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As Microsoft Surface Pro 4 was released in October 2015, fans are expecting the highly-anticipated Microsoft Surface Pro 5 to this year in October. Tech Radar reported that the device’s pricing will be similar to that of its predecessor.

After the US government’s crackdown on numerous torrent sites, Kickass Torrents’ (KAT) take down came as a shock to downloaders. KAT became the number one torrent site in 2015 after toppling TPB from its position. Soon after the ban, numerous KAT mirror sites cropped up, most of them fake. With respect to the current situation, there are five torrent sites users can download their daily doses from.

iPhone users are eagerly waiting for the iOS 10 jailbreak tool especially after the company’s latest iOS 9.3.5 update that rendered the iOS 9.3.3 jailbreak useless. The iOS 9.3.5 update came just a month after the iOS 9.3.4 release. However, if reports are to be believed, Chinese hacking team Pangu is working hard to make the iOS 10 jailbreak by October.

While everybody is hugely anticipating the iPhone 7 release, rumours about Apple’s iPad Mini 5 release are abundant too. Although there has been no official announcement from the tech giant on the iPad front, tech enthusiasts are filling the Internet with some interesting updates that may or may not be true.

People at Victoria, who are at a risk of HIV, have signed up for a new HIV trial hoping that positive outcomes may force the Federal Government subsidise PrEP drugs as preventative measure.

Australian doctors have slammed celebrity chef Pete Evans for proposing a paleo diet to an osteoporosis suffer that doctors believe could be potentially damaging. Evans advised the sufferer to remove dairy from his diet. Queensland obstetrics and gynaecology specialist Brad Robinson, furious at Evans’ advice, reminded him he is a chef, not a doctor.

Italian experts have claimed that a Mediterranean-styled diet is good for the heart and way better than cholesterol-lowering drugs. Researchers involved in the study said that people following diets rich in fish, nuts, vegetables and olive oil are a third less likely to die early compared to those eating larger amounts of beef, butter and red meat.

The future of torrents looks bleak as The Pirate Bay (TPB), known as the “godfather of torrents” and also the “king of torrents” may also shut down. TPB’s partner CloudFlare has been slapped with lawsuits for assisting piracy sites. Kickass Torrents (KAT) is already dead and Torrentz fled the scene.

If reports are to be believed, the upcoming open world action-adventure third-person shooter video game, “Watch Dogs 2,” developed by Ubisoft Montreal, will be way better than its predecessor “Watch Dogs.” Gameplay has been substantially improved.

In an incredible discovery, a Queensland scientist has found 11 new species of trapdoor spider in forests and on mountains around the state. Some of the bigger species found are about the size of a human palm and have fangs about one centimetre long. They can inflict serious damage if they bite. Some of the new species are deadly.

Scientists from Scripps Research Institute are using neutralised HIV antibodies to develop a HIV vaccine cure. The study has outlined a streamlined path to priming immune system to resist HIV. The approach used by the scientists yielded powerful antibodies modelled after those found in rare individuals infected with HIV.

A new study has suggested that smoking cannabis can make one lazy. Marijuana users may perform less in education and work because of their reduce willingness to exert themselves.

Australia’s Deep Space Station 43 (DSS 43), the giant 70 metre antenna dish will play a crucial in unprecedented glimpse of Jupiter. It will lock on to NASA’s Juno probe on Sunday night it navigates Jupiter’s thick toxic clouds n an attempt to uncover more clues as the origins of our solar system.

Many “Pokemon GO” users may be at a loss of words after Niantic’s clean-up drive, but there are still certain tips and tricks that can make the game pretty interesting.

Australia and New Zealand are battling it out over the champagne of honeys, Manuka. New Zealand has made its move to trademark the word “Manuka,” alarming Australian producers. The honey, produced from a single plant, Leptospermum scoparium, is quite popular and very expensive.

A 25-year-old coma patient has made dramatic recovery after University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) doctors for the first time, used ultrasound to jump-start his brain. The breakthrough may lead to the development of a helmet-like, low cost portable device to wake patients. Those minimally conscious or even in a vegetative state may benefit greatly from this device.

WA School Surfing Title finals at Trigg Beach that was supposed to be held on Friday has been cancelled after an unprecedented number of shark sightings. Bronze whaler shark sightings between Trigg and Hillarys forced Surfing WA to send finalists home and postpone the event by a few weeks.

Kickass Torrents (KAT) is dead and there is no better way to put that. Another site Torrentz also shut shop recently fearing similar legal action would be taken against its owners since the arrest of KAT owner Artem Vaulin. The Pirate Bay (TPB) and Extratorrents are among a few sites still holding up. However, the future seems bleak.

In an Australian first, abundant marine life, colourful sponges and rare black corals have been captured by deep sea divers on a granite reef off the east coast of Tasmania. Interestingly, much of these discoveries may be new to science, revealed Hobart's Institute for Marine and Antarctic Studies on Thursday.

A study has revealed what the brain actually does when it is deprived of a good night’s sleep. Researchers involved in the German study states that not getting enough sleep may lead to connectivity changes in the brain.

A Perth masseur who touched breasts and vaginas of three females, under the guise of giving them therapeutic massages, may stand retrial after the WA Court of Appeal quashed all but one of his convictions.

Maisie Williams who plays Arya Stark in the hit HBO TV show “Game of Thrones” was taken aback by the “Game of Thrones” Season 7 script after she completed reading it. Fans are now wildly speculating what can be so chilling that nothing can prepare them for it. Few “Game of Thrones” Season 7 predictions.

Kit Harington recently revealed that things are going to get really dark and bleak with remaining seasons of “Game of Thrones.” The HBO high-fantasy TV series have always been successful in keeping its fans at the edge of their seats and if Harington is to be believed, there will be shocking moments galore in “Game of Thrones” Season 7.

A “second Earth,” orbiting our planet’s closest star may have the right conditions to sustain alien life forms, astronomers have revealed. The mystery world spotted by experts at the European Southern Observatory may finally answer if we are alone in the universe. The planet circles the “goldilocks zone” of Proxima Centauri, the red dwarf star just four light years away.

Fossil remains of a new, small species of extinct marsupial lions that roamed Northern Australia 18 million years ago have been unearthed in north-western Queensland. The newly-discovered kitten-sized lion species has been named after British naturalist Sir David Attenborough.

Scientists have developed injectable hydrogels to prevent heart failure. The gels can be injected into the heart that shore up weakened areas after a heart attack and can prevent further heart failure. These gels may one day make open-heart surgeries to prevent heart failures a thing of the past.

Queensland Health is contacting cardiac patients who have undergone open-heart surgery, especially heart valve replacement, as experts are concerned that they may have been exposed to mycobacterium chimaera bacterium in the medical equipment used to perform the procedures.

Australian and Belgian scientists have made a breakthrough in infertility treatment as they have developed a new in-vitro maturation (IVM) method that can eliminate painful hormone injections required in in-vitro fertilisation (IVF).

NSW medicinal cannabis trials for children with severe epilepsy are showing “promising” early signs. They have started taking an experimental cannabis-based drug Epidiolex under the supervision of the NSW government. The trials are a part of the NSW government’s $21 million commitment that will explore therapeutic use of medical marijuana.