BlackBerry CEO John Chen published a blog post Monday defending the company’s presumed cooperation with Canadian officials who sought access to messages sent through the company’s servers during a 2010 murder investigation. The scandal that hit BlackBerry at the end of last week has its roots in a murder case from 2011, when Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) requested …

Motorola’s website still shows the same $299.99 price tag for the second-generation smartwatch, which is the Amazon deal for sure is going to save you around $70. On the official Motorola website, the Moto 360 Sport smartwatch is listed with a pricing of $299.99. However, its price has been reduced to $230 on Amazon. The retailer is offering the smartwatch …

Researchers have warned that disappearing summer and fall sea ice will force polar bears to swim greater distances — and spend more energy doing so — as they try to find enough food to survive. Now they’ve gathered direct evidence that it’s already happening. “While polar bears as a species are eminently suited to swimming, not all bears are equally …

An artist is making amazingly realistic – and creepy – cakes, and shocking people all over the world with her designs. Katherine Dey even runs tutorials, teaching people how to make cakes which look like undersea monsters, pigeons, human heads.

Chrissy Teigen shared her first snap of newborn daughter Luna on Instagram on Tuesday. The 30-year-old model cradled her baby girl while wearing a lowcut black blouse in the outdoor photo. They both look natural, zen, and very, very happy.

International Development Minister Marie-Claude Bibeau says that four Canadians are confirmed dead as a result of Saturday’s earthquake in Ecuador. Jennifer Mawn and her son, Arthur Laflamme, were reportedly killed when the roof of their residence caved in as the 7.8-magnitude quake struck Saturday night. While the assessment team is typically sent as a precursor to Canada’s Disaster Assistance Response …

After grabbing JK Simmons earlier this year, Zack Snyder has added another Spider-Man alumnus to the DCEU. Willem Dafoe, who played Norman Osborn/The Green Goblin in the original Spider-Man trilogy, will join the cast of Justice League in a mystery role. The 60-year-old actor will be taking on a role as an unknown “good guy”, according to The Hollywood Reporter, …

Shock and anger from parents of a Montreal school after learning their children are reportedly attending the same school as Karla Homolka’s children. Homolka served a twelve-year sentence in a Quebec prison for manslaughter in the sex slayings of two Ontario schoolgirls. Homolka, who now goes by the name Leanne Bordelais, has children of her own who attend school and …

A new interactive robot named Jia Jia was unveiled Friday by the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC) in Hefei, capital of east China’s Anhui Province. “Jia Jia” looks very much like a real woman and can speak English and Mandarin Chinese. Jia Jia’s limited motion and stilted speech shouldn’t leave anyone in any doubt she’s a robot. …

Two, new Amazon devices, the Amazon Echo and Tap, are on sale on Amazon today, and today only! In honor of Amazon being named America’s most reputable company by the Reputation Insitute, the online retailer put two of their newest devices, the Amazon Echo and the Amazon Tap, on sale today, April 19.

The two founders of Ben & Jerry’s ice cream were arrested Monday at a protest at the U.S. Capitol. The protests began early this month with a 140-mile march from Philadelphia to D.C. and continued with a week-long sit-in to demand Congressional action on voting rights and campaign finance. Cohen and Greenfield were among some 1,300 peaceful protesters who were …