It’s never a good idea to mix relationships with business. Families have been torn apart from arguments over money, from the dissolution of the marriages to sibling rivalries over inheritance rights. Despite the odds, these enterprising couples have found ways to keep their marriage going and launch million, even billion-dollar …
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Here’s what you need to know: The White House announces a major virus test-kit deal, just days after the C.D.C. moved to discourage testing. Trump promises a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year, and boasts of his pandemic response. Hurricane Laura and the virus collide in Louisiana and …
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GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Electronic Arts CEO Andrew Wilson said in an earnings call with analysts today that tens of millions of new players have joined the company’s games since April. That’s a rare one-time change caused by the global health …
Read More »At Pokémon Go Fest 2020, millions of players caught nearly a billion Pokémon
GamesBeat Summit Watch every session from the annual event On Demand Watch Now Niantic announced today that Pokémon Go Fest 2020 drew millions of players who caught nearly a billion Pokémon over the weekend. The annual fest took place on July 25 and July 26 as an online-only event, in …
Read More »China Is Collecting DNA From Tens of Millions of Men and Boys, Using U.S. Equipment
The police in China are collecting blood samples from men and boys from across the country to build a genetic map of its roughly 700 million males, giving the authorities a powerful new tool for their emerging high-tech surveillance state. They have swept across the country since late 2017 to …
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