Authorities say they have reached a turning point in the battle against an enormous wildfire and are hoping to get a "death grip'" on the blaze that has ravaged parts of Canada's oil sands city of Fort McMurray amid cooler temperatures and light rain.

The death of the traditional games console, the blurring of boundaries between print and electronic media and an impending social media backlash all featured in yesterday’s opening session of the Dublin Web Summit.

A FAMILY that was traumatised after switching over to a state TV station to witness their deceased mother’s entire embalming process being secretly filmed have received an out-of-court settlement from producers.