Google admits citing 4chan to spread fake Vegas shooter news

(credit: Google News) Google News took the unusual step of confirming its use of the imageboard site 4chan as a news source on Monday. The admission followed Google News’ propagation of an incorrect name as a potential shooter in the tragic Las Vegas shooting on Sunday night. A reporter from tech-news site The Outline posted […]

Police comb US Air Force Academy grounds following reports of active shooter

Published time: 30 Sep, 2017 06:16 Edited time: 30 Sep, 2017 07:44 The US Air Force Academy reported on Twitter that there is an active shooter on its grounds. Police have been searching the dorms of the military school for about an hour and reported no suspect was found. The academy in Colorado was placed […]

Police identify Tennessee church shooter who killed 1, injured 7

Police have identified the Antioch church shooter who killed one and injured seven people Sunday as 25-year-old Emanuel Kidega Samson, a Sudan-born longtime US resident. Samson is from Murfreesboro, Tennessee and studied psychology at Mott Community College. However, according to his Facebook profile, he is from Khartoum, Sudan. Police said he is a legal resident […]

8 injured including shooter at ‘mass casualty incident’ at Tennessee church

Published time: 24 Sep, 2017 17:08 Edited time: 24 Sep, 2017 17:40 At least eight people have been injured in a shooting at the Burnette Chapel Church of Christ in Antioch south of Nashville, Tennessee. Emergency services are at the scene. “Medical personnel are treating 8 wounded churchgoers shot at Burnett’s Chapel Church of Christ,” […]

PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds Early Access review — a seminal shooter

REVIEW: PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds is one of the biggest gaming stories in the world. It has sold more than 10 million copies since debuting in March. It recently surpassed more than 1 million concurrent players on Steam. And it has caught on as one of the top games in the United States, China, and South Korea. […]

An Agar.io-like shooter is coming from the Grow Home team

Agar.io is secretly one of the world’s biggest games. It is a free web experience where players pilot a tiny dot around a two-dimensional plane in order to grow larger by consuming other dots controlled by other people. Millions of people have played Agar.io, and now Ubisoft is bringing the young genre into 3D and […]

Quotes of the Week: The Last Ship, Zoo, Episodes, Shooter, Twin Peaks and More

With the Twin Peaks finale still hours away, why not grab a damn good cup of coffee and peruse TVLine’s Quotes of the Week? Highlights include Daily Show commentary on Taylor Swift’s new single, VMAs host Katy Perry being confronted about an infamous conspiracy theory, and Difficult People‘s takedown of a Modern Family Valentine’s Day tradition. Also featured in this […]

Quotes of the Week: Game of Thrones, Suits, Shooter, Daily Show and More

Here’s something to distract you from counting down the seconds until Game of Thrones‘ season finale: a new batch of Quotes of the Week. This time around, we’ve got Suits‘ therapy session gone wrong, the swift end of a Salvation ‘ship, the hunt for vengeance on Shooter and a crucial pledge from Thrones‘ penultimate hour. […]