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The White House says it has taken steps to address suspicious activity that officials detected on its unclassified computer network during a scan for cyberthreats. Although no details were released on who may have been responsible or when the activity … Continue reading →

Now that’s the spirit. A group of middle schoolers who watched a rocket explode as it was carrying their science project to the International Space Station on Tuesday night immediately asked their principal if they could try it again. The … Continue reading →

An Orbital Sciences rocket operating under a NASA contract exploded shortly after launch on Tuesday evening, much to everyone’s surprise — except, perhaps, Elon Musk. Musk, the CEO of SpaceX, trashed Orbital Sciences for using outdated Russian engines during a … Continue reading →

One billion points to Gryffindor! Daniel Radcliffe stopped by The Tonight Show Tuesday, to promote his new film Horns, and proved he’s a wizard with a mic by flawlessly rapping the riddikulus tongue-twisters in Blackalicious’ 1999 hit “Alphabet Aerobics.” See … Continue reading →

At least 10 people are dead and more than 250 are missing in central Sri Lanka after a mudslide triggered by monsoon rains buried scores of workers’ houses at a tea plantation on Wednesday. The military mobilized troops to help … Continue reading →

A bizarre call to air traffic control, claiming to be from a pilot having trouble while flying over the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, sparked a massive land and ocean search — and was later revealed to be a hoax. On … Continue reading →

A bizarre call to air traffic control, claiming to be from a pilot having trouble while flying over the Sunshine Coast in Queensland, sparked a massive land and ocean search — and was later revealed to be a hoax. On … Continue reading →

LONDON — Zambian President Michael Sata, a longtime opposition leader who rose to power in 2011, has died after an illness in London. Sata died shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday at London’s King Edward VII hospital, where he was … Continue reading →

SYDNEY — The Abbott government reached an agreement on Wednesday with the Palmer United Party and other crossbench senators that will see the implementation of its Direct Action climate policy. The government’s flagship environmental policy is expected to cost $2.5 … Continue reading →

You can taste the iPad influence in Google’s Nexus 9 tablet. Laying eyes on it for the first time, you’d be forgiven for thinking Apple made it. The slim bezel and the 4:3 aspect ratio screen are very iPad, but … Continue reading →