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Rogers Communications said it will be introducing Internet of Things (IoT) ‘as a service’ to simplify the process of managing complex IoT systems. Two of the first systems being offered as a service include Farm & Food Monitoring and Level Monitoring. Rogers will deliver these exclusively with blueRover, a Canadian-based provider. Wireless networks will provide the primary impetus to the …

Coffee consumption may lower the risk of colorectal cancer, according to findings from a new study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Scientists from the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center and others examined more than 5,100 men and women who had been diagnosed with colorectal cancer within the past six months. They also inspected an additional 4,000 men and …

A touching video showing a Huntington Beach police officer playing hopscotch with a homeless girl while another policeman makes housing arrangements for her mother has gone viral. Officer Pricer from Huntington Beach Police met the girl and her mother after responding to a report about a suspicious vehicle parked on the street in California in the US.

Over one in eight adults are now obese-a ratio that has more than doubled since 1975 and will swell to one in five by 2025, a major survey reported Friday. The finding is based on the study of BMI data from nearly 20 million people in 186 different countries, recorded between 1975 to 2014. Extrapolating obesity rates from their data, …

At least 10 people were injured, including one in critical condition, during the explosion caused by gas in the sixth district of Paris, the firefight commander told BFMTV on Friday. Pictures on social media showed thick clouds of black smoke billowing into the air after the incident in the city’s 6th arrondissement at around 12pm local time.

There have been millions of cars recalled in the past few years. Fiat-Chrysler and Volkswagen are just two names that come to mind. Now, you can add Ford to that list as it’s recalling 37,066 vehicles from the U.S. and 839 vehicles in Canada.

Mohawk the lion, one of Kenya’s most famous big cats, was fatally shot Wednesday by wildlife rangers. In a country that has invested millions in protecting its wildlife, Kenyans are trying to figure out what went wrong. Mohawk, a 13-year-old male, who got his name from the shape of his mane, was Kenya’s a tourist favourite at Nairobi National Park, …

The FBI agreed to help an Arkansas prosecutor unlock an iPhone and iPod belonging to two teenagers accused of killing a couple, just days after the federal agency announced it had gained access to an iPhone linked to the San Bernardino gunman. The FBI agreed to a request from prosecuting attorney Cody Hiland in the case against 18-year-old Hunter Drexler …

An Italian nurse murdered 13 patients, Fausta Bonino has been arrested on suspicion of murdering patients in the intensive care ward where she had worked for decades. Police say 55-year-old Fausta Bonino killed the patients between 2014 and 2015 in the Tuscan town of Piombino.

If you want to know what makes you thin, then you can just try adding a new serving of pulses to your day. Take a mix of beans, peas, chickpeas or lentils, and you’ve won some of the battle against the bulge. Eating about 3/4 cup (130 grams) each day of these foods known as pulses led to a weight …

Doctors are “failing to help patients with gender dysphoria,” a leading British doctor has warned in the British Medical Journal. The need for hormone treatment has never been higher, but “as many as one in five GPs won’t prescribe for people with gender dysphoria, even after expert advice from an NHS clinic,” according to James Barrett the President of the …