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“Minecraft,” the pioneer title for indie video game developers, has continued to expand since its inception in 2009. On March 26th the game hit 25 million registered users, in addition to selling 5.3 million copies. The popular sandbox games hinges on the idea of placing blocks to build anything imaginable, mining and crafting terrain in a 3-D world.

Sometimes, on April Fools' Day, it's difficult to decipher the pranks from the truth online. One such example came from online consumer electronics retailer Tiger Direct with an elaborate advertisement for the mini nuke Kube X15, the World's First Home Mini-Nuclear Generator, which could possibly be the best, or worst, April Fools' Day prank ever.

Justin Bieber's mom, Pattie Mallette, is being inundated with Happy Birthday wishes Monday on Twitter for giving birth to the pop star.

Rihanna's constantly changing hair styles and colors are always in the news and she is an innovator when it comes to coloring hair and coming up with new styles.It was not long ago that the Bajan beauty had her hair colored blonde with dark roots, and now, just before the release of her debut movie Battleship, she has gone back to black again, with the hair near the temple of her left ear cropped really short.

It's just a few months ago when the jailbreak dream team achieved a long-cherished success by announcing the release of Absinthe, an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.0.1 for iPhone 4S or iPad 2 powered by Apple's A5 chip. Now, it seems that the jailbreakers are back to work once again in an effort to find an untethered jailbreak for iOS 5.1.

Amandla Stenberg, one of the youngest stars of the box office smash hit The Hunger Games, revealed her truly admirable character at the 2012 Kids' Choice Awards. The 14-year-old African American actress has been at the center of a storm of racist comments from critics angry that she, a black girl, was cast as Rue.

Miguel de la Madrid Hurtado, who led Mexico from 1982 to 1988 during economic crisis and a devasting earthquake, died Sunday at age 77, President Felipe Calderon announced.

Samsung Electronics continues to keep silence over the highly anticipated smartphone of the year -- Samsung Galaxy S3. However, the media world is abuzz with the next generation gadget's rumored specs, features and unofficial pictures.

Riri is in the capital of Japan for the premiere of her debut movie Battleship, directed by Peter Berg.

The Kentucky basketball star has gained attention for his unibrow.

Why are the lights and logos out at the Empire State Building, Sydney Opera House, Eiffel Tower, Christ the Redeemer, Burj Khalifa, and Great Wall of China? They've all gone dark for Earth Hour 2012 as a symbolic gesture of each nation's commitment to sustainability.

After weeks of rumors about a romantic reunion, it looks like Chris Brown and Rihanna are finally done, according to a Rihanna tweet.

Chinese authorities have shut down 16 websites and arrested six people after rumors of an attempted coup in Beijing spread over the Internet last week, China's state media reported.

Anonymous, the notorious hacktivist group is planning to shut down Internet worldwide on March 31, reported the Interpol. However, the group has denied the news on its Twitter account.

Fabrice Muamba's fiancée Shauna has posted on Twitter his first picture after the Bolton midfielder suffered a cardiac arrest recently.

Joining the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S are three more Android smartphones, namely the Verizon Droid RAZR, RAZR Maxx and HTC Rezound, which will apparently get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) update as early as next week.

Keith Olbermann has been fired by Current TV -- less than a year after Olbermann was hired as lead anchor. Effective immediately, his show will be replaced by Viewpoint with Eliot Spitzer.

What would you do if you won the estimated $640 million Mega Millions jackpot tonight?

Six years after its inception in Sydney, Australia, an estimated 5,251 cities and towns in 147 countries and territories across the globe are expected to celebrate Earth Hour 2012. Co-Founder Andy Ridley explains...

A Twitter war has broken about between CNN host Piers Morgan and journalist and television commentator Touré, who criticized Morgan for being too soft in an interview with George Zimmerman's brother, Rob Zimmerman.

Apple has just launched a new version of its popular tablet - iPad. For most of its features, the new iPad is a big leap over iPad 2. Apple has sold more than 3 million units of the new iPad in first week of its debut. Apple's rival, Samsung, on the other hand, has also released two new tablets at MWC 2012 - Galaxy Note 10.1 and Galaxy Tab 2 10.1. The Korean tech giant is proud of its new Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet and has released a comparison chart showing the areas where Samsung's gem exce...