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Trump Remains Hospitalized as Doctors Offer Mixed Signals on Health White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany said she tested positive for Covid-19, as the president took a steroid recommended for serious cases Continue Reading . . . https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-remains-hospitalized-as-doctors-offer-mixed-signals-on-presidents-health-11601898786

Bond was the last straw: Regal and Cineworld will reportedly close all theaters in US and UK next week Cineworld, owner of the largest chain of theaters in the UK and Ireland and the second-largest in the United States — Regal Cinemas — will reportedly close all its theaters next week, according to Variety, The Sunday Times, and others. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/3/21500538/regal-cineworld-theaters-shut-down-james-bond-us-uk

Greenland Melting Fastest Any Time in Last 12,000 Years Researchers determined that Greenland is on track to lose more ice this century than during any of the previous 120 centuries. Christopher Intagliata reports. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/greenland-melting-fastest-any-time-in-last-12-000-years/

James Bond’s next film No Time to Die delayed till 2021 — an entire year No Time to Die, the 25th James Bond film, has been pushed back an entire year. It will now arrive on April 2nd, 2021, the film’s producers confirmed today. Originally, the film was supposed to arrive in April 2020, before getting delayed to this November due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Continue Reading . . . https://www.theverge.com/2020/10/2/21499362/james-bond-no-time-to-die-delay-april-2021

How the Immune System of Older Adults Like Trump Weakens with Age President Donald Trump’s announcement that he’s tested positive for COVID-19 is especially concerning because of his age. At 74 years old, Trump is solidly within an age group that’s been hit hard during the coronavirus pandemic. Continue Reading . . . https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-the-immune-system-of-older-adults-like-trump-weakens-with-age/

Amazon reveals 19,816 employees had COVID-19 One day after a report by NBC News dug into Amazon’s lack of transparency around COVID-19 outbreaks in its facilities, the company has released data on how many employees tested or were presumed positive. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/amazon-covid-19-data-232551356.html

Nintendo agrees to $2 million settlement in Switch hacking lawsuit Nintendo has agreed to a $2 million settlement in its intellectual property lawsuit against a site called UberChips, according to court documents obtained by Torrent Freak. Continue Reading . . . https://www.engadget.com/nintendo-2-million-settlement-switch-hacking-lawsuit-212546195.html