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Amazon to buy Whole Foods for $13.7 billion

Whole Foods ( WFM ) shares spiked 27% to $42, Amazon's offer price. Amazon will acquire upscale United States grocer Whole Foods Market , known for it...

In Tweet, Trump Turns On Rod Rosenstein Over Investigation 'Witch Hunt'

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India's heaviest rocket,GSLV Mk III launched

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Ex-Pakistani cricketers appreciate team for defeating England in semi-finals

Pakistan had started their campaign on a disastrous note with a 124-run defeat to arch-rivals India , but consecutive wins over formidable South Africa and Sr...

Apple signals TV intent with Sony Pictures hires

According to Apple , both former Sony executives have extensive experience in television production for worldwide audiences, as well as programming for a vas...

Super Mario Odyssey co-op multiplayer has second player controlling Mario's cap Cappy

While one gets to control the titular character, another controls his new magical hat, named Cappy . The new hook in this Yoshi game is the depth throughout ...

Mumbai blasts: Mustafa Dossa, Abu Salem found guilty of conspiracy

Mustafa Dossa was involved in the landing of explosives including RDX in India, he also sent some youth to Pakistan so as to get arms training. Siddiqui wa...

Three new Moto smartphones on the way: Specs and pricing revealed

A new render of the Moto G5S Plus has been leaked, giving potential buyers more idea on how the phone will look like once it is released. And not only that but ...

Pakistani PM Nawaz Sharif hopes for swift solution to crisis over Qatar

More and more African Muslim majority countries are severing ties with Qatar citing solidarity with the United Arab Emirates , Saudi Arabia and other Gulf na...

The Adobe Systems Incorporated (ADBE) Receives $135.63 Consensus Target Price from Analysts

Johnson Financial Group Inc increased Adobe Sys Inc ( ADBE ) stake by 97.53% reported in 2016Q4 SEC filing. Capital Growth Management Lp increased Anglo Amern...

Taylor Swift's music returns to streaming sites

Another important event to note is that in 2014, Swift removed all of her music from Spotify , claiming that streaming devalued her music. Swift i...

Faces of innocence: London terror victims revealed

Police said three men - Khuram Shazad Butt , 27; Rachid Redouane , 30; and Youssef Zaghba , 22 - rammed a van into pedestrians on London Bridge before lau...

Microsoft Wants To Bring Xbox Emulation Onto The PC

During said event, we were told the price of the console at launch, with it set to cost £449 / $499 / 499 euros when it launches on November 7 . Another ...

Bob Seger catalog now available for streaming

The albums will also be available for digital download. Neither Seger nor his longtime manager, Punch Andrews, commented on the move or the reason why certain...

London fire prompts safety review at 4000 United Kingdom tower blocks

As the Government scrambles to get its response in place, Prime Minister Theresa May was accused last night that she "hid her humanity" and appears "frightene...

Tesla Model Y Teased; Will Make It Production By 2020

I can already see the memes about its name coming (" Tesla Y tho?" sort of stuff) especially if it has issues. Sharing a sleek and curvaceous bonnet and windsc...

Super Mario Odyssey Co-Op Mode Demoed In New Footage

It's on the lanyards, every 10th person is wearing a Cappy hat, and lines to check it out at the Nintendo booth are as long as the eye can see. Instead of tak...

The CIA has been rooting around in your WiFi router

Wikileaks has released a batch of documents from the middle of 2012 revealing details of the CIA's CherryBlossom project. In particular, CherryBlossom is ...

Google reportedly faces record US$1.1bn European Commission fine

It is believed by people familiar with the seven year investigation that the fine could be record breaking and is expected to surpass the €1bn fine issued to I...

'Wonder Woman' cruises past 'The Mummy' at box office

For all the rah-rah that Universal will emote tomorrow about The Mummy being Cruise's biggest global opening at $169.3M and that the movie was tailored for ...

Microsoft unveils the Modern Keyboard that sports fingerprint reader

Priced at Rs. $129.99 (roughly Rs. 8,500), the new Modern Keyboard is listed as "coming soon" on the company's U.S. website with no word when the accessory wi...

Nursery school blast which killed eight in China 'caused by home-made bomb'

Bomb-making materials were found in the flat where he lived, Xinhua news agency reported. Forensic experts work at the site of the explosion near a kindergart...

Illinois Man, 66, Identified as Suspect in Virginia Shooting

Social media posts also revealed more details about Hodgkinson and his politics. The alleged shooter, identified as James T. Hodgkinson , was a volunteer a...

Showers Friday, then warmth and humidity return

Today: AM Fog, Partly Sunny, Scattered Showers/Storms (30%). Highs: Upper 80s to perhaps mid-90s. Today's the "coolest" we could be for a while, as conditi...

Taylor Swift returns to Spotify the same day Katy releases album

Taylor Swift's five audio albums have not been available for online streaming on platforms such as Amazon Music , Spotify , and Pandora since 2014. Some tw...

Quantum Internet Is One Step Closer

The previous distance record was about 100 kilometers ( SN: 6/30/12, p. 10 ). But, it's hard to distribute entangled particles - normally photons - over lar...

Volkswagen unveils new version of Polo subcompact

Hours ahead of its global debut at a special event in Europe, images of the sixth generation Volkswagen Polo have made its way online revealing the auto compl...

HTC launches 'squeezable' U11 smartphone at Rs 51990 in India

Edge Sense is a sort of gesture integration into a completely new and revolutionary way which enhances the way we interact with our phone. The last trick in ...

US Open at a glance

The highlight of his round came on the par-four fourth, where he lofted an approach into the middle of the green, before the ball bounced again and turned to la...

The Xbox Game Pass will get five new games a month

Microsoft has confirmed via its Xbox Daily interview program at the Electronic Entertainment Expo that games will be constantly switched around in the program. ...

Pilot seriously burned after blimp crashes at US Open

So, no, that's totally fine", he said. "I just played bad golf", Day said. "So, there is a little bit of rust there. Just hitting the fairways has made it a...

London Tower Fire: Death Toll Rises as Anger Takes Hold

Prime Minister Theresa May also ordered a full public inquiry , which could take years to complete. "We have people here who know those who live in that to...

Corbyn suggests using luxury Kensington properties for Grenfell Tower families

Fire Commissioner Dany Cotton said parts of the tower were unsafe and it would take a long time to complete a detailed search of every floor. "Tragically now ...

Philippines says arrests senior member of IS-backed Maute group

U.S. forces "are allowed to carry rifles for self-defense". "We will continue to provide support to them all and, as we always do in these circumstances, we w...