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Udemy: Online course enrollment surged 425% amid lockdowns

Udemy has released data highlighting the extent to which people are turning to online courses during lockdown, and the courses that they’re choosing to enroll in. The San Francisco-based company, which is among the more prominent platforms that constitute the so-called “massively open online course” (MOOC) movement, has said that …

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California Lifts Ban on Plastic Bags Amid Virus Concerns

Retailers in California can once again hand out free single-use plastic bags under an executive order announced on Thursday by Gov. Gavin Newsom, the latest turn away from reusable bags amid the coronavirus outbreak. The order permits stores to provide customers with disposable plastic bags for the next 60 days. …

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Sheng Siong Joins Billionaire Club: Family Fortune Surges To S$1.57B Amid COVID-19

Following the Covid-19 outbreak, many Singaporeans have been flocking to the supermarkets to stockpile on groceries and household essentials with the fear that supplies will soon run out. Minister Chan Chun Sing has assured that Singapore has in place a “contingency scenario” which it has planned out for “many years.” …

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A Pulse of Joy Amid Tragedy

Just as we’re about to abandon our mountainside search in defeat, my 6-year-old son shouts, “I found one, guys!” His older brother, my husband and I step over brambles to join him where he’s crouched on the old logging trail we’ve followed through the forest. His small hand cups our …

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GE 2020: Proposed Bill Allows S’poreans To Vote Outside Of Electoral Divisions Amid COVID-19

Speculations are rife that the next general election will take place very soon, and it is very likely that it will take place amid this Covid-19 outbreak. Minister for Trade and Industry Chan Chun Sing proposed in Parliament today (April 7) some new measures as part of the Parliamentary Elections …

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Folding@home crowdsourced computing project passes 1 million downloads amid coronavirus research

Folding@home software for donating compute for medical research passed 1 million downloads, director Greg Bowman said in a tweet today. The Folding@home Consortium is made up of 11 laboratories around the world studying the molecular structure of diseases like cancer, ALS, and influenza. Research into COVID-19 started earlier this month. …

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Coachella, Influential Music Festival, Is Postponed Amid Virus Fears

Coachella is postponed. Organizers of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, the giant pop festival in the picturesque desert of Southern California, have delayed next month’s event to October over concerns about the coronavirus, the festival announced on Tuesday after days of speculation. The festival, which had been planned …

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