Microsoft to Skip Game Developers Conference 2020 Over Coronavirus Risk

Other companies who backed out from this year's GCD are Facebook, Unity, Sony and Epic Games. Facebook also cancelled its F8 developer conference.

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Post Cambridge Analytica, Facebook Sues Data Analytics Firm for Harvesting User Data

Data analytics firm OneAudience secretly collected user data from Facebook and other social media companies and paid app developers to install malware.

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Hearing on Assange's UK Extradition Paused Until May as US Insists on Espionage Charges

The full extradition hearing is then set to resume for three weeks in mid-May, when witnesses will be called and cross-examined, with an eventual ruling expected by August at the latest.

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Man Shoots Himself Dead Playing Russian Roulette to 'Impress' a Woman in French Bar

'He put a bullet in the revolver, a 357 Magnum, and spun the cylinder. He killed himself with the first shot' in front of the woman, said a source.

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IMF, World Bank Funds Ready to Fight Coronavirus Outbreak: Spokesman

As the epidemic has spread beyond China, shuttering production and closing schools in Japan, economists are increasingly worried about a slowdown in the global economy.

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Police Takes Custody of Outspoken Hong Kong Publisher For Participating in Pro-democracy Protest

The vice chairman of the opposition Labor Party, Lee Cheuk-yan, was also detained in connection with the August 31 march, called to mark the 5th anniversary of a decision by China against fully democratic elections in Hong Kong.

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Hyundai Shuts Down Factory as Worker Tests Positive for Coronavirus in South Korean City Ulsan

Hyundai operates five car factories in Ulsan, which has an annual production capacity of 1.4 million vehicles, or nearly 30% of Hyundai's global production. Hyundai employs 34,000 workers there in the world's biggest car complex.

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