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- Bangladesh attack victims include pregnant woman, university students
A pregnant woman and three university students are among the 20 people killed in the in the deadly attack in the Bangladesh capital, which ended Saturday after a 12-hour standoff. - Orphaned baby beluga needs new mom in St. Lawrence River
- Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 87
- Hillary Clinton interviewed by FBI over private email servers
- British comedy actress Caroline Aherne dead at 52
- Wimbledon: Milos Raonic on to next round, Eugenie Bouchard exits
- Canada Post workers won't strike before Wednesday after proposing new deal: union
- The struggle to belong under Kahnawake community's 'Marry Out, Get Out' rule
- Whitewater rafting season derailed in Golden by CP Rail's locked gate
- After 12-hour standoff, Bangladesh restaurant attack leaves 20 hostages dead
- Canadian Blood Services places restrictions on transgender
- Dazed and confused: More unknowns than knowns about Canada's coming pot law
Canada is lurching toward becoming more pot friendly, but the details around the coming legislation are still hazy. - 'Be pro-active, be informed and be prepared': Travel in an uncertain world
- Tour de France targets a new kind of cheating: mechanical doping
- Young Syrian refugee overcomes loss of leg, embraces life in Edmonton
- See it, stream it or skip it? New movies for Canada Day long weekend
- Winners and losers already clear as a Canada Post strike or lockout nears
- 'It's not the country I know': British government responds to spike in hate crimes after Brexit
- Istanbul airport attack: What we know about the victims
- Three Amigos preach integration — but they need more amigos: Terry Milewski
- Some people won't notice a Canada Post work stoppage, but small businesses will
- Police gather disturbing letters found near house that explo
- Bombings silence vibrant Istanbul, leaving streets empty
In a city of 20 millıon people, where it's rare to see an empty corner, let alone a street, the normally brimming thoroughfares of Istanbul are still in the aftermath of Tuesday's bombings. - Officials race to ID suspects in 'horrific' Istanbul airport bombings, 1 Canadian injured
- Quick-thinking farmer uses turban to save drowning teenage girl
- Trudeau Tracker: Have the Liberals kept their promises to protect our water?
- Public servants left unpaid prompt union to head to Federal Court
- Red Cross apologizes for pool safety poster some found 'racist'
- Realtors should face fines up to $250K for misconduct, B.C. report recommends
- They got their house! Couple who made personal public postcard plea find a home
- Volkswagen reportedly reaches $14.7B US deal to settle emissions lawsuits
- Thrilling video shows medevac rescue of a man southwest of St. John's
- Iceland takes over Euro 2016
- 'I can't ignore the progression of my disease,' says woman challenging assisted-dying law
A B.C. woman with spinal muscular atrophy is joining the British Columbia Civil Liberties Association to challenge the federal government's new assisted-dying legislation. - U.S., Mexico will commit to ambitious clean energy targets at Three Amigos summit
- Homeless killer John Paul Ostamas gets no chance of parole for 75 years
- Mexico 'moving in the right direction' on human rights, Philippe Couillard says
- Calgary parents on trial for murder in diabetes death of son had another child seized in Ontario
- Britain looks for way out of a devastating Brexit crackup: Don Pittis
- Stock markets follow British pound's slide downward
- How a Nova Scotia Mountie helped U.S. police catch a possible predator
- Dames rule Game of Thrones this season, but what happened to the men?
- Britain stuns in vote to leave EU, puts country on uncertain course
- Your life or theirs? Scientists mull ethical dilemmas of driverless cars
- TD Bank hit with class action suit by users of coin machines that short-changed them
A class-action lawsuit has been filed on behalf of people who used allegedly defective TD Bank coin-counting machines over a three-year period. - Shock, elation at British vote to leave the EU
- Parents 'arrogant and selfish' says Crown in sentencing hearing for toddler's meningitis death
- Discount travel company NewLeaf says it will start flying July 25
- Why the government keeps spoiling your online bargains: Neil Macdonald
- Tesla driver using Model S ‘autopilot’ function dies in crash
In what's believed to be the first road fatality involving a vehicle under the control of Tesla's self-driving function, a man has died in a collision with a transport truck. - Goodbye song-lyrics websites, Google’s in charge now
The days of visiting song-lyrics websites are over now, with Google taking the driver's seat. - Canadian Navy rescues unmanned solar-powered kayak off Newfoundland
- There’s a cure for that: Canadian doctor pushes for more wearable technology
- Do you respond to Facebook ads? Tracking feature can find out
- Runaway Russian robot may be scrapped
- BlackBerry reports $670M Q1 loss
- Click here when I die: Sites lay out plans for loved ones
- Rifle dropped from list of 72 new emojis
- WATCH: Tesla’s Model S ‘floats well enough to turn it into a boat’
- Google extends free trial for Google Play Music and YouTube Red to 4 months
Google has offered pretty generous trials for its Google Play Music / YouTube Red services in the past, including up to 90 days for just $1, but this 4th of July weekend the deal became even sweeter. First spotted by 9to5Google, the free trial for the $9.99 a month unlimited music streaming service ... - Fujifilm’s instant photo printer is finally out of its awkward phase
- This is your next jam: Blood Orange, Rihanna, and more
- Sharp has made yet another awesome phone with negligible bezels
- Trump tweets image of Star of David that says 'most corrupt candidate ever'
- Watching TV on the beach, a lost art
- Is the Frank Ocean meme too powerful to be destroyed?
- Artist Lily Nishita makes gritty video game heroes look absolutely adorable
- Samsung's next Galaxy Note will probably look like this
- ESPN will air the Street Fighter V world championship later this monthWynd is an air purifier for your personal space
Wynd is an intelligent portable air purifier that can remove allergens and other pollution from your personal space. The tiny purifier, which looks like a tiny version of Google's OnHub router with more vents, can detect and automatically filter out dust, allergens, smoke, and pollution wherever you...
- NASA's Dawn spacecraft won't be leaving dwarf planet Ceres
- Tesla and Mobileye disagree on lack of emergency braking in deadly Autopilot crash
- Florida declares algae emergency
- Infinity:One is OLPC XO's bigger, more responsible sibling
- NASA extends the New Horizons mission to fly by another small world beyond Pluto
- That Eye-Fi card you could have bought a year ago is going to stop working on September 16th
- Obama's targeted air strikes killed 64 to 116 civilians outside war zones, says White House
- Kanye West's 'Famous' video is now on YouTube
- A comforting, mindless time watching people eat food on Twitch
- Hubble photographs Jupiter's dramatic auroras
The wispy, glowing veil sitting on top of Jupiter in the image above is actually a humongous aurora captured on cam by Hubble. A team of astronomers are using the telescope's ultraviolet instruments to study nature's light shows on the poles of the g... - Disney to bolster cord-cutting options with MLB deal
Cable subscribers have been dropping ESPN like a hot rock, often switching to à la carte streaming services like NFL Sunday Ticket and MLB's At Bat. Parent Disney is trying get on the winning side, so it acquired a third of Major League Baseba... - ICYMI: Salamander bot and allergy cells: Good for something
- Jesus is coming... to virtual reality
- Disgraced US agent may be responsible for multiple Bitcoin thefts
- 'Mega Man' stars in charity speedrunning marathon this weekend
- FreedomPop SIM serves up 10GB of data for £10 per month
- Google is inching its way to diversity
- Earth's ozone is on the path to recovery
- Lionsgate and Starz join forces to compete with HBO, Netflix
- Millions of Android devices have flawed full disk encryption
Hackers can use brute force to break into tens of millions of Android devices using full disk encryption, thanks to a series of security issues linked specifically to Android kernel flaws and Qualcomm processors, Neowin reports. The vulnerabilities w... - Hyperloop One co-founder reportedly leaves the company (update: confirmed)
Just over a month after its propulsion test in the Nevada desert, there's a major staff shakeup at Hyperloop One. Recode reports co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan stepped down from his role with one of the companies that's looking to make Elon Musk... - Alexa shops for Amazon Prime items so you don't have to
- Facebook is making it easier to post in multiple languages
- Best cheap in-ear headphones to replace your stock earbuds
- Amazon adds PBS Kids shows to its children's lineup
- Faraday Future partners with a Formula E team
- Brazil freezes Facebook funds over WhatsApp evidence spat
- Social networks need to be more like online forums
- Netflix UK now has every 'Star Trek' TV episode
- Why Apple buying Tidal makes sense
Apple is apparently in exploratory talks to acquire Jay Z's streaming service Tidal, for an undisclosed amount, according to The Wall Street Journal. Recode later confirmed the talks, though the sale might not happen, according to Ben Sisario, the excellent music reporter at The New York Times. Eith... - This 'ambiguous cylinders’ illusion is blowing my tiny mind
- Do-it-yourself sperm-counting centrifuge gets FDA approval
- These headphones' designers think we are all idiots
- The most stylish Windows phone in years launches in the US today
- This cool glove-controlled DIY robot gripper even has force feedback
- Nintendo still isn't sure what to do about VR
- The Solar Roadway is getting a (tiny) test along Route 66
- Nintendo’s Shigeru Miyamoto will judge Uniqlo’s $10,000 T-shirt contest
- There are now more than 11,000 bots on Facebook Messenger
- You can now buy millions of products on Amazon with Alexa
It's been possible to use Amazon's Echo and Alexa assistant to make basic purchases - reorders of existing products, a handful of select items from Amazon - since the device launched, but today the Echo's purchasing abilities are being greatly expanded. According to the company, it's now possible to... - Listen to the sound of NASA’s Juno spacecraft crossing into Jupiter’s magnetic field
- A robot burger restaurant is coming to San Francisco
- How to use GIFs to take better fireworks photos
- Facebook now lets users start fundraising pages for nonprofits
- Das Keyboard is crowdfunding a cloud-connected mechanical keyboard
- BMW is working with Intel and Mobileye to make a self-driving car in five years
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- Futuristic nap pods get upgraded with sleepy sounds, but do they work?
- Faraday Future is joining Formula E
- A Dark Souls of VR would be wonderful — here’s how you’d make it
"The Dark Souls of X" is such a common cliche that there’s an entire Twitter account dedicated to mocking it. The phrase is usually an unnecessary substitute for saying a game is hard: Super Hexagon is the Dark Souls of mobile games, Super Meat Boy is the Dark Souls of platformers, Homefront: The Re... - Apple responds to Spotify over anticompetitive claims
- JVC's first Apple CarPlay receiver is now available
- The BFG review: Steven Spielberg’s take on Roald Dahl is all treacle, no spice
- BlackBerry is reportedly going to release three new Android phones. Aw, BlackBerry
- Facebook's new multilingual composer lets you post in several languages at once
- Impossibly pleasant retired pilot makes magical automatic breakfast machine
- This mouse has an accelerometer, gyroscope, 50 buttons, and an OLED display to make you the ultimate gamer
- Hillary Clinton writes farewell message to The Toast, the internet's best place for women
- Senate staffers will no longer be issued official Blackberry smartphones
- ICYMI: Lung cancer detector and smart tape measure
Today on In Case You Missed It: A new device is being tested to detect lung cancer by having patients breathe into it. A new tape measure that syncs to a mobile app can calculate distances by simply running it over an item, or using a laser to ca... - Get served by this tennis-instructing drone
If tennis is your game and you're looking for help that a ball-spitting machine can't provide, luxury gym chain Virgin Active has your back. They've built a drone to drop your racquet's prey from above so you can work on your awful smash without any... - 'Galaxy Note7' name confirmed by leaked pics
- Scientists use light to nuke cancer cells in mice
- Panasonic's $699 UHD Blu-ray player arrives in September
- NASA's New Horizons probe is officially set to explore the Kuiper Belt
- ESPN2 will televise the 'Street Fighter V' finals from Evo 2016
- Police confirm DVD player found in Tesla Autopilot wreck
- The Public Access Weekly: I want to believe
- BMW partners with Intel to get autonomous cars on the road by 2021
- Verizon will reward customers for referring new subscribers
Need a little extra pocket money? Is Verizon your cell phone carrier? You might be able to hit the company up for a little boost in your cash flow then, provided you bring a few new customers along with you. - Alibaba announces new system to track and remove fake goods
If you've ever shopped at Alibaba, you know to tread carefully: the online marketplace has long had a problem with merchants peddling counterfeit goods. It's given the site a bad reputation, creating tension between Alibaba and major brands. Today, t... - US Senate finally dumps BlackBerry
- Cybersecurity forecast: Heavy smug
- UN rights council condemns the disruption of internet access
- Apple says Spotify wants 'preferential treatment' for iOS app
- MoviePass tests new prices, aims to reach a $20 plan
- Sony Xperia X Performance review: $700 worth of disappointment
- Sidewalk Labs' smart city kiosks go way beyond free WiFi
- Sony is resurrecting its robots for a full financial recovery
- The role of telepresence robotics in workforce inclusion
Let’s pause on the robots-are-taking-over-our-jobs panic for a minute and take a look at how some robots — telepresence robots, specifically — could be used to give access not only to jobs but to meaningful and rewarding careers for a historically overlooked and excluded population — people with di... - Technology will change where we live
Governor Jerry Brown has recently proposed legislation that would streamline the path for large scale development across California. It could have a huge impact on growing housing supply in San Francisco specifically, which suffers from NIMBYism and a lengthy, local review process for building deve... - For everyone
The imagination is a powerful thing, and what it creates may in fact be powerful beyond our imagining. That was certainly the case with Sir Tim Berners-Lee and the World Wide Web, the creation of which is documented in a new short film, “Foreveryone.net,” which was directed by Jessica Yu and is cur... - The Pro Football Hall of Fame goes 4D
- How AWS came to be
- A brief history of cryptocurrency drama, or, what could possibly DAO wrong?
- Five companies considered buying LinkedIn
- Invoxia’s Voice Bridge puts your landline in your pocket
- Google talks up its self-driving cars’ cyclist-detection algorithms
- Marrakesh Treaty will limit copyright, easing book access for blind and print-disabled worldwide
- Exploiting machine learning in cybersecurity
While more and more jobs are being forfeited to robots and artificial intelligence, is it conceivable to convey to machines a responsibility as complicated as cybersecurity? The topic is being hotly debated by security professionals, with strong arguments on both ends of the spectrum. In the meanti... - Games company Paradox Interactive raises $11.8M from the crowd
Paradox Interactive, best known for developing and publishing a series of popular games including Hearts of Iron, Stellaris and Europa Universalis, today announced it raised more than $11.8m from the crowd on the new Swedish equity crowdfunding platform Pepins. Read More - The silver lining of Google’s diversity efforts
Google has had a big week around diversity. The company gifted a $2.8 million office space inside its New York City building to Black Girls Code, appointed Roger Ferguson, an African-American finance executive, to its board of directors, and released its latest diversity report. Most of this was go... - 13 TechCrunch stories you don’t want to miss this week
- NASA captures enormous aurora on the largest planet in the solar system
- Amazon Prime Video gets exclusive deal for most PBS Kids shows
- Hyperloop One co-founder and CTO Brogan BamBrogan steps down
- Apple returns fire on Spotify, calling out ‘rumors and half-truths’ over App Store rejection
- Knocki turns your tables and walls into smart device controllers
- UN agrees to adopt expanded resolution on online speech rights
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