Tencent acquired a minority stake in ‘Life is Strange’ developer Dontnod

Chinese technology conglomerate Tencent has acquired a stake in Dontnod, according to a report in Kotaku. The French studio is famous for releasing games with compelling storylines, like Life is Strange and Tell Me Why.…

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Biden to sign bipartisan bills in support of police, federal law enforcement

EXCLUSIVE: President Biden is expected to sign three pieces of bipartisan legislation into law on Thursday in support of police officers, the law enforcement community, and federal officials, Fox News…

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Germany coronavirus: Record rise prompts warning of 100,000 deaths

One of Germany's top virologists has warned that a further 100,000 people will die from Covid if nothing's done to halt an aggressive fourth wave. Case numbers have soared and…

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Aviation industry is ‘not quite out of the woods,’ but there are signs of recovery, Dubai Airports CEO says

The air travel industry is “not quite out of the woods” — but the future could be brighter than the last 20 months, says Paul Griffiths, the chief executive of…

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Extreme Narrows In On Cisco, Posts Robust Q1

Cloud-managed network services propelled Extreme Networks to a solid first fiscal quarter of 2022 that was punctuated by a robust increase in subscription bookings. Extreme is “the second largest cloud”…

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Exploring the role of social media in collaborative learning the new domain of learning

Abstract This study is an attempt to examine the application and usefulness of social media and mobile devices in transferring the resources and interaction with academicians in higher education institutions…

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Effects of covid-19 pandemic on life expectancy and premature mortality in 2020: time series analysis in 37 countries

Abstract Objective To estimate the changes in life expectancy and years of life lost in 2020 associated with the covid-19 pandemic. Design Time series analysis. Setting 37 upper-middle and high income countries or…

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COVID research: a year of scientific milestones

For just over a year of the COVID-19 pandemic, Nature highlighted key papers and preprints to help readers keep up with the flood of coronavirus research. Those highlights are below. For continued…

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What doctors wish patients knew about COVID-19 vaccine boosters

This led to the emergency use authorization (EUA) of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and…

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Outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance physician registry: a retrospective cohort study

Background Patients with primary systemic vasculitis or polymyalgia rheumatica might be at a high risk for poor COVID-19 outcomes due to the treatments used, the potential organ damage cause by…

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