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The Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) has been sold for $4 billion, with the news coming less than a day after its milestone 200th pay-per-view event. SEE ALSO: Dana White Explains the UFC’s Social Media Choke Hold The story was first … Continue reading →

With so much bad stuff happening in the world, it’s hardly a shock that Pokémon Go has become a humongous hit.  But there’s a big draw back: distracted players are getting hurt.  SEE ALSO: How to be the best, least … Continue reading →

On television, sharks and other top predators tend to get a bad rap.  Portrayed as fierce, insatiable killers during the Discovery Channel’s Shark Week of programming, for example, the fact that humans are the ones pushing many shark species to … Continue reading →

The annual speedrunning charity event Summer Games Done Quick finished up late Saturday night, raising just less than $1.3 million to be donated to Doctors Without Borders. All week, some of gaming’s fastest players gathered in Minneapolis and streamed their … Continue reading →

If you spotted dozens of people silently congregating in parks and train stations over the weekend, they were probably just busy trying to catch a Pidgeotto.  Niantic’s Pokémon Go, the augmented reality mobile game, has become a global phenomenon since … Continue reading →

Well, that escalated quickly. Just days after launching in the United States, Pokémon Go has become inescapable. Turns out that sending gamers out into the real world to play will not only force them to interact with other humans, but … Continue reading →

Pokémon Go has emerged in just a few days as a cultural phenomenon.  In an even shorter amount of time, it’s also looking like a savior for Nintendo.  The hope that Nintendo may have finally cracked mobile gaming sent shares … Continue reading →

Girls may run the world, but they’re also up against major inequality — and they could use more support. July 11 is World Population Day, an annual U.N. event that focuses on the urgent issues affecting the world’s booming population. … Continue reading →

Another puzzle has arrived to stump the Internet and it’s a real eye-strainer. Though this may look like a simple photograph of a table on top of a patterned carpet, it’s actually hiding an important technological treasure…a cell phone. SEE … Continue reading →

Life’s too short to skip out on pursuing your passions. And it’s not out of the question that you can make a living or some supplemental income doing so – it’s possible to intertwine your artistic pursuits with your vocation … Continue reading →