Transcripts of different interviews with Prince’s acquaintances were made public on April 17 along with search warrants and other related documents. The documents detailed the observation of Judith Hill, Meron Berkure, and Ray Roberts…

UK’s highest court ruled that it was not in the best interest of toddler Alfie Evans to continue with his life support since his undiagnosed neurodegenerative disease made him impossible to eat, drink, and breathe.   ( Paul Ellis |…

source Ezra Shaw/Getty It has been 15 years since Michael Jordan last graced an NBA court in uniform. The widely considered greatest of all-time is best known for his dominant years with the Chicago Bulls, but Jordan ended his career with…

The fourth production from VR studio Penrose, Arden’s Wake: Tide’s Fall, is debuting at Tribeca and it touches upon well-worn territory for this team. Namely, it’s a story about the relationship between parent and child, coping with loss…

Full-motion video was a big step forward for games back in the ’90s, and game developers embraced the new technology wholeheartedly … by creating a voyeuristic horror film ripoff about scantily-clad teenage girls being attacked by…

An epidemiology study showed that people deficient in vitamin D have increased chances of diabetes. Researchers from UCSD and Seoul University had found that low levels of vitamin D in the blood caused healthy individuals to become…

Researchers used seismic tomography to find Yellowstone's hotspot suspected to be part of a mantle plume originating from Earth's mantle and core boundary. “Stealing” the supervolcano’s heat may prevent the next Yellowstone eruption.  (…

caption Former US President George H.W. Bush tosses the coin for the Super Bowl as former first lady Barbara Bush looks on in Houston, Texas on February 5, 2017. source REUTERS/Adrees Latif Former first lady Barbara Bush died on Tuesday at…

Confusion abounded in Saudi Arabia on Saturday after reports of heavy gunfire near the Royal Palace in Riyadh. The commotion initially sparked concerns of an attempted coup, but media outlets reported that the gunfire was from a toy plane…

When we talk about the geography of esports, many names spring to our mind: big supporting countries like South Korea, USA, Sweden and competitive titles with big international recognition like Counter-Strike: Go, Dota 2, and League of…

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caption Jeff Bezos. source Drew Angerer/Getty Images Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos explained during an on-stage interview on Friday the strange meetings Amazon holds. Every meeting requires a well-crafted six-page memo which the whole room sits…

John Underkoffler is the CEO of Oblong Industries, and he is perhaps best known as the science advisor for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report. Long before the body suit of Ready Player One, Underkoffler helped envision Minority…

Assange surrounded by police outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in 2012.Photo: APWikileaks, the whistle-blowing organization which is now almost solely run by founder and fugitive Julian Assange from a small room in the Ecuadorian embassy in…

source Michael Seto/Business Insider Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos still personally reads customer complaint emails sent to him, even though he doesn’t reply to many of them, he said during an on-stage interview on Friday. Often, he’ll forward…

caption Smog obscures a view of the George Washington Bridge in New York City, May 1973. source Chester Higgins/Documerica New York City produces twice as much trash as any other mega-city on Earth, according to a recent study. The…

John Underkoffler is the CEO of Oblong Industries, and he is perhaps best known as the science advisor for the landmark sci-fi film Minority Report. Long before the body suit of Ready Player One, Underkoffler helped envision Minority…

Photo: GettyInternal emails that revealed the Environmental Protection Agency has been pursuing a plan to restrict the type of scientific research the agency uses to write environmental policy have been removed from an online portal that…

caption Watch out, Mickey. source disneylandcats/kkjordan/Instagram Disneyland has a not-so-secret squad of feral cats wandering the park. The company doesn’t encourage people to feed or go near the cats, as they’re feral. Still, the cats…

Back when he was known as “Thresh,” Dennis Fong was the original professional gamer. He’s also the CEO of game video sharing site Plays.tv, and so he has decades of visibility into esports, which has become one of the hottest sectors of…

Photo: APLargo, Florida police detectives entered a funeral home in Clearwater and attempted to unlock the phone of a man killed by another officer at a traffic stop a month earlier using the deceased man’s hands, the Tampa Bay Times…

A team from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered an unlikely sea creature. The bizarre crimson red squid lurks at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico.  ( National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration | YouTube…

caption Paul Manafort. source Thomson Reuters Prosecutors working for the special counsel Robert Mueller told a federal judge they have long suspected former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort of serving as a “back channel” between the…

Back when he was known as “Thresh,” Dennis Fong was the original professional gamer. He’s also the CEO of game video sharing site Plays.tv, and so he has decades of visibility into esports, which has become one of the hottest sectors of…

Sorry, cartridge and disc collectors — in the foreseeable future, console gaming is going to become either download-only or download-first. This might bother some console gamers, but I’m excited to see this happen. Twenty years ago, I…

Photo: GettyA British teenager who gained notoriety for hacking a number of high profile United States government employees including former CIA director John Brennan and former director of intelligence James Clapper was sentenced Friday to…

caption Whole Foods and Sprouts both use Instacart for grocery delivery. source Tanza Loudenback/Business Insider Whole Foods and Sprouts Farmers Market are health food stores with locations all over the US. Both grocers sell mostly…

Microsoft released the new Windows 10 Preview Build 17650 for Insiders who opted to receive builds from the Skip Ahead ring. The build adds a number of improvements to Windows Security Center and Windows Defender Firewall.   ( Drew Angerer…

Mobile publisher Tamatem has brought 40 games to the Arabic-language market and racked up millions of downloads. Its newest title is Airport City, a simulation game from Lithuanian developer Game Insight. It will debut on iOS and Android…

New information has surfaced regarding the upcoming iPhone SE 2, based on details from a case manufacturer. The smartphone will reportedly make its debut in May and will lose the headphone jack. Pictured here is the original iPhone SE.  (…

President Trump is set to host his first state dinner with French President Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday. In a departure from tradition, the event is not open to Democratic members of Congress or the media. Four Republican lawmakers are…

23andMe DNA Test - Health + Ancestry | $139 | Amazon 23andMe DNA Test - Ancestry | $69 | AmazonScreenshot: AmazonIf you aren’t freaked out by privacy concerns of DNA testing kits (basically, they may sell anonymized genetic data, but not…

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge received an update and the release notes said it was Android 8.0 Oreo, but it was, in fact, just Android Nougat. On the bright side, the update does bring the latest Android security patch for…

Colstrip Steam Electric Station in Colstrip, Montana.Photo: APDonald Trump’s administration is considering invoking sweeping wartime powers to pump up coal and nuclear power plants that are losing out against competitors in the natural gas…

Every startup needs a little skill and a little luck. BigID, a NYC-based data governance solution has been blessed with both. The company, which helps customers identify sensitive data in big data stores, launched at just about the same…