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That was then and this is now. Whitmer vaulted to national attention largely because of her bold, early actions to combat the coronavirus in hard-hit Michigan—the state has the fourth-largest number of COVID-19 cases in the country (29,263, as of April 16) after New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts and the third-highest death toll (2,093)—along with her public demands for more federal resources. But where those initial efforts met with wide approval from citizens and broad bipartisan support, her latest, toughest-in-the-nation social distancing restrictions have elicited a very different response....

“He’s going to have a surgery and repair his Achilles, which is tough, because it’s a really tough rehab," coach Jim Harbaugh said on his radio show Monday confirming the injury, via the Detroit Free Press. “But the good thing is you can come all the way back, especially for a guy as young as Mario is." MORE: Worst Big Ten losses | Week 6 Big Ten Power Rankings...

According to events recently detailed by the Troy Police Department in Michigan, the victim wired large sums of money to the fraudsters in three different ways. Police said the victim was first contacted on December 22 by a scammer who claimed his name was “Roger Miller” from the U.S. Custom and Border Protection, the Oakland Daily Tribune reported on Friday. During the call, the phone scammer told the man that there was a warrant for his arrest “due to a package being sent to Texas from Columbia that was in his name and contained drugs and money....

Logan Corcoran shared a clip of the natural phenomenon on TikTok on Monday, following days of heavy downpours in the state. Corcoran simply captioned the footage, which has been viewed more than 15 million times: “Earth pimple.” It shows her dad standing in his yard, as the ground below him moves and bubbles, in a similar way to a water bed. The grass appears spongy with bulges dotted across the yard, as her dad bounces up and down on the surface....

Quarterback Russell Bellomy and tight end Keith Heitzman have announced they will transfer from Michigan. The news was reported earlier by profootballtalk.com. MORE: The Muschamp effect | The year of the California QB | Buckeyes’ Elliott tops early 2015 Heisman odds “To those of you that know me well, I always try my hardest never to get emotional; however, I write this with a heavy heart,” Bellomy wrote in his Instagram post....

While microcytic anemia can be diagnosed with a blood test, identifying the cause may require additional diagnostic tests, such as imaging studies or invasive tests like a colonoscopy (a flexible tube with a camera that’s used to view the large intestine and rectum) or endoscopy (a flexible tube with a camera that’s used to view the digestive tract or other sites inside the body). Treatment can involve iron supplements or managing the underlying medical cause....

Yet at the present time there are a number of lawsuits passing through the American justice system involving many of the industry’s biggest brands. From Sony to Microsoft and Angry Birds to The Sims, no one is safe from the threatening hand of justice. With that in mind, here’s a quick roundup of the latest lawsuits to strike the video game marketplace. We’ll leave it up to you to decide if these are just cases of people and firms looking to make a quick buck....

ZDNet first reported the change, saying Microsoft has rolled out the feature this week, and provided the below screenshot: The feature works by blocking email threads with over 5,000 recipients that have got more than ten reply all responses within an hour. It’ll keep them on hold and prioritise regular email traffic on the server first in order to keep communications open and to stop the customers’ servers from becoming overloaded....

The former wrestler-turned-highest-paid-actor is no stranger to charity, similarly donating money to various non-profit organizations. In 2006, the actor founded his own charity, the Dwayne Johnson Rock Foundation. RELATED: Extra Life Charity Streaming Event is Next Week The Rock made the announcement on Twitter, posting a video that details how he and Microsoft partnered with the Gamers Outreach Foundation to set up the donations. There are 20 children’s hospitals that will receive custom “ROCK XBOX Series X” consoles, allowing “50,000+ kids” to experience the latest and greatest in gaming....

Two of the biggest technology - and gaming - giants in the world, Microsoft and Sony, announced today that they had come together to form a partnership regarding cloud computing. According to the statement released by Microsoft earlier today, both companies will be working together to help develop the Microsoft Azule service. According to the statement, both companies “will explore joint development of future cloud solutions in Microsoft Azure to support their respective game and content-streaming services....

Microsoft’s Push to Get Back Into the PC Gaming Scene On the Xbox Wire, Microsoft declared that it’s making a “commitment to empower every PC game creator to achieve more.” To do this, it’s increasing the developer’s share of every sale from 70 percent to 88 percent, starting from August 1, 2021. Microsoft doesn’t go into a detailed explanation as to why it’s making such a move. Instead, it simply claims that the change will help encourage developers to publish games on the Microsoft Store....

The simplest way to plot a flight path to any position on earth in the 2020 version of Microsoft Flight Simulator is to enter the World Map / Free Flight Mode and choose two airports from the drop-down menus, departure, and arrival. The game will automatically locate and plot a course between the two airports. However, if someone wants to do a flyover of a specific location (which for now will be called Home), things are only slightly more complicated....

Thanks to a YouTube channel named Jose Carlos, over fifty minutes of new gameplay from Microsoft Flight Simulator made its way online, with the general online consensus agreeing that it’s incredibly impressive. Narrated presumably by Carlos himself, the gameplay takes the viewer through a number of different situations, showcasing how weather conditions, times of day, and different aircrafts are simulated by the game’s incredible visual effects. RELATED: Microsoft Signs Deal With ‘Train Simulator’ Developer To Bring Back ‘Flight Simulator’...

Since it was first introduced in 1982, Microsoft Flight Simulator has become one of the longest-running video game franchises. With the announcement of the 40th Anniversary Edition, both console and PC players can get their hands on a rather substantial upgrade. As a bonus, these updates come at no extra cost and are even available to gamers who have chosen to play via Game Pass. RELATED: Microsoft Flight Simulator is Crossing Over With Halo Infinite...

A New Update Schedule for Microsoft Edge Canary As spotted by Neowin, Microsoft is doubling the number of updates that Edge Canary gets every day. The Redmond giant officially announced the change on the Microsoft Edge Insider website, in a short post titled “Heads up: Twice daily Canary builds are starting now.” If you’ve never heard of Canary before, it’s the cutting-edge version of, well, Edge. The Edge Canary branch gets updates before any other branch, with the downside that the browser is more prone to bugs and crashes as a whole....

We sniffed Fabula Design as an inspiration for the Lumia 940. The capacitive buttons on the screen makes the design appealing as well as functional. It appears to have a rounded edges. Therefore, the render suggests a non-bezel invested look. As for the internal specs, the Lumia 940 XL comes loaded with a Snapdragon hexa-core processor and brilliant Adreno 430 graphics for seamless gaming. The display size is expected to be 5....

Planner is a tool within Microsoft 365, Microsoft’s cloud-based environment that includes traditional desktop versions as well as web versions of programs like Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and OneNote. Teams Get a Simplified, Visual Experience The idea behind this tool is to simplify and visualize team processes. With Planner, a team can collaborate with panache, by seamlessly controlling how they share files, calendars, contact lists, and more. Planner can also be thought of as a collaborative planning tool, through which a team can share Microsoft 365 files, brainstorm ideas, solve problems, divide up action items, provide feedback, and more....

While the giant iPhone sans phone has its stranglehold on the tablet market for now, in a year’s time things could change - as Microsoft has hinted at plans to reveal some iPad contenders. Rumored to be a Consumer Electronics Show 2011 announcement, Microsoft’s versions (that’s right versions) will be primarily created by either Dell or Samsung and will feature some of the capabilities, like the ability to use HTML5, present in today’s computers....

Mixer is a complete re-branding of Beam, but the fundamentals of the service remain the same. Microsoft is betting big on the fact that it can offer real-time streaming without latency, which the company hopes will tempt users away from the well-established Twitch platform. However, the changeover does introduce some features users have been requesting for quite a while. First and foremost is the addition of co-streaming support, which should add an extra dimension the social experience, and allow content creators to collaborate with one another and grow their audiences....

Phil Spencer, the head of Microsoft Studios, recently took to Twitter in response to a follower that was curious as to whether or not this year’s Xbox-centric conference would feature as many games as E3 2013’s did. Much to the delight of fans, Spencer confirmed that there will remain a massive focus on software this time around, and there will be fewer appearances from executives on-stage as a result....