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Prince, the pioneering musician, has died at his home at the age of 57, days after being rushed to hospital after falling ill on tour. The news was first reported by TMZ and confirmed by The Associated Press. According to TMZ, the musician’s body was discovered at his Paisley Park Estate early Thursday morning. A cause of death is not …

Honda will launch three cars over the next three years under its Clarity nameplate, potentially turning the automaker’s fledgling Clarity badge into family of vehicles that could become a symbol of Honda’s environmental aspirations. Following the U.S. launch of the Clarity Fuel Cell in late 2016, the Clarity Electric will go on-sale in 2017. The Clarity Electric will be the …

BMW is celebrating its centenary in 2016 and it has already started the party with the wild Vision Next 100 Concept. The Germans will introduce Vision show cars for the Mini, Rolls-Royce, and BMW Motorrad brands, but the anniversary year will also bring a few limited-edition production models in dealerships. The first to arrive is the 7 Series Centennial Edition, …

Less than a month after wishing pal Reese Witherspoon a “Happy Birthday” with a naked pic, Chelsea Handler is at it again — this time sending love in the form of a nude selfie to friend Maria Sharapova. “Happy birthday to my bear @mariasharapova. Sending love from me and my bonsai. #tokyo,” Handler captioned the NSWF snap. In the photo, …

Veteran actor and singer Pat Boone has hit out at Saturday Night Live over a skit which featured a Christian baker who refused to make a ‘gay’ cake. The spoof featured a woman named Beth (Vanessa Bayer), a “small town baker without a care” who suddenly finds herself in the middle of a high-stakes legal battle after refusing to bake …

Gavin Grimm appeals ruling threatens key provision of North Carolina law. A transgender student who challenged Gloucester High School after he was denied access to the boys’ bathroom won his appeal in the Fourth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals. Gavin Grimm was born a female, but has the gender identity of a male. The appeals court decision reverses the prior …

Americans are abandoning their wired Internet for a mobile-data-only diet — and if the trend continues, it could reflect a huge shift in the way we experience the Web. The news comes as part of a bigger study on American online behavior conducted by the U.S. Census Bureau. While some of the results — such as that low-income families are …

A frozen berry mix recalled by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) Saturday, April 16 has prompted Costco Canada to offer Hepatitis A vaccinations. The membership-only warehouse club is offering the vaccine to anyone who purchased Nature’s Touch Organic Berry Cherry Blend, which is sold exclusively at Costco stores in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador.

BlackBerry CEO John Chen published a blog post Monday defending the company’s presumed cooperation with Canadian officials who sought access to messages sent through the company’s servers during a 2010 murder investigation. The scandal that hit BlackBerry at the end of last week has its roots in a murder case from 2011, when Canada’s Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) requested …

Motorola’s website still shows the same $299.99 price tag for the second-generation smartwatch, which is the Amazon deal for sure is going to save you around $70. On the official Motorola website, the Moto 360 Sport smartwatch is listed with a pricing of $299.99. However, its price has been reduced to $230 on Amazon. The retailer is offering the smartwatch …

An artist is making amazingly realistic – and creepy – cakes, and shocking people all over the world with her designs. Katherine Dey even runs tutorials, teaching people how to make cakes which look like undersea monsters, pigeons, human heads.