Microsoft today announced that Azure is now generally available from local datacenter regions located in Toronto and Quebec City. Microsoft is also planning to open a datacenter region based in Seoul, South Korea. Including Canada and South Korea, Microsoft has now announced 32 Azure regions around the world with 24 generally available today. “The core of cloud service is security. …

A 15-year-old boy from Quebec used Mayan star charts and satellite imagery to find an abandoned Mayan city in Belize. William Gadoury has been passionate about the Maya since 2012, when there was a big kerfuffle over the Mayan calendar announcing the end of the world, according to Le Journal de Montréal. He’s been eagerly studying them ever since, and …

The doctor treating Prince the week the pop star died — possibly from a drug overdose — has been identified in court papers. Minnesota police, investigating Prince’s death, served a search warrant on Minneapolis-area familiy physician Dr Michael Todd Schulenberg. Interviewed after police arrived, Schulenberg told investigators that he had prescribed medication to Prince on April 20, and the singer …

Rihanna’s reach internationally has yet to be matched thanks to her latest education venture. The ANTI artist announced the Clara Lionel Foundation’s Global Scholarship Program that’ll benefit those who are qualified in pursuing their education in the United States. According to its website, the program will assist citizens or natives of Brazil, Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Grenada, Guyana, and Jamaica in …

Vandals Sought in Death Valley Rampage That Includes Gunfire, Vomit and Dead Pupfish. This is the moment suspected vandals break into a Death Valley oasis where their drunken antics may have resulted in the death of one of the world’s rarest fish. The park service had released surveillance images of three men who drove an off-highway vehicle around a secured …

Putting on excess weight or having high blood sugar levels during pregnancy can “imprint” obesity in children, researchers have claimed. Scientists from the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research studied more than 24,000 mothers and their children over the course of 10 years. The study is said to be the largest on the topic and has been published in the …

Microsoft may be working on a holographic computing platform that involves a big, expensive headset. But researchers at Queen’s University’s Human Media Lab have developed a headset-free system that works with a smartphone-sized device. Scientists have developed the world’s first holographic flexible smartphone. The device, dubbed HoloFlex, is capable of rendering 3D images with motion parallax and stereoscopy to multiple …

A 21-year-old man is facing a stunt driving charge after police say he was clocked driving 101 kilometres per hour over the speed limit in Georgina, Ont. An officer conducting speed enforcement on Old Homestead Road May 6, shortly after 6:50 a.m., spotted a silver Honda travelling at high speed. The radar in the police cruiser showed the vehicle was …

$100 million research and engineering program will seek proof of concept for using light beam to propel gram-scale ‘nanocraft’ to 20 percent of light speed. A possible fly-by mission could reach Alpha Centauri within about 20 years of its launch. Internet investor and science philanthropist Yuri Milner was joined at One World Observatory by renowned cosmologist Stephen Hawking to announce …

Ghostbusters Dimension VR Experience Unveiled By The VOID. In advance of the July 15, 2016 release of Ghostbusters, one of the most highly anticipated films of the summer, Sony Pictures, Madame Tussauds New York, Ghost Corps and THE VOID have teamed up to bring Ghostbusters to life like never before. Included in the multi-sensory, all-immersive environment will be Ghostbusters: Dimension, …

Swaddling may increase the risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome when babies are put on their stomach or side to sleep, new research has found. The analysis, carried out by the University of Bristol, looked at four studies, which spanned two decades and covered three diverse geographical areas, including regions of England; Tasmania in Australia; and Chicago, Illinois. Review lead …