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Chevron's offenses in the drilling of a well that caused an offshore oil spill in November did not amount to negligence, Brazil's oil regulator said Thursday.

Brazil's oil regulator said Chevron was not negligent in the drilling of a well that caused an offshore oil spill in November, a finding that may help the company to fight criminal charges and an $11 billion lawsuit.

A Halo 4 video displaying high resolution concept art has been leaked online, offering fans a peak at the world being developed by 343 industries. The breath-taking trailer offers several clues into the new game, which is set for release in time for the 2012 holiday shopping season.

The controversy surround “Mass Effect 3” has made it one of the most talked about releases in the history of video game culture. But beyond the outrage and initial disappointment, there is a deeper element of significance to the conclusion of BioWare’s epic space adventure RPG.

Chevron, the No. 2 U.S. oil company, said Wednesday that oil from the latest leak in a Brazilian offshore field was not chemically related to oil from a November spill.

With the “Diablo 3” release date finally announced, fans of the long-running franchise are gearing up for the highly anticipated launch. Although gamers will have to wait until May 15 to return to Sanctuary, hardcore fans may be eager to check out these preview details.

Ever since Legend of Korra, a follow up series to Nickelodeon's hugely popular Avatar: The Last Airbender was announced on July 22, 2012 fans have been eagerly awaiting the new animated series, which picks up 70 years after the original epic series left off. Over the weekend the series premiere leaked online and spread rapidly on Facebook and Twitter. A section of the first episode was even briefly available on YouTube. The show is set to premiere a month from now on April 14 ...

A Brazilian prosecutor plans to allege this week that Chevron and Transocean should not have drilled a deep-water well that leaked in November, legal documents showed, giving a glimpse into expected criminal charges that could slow the rush to develop Brazil's vast offshore oil wealth.

Since his return to the United States last month, 19-year-old rapper Earl Sweatshirt has returned to high school, released a new track, gained 150,000 Twitter followers, and reportedly worked on a still-unreleased track with recording artist Santigold.

“Mass Effect,” the third person shooter sci-fi space saga, was supposed to launch a competitive first-person spin off game, reported Kotaku. The game was to be called “Mass Effect Team Assault,” but was scrapped as a separate project and incorporated into “Mass Effect 3.”

Chevron, the second largest oil and natural gas company in the U.S. is hoping to resume offshore drilling in Brazil as soon as possible.

Fans have expressed outrage over the disappointing ending of “Mass Effect 3,” which was hyped up to be an epic conclusion to a five-year long sci-fi gaming franchise. Players have come together to voice their opinions to developers BioWare, but it looks like they may also be taking action into their own hands.

On the same day that the highly anticipated third and final title in the Mass Effect video game series was released, IGN, an American website devoted to video games, as well as films and music, posted videos of the three possible endings to Mass Effect 3 on YouTube. Revealing the different ways in which the sci-fi/action in which the player must rally the galaxy to help defend Earth from an invasion by the fearsome and murderous reapers.

Nissan Motor Co. is recalling nearly 80,000 vehicles in the United States to address gasoline leaks, the company said in documents filed with the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Global anti-privacy organization Wikileaks announced Sunday night it would be releasing over five million emails hacked from the servers of a private intelligence newsletter publisher that's been called a shadow CIA by others.

Dow Chemical Co hoped an Olympic sponsorship would boost its global cache, but the company's link to a Bhopal gas leak tragedy 28 years ago threatens to curb some of the benefits from the $100 million advertising deal.

Micro-blogging site Twitter's admittance this week that they used to copy and store the entire address book of smartphone users is causing quite a stir. The company has tendered an apology and has indicated that it will update it's privacy policy. But is that enough?

Whitney Houston funeral invite list, choir plans and more are leaking out through the media as the memorial approaches.

To whet the appetite of Apple fans, who are eagerly waiting for the highly anticipated iPad 3, a purported rear shell of the yet-to-be-released tablet was leaked, suggesting several subtle changes from its predecessor.

The image of Galaxy S3, which is assumed to be Samsung's next generation smartphone, has emerged, according to Hexus. The device has a super slim industrial design and its display looks a bit unique, or rather queer, with a curved design, which is enough to stimulate the imagination of what future smartphones could be.

Japan's stricken Fukushima nuclear power plant has leaked more than 600 liters of water, forcing it to briefly suspend cooling operations at a spent-fuel pond over the weekend, but none is thought to have escaped into the ocean.