date too. Realme Narzo will premiere on the 26th […]
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The franchise-based Twenty20 league was scheduled to begin on March 29 but has now been postponed until April 15.
HMD Global unveiled a bunch of phones, thus further broadening its phone portfolio. Amongst the newcomers, the Nokia 8.3 is the brand’s first 5G phone, Nokia 5.3 is a mid-ranger, Nokia 1.3 is an Android GO phone and last but not least, Nokia 5310 is a feature phone. Further, the Finnish company introduced a global […]
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With the launch of Galaxy A41, a new member has joined the A-series and it is an upgraded version of Samsung Galaxy A40. The phone has currently been introduced only in Japan, but it will hit retails shelves only in June 2020. Samsung Galaxy A41 Features With a 6.1-inch FHD+ Super AMOLED display, Galaxy A41 […]
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Spin legend Shane Warne has stated that his gin distillery, SevenZeroEight, has decided to produce hand sanitisers for hospitals, amid the growing mayhem caused by the coronavirus outbreak.
India skipper Virat Kohli has urged all the citizens of the country to adhere to the safety norms put in place by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday, saying "we need to be alert, attentive and aware in the wake of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic."
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Twitter will not take down a tweet from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk where he said children are “essentially immune” to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, despite early evidence that they can be infected and become seriously ill.
Musk sent the tweet at 5:55PM ET on Thursday in response to a question from a user with the display name “Hopeful Pope of Muskanity.”
“Kids are essentially immune, but elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable. Family gatherings with close contact between kids & grandparents probably most risky,” Musk wrote.
Twitter announced earlier this week that it was joining forces with Facebook and others to fight misinformation about the growing pandemic. And while experts agree that...
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Twitter will not take down a tweet from billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk where he said children are “essentially immune” to COVID-19, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, despite early evidence that they can be infected and become seriously ill.
Musk sent the tweet at 5:55PM ET on Thursday in response to a question from a user with the display name “Hopeful Pope of Muskanity.”
“Kids are essentially immune, but elderly with existing conditions are vulnerable. Family gatherings with close contact between kids & grandparents probably most risky,” Musk wrote.
Twitter announced earlier this week that it was joining forces with Facebook and others to fight misinformation about the growing pandemic. And while experts agree that...
Cheteshwar Pujara finds the constant fuss over his strike rate a tad unfair and wants to clarify once and for all that he has got full backing of the team management which understands the "importance" of his style of play.
Swashbuckling Australian opener David Warner intends to play in the 13th IPL if it happens this season, his manager said Thursday, even as the COVID-19 pandemic continued to wreak havoc on the world.
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Anthony Levandowski, the self-driving car engineer and former Google executive who joined Uber via an acquisition of his autonomous truck company Otto, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing Google trade secrets, according to Reuters.
The decision is just the latest chapter in the multi-year legal saga involving Levandowski’s roles in both Google and Uber’s fast-growing self-driving car divisions. The lawsuit between Waymo, Alphabet’s now-standalone autonomous car unit, and Uber eventually resulted in a settlement between the two companies back in February of 2018. (Uber paid Waymo more than $244 million as a result.)
But Levandowski remained on the hook for criminal charges of...
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Anthony Levandowski, the self-driving car engineer and former Google executive who joined Uber via an acquisition of his autonomous truck company Otto, has agreed to plead guilty to stealing Google trade secrets, according to Reuters.
The decision is just the latest chapter in the multi-year legal saga involving Levandowski’s roles in both Google and Uber’s fast-growing self-driving car divisions. The lawsuit between Waymo, Alphabet’s now-standalone autonomous car unit, and Uber eventually resulted in a settlement between the two companies back in February of 2018. (Uber paid Waymo more than $244 million as a result.)
But Levandowski remained on the hook for criminal charges of...
What with the coronavirus sweeping the globe, it all feels a little bit apocalyptic right now. Folks are revisiting their favorite Armageddon-themed movies, then, in a bid to figure out the best way to survive these troubled times. Maybe the best one to look to is Shaun of the Dead, the classic zombie comedy whose hero’s big plan to live through a zombie outbreak is to reach his local pub, have a pint and wait ’til it all blows over.
In the service of public safety, stars Simon Pegg and Nick Frost have reunited for a new video that’s going viral, in which they dust off Shaun‘s advice, give it an update for these contemporary times and basically deliver a mini-sequel to the 2004 Edgar Wright-directed film. If that video where Hollywood got together to sing “Imagine” left you cold, then maybe this one’ll do it for you instead. Watch the hilarious skit in the player above.
Pegg and Frost replay a famed scene from the movie, but with a few key differences to inform folks about the best way to handle things at present. Like Pegg says, contrary to Shaun’s classic advice, the best thing to do is actually to stay indoors, make yourself a cup of tea (other beverages are available) and wait for this to all blow over. Help each other out, Pegg encourages, though obviously when it comes to hoarding toilet paper, it’s a dog-eat-dog world.
Simon Pegg co-stars in the upcoming thriller Inheritance, led by Lily Collins, which comes out on VOD from April 23rd. Meanwhile, Nick Frost is one of the leads of Joss Whedon’s ensemble Victorian fantasy drama The Nevers, which will air on HBO sometime in 2021. Remember, do as the Shaun of the Dead stars say and “don’t panic.” Like the video ends with, “we can beat the apocalypse… together.”
