Dear Publisher,After 15+ years in business and millions of publisher relationships, Chitika is hereby shutting down and closing its business. Our sincere thanks to all our publishers with whom we have enjoyed wonderful relationships over the years. We wish you the best of luck and success as you continue to grow your traffic and revenue.What’s Next?Q: What action do I need to take?  A: Please remove all Chitika ad code from all your websites on or before April 30th 2019. Any Chitika ad code or other calls to Chitika ad services after this time period will cease to operate. Q: What about earnin ..read more

As the Notre Dame Cathedral went up in flames early on Monday evening, devastated Parisians gathered on the banks of the Seine and wept, while dazed tourists looked on aghast. With the world reeling at the devastation of a landmark beloved across the globe, politicians and luxury goods billionaires pledged to donate to a fund to rebuild the 12th-century cathedral. But precious architectural features of the building were reportedly burned beyond recovery in the devastating blaze. France’s President Emmanuel Macron warned the fire could continue burning for days, saying “the battle is n ..read more

EA and BioWare have suffered two major failures due to the focus on games as a service in just two years, with Mass Effect: Andromeda and Anthem. It appears that the second take on Dragon Age 4 is being influenced by the same mentality. Video games go through several iterations through development and it’s normal that the final product doesn’t resemble many of the ideas that were worked on during the development cycle.  It appears this was the case with Dragon Age 4 as well, since the fourth instalment was originally going to be set in Tevinter Imperium, would focus on a group of spies and hei ..read more

Julian Assange has been arrested after he was kicked out of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. In a statement, Metropolitan Police confirmed the Wikileaks founder had been taken into custody. Police said they were “invited into the embassy by the Ambassador, following the Ecuadorian government’s withdrawal of asylum”. In a video capturing Assange’s arrest, the bearded 47-year-old can be seen being dragged out of the embassy in handcuffs. “The UK has no stability,” Assange was heard shouting as he was led through the crowd by a group of police officers. #BREAKING: @wikileaks foun ..read more

As promised, Bungie have shown some love to the pre-Forsaken Arc subclasses and today’s Destiny 2 update gives them a much-needed boost. That’s barely everything as the update adds new Exotic catalysts, tweaks drop rates and a bunch more. Titan Striker’s Code of the Juggernaut buff duration is up from 10 to 16 seconds and it increases weapon damage by 25 per cent in PvE and 20 per cent in PvP. Hunter Arcstrider’s Way of the Warrior has a combination blow whose bonus melee damage can be stacked 3 times, while Warlock Stormcaller’s Attunement of Conduction boasts a chain lightning melee that cha ..read more

A valedictorian’s speech will usually leave us feeling inspired and proud of our friends’ hardwork and amazing achievements, but this one valedictorian speech had everyone in tears. When he was announced as the valedictorian, Griffin Furlong revealed a secret nobody was expecting. During his valedictorian speech, Furlong revealed a heartbreaking yet inspiring story of how he was homeless all through school. He lost his mother to cancer and raised in a homeless shelter together with his brother. Credit: Elite Readers Despite his unfortunate life, Furlong never misses a class and even graduated ..read more

American actor Richard Gere did such an amazing job starring as a homeless man on a film set in Midtown back in 2014, that a sweet lady was totally oblivious to who he was and bought him a bag of food. Richard is a hugely successful actor with an estimated net worth of almost $100 million, and has starred in hit films such as Pretty Woman and Hachi: A Dog’s Tale. His transformation on set was so convincing, that nobody recognized the then 64-year-old on the streets of New York as he munched on a burger from a trash can dressed in worn out, grubby clothes. Credit: New York Post Wandering aro ..read more

Ubisoft are known for their war on toxicity in video games but their measures sometimes go over the top and sometimes they just look plain silly. Such is the case with The Division 2 where players can’t use the word “Assault” in loadouts. Censorship on this word comes from the first three letters found in “assault” and if your chat filter is on, the word could potentially show up as seven asterisks. If it’s off, then you’re off the hook unless you try putting the word in the name of one of your loadouts. As you can imagine, the community found this hilarious and immediately suggested not-so-se ..read more

Terry Cook is a disciplinary artist that works predominantly with watercolour, but also enjoys working with acrylics, inks, balloons, robotics, and anything else he can get his hands on! In an ongoing series entitled Balloons! Cook combines two passions, balloon sculptures and birds. He adds: I am obsessed with birds (Mostly British and European) and have been since I was a child. Each sculpture takes a couple of hours to make and then more time on top of that to photograph them in a fitting location. I am passionately against careless discard of balloons (or any rubbish for that matter) and n ..read more