Ontario government now has a dedicated coronavirus webpage

The Ontario government will keep its residents informed about the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) through a new website. The page will be updated twice daily, at 10:30 a.m. ET and 5:30 p.m. ET, to let the public know about the status of cases in the province. The webpage shows information about the number of cases currently under investigation, those confirmed, negative cases, as well as the resolved ones.

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Apple Watch might be able to detect your blood oxygen levels

Aside from being able to detect irregular heartbeats, the Apple Watch might be able to monitor your blood oxygen levels, too. Tipsters talking to 9to5Mac discovered this feature by looking at iOS 14 code snippets. The wearable could let you know if your blood's oxygen saturation falls below the threshold. 

Blood oxygen levels between 95% and 100% are considered healthy. If you hit below 80%, you might suffer from compromised heart and brain functionality. There's a risk of respiratory or cardiac arrest after continued low blood oxygen saturation.

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Tim Hortons' Roll Up the Rim goes fully digital

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Amidst public health concerns over the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), Tim Hortons has decided to get rid of paper Roll Up the Rim cups. The coffee chain is concerned about its customers and over 100,000 employees who will have to collect the rolled-up tabs from the cups that people have drunk from.

All $30 million worth of the restaurant giveaways and the digital contest will be done through its app. Sixteen million dollars will be designated for the contest, while the other $14 million will be for the free coffees and hot beverages Tim Hortons will be giving away at participating branches. The promo is running from March 11 to April 7, 2020.

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Extremely rare video game console gets sold at auction for US$360,000

You would know these two big names in the gaming industry, but did you know that Sony and Nintendo partnered 28 years ago to develop a gaming console together? Now, Super NES CD-ROM—or Nintendo Play Station as it's been called—has been sold at an auction for a staggering US$360,000 (around CA$490,768). 

This rare piece of gaming history was co-developed by Sony and Nintendo with the idea of bringing CD-based games with longer animations, improved soundtracks, and better sound effects with longer voice samples to the Super Nintendo through a format called Super Disc. The console was supposed to be an add-on peripheral for the SNES and Super Famicom consoles. It was also meant to be a standalone Sony-branded machine called the Play Station that was capable of playing Nintendo cartridges or games via the Super Disc format.

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