(CNN) The State Department announced Friday that it will not release 22 emails from former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton because they contain "top secret" information, the highest level of government classification. State Department spokesman John … Read the full article on CNN »
MONTOURSVILLE, Pa. – Police searched Friday for the adult daughter of a couple who were robbed at gunpoint and bound with duct tape before their home was set ablaze. The missing woman"s boyfriend and another man are in custody in the attack. Read the full article on Fox News »
Hyundai Motor America CMO Dean Evans said that “Super Bowl Sunday is our opportunity to participate in the…
Konami part ways with legendary game designer Hideo Kojima last fall, just as he finished work on Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain. And last night, the Japanese company revealed that Metal Gear Solid V sold more than 6 million units.
Above: Hideo Kojima in New York
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At retail, that’s an estimated $360 million in a single quarter, a very good result for a new video game in a very competitive holiday season.
In the last nine months ended Dec. 31, overall sales for…
We adore Scarlett Johansson. When a reporter at a press conference asked Robert Downey Jr. “How did you approach this role, bearing in mind that kind of maturity as a human being when it comes to the Tony Stark character” and then immediately followed it by asking Johansson, “Did you have anything special to do in terms of the diet?” she quips to Downey Jr. about it (“How come you get the really interesting existential question, and I get the like, ‘rabbit food’ question?”). So when Extra interviewer Jerry…
A report from the British Airline Pilots Association (BALPA) today said that four drones almost caused collisions with commercial aircraft in 2015.
According to the report, the incidents were classed as ‘category A’ which means a serious risk of collision existed. So much so, that one drone came “very close” to a Boeing 737 taking off at Standsted.
During that incident on September 13 2015, the pilot spotted a purple remote control aircraft within meters of the airplane at about 4,000…
Apple forecasts that its total revenue in Q2 2016 will be between $50 and $53 billion, compared to $58 billion in the year-ago quarter, signaling the company’s first year-over-year drop in revenue…
Amazon has once again updated its Echo connected speaker with some new features, this time with some new alarm tones and more. To coincide with Amazon’s Super Bowl advertising push featuring Alec Baldwin and Miss Elliott, the Echo now sports two new alarm tones from the actor and performer.
Next up, Amazon has made browsing Alexa’s massive number of skills a tad easier. Not only can users search the list of skills, but they can now easily sort them by average customer review, newest arrivals, or alphabetically. All of…
The Zika virus outbreak is unlikely to spread quickly to the United States, a top health official said today. "Zika is not coming up the coast so you don"t have to worry," Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious … Read the full article on ABC News »
THURSDAY, Jan. 28, 2016 (HealthDay News) — If nearly all women worldwide breastfed their infants and young children, there would be about 800,000 fewer children"s deaths and 20,000 fewer breast cancer deaths a year, researchers report. That decrease … Read the full article on Health.com »
On Friday, Xerox confirmed the news that it will be joining the ranks of legacy businesses opting to split themselves in two, dividing the 100-year-old provider of business services and maker of copiers and scanners into two publicly traded companies … Read the full article on Washington Post »
The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace in the fourth quarter as households tempered spending and businesses cut back on capital investment and adjusted inventories. Gross domestic product rose at a 0.7 percent annualized rate in the three months … Read the full article on Bloomberg »
(Pennsylvania State Police via AP). This undated driver identification photo released by the Pennsylvania State Police shows Michelle Inch, missing since two men robbed her parents at gunpoint, bound them with duct tape and set their house ablaze Wedne. Read the full article on News On 6 »
FLINT, Mich. — Fresh bottled water placed in a state building in Flint beginning in January 2015 was for both employees and residents, as concerns about the city"s water quality were rising but before lead was discovered in it, a spokesman for … Read the full article on Washington Post »
An anonymous reader writes: The debate over whether or not Binge On violates Net Neutrality has been raging ever since the service was announced in November. The latest party to weigh in is Barbara van Schewick, law professor at Stanford University.
In a new report published today — and filed to the FCC, as well — van Schewick says that Binge on “violates key net neutrality principles” and “is likely to violate the FCC’s general conduct rule.” She goes on to make several arguments…
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Today, Iran’s IRNA news agency broadcast video apparently taken from an Iranian Revolutionary Guard unmanned aircraft as it flew directly over an American aircraft carrier operating in the Persian Gulf. The US Navy has confirmed that an Iranian drone flew “directly over” the USS Harry S. Truman and near the French carrier Charles de Gaulle, which are both in the Persian Gulf launching airstrikes against Islamic State (Daesh) forces in Syria and Iraq.
RT rebroadcast of the…
In case you weren’t already inundated with payment options, LG apparently thinks you could use one more. A new leak suggests that LG is ready to enter the payments world, but unlike its biggest competitors Apple, Google, and Samsung, LG will not be using smartphone technology to power your payments. Instead, the company is making a smart card—much like the big busts released by Coin, Plastc, and Stratos.
At first glance, LG’s unreleased smart card doesn’t have any special features that we…
Song of the Deep goes out of its way to make you feel small. As 12-year-old Merryn, a young girl searching for her father, you are as a wisp of grass in an ocean of giants, luminescent jellyfish the size of your entire body, and roiling masses of plankton shooting missiles of sharpened sea stuff like torpedoes. You aren’t exactly welcome, and the only protection you have is a submarine built by your own two hands.
“Starting out, we had a weird situation: Three different people all pitched submarine games at the same…
Possession wins trophies or, in this case, ad dollars. That’s why Snapchat stepped up its game late last year by quietly partnering with Stats.com. Now TechCrunch has learned that Snapchat has rolled new Live Score geofilters at every NBA arena and some other matches. They let anyone attending overlay real-time updated score graphics atop their photos and videos.
Just last week, Live Score geofilters saw 20 million views from 51 games.
Snapchat is also still working with the NFL to produce Live Story compilations…
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Government agencies and watchdog groups are going after tech companies that make promises they can’t deliver to consumers. The recent flood of lawsuits and exposés is a reaction to Silicon Valley’s bad habit of unscientific propaganda.
Just in the last few months, the press has lambasted unicorn medical company, Theranos, for inaccurate blood…
Spencer Ackerman, the story’s author, learned about it from friends who tried to share the link and couldn’t. He took to Facebook to voice his disappointment. The piece, after all, contained nothing inherently offensive, without any graphic imagery or incendiary language. After his editors informed Facebook about the block, he was then told that it was an error. It turns out that the link was somehow marked as spam by Facebook’s automated anti-spam system. The story has since been cleared of that false positive and can…
Kanye West’s seventh studio album, Waves, will come out on February 11th, and two days later he’ll perform for the seventh time on Saturday NIght Live, The Hollywood Reporter reports. Kanye’s SNL performances have always been pretty exciting to watch, mostly because NBC seems to let him have free rein to do whatever he wants.
Last year, West performed on SNL‘s 40th anniversary episode with Sia and Chicago rapper Vic Mensa. It was, if nothing else, the most unique performance of the night, with Kanye rapping while…
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Remedy is known for its storytelling in video games with the original Max Payne and Alan Wake. It will be taking it even further with its next game Quantum Break.
The developer has taken inspiration from TV shows and has built on the foundation of its previous games. The next game the developer works on, after Quantum Break, will probably be an…
Chris Carter has repeatedly said he’d be interested in continuing The X-Files if Fox is happy with the quality and ratings of the revival. All signs are pointing to…
On Friday, Xerox confirmed the news that it will be joining the ranks of legacy businesses opting to split themselves in two, dividing the 100-year-old provider of business services and maker of copiers and scanners into two publicly traded companies … Read the full article on Washington Post »
The U.S. economy expanded at a slower pace in the fourth quarter as households tempered spending and businesses cut back on capital investment and adjusted inventories. Gross domestic product rose at a 0.7 percent annualized rate in the three months … Read the full article on Bloomberg »
CHICAGO — The latest on the Chicago Police Department and fatal police shootings in the city (all times local): 2 p.m.. A Chicago police spokesman says the department has placed high priority on making sure audio on squad car dashcams function … Read the full article on Washington Post »
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Latest on Flint"s water crisis and efforts to fix the problem of lead in the drinking water (all times local): 2:35 p.m.. A spokesman for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says fresh bottled water placed in a state building in Flint … Read the full article on Washington Post »
In the past, the African nation has forced media organizations to shut down and has driven some journalists into exile. By Bamzi Banchiri, Staff January 29, 2016. Save for later Saved. close. British photojournalist Phil Moore talks to members of … Read the full article on Christian Science Monitor »
Syfy (via IGN) has revealed the first Wynonna Earp teaser trailer. The live-action television series is based on the IDW Publishing comic created by Beau Smith and is scheduled to premiere April 1 on Syfy.
With an initial order of 13 one-hour episodes, Wynonna Earp is a fast-paced, contemporary thriller that follows Wyatt Earp’s great granddaughter as she battles demons and other supernatural beings. Wynonna is a witty and wild modern day…
Fear The Walking Dead has been renewed for what feels like forever, but the post-apocalyptic franchise has been a little slow to sign on new members for Season 2, despite the fact that death is rampant. In fact, characters die kind of a lot, so you’d think we would be bound to hear of fresh faces joining the merry bands of survivors every now and then. As it turns out, the Walking Dead spinoff has just cast a new character. Arturo Del Puerto will be joining Fear the Walking Dead in a role unlike any other thus far…
Nintendo has released a new trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess HD, which you can view below.
Once again Link is on a quest to save the kingdom of Hyrule with a shadow imp called Midna at his side and the ability to turn himself into a wolf. It’s actually all pretty dark by usual Nintendo’s standards.
Regardless, you’ll be able to extend the game with amiibo, using them to unlock a special dungeon, refill your hearts or arrows, or double the damage Link can take based on…
The Commuter will be…
Star Wars: Episode IX director Colin Trevorrow announces his desire to shoot the film on celluloid…. and in outer space.
Yesterday was a big day for Insomniac Games. The studio behind Ratchet & Clank, Spyro the Dragon, Sunset Overdrive, and a number of other memorable gaming efforts decided to set their sights from the land to the sea, revealing an underwater Metroidvania known as Song of the Deep.
This is unlike many of Insomniac’s previous efforts for several reasons. Near the top of those reasons is that this is a personal project for Chief Creative Officer Brian Hastings, who always imagined a fairy tale that would captivate his…
XCOM 2 game director Jake Solomon has said that humanity is “always the underdog” in XCOM 2 during a new interview with iDigitalTimes.
The team at Firaxis is placing emphasis on unpredictability in combat, saying “We want the ability for combat to turn from great to a big challenge, or from a sure-lose situation to snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. That’s important. But I don’t want to be a game of information warfare. I think that it can be perceived as unfair if the information…
Oh, what fortuitous timing be this. Just days before February, SNL has set its second host of the 2016 month behind Larry David, as Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon’s fellow Ghostbuster Melissa McCarthy will return to take the stage, with none other than Kanye West bringing up the rear.
SNL confirmed that February 13 would see McCarthy taking the stage for a fourth time, following hosting turns in 2011, 2013 and 2014. Kanye, meanwhile, will make an impressive sixth appearance as…
In case you needed incentive to boot it up again.
Activision and Treyarch’s Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 will be offering double XP to all players in multiplayer modes this weekend, starting Friday, 10am PT, and going through to 10am PT on Monday. All multiplayer modes, as well as Zombies, will be covered by the Double XP promotion.
The Double XP weekend also comes right ahead of the launch of the first DLC map…
Yesterday numerous reports picked up on leaks regarding radical new iPhone 7 camera technology. As interesting as that news was, however, the coverage skated over what for me was by far the greatest consequence of the story: Apple AAPL +2.08% … Read the full article on Forbes »
Earth"s moon was born from a violent collision between the early Earth and a Mars-size object that scientists call Theia. New research suggests that the lunar rock debris from that crash mixed in with Earth"s rocks. Credit: NASA. The colossal impact … Read the full article on Space.com »
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Latest on Flint"s water crisis and efforts to fix the problem of lead in the drinking water (all times local): 2:35 p.m.. A spokesman for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says fresh bottled water placed in a state building in Flint … Read the full article on Washington Post »
Xerox reported its 15th consecutive quarter of declining sales on Friday and announced plans to split the company into two businesses. The move will reverse a six-year-old effort by the printer and copier maker to boost sales by providing outsourced … Read the full article on New York Times »
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The Latest on Flint"s water crisis and efforts to fix the problem of lead in the drinking water (all times local): 2:35 p.m.. A spokesman for Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder says fresh bottled water placed in a state building in Flint … Read the full article on Washington Post »
Orange County sheriff"s investigators check out the Central Men"s Jail roof from which three inmates escaped. Inset: Nooshafarin Ravaghi was arrested on suspicion of helping the inmates escape. Orange County sheriff"s investigators check out the … Read the full article on Los Angeles Times »
GENEVA — For the third time in four years, world powers and the United Nations have persuaded some of the warring parties in Syria to come to Switzerland, sit around well-appointed rooms with views of the Alps, and figure out a way to stop the killings. Read the full article on New York Times »
rn”,”weight”:”1″,”dimensions”:”300×250″,”isIFramed”:”1″,”position”:”1″,”isShowAdvertisingFlag”:”0″,”isActive”:”1″,”view”:”id”:”10″,”idPageTemplate”:”5″,”name”:”default”,”isDefault”:”1″,”template”:”id”:”5″,”idPage”:”2″,”name”:”list”,”page”:”id”:”2″,”name”:”article”,”zone”:{“id”:”20″,”idPageTemplate”:”5″,”name”:”content – below main…Insomniac has often managed to distinguish its games from its peers through the use of memorable characters. It’s the house built by Ratchet, Spyro, and Outernauts, among many others, and all of those characters have had flashy and light-hearted personalities. But this new effort from the developer is something that feels distinctly different. It feels somber. It feels darker. It feels moody. And it definitely feels interesting.
This is the story of Merryn, a 12-year-old girl living on the shores of Ireland. Her exposure…
Rockstar Games has just released a new set of content for GTA Online, the online service for Grand Theft Auto V, in the form of a new multiplayer mode.
It’s called DropZone, an Adversary Mode that has four teams of 16 paratroopers jumping out of helicopters (Cargobobs) and racing back to control a piece of territory. It’s a King of the Hill style mode where players must control the land for 2 minutes and defend it from opposing players.
“No man is an island here – players will need to…
EuropaCorp has release the first trailer for director Barry Sonnenfeld’s comedy Nine Lives, starring Kevin Spacey, Jennifer Garner, Malina Weissman, Cheryl Hines, Christopher Walken and Robbie Amell. You can watch the Nine Lives trailer in the player below and you’ll find the new poster in the gallery underneath.
Tom Brand (Kevin Spacey) is a daredevil billionaire at the top of his game. His eponymous company FireBrand is…
Donald Trump may no longer be a mainstay on NBC, but that doesn’t mean Celebrity Apprentice is dead. In fact, the series is sort-of rebooting with a brand new head and panel of judges, not to mention a new batch of contestants. A few months ago we learned that Arnold Schwarzenegger had signed on as the brand new head of Celebrity Apprentice. If that weren’t wild enough, now NBC has signed on a slew of other celebrities to fill out the board. Those will be Jessica Alba, Tyra Banks, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Steve…
Ashes of the Singularity, Stardock’s 64-bit, DirectX 12-native sci-fi RTS, has been on Steam Early Access for a few months now. But today it took a big step toward becoming a fully-fledged game with the release of its first public beta.
The big hook in Ashes of the Singularity is its ability to support battles of unprecedented size, with thousands of individual units taking part. This is accomplished via the native DirectX 12 support in the new Nitrous engine it’s built upon, which enables each CPU core to…
GOG.com has announced its own version of Steam’s Early Access, which it’s calling Games in Development, which looks to one-up the competition by offering a 14-day refund policy with no questions asked.
Titles included in the Games in Development branch of GOG are hand-picked and will be games the service “can truly stand behind.” These games will be considered some of the most promising titles, as well as those that have been highly requested via the Community Wishlist. Updates can be controlled manually if you…
The latest PlayStation Vita update is causing major stability problems for many users.
Update 3.57 went online on January 20th and has caused severe issues according to numerous forums. The PlayStation Support site states that the update’s purpose is to remove Facebook functionality on both PlayStation Vita and PlayStation TV. Users say they’re unable to access online services including PlayStation Network and PlayStation Store with battery draining difficulties also being…
Starz and FremantleMedia North America announced today that Ricky Whittle (“The 100,” Austenland) has been cast as Shadow Moon in the upcoming adaptation of Neil Gaiman’s acclaimed contemporary fantasy novel, American Gods. The American Gods series will begin shooting in April.
Neil Gaiman said, “I’m thrilled that Ricky has been cast as Shadow. His auditions were remarkable. The process of taking a world out of the pages of a book, and putting it…
Find out who’s who in the upcoming Suicide Squad film.
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