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- How to get news updates on the Google Home and Amazon Echo in Canada
You can get news updates from Global News and Corus Radio newstalk stations on voice assistants like the Google Home or Amazon Echo. Here's how to set them up. - Apple sued by iPhone users after company admits it slows down old devices
Apple is being sued by iPhone users after the company admitted it slowed down older phone models in order to keep them running longer. - Hackers can use your children’s toys to spy on you. Here’s how to stop them.
Toys connected to the internet could be a target for crooks who may listen in on conversations or use them to steal a child’s personal information. - Secret Facebook groups used to sell guns and drugs, Chicago police say
- Apple admits it slows down older iPhones
- Twitter suspends well-known white supremacists as new rules kick in
- Restaurant in India replaces waiters with robots
- Facebook denies that it’s destroying society and exploiting human psychology
- Bitcoin more of a gamble than investment, Bank of Canada governor warns
- Hackers use Triton malware to shut down critical safety system in Middle East
- More people using dating apps over the holidays
New Year’s kiss or lifelong commitment? People increasingly turn to dating apps and sites during the holidays. - Concordia graduates use drones to make geometric art
A pair of Concordia graduate students have enabled drones to make art using algorithms. - Apple shares drop amid reports of low demand for iPhone X
Apple will slash its sales forecast for the iPhone X in the quarter to 30 million units, according to a report from Taiwan's Economic Daily. - Astronauts celebrate NASA’s 18th Christmas at International Space Station
- Amazon acquires connected security camera, doorbell maker Blink
- Want to protect your laptop from spies? There’s an app for that, courtesy Edward Snowden
- Canadian tech could benefit if Trump ends work permits for visa holder spouses: experts
- SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasts off from California on satellite delivery mission
- Bitcoin’s roller-coaster ride could get even wilder, experts say
- Netflix Canada subscribers hit by phishing scam
- Most computers, smartphones vulnerable to newly discovered security flaws
Two security flaws - dubbed 'Meltdown' and 'Spectre' - have been discovered. - What you need to know about hottest new app HQ Trivia
With hundreds of thousands of users in just a few months, more and more people are tuning into the new type of trivia game. - Ottawa backs artificial intelligence program looking for early suicide warning signs
An Ottawa-based firm has been tapped by the federal government for a three-month pilot project designed to look for warning signs for suicide before tragedy strikes. - Moncton amateur photographer captures amazing ‘light pillars’ phenomenon
- Canada’s drone racing king doubles as McGill PhD candidate
- Year in Review: The Top Videos of 2017, part two
- Year in Review: The Top Videos of 2017, part two
- WhatsApp back up and running after hour-long global outage
- There’s nothing Apple can do to stop an Italian fashion brand from using Steve Jobs’ name
- Apple reduces replacement batteries to $35 to apologize for slowing down older iPhones
- Intel CEO promises ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ security chip flaws will be fixed soon
Intel has seen no sign that anyone has stolen data by exploiting the two vulnerabilities, known as Meltdown and Spectre. - North Korea appears to be mining cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, to fund regime: report
A cybersecurity company said it has found software that appears to install code for mining cryptocurrency and sends any mined coins to a server at a North Korean university. - Apple investigated by France for slowing down old iPhones
French prosecutors have opened an investigation into Apple over revelations it secretly slowed down older versions of its handsets. - Chernobyl’s nuclear wasteland transformed into solar field
- Apple pushes iOS software upgrade to fix Spectre security flaw
- Apple needs to address iPhone addiction among young people: investors
- New rules let U.S. border agents access data on phones, laptops — but not on the cloud
- Meltdown and Spectre bugs: How to protect your devices from the security chip flaw
- Two Quebec law firms seeking class action lawsuit against Apple
- HP recalls batteries for Notebook computers, mobile workstations due to fire hazard
- Twitter accounts that Trump follows hacked by group calling itself ‘Turkish cyber army’
Multiple Twitter accounts that are being followed by U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to have been hacked on Tuesday. - Drunk droning now illegal in New Jersey
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a law making it illegal to fly an unmanned drone aircraft after too many drinks. - BlackBerry unveils cybersecurity tool for cars Jarvis, upping bet on auto market
CEO John Chen called the program "game changing." - Reality Check: FBI head calls encryption an ‘urgent public safety issue,’ but is it?
- Some Canadian media prepared for Facebook changes, may be ‘devastating’ for others
- Facebook news feed changes will hurt ad revenues at first, but help business long term: experts
- Facebook is making sweeping changes to its news feed, here’s what to expect
- Canadians ready to ditch passwords for facial, fingerprint recognition: survey
- Webcam captures the moment powerful avalanche strikes in the Swiss Alps
- Good parenting best solution to stopping kids from getting addicted to phones: experts
The Verge
- Sounds.com is a new subscription service for music samples
Music software and hardware company Native Instruments announced today that it’s launching a new subscription platform in the US called Sounds.com. Meant for music creators, Sounds.com is a way to access, download, and build personal libraries of royalty-free samples, loops, and sound packs for u... - Everything is connected, and there’s no going back
- The Kickstarter-funded Ultima Underworld sequel is still moving forward
- Google’s art app is now top of iOS and Android download charts thanks to its viral selfies
- Nintendo teases new Switch ‘interactive experience’ announcement for today
- The Samsung Galaxy Note 8 gets a Winter Olympics makeover
- Watch this spectacular meteor explode over the night sky in Michigan
- Microsoft brings 15-inch Surface Book 2 to 17 more countries
- Nomad’s new wireless charger is also a four-port USB hub
- Do you really need high-tech fertility gadgets to get pregnant?
- Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter were grilled by lawmakers about terrorist content on social media
Representatives for Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter faced questions from lawmakers today about how terrorist content is detected and removed from the internet. “The companies that our witnesses represent have a very difficult task.” The hearing, in front of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Scienc... - Project Fi creates its own version of an unlimited plan
- Google’s new cloud service lets you train your own AI tools, no coding knowledge required
- B&O Play Beoplay E8 wireless earbuds review
- YouTube snags Eminem-produced satirical rap film Bodied
- Berlin’s transport authority and Adidas release a pair of sneakers that doubles as a train pass
- The Hori Onyx is the first wireless third-party PS4 controller
- Bitcoin drops 50 percent from its peak value as it falls below $10,000
- It’s a pickup truck showdown at the Detroit Auto Show
- No, machines can’t read better than humans
- Google’s Clips camera could be released as soon as it clears the FCC
Google’s upcoming Clips camera still doesn’t have a release date, or even a vague release window, but the device has cleared another major hurdle toward hitting stores by passing its FCC certification, according to a report from Variety. Google has been pretty quiet about its Clips camera. The c... - Colgate’s new smart toothbrush is exclusive to Apple Stores
- Apple commits to contribute over $350 billion into US economy over the next five years
- Meizu’s new M6S phone has a notch on the side
- Apple’s first scripted comedy will star Kristen Wiig
- Discord has a new problem: revenge porn
- Facebook introduces Watch Party to let you watch shows together with friends
- The Aziz Ansari story is a mess, but so are the arguments against it
- Angry Birds’ former marketing chief wants to build an $18 billion underwater tunnel
- Facebook is launching another probe to see if Russia pushed Brexit propaganda
- Delays and safety concerns mar NASA’s plans to fly astronauts on commercial spacecraft
NASA’s ambitious initiative to fly astronauts on commercial spacecraft continues to suffer from schedule delays, as well as questions regarding the program’s safety — and Congress isn’t happy about it. Members of the House Subcommittee on Space held a hearing today in which they grilled represent... - You could be fined and jailed for drunk droning in New Jersey
- DJI might unveil Mavic Air at drone event next Tuesday
- For marmots, being more social means dying earlier
- Instagram is testing a new text-only option in Stories
- Mechanical Turkers may have out-predicted the most popular crime-predicting algorithm
- Apple says it will pay a $38 billion tax bill to move foreign money back to the US
- Here’s why 60 percent of the world’s saiga antelopes were wiped out in 2015
- Apple plans to build a new US campus and hire 20,000 workers
- How The Shape of Water’s visual effects turned a merman into a romantic lead
- Tim Cook says the next iOS update will allow users to disable intentional battery slowdowns
Apple CEO Tim Cook today shared that the next update to iOS 11 will allow users to disable battery performance throttling on their device. The move comes after Apple last month admitted it intentionally slows down iPhones as they get older to prevent issues that may arise as the batteries depreci... - ‘Time well spent’ is shaping up to be tech’s next big debate
- Verizon gets exclusive mobile rights to sell NBA League Pass
- YouTube is taking down Tide Pod Challenge videos and oh my god don’t eat laundry pods
- The pee-soaked Ikea pregnancy ad is actually more than just a gimmick
- Microsoft puts Minecraft boss in charge of Xbox games
- Nintendo is making a bunch of weird DIY cardboard toys for the Switch and they’re awesome
- Apple is giving employees $2,500 bonuses in restricted stock units after new tax law
- Hasselblad’s new 400-megapixel Multi-Shot camera captures 2.4GB stills
- Amazon’s new ‘$10 and Under with free shipping’ section takes on budget shopping app Wish
The Next Web
- A Nintendo Switch emulator for PC is in the works
The folks behind the Citra emulator that lets you play Nintendo 3DS games on PC are now at work on an exciting new project: Yuzu, an emulator for the Nintendo Switch. The developers announced the project on Twitter earlier this week, but haven’t specified exactly when Yuzu will be ready for prime... - Airbnb now lets you stagger the cost of your rental
Airbnb is rolling out a new feature called Pay Less Up Front. No prizes for guessing what it does. It (shockingly) lets you stagger the bill for your accommodation. In most cases, guests will pay 50 percent of the bill upfront, with the remainder before check-in. If you’re curious, you can get an... - How Twitter could have avoided this week’s DM scandal
- Study shows TV ads are responsible for your growing waistline
- Scientists find darknet drug markets have little influence on global trafficking
- This gadget turns your old piano into an educational ‘smart’ piano
- Reading robots aren’t here to threaten your jobs
- Google’s Arts & Culture app only offers art-matching selfie feature to a select few
- TRON’s sloppy PR shows everything that’s wrong with cryptocurrency startups
- Everything you need to know about cyborgs
- Facebook gave up on news too soon, for no good reason
Facebook recently announced a major change to its News Feed: Namely, that it was shifting away from brand and news posts and prioritizing what your friends and groups post. This comes after Facebook spent several months being raked across the coals for its inability to police its fake news and pr... - BitConnect promoters cover their asses as site struggles with server downtime
One of the things that made BitConnect so resilient to criticism was its wide network of promoters, shamelessly shilling the company on YouTube and other social media channels. But it seems that even these “once-passionate” supporters are leaving the Bitcoin investment platform behind – though pr... - WhatsApp now warns users against annoying chain hoax messages
- Freelancing isn’t just a hobby, and these courses will make you a one-man industry
- Got questions for an AI expert? Exact’s Judith Redi is joining us on TNW Answers
- This startup wants to send you a mystery box full of cryptocurrencies
- Kenya’s push for nuclear power rests on false premises
- This CSS stylesheet lets you add Instagram-esque image filters to your website
- I wrote a ‘cryptocurrency will’ to leave my riches to my family — here’s how it went
- China reportedly plans to block access to foreign cryptocurrency exchanges
- YouTube’s decision to make it harder to monetize videos is hurting the community
YouTube is increasing the requirements for channels on its platform that will make them eligible to earn money from ads run before and during their videos. In April 2017, it began requiring channels to have a minimum of 10,000 lifetime views to qualify for its monetization program; it’s now upped... - Hike brings payments, news, and messaging to basic Android phones without mobile data
Mobile messaging service Hike just launched Total, a new service that lets Android users in India make payments to businesses and transfer money, read news, book train tickets, and chat with their contacts on the platform – all without mobile data. The company, which claims 100 million users on i... - Kaspersky: Malware disguised as Android apps from carriers can steal your WhatsApp messages
- Revolut now lets you automatically buy travel insurance based on your phone’s location
- The importance of incentivizing fungibility in cryptocurrency projects
- Messenger pledges to cut clutter this year. Here’s what needs to go
- Net neutrality is dead. Let’s move on and deal with the fallout
- More than El Dorado: 3 less obvious benefits of launching in Latin America
- BitConnect is shutting down its lending and exchange platform
- Blame the algorithm: How kids get away with watching what they shouldn’t
- How Hawaii’s Emergency Alert System’s interface SHOULD have looked
Honolulu Civil Beat managed to get a screenshot of the system that was used to accidentally launch the wrong emergency alert. It’s an absolute mystery why such a high-impact task has an absolutely horrible interface: As a UI designer, I was stunned and embarrassed that these types of interfaces a... - Slack tests private shared channels for companies to share secrets
Slack today announced several new features coming to its new shared channels, including the ability to make them private. Shared channels, currently in beta, are channels which can exist on two different Slack workspaces, enabling different organizations to work together. The new update adds priv... - Why AI has to develop a personality to succeed
- Native Instruments new Sounds.com is a music-maker’s wet dream
- Get these stylish wireless earbuds for just $39.99 today
- Instagram tests new ‘Type’ feature for Stories and screenshot alerts
- How to become part of your customer’s media diet
- Get your side hustle on with Amazon and eBay—this 12-course package shows you how
- Cryptocurrency doesn’t have the same price between countries — here’s why
- How to GDPR-proof your startup — time is running out
- Nintendo extends Switch gameplay with its new Labo cardboard kits
Nintendo’s Switch console is getting a cute, quirky, and seemingly ingenious upgrade that will appeal to kids and the young at heart with the launch of its new Labo initiative. The idea is to use DIY cardboard kits to craft accessories for the Switch’s Joy-Con controllers and enable new modes of ... - South Korea is considering closing local cryptocurrency exchanges (again)
Reuters reports that policymakers in South Korea’s parliament said that they’re considering shutting down domestic cryptocurrency exchanges, following the steep plunge in value of major virtual currencies over the past couple of days. The news comes just days after we heard just the opposite. Aft... - Apple will soon let you disable iPhone performance throttling when your battery starts aging
- What the NY Times got wrong about Bitcoin
- Bottom-feeding asshole removes women in Star Wars recut
- Adobe closes its gender pay gap — now it needs to hire more women
- Hands-on: Sennheiser’s HD 820 are almost my dream headphones
- Net neutrality ruling got you down? You can always build your own ISP
- Bitcoin as art: This breath-taking visualization might distract you from the dip
- How BitConnect pulled the biggest exit scheme in cryptocurrency
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