Good morning! Both E3 2020 and Coachella have reportedly been canceled, and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo might be postponed too, which is all pretty massive news out of the gate.

E3 2020, set for LA for June 9-11 this year, is expected to be canceled with an announcement later today at 9:30 AM Los Angeles time.

That will mark the end of a run since 1996, where major games and indie titles are showcased and the world celebrated gaming.

The Entertainment Software Association (ESA), according to reports, wrote a private memo to partners on Tuesday night that it is “exploring options for an online E3 event this summer.”

Before this, game publisher Devolver Digital tweeted one of the first hints, saying, “Cancel your E3 flights and hotels, y’all.”

This may be the beginning of the end for E3. Already major game publishers and the likes of Nintendo, Sony, EA, and Blizzard have gone from attendees to maybes or never-seen-agains over the years.

Sony ditched 2019 and 2020 despite the likely launch of the PlayStation 5 later this year.

Microsoft/Xbox was hanging in there, but who knows what we’ll now see for the Xbox Series X.

E3 2021 is therefore a little shaky: everyone wants their own event, and many comments reacting to the news are people saying: ‘I was excited, and I but no E3 won’t change much.’

Many are calling for E3 to start over: the use of pre-rendered cinematic trailers instead of actual game footage generated hype, but the actual gameplay was a long way off what was shown.

Or, a 'first look' was shown, with the game not out by the following E3. ('Breath of the Wild sequel', I'm looking at you)

Maybe it’s the start of something new and better.

In the meantime: Fs in chat.

Round Up:

Unmissable headline of the week: Coronavirus Conference Gets Canceled Because of Coronavirus (Bloomberg).

Samsung Galaxy S20 Plus review: Buy this one: “versatile cameras that compete with the best, customizable software, and a display that's so good it will ruin other smartphone displays for you.” (Android Authority).

🔜 Upcoming Google Chromecast could include physical remote, Android TV (Android Authority).

🦊 Firefox Preview 4.0: uBlock Origin, top sites, password manager, and in-app language switcher (Android Police).

No Apple launch in March: “Apple decided to postpone a March product launch event after continuing delays in the production of an expected successor to the iPhone SE, a source at Apple confirmed to Cult of Mac.” (cultofmac.com) WWDC 2020 looks set to be canned, too.

The truth about the Escobar Folding Phone 2 is that it’s a scam (YouTube: MKBHD). Who knew!

Microsoft security researchers announce the takedown of Necurs, one of the world's largest spam botnets running on 9 million computers (ZDNet)

Tens of thousands of Google employees now working from home (Google blog).

🥗 Now, one of the interesting things from big tech working-from-home now is how Googlers are coping (or not) without the famous free food and services, ie. not having someone else doing the cooking and cleaning. I’m not going to join in the pile-on because any employer providing three very good meals a day creates reliance (Twitter).

📧 Wuhan Tinder: Tinder has become a news service about Coronavirus (BuzzFeed).

Dyson made one of those superbly overengineered expensive things I want again, this time a $500 hair straightener called Corrale. I don’t even have hair! (Engadget).

🧊 Blasting plane wings with lasers makes it much harder for ice to stick to wings (Gizmodo)

‍♂️ Coronavirus fears spark a run on Nintendo's ‘Ring Fit Adventure’ (Wired).

How to prepare and stock up for a coronavirus quarantine (CNET).

How do lawyers become aware of new laws? (r/nostupidquestions).