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Microsoft is canceling its Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit and moving the event online due to the COVID-19 coronavirus. The company has been notifying attendees that the event, which was… read more...
The coronavirus had already been a factor in Microsoft's forecast for the More Personal Computing business, which now no longer applies.
The Indian shooting federation has dropped Italy as a training venue for its sho...
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Some 12.8 million students across Japan were told to stay home for weeks, Saudi Arabia cut travel to Islam’s holiest sites.
Shares of Microsoft Corp fell more than 4% on Thursday after the company warned ...
Facebook on Thursday announced its decision to cancel its annual F8 software developer conference due to concerns surrounding the COVID-19 coronavirus outbreak.
Microsoft said it will not attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco due to the coronavirus outbreak. Sony, Facebook, Unity, and other gaming giants previously said they would not attend.
Facebook announced Thursday it is canceling its annual F8 conference due to the coronavirus outbreak and instead only hosting the virtual component. "Given the growing concerns around COVID-19, we've made the difficult decision to cancel the in-person component of F8 2020," Facebook Director of Developer Platforms and Programs Konstantinos Papamiltiadis wrote in a statement.
Microsoft is skipping the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco this year, citing concerns about the global coronavirus outbreak. It isn't the only company to bow out of GDC 2020: Sony, Facebook, Kojima Productions and Unity Technologies previously announced they would miss the show in order to keep their employees and attendees as safe as possible. GDC is scheduled to run from March 16th to the 20th. "After a close review of guidance by...
Microsoft and Epic Games also announced they would not be attending this year’s Game Developers Conference in San Francisco
The K-pop band announced the news in a message posted to Twitter on Thursday.
K-pop superstar group BTS has canceled a series of planned concerts in Seoul in April due to concerns about a soaring viral outbreak in South Korea.
Greenday and Stormzi have also rescheduled the Asian legs of their tours.
The cancellations come as South Korea reports rapidly rising cases of the virus, which is believed to have originated in China before spreading globally.
It also places some restrictions on access to major Shia Muslim shrines in Qom and Mashhad.
The band's world tour will no longer start in South Korea – the first show will be weeks later in California.
The conference continues amid a citywide state of emergency
The band's world tour will no longer start in South Korea – the first show will be weeks later in California.
The global tech industry is being rattled by the virus.
Texas A&M University announced Friday that they will be canceling spring break trips for their Education Abroad programs out of an abundance of caution in order to keep their students and faculty safe. The CDC recommends that any students, faculty and staff traveling to Italy or any other country considered to be at a level 3 risk, be self-quarantined for two weeks after returning to the U.S., and not return to campus unless they are...
Duquesne University is canceling its study abroad programs in Rome because of the coronavirus outbreak.
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The University of Maine at Orono is canceling its study abroad program in Italy, as a precaution against the coronavirus. On Monday, March 2, the college's executive director of public relations, Dan Demeritt, issued a statement, saying: "The university will be working to support all community members who are abroad on university travel and impacted by the spread of the coronavirus. The protocol for anyone returning from Italy will be led by the...