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Ever since a photo of a heartbroken couple of 62 years sharing a tearful goodbye before returning to their separate nursing homes went viral, offers to help the couple have poured in from around the world. After 62 years of marriage, Wolfram and Anita Gottschalk are being forced to live apart. For eight months, the couple has been living in …

Oculus, which is owned by Facebook, said the device will launch on September 20. In an announcement, Oculus announced that its VR solution will be available in a number of European and North American retailers from September 20th. In fact, consumers in the UK, France and Germany and Canada can pre-order the Rift today and have it ship late next …

Sad news to report as Dick Assman has died at the age of 82. According to his local obituary, Assman died peacefully in his sleep. SK. Born in Neudorf, SK in 1934, Richard worked as a manager, mechanic and gas attendant at service stations in Regina his entire adult life. He was predeceased by his parents Adolf (1998) and Elizabeth …

Researchers say they are closer to pinning down the genetic causes of inherited diseases ranging from muscular dystrophy to certain types of heart disease after analysing the DNA of more than 60,000 people. “The scale and diversity of the ExAC resource is invaluable,” Daniel MacArthur, a geneticist at the Broad Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and co-author of a study that …

The mobile game for Android and iOS has been launched ahead of the much awaited Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, which is set for a grand release next week. According to the app’s description, “Deus Ex GO is a turn-based puzzle infiltration game set in a stylized interpretation of the Deus Ex Universe. As covert agent Adam Jensen, you’ll use hacking, …

Saskatchewan Government Insurance (SGI) is launching its new facial recognition software on Aug. 24, which will be in place when issuing new driver’s licences and photo ID cards. SGI says when you get your new card, you won’t notice anything different and you aren’t required to get a new photo or card until your current one expires.

Police have cordoned off a large area if Hyde Park after a body was found following a “suspicious death” on Friday (August 12). A member of the public found the man with injuries shortly before 6am and the victim had died when officers arrived at the scene, the Metropolitan Police said. At least 30 officers were at the park, with …

Kadiza Sultana, one of three schoolgirls who left their homes in Bethnal Green in February 2015 to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) is believed to have been killed by an airstrike in Raqqa. Attorney Tasnime Akunjee said her family learned of her death in Raqqa, Syria, a few weeks ago. She was believed to have been killed by a …

Waze can already help you beat traffic, find the fastest route and even avoid the police. Now the Google-owned company is launching a new feature to help predict traffic and road closures caused by big events. Through the Global Event Partner Program, Waze is inviting applications from marathon organizers, stadium operators, or anyone associated with events that typically cause disruption …

Snapchat is under fire, once again, for one of their new lenses, which users are calling racist. Twitter has dubbed Snapchat’s latest lens “yellowface” because it draws offensive stereotypical Asian features, like slits for eyes, over people’s faces. The filter that turned selfies into “yellowface” Asian caricatures was “anime-inspired,” according to Snapchat. The Venice, Calif., company said the filter, also …

Just a couple of weeks ahead of its release, Eidos Montreal has announced the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided system requirements, as well as the start time of preloading on Steam. The minimum specs aren’t particularly high, which isn’t surprising considering the game is also on consoles. You’ll only need an i3-2100 (or equivalent AMD processor), 8 GB of RAM, and …