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Pokémon GO beats Candy Crush, hits record $200M revenue

Pokémon GO beats Candy Crush, hits record $200M revenue

Pokemon Go has raked in a whopping $200 million during its debut month. Thus this game has beaten Candy Crush by a wide margin. The revenue comes from in-app purchases Pokemon Go players make. You can buy Poke Balls, which are tossed at Pokemon to catch them. Players can also pay for things like Lures and Incense, to attract Pokemon. …

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Skydivers killed after parachute deploys after impact

Skydivers killed after parachute deploys after impact

Two skydivers were killed during a jump in Northern California Saturday morning, according to authorities. Their bodies were found in a Lodi-area vineyard after someone reported that the skydivers hit the ground without an open parachute, San Joaquin County Sheriff’s Deputy Les Garcia said. It appeared the parachute did not deploy until after impact, he said. Authorities were working to …

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Shark spotted in Maritime waters (Photo)

Shark spotted in Maritime waters (Photo)

A series of shark sightings in Maritime waters has some locals speculating the population is growing in the area, but a scientist says he has not seen any unusual activity. The latest sighting occurred near Cross Island off Nova Scotia’s South Shore on Saturday. The two-metre-long predator was believed to be either a mako or great white. Tour operator Bill …

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2017 Nissan Pathfinder debuts with new look, more power (Video)

2017 Nissan Pathfinder debuts with new look, more power (Video)

Americans just can’t get enough SUVs, with 2016 sales through the roof in just about every segment. Nissan’s Pathfinder, however, hasn’t been following the trend — sales are down this year as the aging 2016 model isn’t proving popular with buyers. Nissan hopes to change that slide with the revised 2017 model, which will arrive in showrooms in September. More …

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Kindness is sexually attractive, says new research

Kindness is sexually attractive, says new research

New study from the University of Guelph and Nipissing University shows that people who help others are more desirable to the opposite sex, have more sexual partners and more frequent sex. “This research is the first to show that altruism may translate into real mating success in Western populations, that altruists have more mates than non-altruists,” said Pat Barclay, a …

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Whale “Granny” as old as the Titanic spotted in the Pacific

Whale "Granny" as old as the Titanic spotted in the Pacific

A killer whale nicknamed “Granny” that was born a year before the Titanic sank and is thought to be the oldest in the world has been spotted off the coast of Washington state in the Pacific Ocean. Heather MacIntyre of the Orca Network photographed Granny and other orcas last week near False Bay in the San Juan Islands of Washington. …

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Stockton Mayor Arrested, Accused of Providing Alcohol to Minors: Report

Stockton Mayor Arrested, Accused of Providing Alcohol to Minors: Report

Stockton Mayor Anthony Silva, a Republican, was arrested on August 4 at his Silver Lake Stockton youth camp in Amador County on charges involving contributing to the delinquency of a minor. Silva, who held anti-gay prayer rallies at megachurches and once gave God a key to the city was arrested after recording underage male teens playing strip poker in his …

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Scientists teaching drones to paint murals (Video)

Scientists teaching drones to paint murals

You may have heard of plans to use drones for delivering packages, monitoring wildlife, or tracking storms. But painting murals? That’s the idea behind a project in Paul Kry’s laboratory at McGill University’s School of Computer Science. Prof. Kry and a few of his students have teamed up to program tiny drones to create dot drawings – an artistic technique …

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Cyber security expert Bruce Schneier warns of impending IoT disaster

Cyber security expert Bruce Schneier warns of impending IoT disaster

Smart cities are dangerous for everyone, security expert says. Security technologist and author Bruce Schneier has expressed his concern about smart cities and the IoT, saying allowing technology to rule our lives could end in catastrophe. Furthermore, if secret services really are trying to influence elections by hacking the systems of political parties and releasing embarrassing emails, they will almost …

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