Новости за 19.05.2016

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The virtual reality company Oculus relies heavily on Facebook for security and shares information about its users with VR creators. Oculus' head-mounted Rift system features a pair of high-definition screens that surrounded users' visions with views of virtual worlds. The company also said it relies on Facebook's data centers and technical infrastructure to host its VR platform, as well as over 200 security professionals from Facebook to help keep the data secure. HTC has a more detailed privacy policy for its HTC Vive... Читать дальше...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The virtual reality company Oculus relies heavily on Facebook for security and shares information about its users with VR creators.

It was not a happy Haitian Flag Day at this Florida high school on Wednesday.

Former French international star David Ginola suffered a suspected heart attack on Thursday and was airlifted to hospital.

"How It's Made" is one of the most successful shows you've maybe never heard of.

The Federal Reserve left little doubt on Wednesday that it is prepared to raise interest rates as early as June, if the economy cooperates.

NASA’s Curiosity rover has detected methane on Mars, which is usually produced by living organisms on Earth.

Anthony Albanese makes a promise to his under-threat inner Sydney electorate.

“O boato de que o ex BBB foi detido hoje infelizmente é verdade, precisamos de orações”. ATUALIZAÇÃO: a conta não está mais no ar.

Kim Kardashian proved during her first pregnancy that, just because a baby's on the way, that doesn't mean an expectant mom has to stop dressing for herself. From skin-tight...

This Memorial Day, drivers will see the lowest gasoline prices for the holiday weekend since 2005.

Color us terrified. The 100 ends its third season tonight, and it sounds like there's no possible way we could be prepared for what this finale is about to do to us. We...

Roger Federer pulled out of the French Open on Thursday, ending his record streak of appearing in 65 consecutive Grand Slam tournaments — every one since the start of 2000. The 17-time major champion, who had a knee operation this year but ...

New rules around overtime pay will be implemented in one fell swoop across the U.S. But the ripple effects are expected to be far less uniform.

The Chilean artist born Daniel Riveros makes driving indie pop with elements of Andean folk. Watch a performance recorded live in Philadelphia.

There’s also an Irish vampire named Cassidy (Joe Gilgun). AMC’s latest comic-book adaptation, premiering on Sunday, is, like The Walking Dead, a violent fantasy with cartoonish exaggeration and a minimum of plot—at least to judge from the four episodes made available for review. In separate scenes, two strangers arrive and seem to be staking out Jesse, to… do what to him?

The search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is likely to be extended through late July or into August, the Australian reported Thursday. Previously it was announced the search would end this summer though no dates had been specified.

Iraqi military forces said Thursday that they have retaken the desert town of Rutbah from the Islamic State after a two-day battle during which commanders said they countered limited resistance from the militants.

The Jaguars lost their 2015 first-round pick for the season to a knee injury during rookie minicamp and now their top choice in 2016 has reportedly suffered a knee injury as well. Ian Rapoport of NFL Media reports that cornerback Jalen Ramsey has suffered a knee injury that’s currently being characterized as a small meniscus…

Irina Shayk and Alessandra Ambrosio amfAR’s 2016 Cinema Against AIDS Gala held at the Hotel du Cap-Eden-Roc on Thursday (May 19) in Cap d’Antibes, France. Also in attendance at the event were fellow models Toni Garrn, Jasmine Tookes, Lily Donaldson, Karolina Kurkova with husband Archie Drury, Petra Nemcova and Hailey Clauson. The big event is [...]

"Shame, shame, shame!" Democrats in the House of Representatives chanted as Republicans switched their votes to block a measure that would have overturned an anti-LGBTQ measure passed on Wednesday.

Ahmed Charai

Global Governance, Morocco

Despite major political gains, Morocco is targeted by Foggy Bottom.

The remarkable video below shows a group of Moroccan Jews from Israel singing and dancing in front of police checkpoints at the King Mohammed V airport in Casablanca, upon their arrival from Jerusalem. They had come to make a religious pilgrimage in the region of Ouarzazate. The comfort level of a group of Jews in religious attire in an Arab country, literally dancing through the metal detector... Читать дальше...

Robert Gates, the U.S. Secretary of Defense from 2006 to 2011, said Thursday that he would not be comfortable if Donald Trump had control over the launch codes for nuclear weapons. Gates sounded off on the presumptive Republican presidential candidate during a wide-ranging interview with Yahoo Global News Anchor Katie Couric in New York. “Would you feel comfortable with his proverbial finger on the nuclear button?” Couric asked.

Lemon Bucket Orkestra stage an immersive punk-folk opera, Craig Davidson discusses his new memoir Precious Cargo and more