China on Friday ordered a lockdown of the nine million residents of the northeastern city of Changchun amid a new spike in COVID-19 cases in the area attributed to the highly contagious Omicron variant. Residents are required to remain home, with one family member permitted to venture out to buy […]
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Building a bigger home for the British Library collection – BBC News
Building a bigger home for the British Library collection By Tom Airey BBC News Published 1 day ago Share close Share page Copy link About sharing Image caption, The National Newspaper Building holds the equivalent of 60 million issues and grows by 1,200 issues a week The British Library’s main […]
An economic iron curtain is falling on Russia as companies cut ties : NPR
Enlarge this image An elderly Russian woman eats a hamburger at the first McDonald’s in the then Soviet Union on its opening day in January 1990.Rudi Blaha/ASSOCIATED PRESS Rudi Blaha/ASSOCIATED PRESS An elderly Russian woman eats a hamburger at the first McDonald’s in the then Soviet Union on its opening […]
Kyle Larson Brings Back Fan-Favorite Scheme at Phoenix
The No.5 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Camaro will have a different look for the March 13 Ruoff Mortgage 500 Cup Series race at Phoenix Raceway (3:30 p.m.ET, FOX).Kyle Larson will head to the track with the fan-favorite Valvoline Oil scheme. Hendrick Motorsports showcased the updated version of the No.5 Chevrolet ahead […]
Moderna CEO made more than $18 million in 2021, could receive golden parachute worth nearly $1 billion – TheBlaze
Moderna is a biotechnology company that was founded in 2010 and develops medicines based on mRNA technology.Stéphane Bancel – who was previously a top executive at pharmaceutical behemoth Eli Lilly and Company and CEO of French biotech company bioMérieux – was hired as CEO of Moderna in 2011.Moderna went public […]
Russia’s console game market no longer exists
Enlarge / Just some of the consoles that Russian consumers can no longer purchase or make full use of in Russia. Russian consumers are no longer a part of the console gaming market, as Nintendo and Sony have officially followed Microsoft in cutting off new console and game sales in […]
Russia’s console game market no longer exists | Ars Technica
Enlarge / Just some of the consoles that Russian consumers can no longer purchase or make full use of in Russia.Sam Machkovech reader comments 132 with 81 posters participating Further Reading Microsoft suspends “all new sales of products and services in Russia” Russian consumers are no longer a part of […]
Sony stops PlayStation sales in Russia given Ukraine invasion : NPR
Enlarge this image A customer waits in a queue inside an electronics store in Sydney on Nov.12, 2020, on the day of the official launch of Sony’s next-generation PlayStation 5 gaming console.SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption SAEED KHAN/AFP via Getty Images A customer waits in a […]
Elite Dangerous console users prepare to retire their ships, following update cancellation news • Eurogamer.net
Elite Dangerous console users prepare to retire their ships, following update cancellation news “It’s been real Commanders.” Yesterday, Elite Dangerous developer Frontier Developments announced it had cancelled all future content and updates for PlayStation and Xbox consoles .The game isn’t being pulled offline, but a growing number of fans have […]
Microsoft asks you to switch to Xbox’s energy saver mode
Microsoft has called upon Xbox users to switch their consoles onto Energy Saver mode. Did you know this option also now downloads game and system updates while your console is more fully powered down? It’s an update Microsoft made available last year, but which largely flew under the radar at […]