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- Twitter admits ‘unfairly filtering 600,000 accounts,’ but says it’s not politically motivated a month ago – Twitter said over 600,000 accounts were not showing up in an auto-search, due to a behaviour algorithm, CEO Jack Dorsey admitted on Wednesday.
- U.S. Justice Department to charge North Korean hackers over 2014 Sony cyberattack a month ago – The charges are part of a strategy by the U.S. government to deter future cyberattacks.
- Facebook files complaint against Blackberry over messaging patents a month ago – Facebook Inc. has filed a patent infringement complaint against BlackBerry Ltd. in a San Francisco court.
- Tesla shares fall after Elon Musk smokes weed on Joe Rogan’s podcast 25 days ago – Tesla shares dropped six per cent and the company's chief accounting officer departed after Tesla CEO Elon Musk smoked weed on Joe Rogan's podcast.
- Apple yanks Alex Jones’ Infowars app from its App Store 25 days ago – The App Store's guidelines prohibit content that is "offensive, insensitive, upsetting, intended to disgust, or in exceptionally poor taste."
- U.S. military announces $2 billion investment in artificial intelligence 25 days ago – The military's research arm said it hopes to explore how machines can "recognize new situations and environments and adapt to them."
- Cybercriminals locked two Ontario towns out of their servers this summer. They weren’t the only targets 18 days ago – After trying and failing to unlock their systems on their own, both Midland and Wasaga Beach made the decision to pay the ransom demanded by the hackers.
- Toronto woman’s Facebook account cloned, teen girls wearing ‘best-fitting bras’ targeted in scam 19 days ago – Toronto police are investigating an alleged scam making its way across buy-and-sell groups on Facebook.
- Potential ‘meme killer’ law moves forward with EU lawmakers 19 days ago – The European Union is moving forward with a bill that could dramatically change the way videos, photos and memes are shared on the internet.
- Instagram co-founders Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger stepping down from company 8 days ago – The pair are taking time off to "explore our curiosity and creativity again."
- Report finds Canadian firms fall behind in adoption of artificial intelligence 8 days ago – A new report says artificial intelligence deployment has not yet been a ``real success'' for Canadian companies, in spite of the country's reputation as an AI hotbed.
- Ontario researchers use 3D-printing technology to replace part of dog’s skull 9 days ago – "Our hope is this is something that could be more widely available on a broad scale," Oblak said. "It went very well."
- New Canadian cybersecurity centre to look at election interference threats a day ago – An updated report on threats to Canada's electoral system will be issued next year, said Scott Jones, head of the fledgling Canadian Centre for Cyber Security.
- Saudi Arabia used controversial spyware to monitor Canada-based political refugee: report a day ago – University of Toronto's Citizen Lab say that Omar Abdulaziz's cellphone was infected with the spyware Pegasus, and that it was being monitored from Saudi Arabia.
- Toronto law firm hits Facebook with class action lawsuit after security breach a day ago – The social media company announced last week that about 50 million user accounts worldwide had been accessed by hackers, with another 40 million left vulnerable during the attack.
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- New 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 4' Trailers Feature Post Malone And Helicopters Falling In Love 2 days ago – New 'Call of Duty: Black Ops 4' Trailers Feature Post Malone And Helicopters Falling In Love Comicbook.comNew Marketing Campaign for Black Ops 4 Features Post Malone and a Whole Lot More Hilarity COGconnectedCall of Duty: Black Ops 4 Mod Tools for PC Being Looked at by Treyarch, Won't Be Availa...
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- ce, big lenses, big prices 2 days ago – iPhone XS and XS Max review: Big screens, big performance, big lenses, big prices Ars TechnicaiPhone XS and XS Max: 'chargegate' sees some devices fail to charge The GuardianThe iPhone XS Is Forever Gizmodo AustraliaiPhone XS Max lightning port charging iss… - Apple Community Apple Support Co.....
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- Infiniti Project Black S Hybrid Concept: Paris Motor Show 8 hours ago – Infiniti Project Black S Hybrid Concept: Paris Motor Show MotorIllustratedFull coverage
- Google Home Mini Will Soon Come in Aqua 8 hours ago – Google Home Mini Will Soon Come in Aqua PCMagGoogle's new Mini model is cool, jazzy, and kind of blue Digital TrendsGoogle Home Mini now available in aqua VentureBeatGoogle Home Mini gets a new minty-fresh color option EngadgetBest Buy's giving away a free Google Home Mini with a Google Home ...
- Demon Be Damned, Dodge's 797 HP Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Goes Into Production an hour ago – Demon Be Damned, Dodge's 797 HP Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Goes Into Production CarscoopsDodge Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye Production Officially Began Today Torque NewsFull coverage
- Microsoft Unveils New Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 and Surface Headphones [Video] 2 hours ago – Microsoft Unveils New Surface Pro 6, Surface Laptop 2, Surface Studio 2 and Surface Headphones [Video] iClarifiedMicrosoft resurfaces Surface kit alongside Windows 10 update The RegisterSurface Pro 6 and Surface Laptop 2: New internals, new color, old ports Ars TechnicaMicrosoft Unveils New Su...
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- Become a speed reader and retain more with this award-winning $19 training 2 days ago – Get your brain purring like a European sports car with this award-winning speed reading learning training, now just $19, an over 90 percent discount, for a limited time from TNW Deals.
- We were promised digitized health care… what’s the delay? 2 days ago – The issues faced by many in the healthcare industry when it comes to digitization are vast, not only in the UK and Europe but globally. We’ve come to view mobile phones as something we can take with us anywhere through the power of roaming. The same cannot be said for the delivery of wireless med...
- The blockchain can’t change the world, but it’s a good start a day ago – It’s hard to find a tech news site that doesn’t have at least one article in the headlines about how blockchain is going to change the world. The decentralized technology behind Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies has been credited with the potential not only to disrupt our modern banking system, ...
- Red Dead Redemption 2 looks cool as hell in first person a day ago – After months of giving us only brief glimpses of Red Dead Redemption 2, now Rockstar can’t stop showing us gameplay. The latest gameplay trailer shows a myriad of in-game activities, and also finally teases what first-person mode will look like — and I know I’m going to have to give it a try when...
- Samsung’s flexible displays could bring us foldable phones 18 hours ago – We rarely see a truly remarkable new technology more than once a decade. After years of undelivered promises, such a technology looks finally set to enter the market: the flexible computer screen. Imagine, a tablet display you can fold up and put in your pocket, a smart watch whose strap is the s...
- RIP ICOs: Blockchain startups receive $3.9B funding the old fashioned way 18 hours ago – Despite 70 percent of ICOs being worth less than they initially raised, venture capital (VC) firms are still ramping up blockchain investments. Already, traditional investors have sunk $3.9 billion into new blockchain and cryptocurrency businesses in 2018. Not only has the number of deals struck ...
- Regulate or laissez-faire: European Parliament’s doubts on blockchain 13 hours ago – The European Parliament has gathered in Strasbourg to debate all things Europe. But like the sneaky little, omnipresent, trickster it is, blockchain found a way to weasel its way into parliamentary discussions. It appears that MEPs are still heavily divided on how to approach the nascent technolo...
- No, blockchain can’t solve the Irish border problem 15 hours ago – When Britain narrowly voted to leave the European Union in 2016, it opened a can of worms, the biggest of which was the Irish border. The United Kingdom shares a 310-mile land border with the Republic of Ireland. It cuts through towns and pastures and stretches from the cultural capital of Derry ...
- The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is available now — here are the best features 2 hours ago – At today’s Surface event, Microsoft revealed that this month’s Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now available to download, and it includes a plethora of new features. You can read all about it on Microsoft’s blog post here, but we’ve gone ahead and distilled some of the best changes for you. One...The Windows 10 October 2018 Update is available now — here are the best features 2 hours ago – At today’s Surface event, Microsoft revealed that this month’s Windows 10 October 2018 Update is now available to download, and it includes a plethora of new features. You can read all about it on Microsoft’s blog post here, but we’ve gone ahead and distilled some of the best changes for you. One...
- Microsoft’s new Surface Headphones have 13 levels of noise cancellation 6 hours ago – Microsoft had a jam-packed event today, announcing the Surface Studio 2, Surface Laptop 2, and Surface Pro 6. But it had one more major hardware product to reveal: The Surface Headphones. The company is particular proud of its headphones‘ noise cancelling capabilities. The Surface Headphones have...
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