San Diego: News

21 Jul 2022

Japan

All about the San Diego Comic-Con 2022 edition

Comic book fans and pop culture lovers rejoice! The much-awaited Comic-Con is back with a bang after two long years.

13 Sep 2020

Twitter

Technology companies may cut salaries for leaving Bay Area

In light of COVID-19, many Silicon Valley companies have started offering permanent work from home option.

01 Aug 2019

India

Top five zoos in the world

If a humble foreign trip with family is what you are planning, zoos should definitely be a part of the itinerary.

28 Feb 2019

Donald Trump

Hungry man eating pizza photobombs live reporting of Cohen testimony

If you were ever so famished during a boring event that you gobbled some food soon after it finished, you'd understand the 'Hallway pizza guy'.

14 Jan 2019

San Francisco

New Yorkers didn't wear pants for subway ride. But why?

Many subway commuters in New York saw a lot more than they imagined of fellow passengers on Sunday.

29 Sep 2018

Cristiano Ronaldo

Five biggest controversies involving Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo has been accused of raping a woman in 2009 in a Las Vegas hotel.

02 Jul 2018

DNA

Lab-grown Neanderthal mini-brains might shed more light on human evolution

Up until now, researchers' attempts to understand the success of Homo sapiens over their less fortunate evolutionary uncles, the Neanderthals, literally involved studying a void i.e. the empty space in Neanderthal skulls.

27 Jun 2018

Donald Trump

US-Federal-judge orders Trump administration to reunite migrant families within 30-days

A federal judge in San Diego issued a preliminary injunction to reunite separated parents with their children taken from them under Trump's "zero-tolerance" immigration policy.

25 Apr 2018

California

Reputed Indian-American scientist faces misconduct allegations

Indian-American scientist Inder Verma, among the world's top authorities on cancer and gene therapy, has been placed on leave from California's prestigious Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

Salk Institute suspends Indian-American cancer scientist for alleged misconduct

A prominent Indian-American cancer and gene therapy scientist in the US has been placed on administrative leave following allegations of "inappropriate conduct" against him.

04 Apr 2018

YouTube

YouTube shooter was angry at company for 'censorship,' 'discrimination'

A woman identified as Nasim Aghdam, YouTube employee, opened fire at the company's California headquarters yesterday, injuring three before apparently shooting herself.

30 Mar 2018

Twitter

Conservative attacks on #MarchForOurLives student leaders turn personal

Conservatives not comfortable with the politics of student leaders of Saturday's #MarchForOurLives have stooped to a new low, hurling personal attacks at the teen organizers calling for stricter gun-control measures.

28 Sep 2017

Donald Trump

US-Mexico border wall: Construction of prototypes begins

Even as Congressional funding for Trump's border wall remains a question mark, it may go up (for real) soon.

17 Jul 2017

Hollywood

Virtual Reality gaming just got better with Marvel!

Disney's D23 unveiled the Marvel Powers United VR, where you can get into the character of The Hulk, Captain Marvel, or Rocket Raccoon and just go berserk.

10 Jul 2017

Books

Dr Spencer Johnson of 'Who Moved My Cheese?' fame dead

Dr Spencer Johnson, author of the popular best-sellers 'Who Moved My Cheese?' and 'The One Minute Manager', died today of pancreatic cancer aged 78 in San Diego, US.

02 May 2017

World

Depressed San Diego man opens fire on crowd after break-up

Peter Selis of San Diego, depressed over a break-up, didn't choose targets when he opened fire at a pool party; out of the seven Black and Hispanic victims, one died.

06 Apr 2017

YouTube

Google launches YouTube Go beta version in India

Google announced plans of launching its YouTube Go application in India, which allows users to save videos to watch offline later.

28 Mar 2017

Amazon

Amazon Go: Launch plans postponed due to 'technical complications'

Amazon has postponed plans to launch its new chain of convenience stores called Amazon Go, supposed to work on a "grab-and-go" basis without checkout lines.

25 Mar 2017

United Nations (UN)

American brewery recycles sewage water for new pale ale

San Diego brewery Stone Brewing recently unveiled Full Circle, a pale ale made with treated sewage water.

02 Mar 2017

YouTube

Google launches YouTube TV

Google announced the launch of YouTube TV, a subscription service that streams premium broadcast and cable networks to your devices, for a monthly fee of $35.

28 Dec 2016

South Korea

Qualcomm fined $854 million on charges of anti-trust violations

American chip manufacturer Qualcomm was fined a record $854 million (1.03 trillion South Korean Won) by South Korean economic regulator, Korea Fair Trade Commission (KFTC).

16 Dec 2016

Donald Trump

NYPD: Muslim teen fabricated assault story

The New York Police Department stated that Yasmin Seweid, an 18-year-old Muslim girl who complained about being assaulted by Trump supporters made up the entire story.

07 Dec 2016

Donald Trump

Pakistani's restaurant attacked twice in a week in Texas

A Pakistani restaurant in the US has been attacked twice in one week with racial and xenophobic undertones.

06 Dec 2016

Amazon

Amazon Go to say goodbye to retail checkout lines

The latest announcement by Amazon speaks of a grocery store in Seattle, Washington which will start operations in early 2017.

05 Dec 2016

Donald Trump

Muslim teen attacked in US

Yasmin Seweid, an 18 year old Muslim student was assaulted in a New York subway by three drunk men who called her a terrorist and tried to rip off her Hijab, while screaming "Donald Trump."

29 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Anti-Muslim letter praising Donald Trump sent to California mosques

Three mosques in California reportedly received a letter addressing Muslims as "vile and filthy," and praising Republican President-elect Donald Trump.

20 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Donald Trump settles University lawsuits for $25m

United States President-elect Donald Trump settled three lawsuits faced by Trump University for $25 million.

19 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Students, teacher reprimanded for Trump assassination skit

Two 10th grade students from Marshall High School in San Antonio have been reprimanded along with their teacher for performing a skit depicting the assassination of Donald Trump.

11 Nov 2016

Donald Trump

Days into Trump's regime, racist graffiti shows up

Within two days of Donald Trump's win in the US Presidential elections, racist, pro-Trump graffiti is showing up in parts of America, giving substance to fears of heightened bigotry in the US.

09 Oct 2016

Technology

Resolving the problem of taking selfies with pets

With the thriving selfie culture present, there is no doubt that selfies have become the preferred method of capturing moments.

16 Sep 2016

YouTube

YouTube launches its own social network

Responding to competition from Facebook, Twitter, etc. and in a bid to retain its own fans, YouTube launched their own social media platform.