The death toll has climbed to 41 after three suicide bombers blew themselves up at Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul. The deceased include 23 Turks, and citizens of Saudi Arabia, Iraq, China, Jordan, Tunisia, Uzbekistan, Iran and Ukraine, the Istanbul governor’s office said. Three attackers opened fire near the drop off zone of the terminal, randomly shooting at people in …
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Deep Skull did not belong to Indigenous Australians, says new research
New study on an ancient “Deep Skull” discovered in Southeast Asia has revealed the remains had no links to Indigenous Australians as initially thought. The ancient human skull that was discovered almost six decades ago and new analysis may rewrite the prehistory of Southeast Asia. The 37,000-year-old remains of the “Deep Skull” was the oldest modern human discovered in island …
Read More »Google offers new way for users to manage ads, personal data: Report
Google is introducing a more expansive ad tracking system that will include all your accounts on all Google-related sites and apps that you use. It sounds like an annoying but necessary evil when dealing with “free” services that still have to earn their money through advertising, not to mention it feels like a privacy issue as well. But the good …
Read More »Google and Viacom win appeal in lawsuit over children’s privacy
In a new setback for computer users, Google and Viacom prevailed in a lawsuit over children’s Web privacy, though Viacom will still face one charge tied to the case. The two companies won on appeal of a class action suit that had charged them with illegally tracking children under 13 who visited Nickelodeon’s website. The three-judge panel on the Third …
Read More »Aydin Coban, accused of cyberbullying Amanda Todd can be extradited
A Dutch court ruled on Tuesday that 38-year-old Aydin Coban can be extradited to Canada to face charges of using a computer to harass and blackmail B.C. teen Amanda Todd, who later committed suicide. But, the court said, Aydin Coban must first stand trial in the Netherlands, where he faces 72 charges not related to Todd, including blackmail and the …
Read More »2016 BMW 3 Series welcomes the 340i (Review)
Messing with an icon can be trouble, something BMW found when it launched the sixth-gen 3 Series in 2012, and something it aims to redress with the 2016 340i. The car that had long been the sport sedan to beat suddenly suffered a crisis of identity: too focused on luxury for those who look to Bavaria for their four-door performance, …
Read More »DTN: NASA Brings Space Internet Tech to the ISS
NASA has placed the base of the solar system internet by establishing operational Delay/Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN), which is currently being tested on the International Space Station (ISS). The system has been designed by a team of NASA scientists who worked closely with Dr. Vinton G. Cerf, vice president and chief internet evangelist for Google, known as one of the …
Read More »Even launches earphones that adjust to your hearing (Video)
The best headphones in the world don’t mean much if the listener’s hearing isn’t up to the task. A great pair of cans could offer clear, balanced sound that highlights every little nuance in a song, but that means very little when pitted against decades of hearing loss. Today, MeQ Inc. launched Even the first earphones tuned to the way …
Read More »Actress Lena Denham slams Kanye’s Famous video
Lena Dunham has given her thoughts on Kanye West’s music video for Famous, calling it “sickening” and “one of the more disturbing ‘artistic’ efforts in recent memory”… In a Facebook post entitled: Peeking From Between My Fingers, Dunham addressed her dismay at seeing women she admires and friends portrayed in the way he film clip does – for those of …
Read More »Curiosity analysis suggests Mars has oxygen-rich history, research
New findings from NASA’s Curiosity Rover provide evidence that significant amounts of oxygen once permeated the atmosphere of ancient Mars. The Red Planet, it would seem, was more Earth-like than we thought. This higher oxygen level can be linked to a time when groundwater was present in the planet’s Gale Crater where the rover is based, and it adds to …
Read More »Five Marmots Released to Mt Washington
The first of our 2016 summer releases went smoothly today (June 27th) when 5 marmots from the Calgary Zoo were released to Mt Washington. There’s still 8 more marmots from the Calgary Zoo to be released, and a number more that will likely need to be translocated into suitable habitat, but its a great start! After the release into a …
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