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17 February 2017 • 13:50 AMT
Kurt Cobain’s guitar goes on sale in eBay charity auction

The late Nirvana frontman owned the instrument from late 1992 (apparently a Christmas gift to himself) until his death in 1994.

17 February 2017 • 13:15 AMT
Universal Lands Michael Pena’s sci-fi film “Extinction”

Pena most recently starred in the critically-acclaimed box office hits “The Martian” and “Ant-Man”.

17 February 2017 • 13:04 AMT
Moscow denies disappointment with Trump

Peskov said the areas of possible cooperation and disagreements could only be determined after Putin and Trump have detailed talks.

17 February 2017 • 12:59 AMT
“Spider-Man” helmer to develop Bermuda Triangle mystery thriller

Sam Raimi most recently produced the Screen Gems horror thriller “Don’t Breathe” and also directed “Oz the Great and Powerful.”

17 February 2017 • 12:53 AMT
Hayley Atwell to topline “Howards End” series from Starz, BBC

The drama will explore the changing landscape of social and class divisions in turn-of-the-century England through the prism of three families.

17 February 2017 • 12:29 AMT
“Colossal” sci-fi trailer features Anne Hathaway

The movie follows Gloria, a jobless woman who somehow thinks she has a strange connection with a monster which wreaks havoc in South Korea.

17 February 2017 • 12:25 AMT
No incidents registered as OSCE monitors Armenia-Azerbaijan border

From the Armenian side, the monitoring was conducted by two Field Assistants to the Personal Representative of the OSCE Chairperson-in-Office.

17 February 2017 • 11:43 AMT
S&P downgrade warning sends Toshiba shares tumbling

S&P rates Toshiba credit as junk, at CCC+, following downgrades in December and January.

17 February 2017 • 11:27 AMT
NASA looks to send humans aboard the first SLS flight

In the Apollo program, NASA launched several crewless missions to gain confidence before adding astronauts on Apollo 7.

17 February 2017 • 11:11 AMT
Google Fiber “pursuing wireless broadband technologies”

Alphabet is making some huge changes to steer Google Fiber in a new, more wireless direction.

17 February 2017 • 11:11 AMT
Document shows Azerbaijanis had two roads taking out of Khojaly

The Azerbaijanis had two ways to get out of town which enabled the transportation of not only people, but also military equipment.

17 February 2017 • 10:51 AMT
Tinder acquires a Snapchat-like video app, Wheel

Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but Wheel has raised a total of $3.2 million in VC funding to date.

17 February 2017 • 10:48 AMT
Armenia’s new strategy to help those in pain: Human Rights Watch

“When curative treatment is no longer effective, patients with advanced cancer in Armenia are simply sent home,” HRW said.

17 February 2017 • 10:44 AMT
Lenovo profits plummet 67% amid struggling mobile and data centres

The smartphone market has changed markedly since Lenovo spent $2.91 billion buying the money-losing Motorola handset business in 2014.

17 February 2017 • 10:24 AMT
France, Germany hail “useful” meeting with U.S. on Syria

France’s FM said “it is important and absolutely instrumental for us to have a close dialogue with the U.S. on the Syrian issue.”

17 February 2017 • 10:07 AMT
Geologists find Earth’s concealed continent called “Zealandia”

Researchers found that New Zealand and New Caledonia are actually part of a 4.9 million sq km single slab of continental crust.

17 February 2017 • 09:57 AMT
Google needs your help building better video analysis algorithms

Kaggle competition will offer big bucks from a $100,000 prize pool to teams who build the best algorithms for tagging around 700,000 new videos.

17 February 2017 • 09:56 AMT
Tony Blair launching campaign to change minds on Brexit

Blair says “people voted without knowledge of the true terms of Brexit. As these terms become clear, it is their right to change their mind.”

17 February 2017 • 09:48 AMT
Security crackdown as Pakistan mourns shrine victims

Forensic investigators reached the town of Sehwan in Sindh province, some 200 kilometres (124 miles) northeast of financial hub Karachi.

17 February 2017 • 09:36 AMT
Four parties, five alliances to run for Armenian parliamentary seats

Vigen Sargsyan, Taron Margaryan, Arpine Hovhannisyan, MP Ara Babloyan and Armen Amiryan head RPA’s proportional list.

17 February 2017 • 09:31 AMT
Microsoft Office for Mac gets Touch Bar support

he update brings second screen input to Word, Excel and PowerPoint, including some additional features that weren’t announced at the launch back in October.

17 February 2017 • 09:22 AMT
Magnetic robot swarms could combat cancer, research suggests

“Our method may enable complex manipulations inside the human body,” said study lead author Jürgen Rahmer.

17 February 2017 • 09:14 AMT
VR headset attachment to help manage stress and sleep

Kortex works by stimulating your brain using low doses (max of 2mA) of pulsed alternating currents.

17 February 2017 • 09:01 AMT
“The House” comedy trailer features Will Ferrell, Amy Poehler

The film follows parents who lose the money intended to pay for their daughter’s college tuition and open an underground casino out of desperation.

17 February 2017 • 08:57 AMT
“Fist Fight” director to helm LAPD action-comedy “Partners”

In the film, LAPD detective falls for a beautiful woman after a one-night stand and then learns that she is a FBI agent – and his new boss on a high-profile case.

17 February 2017 • 08:54 AMT
“True Detective” helmer to direct “Countdown to Hiroshima”

Hossein Amini, who wrote “Snow White and the Huntsman” and “47 Ronin” for Universal, will adapt the screenplay.

17 February 2017 • 08:46 AMT
Poll: Former EU Parliament chief would beat Merkel in chancellor vote

49% of Germans wanted former European Parliament chief Schulz to be their chancellor while 38% would prefer Merkel to stay in office.

17 February 2017 • 08:45 AMT
1st look at Jessica Biel in USA Network crime thriller “The Sinner”

“The Sinner” follows a young mother who commits a startling act of violence whenever she’s overcome by an unusual fit of rage.

17 February 2017 • 08:39 AMT
James Cromwell joins J.A. Bayona’s “Jurassic World” sequel

Cromwell joins Chris Pratt and Bryce Dallas Howard, who are reprising their roles, along with Toby Jones and Justice Smith.

17 February 2017 • 08:30 AMT
Jason Bateman-Rachel McAdams comedy “Game Night” adds cast

Kylie Bunbury, star of the freshman Fox series “Pitch,” is in negotiations to join the New Line comedy.