COLOMBO (News 1st) – The 27-year-old British Rugger player, who was in critical condition has passed away. The player, Bett Thomas Reid was admitted to a private hospital due to a breathing difficulty last Sunday (May 13). The death was confirmed to News 1st, by Police Media Spokesperson SP Ruwan...

A number of Google employees have resigned in protest over a contract between the tech giant and the Pentagon. In March, it was revealed by foreign media that Google was working with the Defense Department to develop artificial intelligence for analyzing drone footage as part of an initiative kno...

REUTERS - Facebook Inc has so far suspended around 200 apps in the first stage of its review into apps that had access to large quantities of user data, in a response to a scandal around political consultancy Cambridge Analytica. According to Facebook's vice president of the Product partnership, ...

A controversial proposal that will tax big businesses in Seattle to alleviate the city's homelessness and affordable housing problems was approved yesterday (May 14). The Seattle City Council passed it unanimously in a 9-0 vote. The final package, however, is almost half the size of the original ...

Composer and guitarist Glenn Branca (69) has passed away. The announcement was made by his wife and frequent musical collaborator Reg Bloor via Facebook. According to Bloor, Branca passed away in his sleep on May 13th from Throat Cancer. Glenn Branca was born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in 1948 a...