In protest against the Brazilian government's lavish spending on this year's World Cup games, members of the hacktivist group Anonymous have launched DDoS attacks against dozens of e-government sites and sponsors of the event.

Despite the concerns about Brazil's readiness to host the world's biggest sporting event, the opening ceremony of 2014 World Cup went underway yesterday without a hitch, with the first group match between Brazil and Croatia drawing more than 12.2 million tweets during the game.

Many gamers are skeptical of excuses provided by Assassin's Creed developer Ubisoft for excluding a playable female character in their upcoming game Assassin's Creed Unity.

The 74th school shooting since Sandy Hook, which took place yesterday at a high school in Troutdale, Oregon, has claimed the life of 14-year-old Emilio Hoffman.

After posing as a man on Facebook, an aunt living in Alabama discovered that her niece Marissa Williams wanted her new fictional Facebook friend to murder her entire family, including the dog.