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- Moncton amateur photographer captures amazing ‘light pillars’ phenomenon
Sophie Melanson snapped the photos outside her home in Moncton last Friday. It was the third time that week she had seen the bright light show. - Canada’s drone racing king doubles as McGill PhD candidate
Gabriel Kocher is Canada's top drone pilot — but that's just a side passion for the PhD candidate. - Year in Review: The Top Videos of 2017, part two
A coach’s demand leaves cheerleaders sobbing in pain. A quick-thinking driver staves off a bear attack. A dog helps save a baby deer. These and more are the top videos of 2017. - 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
- More people using dating apps over the holidays
- Concordia graduates use drones to make geometric art
- Apple shares drop amid reports of low demand for iPhone X
- Chernobyl’s nuclear wasteland transformed into solar field
A German-Ukrainian power company has installed hundreds of solar panels within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, as the Ukrainian government moves to reduce its energy reliance on Russia. - Apple pushes iOS software upgrade to fix Spectre security flaw
Apple Inc released an updated version of its operating system software to fix a major microchip security flaw that affected nearly all computer chips made in the last decade. - Apple needs to address iPhone addiction among young people: investors
Apple shareholders Jana Partners and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System are urging the smartphone maker to take steps to address what they say is a growing problem. - 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
- Most computers, smartphones vulnerable to newly discovered security flaws
- What you need to know about hottest new app HQ Trivia
- Ottawa backs artificial intelligence program looking for early suicide warning signs
- Reality Check: FBI head calls encryption an ‘urgent public safety issue,’ but is it?
In 2017, the FBI was unable to access data from close to 7,800 devices, despite possessing proper legal permission to obtain the information. - Some Canadian media prepared for Facebook changes, may be ‘devastating’ for others
The prospect didn't appear to weigh too heavily on Global News, an early and frequent adopter of Facebook as a distribution channel. - Facebook news feed changes will hurt ad revenues at first, but help business long term: experts
Analysts say the changes will result in lower advertising revenue, at least in the short term, but beneficial in the long term. - 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
- Intel CEO promises ‘Meltdown’ and ‘Spectre’ security chip flaws will be fixed soon
- North Korea appears to be mining cryptocurrency, like Bitcoin, to fund regime: report
- Apple investigated by France for slowing down old iPhones
- Spots open in expedition to Titanic wreck off Newfoundland
If you have an adventurous spirit and $130,000, you can apply to join the next deep sea dive to the wreck of the Titanic. - Why Canada is poised to become a prime destination for Bitcoin mining
It won't be long before cryptocurrency mining operations want to set up shop in the true north strong and free — if they haven't already. - Canada trialing use of Ethereum blockchain to enhance transparency in govt funding
The National Research Council is trialing the use of the Ethereum blockchain to publish transparent funding and grant information in real time. - iPhone update will let you turn off battery slowdowns; experts suggest you think twice
- Authorities in Australia hail ‘world first’ drone rescue after 2 boys swept out to sea
- Apple CEO says next iOS update will allow users to disable iPhone slowdown
- Museum selfie: Google app tops charts but experts warn of privacy concerns
- Twitter accounts that Trump follows hacked by group calling itself ‘Turkish cyber army’
- Drunk droning now illegal in New Jersey
- BlackBerry unveils cybersecurity tool for cars Jarvis, upping bet on auto market
- Canada testing ‘digital ID’ system that uses blockchain, biometrics to screen travellers
The system that will allow travellers to digitize and share travel documents and biometric information with airport authorities. - Bitcoin transaction fees, wait times are so high, some companies have stopped accepting them
While doesn't look like you'll be transferring bitcoins to buy your morning coffee anytime soon, experts predicts that this day will come. - New York state signs executive order to keep net neutrality. Can this legally be done?
New York joins Montana as the only two states that require internet service providers to abide by net neutrality rules. - ‘Grumpy Cat’ just won over US$700K in federal copyright lawsuit
- Scientists in China successfully clone monkeys, now a step closer to cloning humans
- Computer scientist uncovers clue to deciphering one of the most mysterious books in the world
- Google’s parent company Alphabet was the top spender on Washington lobbyists in 2017
- Metrolinx says it was target of North Korean cyberattack
- Bell Canada alerts customers impacted by new data breach
- Tim Cook makes surprise 1st visit to Canada as Apple CEO, meets Toronto students in coding class
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