FOOTBALL authorities have held their first serious all-party meeting with social media giants to combat online hate as Anton Ferdinand demanded they be held to account. Anti-racism leaders Kick It Out convened the gathering of the game’s senior organisations. 2 Kick It Out chairman Sanjay Bhandari has described the ‘culture […]
Building the Next Wave of Web 3.0
“Blockchain and bitcoin point to a future, and point to a world, where content exists forever, where it’s permanent, where it doesn’t go away, where it exists forever on every single node that’s connected to it,” Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey said recently, as he endorsed a decentralized social media standard. […]
‘Animal Crossing’ and ‘Stardew Valley’ have inspired a wave of DIY projects
Kevin Espiritu never planned to become a gardening expert. The 32-year-old San Diego resident grew up playing video games like Harvest Moon and The Sims, but he didn’t have the means to take on ambitious do-it-yourself projects in real life. He got back into games after graduating from college, but […]
‘The ones we play for’: Iowa keeps ‘wave’ for young patients
FILE – In this Saturday, Aug. 31, 2019 file photo, Iowa fans wave to children in the University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital at the end of the first quarter of an NCAA college football game between Iowa and Miami of Ohio in Iowa City, Iowa. During a season […]
Disney’s New Global Service, Second Wave COVID-19 Headaches & Inventive Marketing
Mipcom is the biggest international TV get-together of the year, but the 2020 event was a different beast due to COVID-19. While there were hopes the Cannes affair could take place in person this October, organizer Reed Midem revealed in September that the market would go virtual — and judging […]
Canadians don’t understand social gathering rules, second wave will be ‘more complicated,’ officials warn
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Canadians don’t understand social gathering rules, second wave will be ‘more complicated’, officials
Yahoo News Canada is committed to providing our readers with the most accurate and recent information on all things coronavirus. We know things change quickly, including some possible information in this story. For the latest on COVID-19, we encourage our readers to consult online resources like Canada’s public health website, […]
Norway plans for new virus wave as cases spike
COPENHAGEN, Denmark — Norwegian health authorities say the Scandinavian country must “plan for a new, national wave” of the coronavirus as Norway sees a spike in the number of cases. “If it should come, it is more likely that it will happen in the autumn and winter when people gather […]
How COVID-19 is fueling a new wave of Bay Area transplants to the Sacramento region
Jesse and Shanni Burke were working on their laptops a few feet apart in their cramped Silicon Valley apartment this spring, sweltering without air conditioning, when it dawned on them. The coronavirus pandemic that was virtually imprisoning them in their tiny downtown San Jose walk-up also offered an unexpected escape […]
Don’t panic about rising infections, says French PM, as fears grow of second wave
Gare Du Nord railway station in Paris looking busy amid second wave fears – Bloomberg Coronavirus Article Bar with counter .. France’s Prime Minister is urging his compatriots to wear masks more but insisted today that rising coronavirus infections across the country are “nothing to panic about” and that it’s […]
Severe heat wave causes rolling blackouts, dangerous conditions across California
Tropical moisture moving onshore along the Gaviota Coast northwest of Santa Barbara, Calif. brought rainbows and lighting strikes that have sparked several vegetation fires in the Santa Ynez Valley this morning, Sat. Aug. 15, 2020. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times) (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times) What forecasters say is shaping […]