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• Google reveals massive update to Gmail, makes inbox more secure21 days agoGoogle unveiled on Wednesday its first Gmail redesign since 2013, capping what the company says was an expensive overhaul two years in the making to adopt security and offline functionality and better resemble Microsoft Outlook.
• YouTube ran ads from over 300 companies on extremist, white nationalist channels: Report24 days agoContent featured on those channels include videos promoting white nationalists, Nazis, pedophilia, conspiracy theories, North Korean propaganda, among other things, reports indicate.
• 5 Montreal stories guaranteed to make you smile this week: April 2026 days agoOne family has learned to communicate with their son, who has autism, through Disney movies.
• IN PHOTOS: Parks Canada, Google teamed up so you can see more of Canada from home
• Drop the Allen key… scientists design IKEA-building robots equipped with AI
• Airlines race to inspect similar engines after Southwest explosion — there are at least 8,000
• Southwest Flight 1380 emergency: Victim remembered as vibrant, thoughtful leader
• Facebook faces class-action suit over facial recognition technology
• Look out, the Canadian music industry wants us to pay more for our electronics: Alan Cross

• Cambridge Analytica declares bankruptcy, will shut down following Facebook scandal14 days agoThe consultancy firm was the centre of this year's Facebook data scandal.
• Facebook fires employee who used special access to stalk women14 days agoThe social networking giant's chief security officer, Alex Stamos, said Facebook is urgently investigating the situation.
• Chinese firm breaks world record with over 1,300 dancing drones14 days agoThousands of drones set a Guinness World Record as they lit up the night sky over the Chinese city of Xi'an.
• Time to swipe left on Tinder? Facebook wants some action in the online dating game
• Facebook to add ‘clear browsing history’ feature amid privacy scandal
• What happens to cities when companies like Amazon move in, and how to prepare
• Cellphones, tablets to sound off across Canada next week for emergency alert testing
• TD Bank partners with Canadian cybersecurity centre, aims to tackle online threats
• No, Elon Musk didn’t offer to buy and delete Facebook
• China using water spray, facial recognition technology to stop jaywalkers

• What happens when robots sound too much like humans?6 days agoOn Tuesday, Google showed off a computer assistant that makes convincingly human-sounding phone calls , at least in its prerecorded demonstration.
• Solar panels to become mandatory on new California homes in 20206 days agoCalifornia has positioned itself as the nationwide leader on clean energy, pushing for more electric vehicles on the roads and fewer emissions from residential and commercial buildings.
• Gmail wants to write your messages, among other new features7 days agoGmail has unveiled several new features in the past few weeks in a larger revamp of the email service.
• Police will not charge 19-year-old involved in Nova Scotia data breach, close investigation
• 3 out of 4 Facebook users still active despite privacy scandal: Reuters/Ipsos
• NASA launches InSight spacecraft to Mars to measure temperature and ‘marsquakes’
• Facebook, Instagram now tackling bullying and hate speech — automatically
• Twitter bug causes passwords to be stored in plain text — go change your password now
• Tesla loses $2B in share value after Elon Musk calls analysts’ questions ‘so dry’
• Family of Humboldt Broncos player Ryan Straschnitzki angry over fake Facebook account

• Facebook admits finding, banning hate speech is one of its weaknessesabout 15 hours agoFacebook said its policing system is better at scrubbing graphic violence, gratuitous nudity and terrorist propaganda.
• Facebook suspends 200 apps in data misuse investigation — here’s what we know so fara day agoFacebook has not revealed which apps have been suspended, or when further information on them will be available.
• Tesla sedan with autopilot feature rear-ends parked fire truck near Salt Lake City3 days agoA Tesla sedan with a semi-autonomous Autopilot feature has rear-ended a fire department truck at 97 kph apparently without braking before impact, though police are unsure if Autopilot was engaged at the time.
• NASA will send an autonomous helicopter to Mars in 2020
• Google’s AI assistant must identify itself as a robot during phone calls: report
• From Russia with love: Inside the strange world of Facebook ads paid for in rubles
• Alexa and Siri can hear hidden commands that you can’t, researchers warn
• Google responds to potential CSIS security breach via Google Street View images
• Apple, feds to fund new carbon-free aluminum smelting project in Quebec
• WestJet pilots vote in favour of strike action

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