WASHINGTON—Four doctors aboard the USS Theodore Roosevelt warned in a memo to Navy medical officials in March that dozens of sailors would die of Covid-19 if the entire aircraft carrier weren’t evacuated within 10 days, mirroring the urgency voiced at the same time by its commander….

More details on the PlayStation 5 are here. We’ve learned just how much faster it is than the PlayStation 4. Paired with Unreal Engine 5, Sony’s machine is sure to be a beast. It’s not a surprise that Sony’s upcoming PlayStation 5 will be more powerful than the PlayStation 4 and its seven-year-old hardware. That […]

WASHINGTON—Since its launch nearly two months ago, the government’s rescue effort for small businesses has been peppered with complaints over terms of the loan programs and the piecemeal way the programs have been implemented. In Congress, lawmakers have yet another beef—they can’t get answers from the Small Business Administration, which is leading the effort. Senate…

The Dow Jones bled lower on Thursday, reversing part of the previous day’s rally. Today’s jobless claims release revealed that almost 40 million Americans have filed for unemployment since the coronavirus pandemic began. Investors brushed off this data and appeared more interested in Donald Trump’s escalating war of words with China. The Dow Jones suffered […]

Mark Zuckerberg is shifting Facebook Inc. toward a substantially remote workforce over the next decade, permanently reconfiguring the tech giant’s operations around the dispersed structure that the coronavirus pandemic forced on it. The plan, which the Facebook chief executive laid out in detail to employees in livestreamed remarks on Thursday, is one of the highest-profile…

Shoppers walked past a Canada Goose store in central London last year. Photo: Steve Taylor/SOPA Images/Zuma Press Updated May 20, 2020 9:42 pm ET Canada Goose Holdings Inc. has laid off about 125 workers, as the coronavirus pandemic saps demand for the company’s luxury fur-trimmed jackets. The Toronto apparel maker, in a statement Wednesday to…

5v5 character-based tactical shooter Valorant will launch on June 2. Is Riot Games ready to handle the shift to a vastly larger pool of players? Riot thinks so, according to a published list of measures taken to ensure a smooth transition. Riot Games announced today that 5v5 character-based tactical shooter Valorant would launch much sooner […]

Lana Del Rey torched her feminist critics Wednesday night. But she also riled up several other chart-toppers’ fandoms with unflattering comparisons to other female artists. Here’s why Lizzy Grant’s right and her critics are wrong. Lana Del Rey announced Wednesday night in an Instagram post that she has a new album in the works. She’s […]

Donald Trump proved Wednesday that attacking China is his top priority. Trump is even willing to fire shots at Xi Jinping despite their rapidly-unraveling trade deal. Rising tension with China will cap stock market gains – and maybe even ignite a sell-off. Before coronavirus, Donald Trump’s reelection platform was clear: the strength of the U.S. […]

CD Projekt has been named as the biggest European game company. Ubisoft was previously the biggest company before the Polish-based studio took the lead. This is a great thing for the gaming community. A few months ago we discussed the fact that CD Projekt was the second-largest European game company. Ubisoft was only just beating […]

Business activity in the U.S., Europe and Japan continued to fall in May, though at a slower pace than in prior months, offering early signs that the global economy may have already experienced the worst of the economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak.Still, the data released Thursday suggest that any economic recovery will be painfully…

Amazon.com Inc. is taking a number of steps to return to pre-pandemic business operations, including scheduling its annual Prime Day shopping promotion for the fall and allowing unlimited shipments of nonessential goods to warehouses, according to people familiar with the matter. The latter move will allow the e-commerce giant to lay the groundwork for shipments…

A second coronavirus lockdown could pose grave risks to the nation’s mental health, the country’s leading mental-health official said. The increase in the number of suicides, fatal drug overdoses and instances of domestic abuse will be broad, deep and long-lasting, said Elinore McCance-Katz, the assistant secretary for mental health and substance use, who was nominated…

OtherSide Entertainment recently announced that Chinese company Tencent would be “moving forward” with the troubled System Shock 3. Right now, the tweet is not particularly clear on what that actually means. If developing this game has been this hard, is it even worth continuing? System Shock 3 is a game we’ve been for, for a […]