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Arctic winter sees record low sea-ice cover

The sea ice fringing Antarctica also set a record low for its annual summer minimum (with the seasons opposite in the Southern Hemisphere), though this was in s...

Texans Have Interest in Patriots CB Butler

Now, following his trade from New Orleans to New England last week, those prospects could reach a new level as he prepares to catch passes from another surefire...

Senate takes up broadband privacy repeal

USA senators voted 50 to 48 along party lines to approve a joint resolution from Senator Jeff Flake that overturn the FCC's privacy rules . The vote was mo...

Has This Leaked Poster Revealed Destiny 2's Release Date?

A new Destiny 2 poster has appeared online apparently originating from a GameStop store in Italy. The poster also says Destiny 2 will hit stores on Septemb...

Verdict Announced for Pharmacist at Center of NECC Meningitis Outbreak

Cadden, a former Ski Valley resident who co-owned a MA compounding pharmacy, was convicted Wednesday of racketeering and other charges related to the 2012 funga...

Google Rolls Out Android O Developer Preview

Some fancy new animations also come into play when using the quick-switch feature. According to an Android blog by Dave Burke , vice president of engineering at...

Man Turns Self In To Police After Fatal Midtown Stabbing

Monday and attacked , police said. Caughman had been residing in a single room occupancy hotel, officials said. The victim walked to a nearby police station...

Nearly half of Canadians want illegal immigrants deported back to US

The first few months of 2017 have seen a spike in illegal U.S. In February of this year, for example, Quebec alone saw 646 refugees walk across their border f...

John Oliver Compares Donald Trump's Budget Cuts to America's End Credits

In a segment in which Oliver criticizes President Trump's proposed budget , Oliver refers to Stephen Miller as "the least popular boy at Vampire School". He de...

Uber president Jeff Jones quits over management issues

Mr Jones joined Uber from Target Corp, where he was chief marketing officer and is credited with modernising the retailer's brand. Jones told technology new...

Device cabin ban on some USA flights from Mideast

Citing instructions from "concerned USA departments", Royal Jordanian Airlines has reportedly banned all electronic or electrical devices from carry-on lugga...

Trump Hosts Bill Gates, World's Richest Man, at White House

Warren Buffett , worth $75.6 billion, up from $60.8 billion in 2016, reclaimed the No. 2 slot, after a two-year hiatus. The extensive Forbes list features 2,0...

Ryan: more help for older people needed in GOP health bill

No wonder House Republicans started voting on their health care plan to replace Obamacare without this information provided by the nonpartisan and neutral Congr...

Google Reduces JPEG Image File Sizes by 35 Percent

With smaller JPEG files, you'll not only be able to store more pictures (and most importantly: selfies) on your phone and computer, but websites that use Guet...

Do-nothing Malcolm plans to fail in gas cartel meet

South Australia Premier Jay Weatherill said the plan would offer farmers 10% of royalties for gas extracted on their land, construction of a new $360 million ga...

Make room, Siri: Amazon Alexa just landed on iPhone

Thankfully, you no longer have to do that since the retail giant has brought its virtual assistant straight to its shopping app on Cupertino's mobile platform. ...

The Justice Department Says It Knows Who Hacked Yahoo

The indictments , to be unsealed during a news conference in Washington , represent the first time the USA government has criminally charged Russian official...

Employers can bar staff from wearing religious symbols, top European Union court rules

Judges ruled on a 2006 from Belgium in which a woman at the security company G4S was sacked for wearing a headscarf at work for religious reasons, and anoth...

Senate takes up Texas 'bathroom bill'

Lois Kolkhorst , has been Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick's priority this legislative session. During debate Tuesday, she said she had talked with the president of the...

Neymar touch and go for Barcelona's trip to Riazor

Barca scored three times in the final two minutes plus stoppage time to become the first side in Europe's top club competition to overturn a 4-0 first-leg defic...

Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 Edge Get Android 7.0 Nougat OTA update

With the recent delay for the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, there is a likelihood that there may be a ripple effect with the other devices on the list. The Gala...

Google Hangouts gets enterprise makeover in move against Slack, others

As for Hangouts Chat , well, this is where Google turns Hangouts into Slack, the collaborative messaging tool that so many nerdy journalists and techies wo...

Congress to Trump: Your tweet deletes might be breaking the law

In stepping up legal challenges to President Donald Trump's revised travel ban Democratic attorneys general are trying to use the court system to thwart the e...

NASA Found India's Lost Chandrayaan-1, Orbiting 200km Over Lunar Surface

Previously scientists have tried to use optical telescopes to see objects in the moon's orbit, however the glare of the moon has been too bright for anything to...

Naughty Dog Says It's Likely Done With Uncharted After The Lost Legacy

I would say that Naughty Dog doing an Uncharted after this is unlikely. He further explained that the studio really loves the Uncharted series but " but the...

Watch lightning strikes from space on NOAA's cutting-edge new satellite

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today released video shot by the GOES-16 satellite of a severe storm above Texas on February 14. NOAA Nati...

Microsoft Creators Program & Mixed Reality

This news is especially significant since the software giant is now shipping Windows Mixed Reality headsets (previously known as Windows Holographic headset) ...

Christian McCaffrey as Advertised at NFL Combine

That's my whole life. The choices made by McCaffrey and Fournette will not hurt them one bit - and could set a new paradigm for top prospects. He was schedu...

AMD Radeon RX Vega

According to the newest report , AMD's upcoming RX 500 series will be completely made of RX 400 series rebrands, based on Polaris 10 and Polaris 11, as well ...

Trump attack on clean water rule sparks legal fight

At issue for the transportation construction industry is how the Obama Administration's U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) attempted to redefine wha...