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As Italy’s death toll and infection continue to rise, one small Italian village has bucked the trend. Vo Euganeo has lowered its infection rate by stringent testing. Unfortunately, the U.S. has stumbled comically behind in terms of testing. Italy’s death toll recently surpassed China, and the infections seem to balloon every day. As the coronavirus…

Sony has provided an update on the backward compatibility capabilities of the PlayStation 5. The console will support the ‘overwhelming majority’ of PlayStation 4 games. Backward compatible titles will also benefit from a performance boost on the PlayStation 5. Amid the barrage of information hurled at viewers during Mark Cerny’s PlayStation 5 deep-dive earlier this…

The Weeknd just released his first album in four years. People are buzzing about “Save Your Tears,” a song that might be about his more famous ex-girlfriend, Selena Gomez. The two broke up years ago; it’s honestly getting creepy. The Weeknd is back in the news with the release of his new album “After Hours.”…

Confirmed coronavirus infections have soared past 250,000. The epicenter of the outbreak has shifted from East Asia to Europe. Governments around the world are implementing social distancing measures, but it’s doing little to stem the spread of the virus. South America, South Asia and Africa continue to report very low infection numbers. This is probably…

The Dow Jones fell over 600 points to close a turbulent week. The U.S. stock market struggled as New York and California went into lockdown, while Trump closed the Mexican border. Dow bulls are wincing ahead of a historic jump in U.S. jobless claims. One chart from ING shows how brutal it could be. The…

After Mylan announced it would resume producing chloroquine, shares rose dramatically. Anecdotal evidence suggests the anti-malaria drug as a possible COVID-19 cure. Shortages of chloroquine in the U.S. have been reported. Shares of Mylan (NASDAQ:MYL) received a boost after the biotech firm announced that it would resume manufacturing hydroxychloroquine-sulfate tablets. The anti-malaria drug has been…

Senator Richard Burr sold as much as $1.7 million of stock shortly before financial markets suffered a sudden plunge. Burr faces insider trading allegations because he was receiving classified coronavirus briefings around the same time he dumped his stock. But his real crime isn’t insider trading – it’s lying to the American public about his…

Google is slashing Stadia pricing for one day to mark the launch of Doom Eternal. The Stadia Premiere Edition is available for $30 off until midnight tonight, but only in the United States. Stadia users will still need to fork out $60 for Doom Eternal, though. To mark the launch of Doom Eternal, Google is…

California’s governor has ordered his state’s 40 million residents to stay at home. Likewise, other states and cities are in lockdown. Stay at home orders, and those closing public places like restaurants are unconstitutional. They violate the First Amendment right to assemble. If this is an emergency, the state has a burden of proof to…

Social media giants Facebook and Google are reportedly in talks with the White House over plans to utilize user data to fight the deadly coronavirus. Plans to track user’s movements are seemingly “moving along quickly.” This raises questions regarding privacy and government surveillance. One of the unfortunate side effects of the coronavirus pandemic is that…