The U.S. Department of Justice federal prosecutors were ready to charge Toyota with wire fraud for the sale of thousands of vehicles from late 2009 to early 2010 because the company’s engineers were aware of the defective accelerator pedals. Why are they not prosecuting Toyota now? The company settled with the justice department for $1.2 […]
The number of people at Ohio State University with the mumps has increased to 28 – 23 are students, one is a university staff member, one person is related to an OSU student and three others have strong ties to the university, outside of it. Three people were hospitalized for 24 hours because of the […]
Pixar recently announced it was currently working on the sequels to two popular animated movies: Cars 2 and The Incredibles. Bob Iger, CEO of Disney, announced it while in a meeting with the company’s shareholders. No release dates or storyline details were revealed. The studio is working on several other projects including: The Good Dinosaur, […]
Two people were killed and another was critically injured after a news helicopter fell from the sky and crashed near Seattle’s iconic Space Needle Tuesday morning. According to KOMO, it was the KOMO news helicopter involved in the crash. Upon its take-off, the helicopter crashed and burned. They identified the persons involved in the crash […]
WhatsApp CEO Jay Koum is speaking out about what he deems as inaccurate information about the company’s user data policies and how they would change now that Facebook purchased it for $19 billion. Koum used the company blog in giving users some peace of mind regarding their privacy. In it, he said the company would […]
Another retailer is letting people know that they too suffered a security breach. Denton, Texas-based Sally Beauty, one of the largest retailers of professional beauty products in the world, said it found a breach on March 5, which affected less than 25,000 debit and credit card accounts. The company said it was working alongside a […]
A recall affecting close to 900,000 Honda Odyssey minivans has been issued. According to the statement released on March 16 by the auto manufacturing giant Honda, the affected models in the recall are from 2005 to 2010. Honda said the models will have their fuel strainer replaced, free of charge. According to Honda, the strainers […]
Chris Pine, the Hollywood Actor and known for playing the infamous Captain Kirk in the latest “Star Trek” movies plead guilty to a drunk driving charge in New Zealand. At a Ashburton District Court hearing, Pine, 33, was given a fine of U.S. $93 and had his driver’s license in New Zealand suspended for a […]
MH370, The Malaysian Airlines flight, missing now for over a day, is proving to be elusive with no wreckage in sight. Although initially it was reported that two passengers boarded with stolen passports, the Malaysian authorities, assisted by FBI, are reportedly probing four passengers with suspicious identities and a possible airport security lapse. The flight […]
Privacy advocacy groups are demanding the U.S. Federal Trade Commission block the $19 billion acquisition Facebook made for the messaging service WhatsApp – at least until the popular social media network tells how it’ll use the 450 million users’ personal data. Non-profit groups like Centre for Digital Democracy and Electronic Privacy Information Centre are disputing […]