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TikTok Sued After ‘Blackout Challenge’ Reportedly Claims 7th Death!
It seems that every now and then a brand new (and mostly ridiculous) trend appears on social media platforms. You may, of course, remember a somewhat stupid one relatively recently that got people filming themselves eating a washing machine soap gel pack. Over the last couple of years, however, a…
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MSI CEO Charles Chiang Sadly Dies
MSI is undoubtedly one of the world leaders in terms of PC hardware and components and, following Sheng-Chang Chiang (aka Charles Chiang) taking over as President and CEO in early 2019, he certainly seemed to be taking the company in some very positive directions. Particularly in regards to their desktop…
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Al Matthews Best Known For Aliens’ Sgt Apone Has Died
Al Matthews Best Known For Aliens’ Sgt Apone Has Died Aliens is perhaps one of the greatest films ever made. If not, then it’s certainly the best ever science-fiction film. Building on from the original, Aliens got everything right by keeping things simple, more characters, more aliens, more guns and…
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Google AI Successfully Predicts Deaths With 95% Accuracy
Google AI Successfully Predicts Deaths With 95% Accuracy It is doubtless that artificial intelligence is going to play a major factor in the future of the human race. Whether it is to help us or to wipe us our remains to be seen. I guess it largely depends on your…
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Highways Chief Says Driverless Cars Will Cause Deaths At First
A Former Highways Chief Has Said That Driverless Cars Will Cause Deaths At First Practically every major car manufacturer now is looking at some form of an automatic or driverless car. Tesla, Jaguar, Land Rover, Volvo to name but a few. With the technology being tested in somewhat limited areas,…
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Man Dies In Cinema Retrieving Phone From Luxury Seat
Cinema Accident Retrieving Phone Leaves Man Dead When about to sit down to a film at the cinema you are reminded, often on several occasions, to make sure you turn off your phone. This advice, however, may have led to the sad, but bizarre instance in which a man attending…
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Carrie Fisher Will Be Back in Star Wars Episode IX Without The Use of CG
The untimely passing of Carrie Fisher left a hole in many Star Wars fans’ heart and in the Star Wars storyline as well since she has signed up to play the iconic Princess Leia Organa up until Episode IX which is scheduled for release in 2019. Even though her likeness…
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San Francisco Coupled Died Due to Carbon Monoxide from 3D Laser Cutter
Update: This story has been edited to reflect the use of a Laser CNC, not a 3D Printer. A couple in San Francisco, as well as their two cats, were found dead in their home last Monday. The MIT graduates, aged 35 and 32, suffered lethal carbon monoxide poisoning caused by…
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Two Fatalities in Japan Linked to Pokémon Go
Two people in Japan have been killed in separate Pokémon Go-related accidents, the first of their kind in the country. Both incidents involve drivers hitting pedestrians while playing the popular mobile game. The first incident, as reported by The Japan Times: “The suspect, 39-year-old farmer Keiji Goo, told police he…
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Boy Shot While Playing Pokemon Go
When it comes to Pokemon Go, we have heard of all sorts of crazy accidents and incidents. There have been people falling off cliffs, falling into harbours, running into traffic, and much more as well as criminal minded people abusing rare spawn locations to rob unsuspecting players going to a…
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Tesla Reports First Autopilot-Related Death
Tesla Motors has revealed the sad news that one of its electric cars was involved in a crash while in Autopilot mode, resulting in the death of the driver. The incident occurred on 7th May in Williston, Florida when the Autopilot feature of Joshua Brown’s Model S failed to recognise…
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Dead Body Found in Conference Room at Apple’s Cupertino Campus
An investigation has been launched by the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office after a dead body had been found in one of the conference rooms of Apple’s Cupertino headquarters according to a local news report. The body was discovered by sheriff deputies following a callout they received at 8:35 AM local…
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Was This the First Recorded Death by Meteorite?
An Indian man who died after a mysterious blast at a private engineering college could be the first recorded death by meteorite, if reports are confirmed. A bus driver, identified only as Kamaraj, was killed – with three others injured – after an explosion at the Bharathidasan Engineering College in…
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Selfie Death Statistics Revealed
Most of us laugh at the selfie addicts, but there is no doubt that there are enough of them out there. In fact, the word selfie is mentioned in 365,000 facebook posts and 150,000 tweets each week alone and Instagram has over 50 million results when searching for the hashtag. That’s…
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Is Debian Founder’s Death Linked to Allegations of Police Brutality?
The tragic and mysterious death of Debian founder Ian Murdock was revealed by Docker on 30th December. The day before his death, Murdock posted a series of disturbing tweets in which he threatened to kill himself, later revealing that he was falsely arrested (for “[Knocking] on [his] nieghbor’s door,” as…
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