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Microsoft will be expanding access to its Xbox cloud gaming service to more devices including Apple's smartphones and tablets. SAN FRANCISCO: Microsoft on Monday began a trial run of letting people play Xbox cloud games using Apple mobile devices as well as Windows-powered computers. The small test spread across 22 countries is a step by the Xbox maker to allow games typically confined to consoles to be played using smartphones, tablets or personal computers. The list of countries included the Britain, France and the United States. "This is an exciting step on our journey to bring gaming to the 3 billion players around the world," project xCloud vice president Catherine Gluckstein said in a blog post. A limited number of Xbox Game Pass Ultimate subscribers will receive invitations to be able to access a catalogue of hundreds of titles through Edge, Chrome, or Safari web browsers, according to Gluckstein. Microsoft planned to make the option available to all Ultimate ... » Learn More about Xbox cloud game world extends to Apple gadgets

Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II arrives for the funeral of Britain’s Prince Philip, who died at the age of 99, at St George’s Chapel, in Windsor, Britain, April 17, 2021. Jonathan Brady/Pool via REUTERS/File Photo LONDON  – Britain’s Queen Elizabeth, the world’s oldest monarch, turns 95 on Wednesday, but there will be no public celebrations of an occasion that comes just days after she bade a sad farewell to her husband of seven decades at his funeral. Prince Philip, whom Elizabeth married in 1947, died on April 9 at the age of 99. The royals paid their final respects to the family’s patriarch at his funeral on Saturday at Windsor Castle. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the queen sat alone during the sombre service for Philip, who she had described as her “strength and stay”. Elizabeth, who is also the world’s longest-reigning monarch, will be at the castle for her birthday, which traditionally passes off with little or no ceremony. However this year, with the royals marking ... » Learn More about Queen Elizabeth marks 95th birthday, days after husband’s funeral

BOAO - The tables featured plastic screens between diners, hand sanitisers were ubiquitous at every session - even the gift bag contained half a dozen surgical masks. For a conference meant to show that China is once again open for business - last year's edition was cancelled by the pandemic - Covid-19 weighed heavily on the Boao Forum. Boao is a sleepy fishing town, usually visited by few tourists, that truly comes alive once a year. Most of its modern infrastructure - hotels, golf courses and an imposing waterfront conference centre - is purpose-built for the annual forum. This year, however, even the forum was a somewhat muted affair. China's borders are still largely shut to foreign visitors and even those who get approval to enter face a daunting two-week minimum quarantine. Most - if not all - foreign delegates who spoke at the forum, including representatives from Singapore, like CPF Board head Augustin Lee, Professor Kishore Mahbubani and former Cabinet ministers ... » Learn More about Boao Forum a muted affair as Covid-19 pandemic keeps borders shut

INQUIRER.net stock image A killer on death row is seeking execution via firing squad instead of the state-proposed lethal injection, which would make him the first since 2010 in the United States to be put down using the rare method. Zane Michael Floyd and his lawyers are requesting to replace injection with gunshots for a “faster and less painful death,” as per BBC yesterday, April 20, citing court documents obtained by the Associated Press. Floyd fatally shot four people and badly injured five with a shotgun at a Las Vegas supermarket back in 1999. He pled guilty and was sentenced to death the next year. Floyd’s camp is also fighting a possible June execution date, that if pushed through, will also see him as the first man to be executed in the said state via the death penalty in the last 15 years. He is one of the 70 death row inmates in Nevada, which is one of the 27 states in the U.S. to retain the death penalty, according to the U.S. Death Penalty Information Center. ... » Learn More about Killer on death row seeks execution via firing squad

World Health Organization’s Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe attends Senate hearing on the outbreak of the 2019 Novel Coronavirus on Feb 4, 2020. INQUIRER.net file photo / CATHY MIRANDA MANILA, Philippines — Relaxing requirements for COVID-19 testing only in travel between two areas that both have a very low transmission of coronavirus may be possible, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Tuesday. WHO country representative Dr. Rabindra Abeyasinghe said this in an online media forum following an earlier pronouncement from DILG Undersecretary Epimaco Densing III that the department is mulling to no longer require travelers to get tested for coronavirus before going to their travel destination. Densing said that instead of testing, the DILG plans to require clinical assessment for travelers at the terminals of origin and destination. But for Abeyasinghe, this plan on relaxing requirements for COVID-19 testing needs a careful assessment. “I think it needs to be carefully ... » Learn More about Relaxing COVID test requirements possible for areas with very low transmission — WHO

In previous years, the Bangus Festival in Dagupan City featured the “Gilon-gilon ed Baley,” a street dance competition. The annual event has been shelved, for the second time, due to the pandemic. Photo by Willie Lomibao DAGUPAN CITY –– The celebration of the annual Bangus Festival here on April 30 has been canceled for the second time, but the day would be marked as a non-working holiday, officials said. Malacañang issued Proclamation 1133 on April 16 for the declaration of the holiday, signed by Executive Secretary Salvador Medialdea. Mayor Brian Lim said there would be no activities as the city is under modified general community quarantine that disallows mass gatherings. Lim has also issued an executive order prohibiting mass gatherings. It will be the second year that the city canceled the festivities. Last year, authorities stopped the preparations for the festival when the pandemic hit the country. But Lim said the day must still be a holiday as the festivity ... » Learn More about Dagupan City cancels Bangus Fest anew but residents to mark occasion as holiday

INQUIRER.net Stock Photo A 19-year-old streamer has been arrested after carrying out a hoax bomb threat inside a restaurant in New York City. Malik Sanchez, who goes by Smooth Sanchez on YouTube, carried out the “prank” in Manhattan on Feb. 13, as seen in his stream cited by the US Department of Justice in a release on April 14. In the video, Sanchez can be seen approaching a restaurant with around six people inside while saying, “Let’s enhance their meal.” He then positioned himself near two women at a table after entering, then loudly said, “Allahu Akbar. Allahu Akbar. Bomb detonation in two, in two minutes. I take you with me and I kill all you. I kill all you right now. And I kill all you for Allah (sic).” “I’m gonna do it. I’m gonna f*cking do it for Allah. I’m gonna do it, for, Allah, Allah, Allahu Akbar, Come on. I do it, bomb now, bomb now,” he continued, all the while faking an Arabic accent. Right after people left, Sanchez expressed his delight to his ... » Learn More about Streamer known for harassing women arrested for fake bomb threat in New York

INQUIRER.net Stock Photo A man who was fined €500 (around $600 or P29,000) last year for farting in front of police in Vienna, Austria, recently argued that it was a form of “freedom of expression.” The man, whose identity was withheld, was able to lower his fine to €100 (around $120 or P5,800), as per Austrian newspaper Der Standard earlier this month as cited by The Local on April 9. In challenging the fine, the man argued in court that farting is a “biological process” that even if intentional, it would amount to freedom of expression. The Vienna Regional Administrative Court did not remove his fine, although it was lowered as the court acknowledged the man’s clean record and financial status. He was described to have only had “average” culpability of the offense, according to the report. In the ruling, the court recalled that the farting incident occurred in June last year while he was sitting on a bench at a park, hanging out with friends. The man, who was ... » Learn More about Man fined for farting in front of police argues it’s ‘freedom of expression’—reports

SINGAPORE - The country must not let its guard down even though the Covid-19 situation here is being managed well as Singapore is still affected by what is happening elsewhere in the world, President Halimah Yacob said on Wednesday (April 21). She said Singapore's vaccination programme is progressing smoothly, but Singaporeans still need to continue practising safe distancing and other measures, which remain important. Speaking during a visit to Changi General Hospital (CGH), Madam Halimah said that although vaccines are now available, the challenge facing nations, including Singapore, is in ensuring their fair and equitable distribution. Every country is racing to vaccinate its population, the President noted, but no country will be truly protected until the global population is vaccinated. "That is a challenge, not just for Singapore but globally as well: how to ensure fair, equitable distribution of vaccines so that not just we, individually, are able to feel safe, but ... » Learn More about President Halimah urges S’poreans not to let their guard down against Covid-19

HANOI (Vietnam News/ANN): Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien-Loong on Tuesday (April 20) said his country gives high priority to relations with Vietnam, during phone discussions with his Vietnamese counterpart Phạm Minh Chính. Calling Chính to congratulate him over his election as Prime Minister of Vietnam, Lee also appreciated Vietnam’s success in responding to the Covid-19 pandemic and in socio-economic development as well as external relations. In reply, Chính said he hoped to work closely with the Singaporean PM to further promote the strategic partnership between the two countries across all fields. The two government leaders rejoiced at the positive developments in bilateral cooperation despite difficulties brought by Covid-19. They noted that Singapore was the biggest investor in Vietnam in 2020 and the first quarter of 2021. They agreed to bolster joint work in fields of the countries’ potential and strength, such as finance, information technology, agro-fisheries, ... » Learn More about Singapore PM reaffirms ties with Vietnam in phone call to counterpart