Microsoft’s $70B bet on the future of gaming
If you've played Call of Duty, World of Warcraft, or even Candy Crush, you're among the 400 million people who play a game from Activision-Blizzard every month. On Tuesday, the company was purchased b...
20 Jan 202220min
Cannabis vs. COVID: What the research is showing
A study last week from two Oregon universities has generated a lot of buzz, after findings suggested that some cannabis compounds may be able to block the SARS-CoV-2 virus from entering human cells. ...
19 Jan 202224min
Sex abuse lawsuit looms for Prince Andrew
As a U.S. judge has ruled a sex abuse lawsuit can proceed against Prince Andrew, the second son of Queen Elizabeth, who last week was stripped of his military titles and royal patronages. The lawsui...
18 Jan 202224min
A landmark conviction for Syrian war crimes
On Thursday, a former Syrian colonel in Bashar al-Assad’s forces was convicted in a court in Germany for crimes against humanity. Anwar Raslan was sentenced to life in prison for overseeing the murd...
17 Jan 202226min
Pros, cons of Quebec’s proposed anti-vax tax
This week, Quebec Premier François Legault announced a new reason for people to get their jabs: His government would place a significant tax on the unvaccinated. The announcement came a day after Lega...
14 Jan 202222min
No-vax Djokovic vs. Australian immigration
On Monday, world tennis No. 1 Novak Djokovic won a legal battle to stay in Australia and defend his title at the Australian Open — for now. The unvaccinated player's visa was revoked when he arrived a...
13 Jan 202224min
The Base Tapes: recordings from inside the neo-Nazi group
When an anti-fascist infiltrator left The Base in 2020, he took 80 gigabytes of files with him. Those screengrabs, videos and audio detail the neo-Nazi organization from its beginnings, including aro...
12 Jan 202223min
‘Deflated, defeated’: a nurse’s view from the front lines
After working as a nurse — in a job she loved — for more than 20 years, Nancy Halupa says she now thinks about quitting every day. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted and exacerbated nursing shorta...
11 Jan 202226min
