The consumer version of the social media platform will be closing by the end of August next year, following reports of a massive data breach that used Google's API to access private Google+ profiles.

Toronto-based hairdresser Jordan Hunt has been terminated from his job after allegedly being filmed delivering a roundhouse kick to an anti-abortion protester.

A trio of academics recently revealed they were able to have seven intentionally outlandish papers published in a variety of peer-reviewed academic journals, which included poetry written by a teenage angst generator computer program and a feminist rewriting of Mein Kampf.

Though he will remain as CEO, the controversial founder of Tesla, Inc. will step down as chairman of the electric car manufacturing company and pay a $20 million fine as part of a settlement agreement with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

During his controversial Saturday Night Live appearance over the weekend, rapper Kanye West was reportedly booed by audience members for praising Donald Trump while wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat on stage.