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BlackBerry has finally confirmed that it will be introducing the ‘Mercury’ at an event on February 25th in Barcelona, two days before the show formally opens. If blurry images courtesy of BlackBerryCentral are anything to go by, the BlackBerry DTEK60 will follow the BlackBerry Priv by incorporating the company’s iconic Qwerty keyboard. This has since been confirmed in clearer images …

The 2017 Chevrolet Bolt EV could become the first mainstream electric car, with a 238-mile range and a base price in the high $30,000s before incentives. Braking You Can Live With Like all hybrids and battery-electrics, the Bolt employs regenerative braking, through which the drive motor serves as a generator, using the car’s momentum and rotating drive wheels to recharge …

Toronto-based Meta, which uses machine learning to organize information in scientific papers, has been acquired by Mark Zucerkberg and Priscilla Chan’s $45 billion philanthropy organization. The pair announced in September 2016 it would invest $3 billion of their personal fortune into the initiative, to be spent on organisations and companies conducting medical research over the next ten years, ultimately passing …

An actor has been shot and killed while filming a scene for an Australian band’s music video which involved “several firearms.” Johann Ofner, 28, of the Gold Coast, died after he was shot in the chest while filming a scene for Australian hip-hop group Bliss N Eso’s music video. According to the Courier Mail, Ofner was shot with a double-barreled …

Bell Let’s Talk Day 2017 is Wednesday, January 25 and Canada’s groundbreaking mental health initiative will offer new ways for Canadians everywhere to get engaged and drive Bell’s funding of mental health care, research, anti-stigma and workplace initiatives across Canada. “Not only did we celebrate another record Bell Let’s Talk Day in January 2016, together we kept the conversation about …

This Ferrari F40 formerly owned by Eric Clapton was posted to the sale page of a London firm recently, and for the fairly reasonable price of £925,000, or roughly $1.1 million US. “The F40 is a real poster car, and one of the most celebrated supercars of the 80’s. A modern classic that turns heads everywhere it goes, and it …

After months of speculation over what happened to the Galaxy Note 7, Samsung’s official probe has concluded that not one, but two distinct battery flaws caused some devices to explode. Batteries made by Samsung’s SDI group were too small at one corner, causing negative electrodes to be bent and increase the likelihood of short circuiting. Separately, batteries from third party …

Burnt toast and crispy roast potatoes ‘linked to cancer’: FSA warns against overcooking starchy foods. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) today launched its Go for Gold campaign, encouraging us not to burn our roast or fried vegetables and keep our oven chips at a nice golden colour. The idea is to reduce people’s intake of acrylamide, a chemical that is “created when many …

At least 16 people have been killed in a bus crash in Italy’s Verona on Friday (20 January) night. Thirty-nine others survived the crash near Verona just before midnight on Friday. The bus, which was carrying Hungarian students returning home from France, veered off the road and crashed into barriers before being engulfed in flames.

Nearly one in five persons have snooped on the Facebook accounts of their friends, romantic partners or family members, using the victims’ own computers or cellphones, says new research. In a survey of 1,308 U.S. adult Facebook users, University of British Columbia researchers found that 24 per cent – or more than one in five – had snooped on the …

Children with asthma may be more likely to become obese later in childhood or in adolescence, scientists say. “Early diagnosis and treatment of asthma may help prevent the childhood obesity epidemic,” said Frank Gilliland, senior author of the study and a professor of preventive medicine at the Keck School of Medicine of USC. “Part of the problem may be a …