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Speaking during an online event, Corporate Vice President of Minecraft at Mojang, Helen Chiang, said that her studio wanted to “extend its influence” into the real world in order to “inspire” Minecraft players to do more than just collect digital ore.  “We believe that we have a responsibility to fight …

The premise of the study was simple: some 1,500 participants were shown photos and asked to count the number of people in them.  The participants were able to take suggestions from a computer algorithm or the averages of guesses from their fellow humans in order to complete the task, which …

The nationwide ban on going outside without an obligatory mask lifts on Sunday. All schools, from daycare to 12th grade, will also fully reopen, having been partly closed for over a year. Most classes will be held in pre-pandemic conditions, with no social-distancing requirements, but students will still have to …

Michael Wood, the administrator of the state’s department of Occupational Safety and Health, said rules requiring masks and social distancing in all businesses in Oregon may be extended indefinitely. The restrictions, which are set to expire on May 4, could be maintained until they are “no longer necessary to address …

Earlier this week, several Belarusian opposition figures were arrested in their home country and in neighboring Russia. The two nations made it clear that those arrested are all suspected of plotting an armed insurrection against President Alexander Lukashenko, whose long grip on power was challenged last year by mass protests. …

Writing on Twitter, Khan urged Western governments “who have outlawed any negative comment on the Holocaust to use the same standards to penalize those deliberately spreading their message of hate against Muslims by abusing our Prophet.” The PM blasted “extreme right politicians” in the West who spread hatred against Muslims …

FULL DISCLOSURE: I used to know HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh. I say, I used to know. What I actually mean is that I met him once, many years ago. Well, ‘met’ isn’t strictly true, either. However, when it comes to choosing sides in Britain’s favourite bloodless civil war, …

Tubby veteran Askren lasted marginally longer than the five seconds he fought for in a flying knee defeat against Jorge Masvidal at UFC 239 in 2019, managing to stay on his feet for almost two minutes before being floored by a right hand from social media sensation Paul. The 36-year-old …

Footage from Thursday night’s protest in Brooklyn Center, Minnesota, shows a confrontation between a group of black protestors and a young white man. Washington Examiner journalist Nic Rowan, who posted the video on Twitter, said the conflict began after a group of white protesters told demonstrators to stop throwing water …

Lynch garnered a reputation as being one of the NFL’s grittiest competitors in a 12-year career on the gridiron which saw him claim a solitary Super Bowl ring as well as five Pro Bowl appearances, but even the man known as ‘Beast Mode’ admits that he has some reservations about …