Saturday, December 12, 2020

12 December - Technology - NextWeb / Tech Crunch/ The Verge

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  • Former Salesforce science boss founds You.com to take on Google Search 4 days ago  –  A new challenger enters the arena! Richard Socher, the former Chief Scientist at Salesforce, today dropped the figurative bomb when he announced the launch of You.com, a site he says will compete directly with Google Search. https://t.co/2tfrBwhwOc Let's build a new internet together. — Richard S...
  • Cyberpunk 2077 reportedly causes seizures, CDPR says it’s looking into it 4 days ago  –  If you, like a vast swath of the gaming community, are looking forward to the upcoming Cyberpunk 2077 (now that it appears to finally, mercifully be dropping out of the figurative womb this week), you might want to be careful if you also suffer from epilepsy or a seizure disorder with photosensit...
  • COVID-19 newsletters are sooooo 2020
  • GitHub introduces dark mode and auto-merge pull request
  • Tesla just set a new record high. Now it wants to dump $5B in stock
  • How gene editing could protect us from future pandemics
  • Apple announces its AirPods Max — a $550 pair of over-ear headphones
  • About time! Toyota finally announces an all-electric vehicle
  • A simple guide to Redis and caching with NodeJS
  • Uber didn’t sell its self-driving dream — it’s just outsourcing 
  • This VPN-email security duo can protect you online for a year for under $45 3 days ago  –  TLDR: The Premium Privacy Bundle Ft. ZenMate VPN and StartMail helps you protect your online activity and your emails with iron-clad security measures for one year. The numbers surrounding the true cost of identity theft are staggering. It costs the U.S. mortgage industry $1 billion every year, a...
  • Jupiter and Saturn will be the closest they’ve been in 800 years — here’s how to spot them on Dec. 21 3 days ago  –  The holiday season holds a special gift, as skygazers on Earth will be treated to a great conjunction of the planets Jupiter and Saturn. On December 21, the two largest planets in our solar system will appear just one-tenth of a degree apart, or one-fifth of the diameter of a full Moon. This is t...
  • Digital presentations come together in minutes with a design platform Kroma
  • Why empathy should be the key ingredient in products
  • Ellen proves all-electric ferries are the future of marine transport
  • The AirPods Max case is an abomination and an insult
  • Where’s XR at today and what does it mean for your company?
  • Pornhub ends downloads and restricts uploads as its reckoning begins
  • Adobe Lightroom now supports Apple’s M1 chips and ARM on Windows 10
  • Leaked Galaxy S21 videos show off Samsung’s next flags
  • Hyundai bought Boston Dynamics for nearly $1B — now build a walking car! 2 days ago  –  At the start of last November, reports surfaced that Korean carmaker Hyundai was in talks to buy Boston Dynamics, the company that makes those robot dogs that will probably lead the charge when the machines rise up. Now, various reports confirm that a deal has been reached, and it will see Hyunda...
  • No, replacing the AirPods Max battery in the UK won’t cost £309 2 days ago  –  There’s not much going on in my life right now. That’s probably why these past few days have morphed into my personal AirPods Max week. We had the announcement on Tuesday, some analysis about its case yesterday, and today? Well, it’s all about the AirPods Max battery, girl. Yeah, I’m fine? Why ar...
  • I used to code on a typewriter — here’s how it helped me become C-suite
  • Adobe Flash is going away for real this month
  • Here’s 3 sad science news stories to ruin your day (because it’s still 2020)
  • FTC announces lawsuit against Facebook for ‘illegal monopolization’
  • Why IBM’s AI Fact Sheets should be the industry standard
  • Residents love low-traffic neighborhoods — but are they here to stay?
  • Airbnb to be bigger than eBay after its long-awaited IPO
  • The pandemic had Android users spending 25% more tim
  • Visa and MasterCard block Pornhub payments over allegations of illegal content a day ago  –  Following a disturbing piece in the New York Times last week about Pornhub hosting unlawful content depicting rape and child sexual abuse, Visa and MasterCard have stopped allowing their cards to be used for payments on the site — meaning you currently can’t subscribe to Pornhub Premium, renew yo...
  • Windows 10 Insiders get x64 emulation on ARM PCs 2 days ago  –  Just a little later than expected, Microsoft has announced it is rolling out x64 emulation for Windows 10 on ARM PCs. The feature is arriving for Windows Insiders on the Dev channel first. It addresses one of the biggest roadblocks for PCs running on ARM architecture, like the Surface Pro X. Ther...
  • Why HBO Max is causing a major rift in Hollywood
  • You can now edit Microsoft Office files straight from Gmail
  • Stripchat’s AI-powered ‘anal-ytics’ helped it reach nearly 1B new users in 2020
  • Save the bees, save the world: How ApisProtect uses AI and IoT to protect hives
  • CD Projekt stock down 20% since Cyberpunk reviews hit the internet
  • We’re all bad listeners — here are my tricks to become a better one
  • Mysterious cosmic ray electrons have been spotted for the first time
  • Google is more than search. This master class takes you ins
  • Why the fight for the Moon will take place here on Earth 44 minutes ago  –  When it comes to the Moon, everyone wants the same things. Not in the sense of having shared goals, but in the sense that all players target the same strategic sites – state agencies and the private sector alike. That’s because, whether you want to do science or make money, you will need things s...
  • I like Cyberpunk 2077, but it really should not be this broken 15 hours ago  –  After so many years of waiting, Cyberpunk 2077 has finally graced us with its presence. While its story and world are real delights, it’s hard to look past this game’s many technical problems — or to not wonder how many of them there were before if this is the finished version they chose to give ...
  • A beginner’s guide to AI: The difference between human and machine intelligence
  • Backlash intensifies: Pichai’s promises do little to quell outrage over Timnit Gebru’s firing
  • Road testing EVs, PHEVs, and HEVs — how different are they on the streets?
  • Privacy advocates poop on UK supermarket’s facial recognition system
  • How different types of hybrid vehicle actually work
  • NetSpot Home Wi-Fi Analyzer can get to the heart of home WiFi trouble in minutes
  • Famed footballer cuts ties with Huawei over AI ‘Uighur alert’
  • 4 tips to survive your startup’s awkward adolescence

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  • Despite limitations, 3D and AR are creating new realities in retail 2 days ago  –  “Within the next five years, I think we're going to see that having AR and 3D on your dot-com and beyond will be mandatory.”
  • Uber wants drivers and delivery workers to get priority access to COVID-19 vaccine 2 days ago  –  Given how reliant many people have become on rideshare drivers and especially delivery workers during the pandemic, Uber is pushing for them to get priority access to the COVID-19 vaccine. Today, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi sent a letter to all 50 governors asking them to prioritize giving drivers...
  • Announcing the final agenda for TC Sessions: Space 2020 2 days ago  –  TC Sessions: Space is happening this December 16 and 17 — our first-ever dedicated space event. This is a live, virtual two-day conference featuring the most important people in the space industry, across public, private and defense. We’re thrilled to be hosting NASA’s head of the Human Spaceflig...
  • Google to add COVID-19 vaccine information panels to Search
  • Turing nabs $32M more for an AI-based platform to source and manage engineers remotely
  • AT&T is selling Crunchyroll to Sony for $1.18B
  • As Next Insurance makes its first acquisition, insurtech looks energetic
  • NASA and Boeing set do-over Starliner orbital test flight for March 2021
  • Fairmarkit lands $30M Series B to modernize procurement
  • JetBrains presses go on its Space project management pla
  • Customer support startup Gorgias raises $25M 2 days ago  –  Gorgias announced today that it has raised $25 million in Series B funding, bringing the startup’s pre-money valuation to $300 million. When the company raised its Series A just over a year ago, CEO Romain Lapeyre (who founded Gorgias with CTO Alex Plugaru) told me that it works with e-commerce b...
  • Gift Guide: 8 DIY and crafting gifts to help your friends make more stuff and learn new skills 2 days ago  –  Crafting and DIY tools are wonderful gifts right now. We're all stuck inside and, for many of us, the days are sort of blurring together. Why not help your friends and family learn to make stuff? And if they already know how to make stuff, why not help them make more stuff?
  • Do the celebrities help the startups or do the startups help the celebrities? 2 days ago  –  Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast (now on Twitter!), where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. What a week, yeah? Instead of the news cycle slowing as the year races to a close, things are still as hot as ever. We have funding rounds big and sm...
  • Airbnb’s first-day pop caps off a stellar week for tech IPOs
  • COVID-19 made our tech addiction worse: It’s time to do something about it 
  • Google, Intel, Zoom and others launch a new alliance to get enterprises to use more Chrome
  • Spotify resets passwords after a security bug exposed users’ private account information
  • Providing healthcare to lower-income communities values Cityblock Health at $1 billion
  • Snap launches a native Twitter integration
  • Robot lawyer startup DoNotPay now lets you file FOIA req
  • Sweden’s Tink raises $103M as its open banking platform grows to 3,400 banks and 250M customers a day ago  –  Open banking platforms, where services that might not have previously lived next to each other are now joined up by way of APIs, has been one of the emerging trends of the last couple of years, and today one of the leaders in the space out of Europe has closed a round of funding to […]
  • Cosmos Video — a ‘Club Penguin for adults’ to socialise and work — raises $2.6M from LocalGlobe a day ago  –  All over the world startups are piling into the space marked “virtual interaction and collaboration”. What if a startup created a sort of “Club Penguin for adults”? Step forward Cosmos Video, which has a virtual venues platform that allows people to work, hang out and socialize together. It has n...
  • Massachusetts governor won’t sign police reform bill with facial recognition ban 2 days ago  –  Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has returned a police reform bill back to the state legislature, asking lawmakers to strike out several provisions — including one for a statewide ban on police and public authorities using facial recognition technology, the first of its kind in the United Sta...
  • Daily Crunch: First impressions of the AirPods Max
  • Residential renewable energy developer Swell is raising $450 million for distributed power projects in three states
  • Disney+ has plans for 10 Marvel shows and 10 Star Wars shows in the next few years
  • Early DoorDash investor Saar Gur makes the case for 10x growth from here
  • FDA panel recommends approving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization
  • Disney will fuel international growth with Star brand and Star+ app
  • Google will let you turn off YouTube ads for alcohol and ga
  • FDA grants emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, distribution to begin within days 12 hours ago  –  The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) for the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, the New York Times first reported on Friday night, and later supported by The Wall Street Journal. This EUA follows a recommendation ...
  • Daily Crunch: Hyundai acquires 80% stake in Boston Robotics 15 hours ago  –  Hyundai takes a controlling stake in an iconic robotics company, Twitter acquires a screen-sharing startup and we round up some security-themed gift ideas. This is your Daily Crunch for December 11, 2020. The big story: Hyundai acquires 80% stake in Boston Robotics Boston Robotics is behind a num...
  • Oracle is headed to Texas now, too 16 hours ago  –  Austinites, watch out; another tech company is headed into town. Just days after Tesla CEO Elon Musk revealed during an interview that he has moved to Texas, and less than two weeks after HP Enterprise, a spin-out of the iconic Silicon Valley company Hewlett-Packard, announced that it is separate...
  • Here comes the Faraday fabric
  • General Catalyst’s Katherine Boyle and Peter Boyce are looking for ‘obsessive’ founders
  • Give the gift of Extra Crunch for 25% off
  • What to expect while fundraising in 2021
  • Benchmark fills out its, yes, bench, with Miles Grimshaw
  • Cloud-gaming platforms were 2020’s most overhyped trend
  • Gift Guide: 9 security and privacy gifts to keep your friends

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  • Marvel’s Hawkeye TV show will debut on Disney Plus next fall 2 days ago  –  Raymond Hall/GC Images Marvel Studios’ Hawkeye TV series, which features Jeremy Renner reprising his role as Clint Barton and Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop, will premiere on Disney Plus next fall. Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige confirmed the news during Disney’s big investor day eve...
  • Black Widow will remain a theatrical exclusive, despite industry shifts
  • Dragon Age 4 teased yet again with a new trailer
  • Disney Plus’ Loki show gets a trailer and a May release date
  • The Falcon and the Winter Soldier return in first trailer for Marvel’s new show
    2 days ago  –  The Falcon and the Winter Soldier was supposed to be Marvel Studios’ first big Disney Plus original series, but after ongoing delays and reshoots, the show will now premiere in March. Here’s a first look at what to expect. The show, which has six episodes, had yet to receive a proper teaser tra...
  • WandaVision gets a mind-bending new trailer ahead of its January 15th release
  • Gone Home studio announces beautiful new adventure Open Roads
  • Microsoft studio The Initiative reveals new Perfect Dark game
  • Final Fantasy VII’s Sephiroth is coming to Smash Bros
  • Disney moves live-action Pinocchio, Peter Pan & Wendy to
  • Dune director Denis Villeneuve blasts AT&T and Warner Bros. for ‘hijacking’ films 2 days ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Denis Villeneuve’s Dune is going to be coming to HBO Max on the same date as its theater release, and the director is not happy. He’s written an article for Variety blasting Warner Brothers and AT&T, saying that the the move to release movies on...
  • Master Chief joins the cast of Fortnite
  • Among Us developers reveal an all-new map, The Airship, coming early 2021
  • Here are all the new Marvel, Star Wars, and other projects Disney announced at its investor day
  • Microsoft Flight Simulator is coming to next-gen Xbox consoles next summer
     2 days ago  –  Microsoft Flight Simulator was always planned to come to Xbox consoles as well as PCs, and now Microsoft has finally given a timeframe for its release. It’ll launch at some point in summer 2021 and will be available on Game Pass from day one. Notably, it sounds like the title won’t be coming to ...
  • Vin Diesel is a dinosaur hunter in Ark 2
  • Disney Plus is increasing its price to $8 a month starting in March 2021
  • Marvel will not recast Chadwick Boseman’s character in Black Panther 2
  • The Fantastic Four will join the Marvel Cinematic Universe in an upcoming movie directed by Jon Watts
  • Apple is now building the chip it needs to ditch Qualcomm 
  • Contact tracing apps promised big and didn’t deliver a day ago  –  Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images Emphasizing privacy makes data collection difficult Continue reading…
  • The Oculus Rift S is $100 off at several retailers
  • Happy Friday, have some pictures of squirrels posing like superheroes
  • Medal of Honor’s first VR spinoff falls apart when the shooting stops
    a day ago  –  EA Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond, the new VR-only title from Respawn Entertainment, can’t get by on authenticity alone. It has the weaponry and set dressing players have come to expect from a first-person shooter set during WWII. But for a console shooter making the jump to VR, it’s so...
  • Doom Eternal is another impressive Switch port
  • Apple’s old 29W chargers aren’t good enough for MagSafe Duo
  • Hyundai takes control of Boston Dynamics in $1.1B deal
  • The 14 biggest trailers and announcements from The Game Awards 2020
  • Mass Effect returns with a mysterious new teaser
  • The government just blocked another razor startup from g
  • Watch the first six minutes of Tenet now, from home, on YouTube 18 hours ago  –  Christopher Nolan recently went on a very public tirade about the importance of movies, including his, being seen on the big screen — but if anyone’s interested in watching Tenet’s opening prologue, they can do so now on YouTube. Warner Bros. has posted the film’s first six minutes on YouTube ah...
  • The best gaming mouse you can buy
  • Apple’s iPhone has an aggravating text notifications bug
  • Google and Apple are banning technology for sharing users’ location data
     21 hours ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge You may have never heard of the company X-Mode Social, but its code may be in some of the apps on your phone, tracking and selling your location data. Now, Google and Apple are trying to put a stop to it. According to a Wall Street Journal article, ...
  • United makes plans to capture its planet-heating pollution 
  • Disney finally revealed the real Disney Plus
  • Twitter bought a startup that lets you virtually hang out with your friends
  • Vergecast: Qualcomm president Cristiano Amon on the Snapdragon 888, the future of 5G, and Apple’s M1 chip
  • The Mandalorian takes a stand on the line between good and evil in its latest episode
  • AMC warns it’ll run out of cash in January, calls out Warner

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  • You can still get free Stadia hardware when you buy Cyberpunk 2077 an hour ago  –  Image: CD Projekt Red It’s a different kind of Cyber week. Cyber Monday is in the past, but the anticipated Cyberpunk 2077 game has finally launched, and it’s almost impossible to avoid seeing buzz about it online. One of this week’s best deals is aimed right at people who don’t have a co...
  • Get another glimpse inside the PlayStation 5 with iFixit’s new teardown
  • FDA authorizes first COVID-19 vaccine in US
  • Cyberpunk 2077’s long-struggling developers will see their bonuses after all
  • Cyberpunk 2077’s 1.04 patch makes changes to reduce epilepsy risk
  • Familiars.io is a simple, Pokémon-style multiplayer game that you can play right inside Twitter
  • Norman Abramson, a father of modern wireless networks, dies at 88
  • Microsoft really recorded a Christmas carol with the words ‘Bingle Bells’
  • You can now use Google Assistant features with more wired headphones
  • Go read this story about schools buying FBI-grade phone-
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    12 December - Technology - BetaKit / Global News / Google (CA)

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  • A|I: The AI Times – Who booked this meeting? 10 days ago  –  The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you...
  • Publicly listed Canadian tech companies Lightspeed, Nuvei continue to make acquisitions
  • Slack to be acquired by Salesforce for $27.7 billion USD
  • Catherine Warren named CEO of new Innovate Edmonton
    11 days ago  –  The newly established Innovate Edmonton has named its first CEO, Catherine Warren, following an extensive, nation-wide search process that took place this year. Warren...
  • Canadian government looking to create new regional development agency focused on British Columbia
  • Shopify merchants generate $5.1 billion USD over Black Friday, Cyber Monday weekend
  • Event platform Planned raises $4.7 million as it hopes for return to in-person events
  • S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Google’s bigger pivot
  • Fall Economic Statement includes CEWS increase, SIF funding, other implications for tech sector
  • PICTURESTART founder and CEO Erik Feig joins Wattpad
  • Faire megadeal icing on top of Waterloo Region’s strong Q3 2020 9 days ago  –  A Series E round raised by Kitchener-born e-commerce startup Faire brought total startup funding in the Waterloo Region to an 18-month high in the...
  • Hootsuite names Tara Ataya chief people, diversity officer
  • Affirm to acquire PayBright for $340 million CAD
  • British private equity investor Hg to acquire controlling stake in Benevity
  • Tread tracks positive momentum as COVID-19 fuels tech adoption in construction sector
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Is Shopify the new Amazon or another Amazon?
  • Report finds growth in tech jobs since February, Canada still experiencing brain drain
  • Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business receives $500,000 investment from Facebook Canada
  • WELL Health Technologies extends reach into cybersecurity vertical with acquisition of Source 44
  • GoSecure raises $14 million, bringing Series E to $35 milli
  • PayBright, Coveo, Attabotics, Bold Commerce in CB Insights’ Retail Tech 100 5 days ago  –  Four Canadian retail tech startups have been named on CB Insights’ first annual Retail Tech 100, a list that recognizes global technology businesses “reimagining”...
  • Telus L-Spark Medtech accelerator reveals eight startups in first cohort
  • F|T: The FinTech Times – Ethereum 2.0
  • Canadian startup news of the week (12/06/20)
  • Additional $20,000 in CEBA loans now available to small businesses
  • Shopify Balance to be powered by Stripe, Evolve Bancorp
  • Drone startup Skygauge closes $3.3 million seed as demand increases amid pandemic
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – Breaking up with your therapist
  • Today in funding: ServiceBox, Creative Labs, Pillway
  • Canadian cybersecurity leaders say ecosystem requires c
  • AppDirect megadeal casts long shadow over Montréal startup funding in Q3 2020 3 days ago  –  Following a record-setting Q2, total tech funding in Montréal was propped up by one megadeal into a locally-born but now US-headquartered e-commerce startup, according...
  • A|I: The AI Times – Sounding the alarm
  • Platform Calgary to take over Startup Calgary in 2021
  • Carrot Rewards program and app re-launches as Optimity
  • PointClickCare to acquire Utah-based Collective Medical
  • Mental health startup MindBeacon files for public offering on TSX
  • Former Koho CTO, head of Uber Money launch new FinTech startup with $15.8 million CAD seed round
  • S|W: The SaaS Weekly – How Microsoft crushed Slack
  • Today in Hires: Xero, Wealthsimple, Alida, Tucows & Ting Internet, AppDynamics
  • What Canada’s healthcare system learned from the pande

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  • BlackBerry, Amazon partner on cloud-based vehicle software platform 11 days ago  –  BlackBerry and Amazon have developed a cloud-based software platform designed to help automakers and suppliers standardize vehicle data.
  • Moderna designed its coronavirus vaccine in 2 days — here’s how 12 days ago  –  In early January, when the coronavirus was still a mysterious virus in China, Moderna started chasing a potential vaccine for the disease.
  • Customer telecom complaints drop, but billing still an issue in Canada: report 12 days ago  –  The period included the arrival of the COVID-19 pandemic, which forced many Canadians to rely on telecom services to work, study and socialize.
  • U.K. bans installation of new Huawei 5G equipment from September
  • U.K. to create big tech watchdog to counter market dominance
  • Map gap: Where are treaty boundaries on digital maps?
  • How risky is going home for the holidays amid coronavirus? There’s a tool for that
  • Public health officials encourage Nova Scotians to download COVID Alert app, use it properly
  • Facebook says hate speech consists of less than 1% of its content
  • GM says new batteries will make electric cars cheaper, las
  • A bad week for tech giants, a great week for media? 2 hours ago  –  Legislation in Australia would force Facebook and Google to negotiate fair rates for journalism. Will the idea catch on in other countries, like Canada?
  • Freezers that until recently held choice P.E.I. tuna will now store COVID-19 vaccine 17 hours ago  –  A business owner emailed P.E.I.'s chief public health officer to offer up the freezers when he learned the Pfizer vaccine was being considered for approval in Canada.
  • U.S. government, 48 states file antitrust lawsuit to break up Facebook 3 days ago  –  The antitrust lawsuits were announced by the Federal Trade Commission and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
  • ‘Dragons everywhere’: SpaceX launches new supply ship to International Space Station
  • Japan spacecraft carrying asteroid samples lands in Australia, agency says
  • Jeff Bezos claims space company Blue Origin will take 1st woman to the moon
  • Metro Vancouver’s transit system hit by ransomware attack
  • New ‘Netflix tax’ for digital media could mean higher prices for consumers: experts
  • Chinese robot probe sent to retrieve lunar rocks lands on the moon, officials say
  • Black Friday-Cyber Monday sales surge during COVID-19 

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  • Preview: 2021 Subaru WRX and WRX STI soldier on with minor updates - Motor Authority a day ago  –  2022 Subaru WRX STI To 'Push The Performance And Technological Boundaries'  Motor1 2021 Subaru WRX And STI Pricing - The Last Year Before A Redesign  Torque News2021 Subaru WRX and WRX STI Priced; Replacement Expec...
  • Marvel's Spider-Man: Miles Morales adds a new ray tracing mode - NME a day ago  –  T’Challa will not be recast in ‘Black Panther’ sequel  YPSpider-Man Remastered Getting Ray Tracing Performance Update On PS5  Screen RantPS5 Spider-Man: Miles Morales patch adds ray tracing at 60 fps — New Game+ here I come  Lapto...
  • High levels of coronavirus build up inside a car in just 15 minutes - Daily Mail
  • Apple’s 29W power brick can’t power 15W MagSafe Duo charger - 9to5Mac
  • Cyberpunk 2077 hacking guide: Breach Protocol and quickhacks explained - Gamesradar
  • Buy It! Carroll Shelby's personal 427 Cobra being auctioned next month - Driving
  • 'Road 96' is the first game supported by HP's new 'Omen Presents' label - Engadget
  • Monument Valley Developers Release 'Alba: a Wildlife Adventure' on Apple Arcade - MacRumors
  • Crimson Desert - Gameplay Reveal Trailer - Gematsu
  • Sephiroth Is Super Smash Bros Ultimate's 8th DLC Challen
  • 15 BIGGEST Announcements From The Game Awards 2020 - GamingBolt 20 hours ago  –  PlayStation Seemingly Teases Reveal for The Game Awards  ComicBook.comRaji: An Ancient Epic - The Game Awards 2020: Animated Trailer | PS4  PlayStation UniverseHype Intensifies as PlayStation Tells Us to Tune into The Game Awards  Push...
  • Cyberpunk 2077: How to Collect Free Reward From Cassius Ryder in The Gig - GameRant 20 hours ago  –
  • BC Hydro predicts an electricity-usage high this COVID-19 holiday season - Quesnel Cariboo Observer
  • Game Awards 2020: Tchia, Disco Elysium, more games coming to Stadia - 9to5Google
  • Halo's iconic Blood Gulch is now in Fortnite with capture the flag - Rock Paper Shotgun
  • Fall Guys Season 3: Exclusive Tundra Run Level Reveal - IGN
  • Just Cause is going mobile courtesy of Square Enix — watch the announcement trailer here - Android Police
  • Leaked V-Ray benchmark results reveal the RTX 3070 laptop GPU is almost as fast as a desktop-grade RTX 2080 Ti - Notebookcheck.net
  • Warhammer 40000: Dark Tide - Extended 4K Cinematic Reveal Trailer - IGN
  • Nubia is working on a phone with an electrochromic back - 
  • What The Hell Is Going On In That Mass Effect Trailer? - Kotaku 17 hours ago  –  Mass Effect - Official Announcement Trailer (4K) | Game Awards 2020  IGNAt This Point ‘Mass Effect’ And ‘Dragon Age’ Cinematics Aren’t Reassuring Enough  ForbesBioware Teases "Mass Effect 5," "Dragon Age 4"  Dark HorizonsBioWare teases...
  • The Elder Scrolls Online: Gates of Oblivion - Cinematic Trailer (4K) | Game Awards 2020 - IGN 17 hours ago  –  
  • iPhone users continue to report missing Messages app notifications after updating to iOS 14 - 9to5Mac
  • Genshin Impact: The Chalk Prince and the Dragon - Official Update Trailer - IGN
  • Cyberpunk 2077: Every Romance Option in the Game - Den of Geek
  • VILLAGE ARCADE: Next-generation gaming delivers on the promise of PC-influenced console gaming - BarrieToday
  • Let's Play Next Gen FIFA 21 on Samsung QLED 8K - GameSpot
  • Monster Hunter Rise - Official Trailer - IGN
  • Apple to Discontinue 'Music Memos' App in March 2021 - iPhone in Canada
  • Perfect Dark - Official Cinematic Trailer (4K) | Game Award
  • PREVIEW: Persona 5 Strikers Takes The Phantom Thieves on a Hack & Slash Adventure - CBR - Comic Book Resources 15 hours ago  –  PREVIEW: Persona 5 Strikers Takes The Phantom Thieves on a Hack & Slash Adventure  CBR - Comic Book ResourcesPersona 5 Strikers Offers New Action With the Same Persona Style - IGN  IGNPersona 5 Strikers Pre-Orders Are Now Live, Deluxe And Standard Editions Available  Nintendo LifePreview: Per...
  • Apple Loop: iPhone Problems Confirmed, Shock Cancellation Plans, Stunning MacBook Pro Plans - Forbes 15 hours ago  –  Analyst: Apple iPhone 12 mini Is Not a Big Hit  PCMagThe overall best smartphone of 2020  CNETHurry! Killer iPhone deal at Verizon knocks 50% off iPhone 12 Pro Max  Tom's GuideOriginal Apple I Piece...
  • AirPods Max review: Are Apple's new headphone's worth the $549 price tag? - Yahoo Finance
  • Medal of Honor: Above and Beyond Review - IGN
  • Animal Crossing: New Horizons Winter Vlog - Nintendo
  • Report: Apple Developing Its Own Cellular Modem - The Motley Fool
  • Elite Dangerous: Odyssey Gameplay Reveal Trailer (4K) | Game Awards 2020 - IGN
  • A new Nokia phone allegedly leaks in CAD render form - Notebookcheck.net
  • Evil Dead: The Game - Reveal Trailer (4K) | Game Awards 2020 - IGN
  • Sea of Solitude: The Director's Cut - Announcement Trail
  • AT&T's Samsung Galaxy Note20 Ultra 5G gets Android 11-based One UI 3.0 stable update - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com 4 hours ago  –   news  GSMArena.comSamsung Galaxy S21 with Snapdragon 888 shown off in hands-on video as European memory and colour configurations leak  Notebookcheck.netGalaxy S21+ Leaks in Unofficial Hands-On...
  • CD Projekt's Cyberpunk 2077 Console Version Faces Weak Reviews - Bloomberg
  • The Last of Us Part II wins game of the year - CBC.ca
  • Unreleased Galaxy S21+ 5G gets compared to iPhone 12 Pro Max in leaked video - PhoneArena
  • DualSense for PS5 has the same analog stick issue as the DualShock 4 - Phone Mantra
  • Cyberpunk 2077 rakes in $480 million from Pre-Orders alone, tops sales and streaming charts - gizmochina
  • 12 Biggest Trailers From The Game Awards 2020 - GameSpot
  • Love Island's Demi Jones highlights her incredible curves in a racy white corset dress - Daily Mail
  • The Callisto Protocol Wants to be The Scariest Next-Gen H
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    12 December - Pale Moon START Page - MSM Canada

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  • What's behind the farmers' protests that are blocking highways in India a day ago  –  Tens of thousands of farmers in India have been blockading main highways around New Delhi for two weeks — part of a much wider two-month-long protest by farmers across the country.
  • Do you have the COVID Alert app on your iPhone? It might not be working
  • The Geminid meteor shower could be the best in years. Here's when and how to catch it
  • The pandemic saved thousands from financial ruin. But there's a reckoning on the horizon
  • The latest on the coronavirus outbreak for Dec. 11
  • Global COVID-19 cases surpass 70 million
  • U.S. Supreme Court rejects Trump-backed lawsuit to overtu
  • Lametti seeks 2-month extension to pass medically assisted death bill 17 hours ago  –  With a court-imposed deadline just one week away, the Liberal government is asking for another two-month extension to pass new medical assistance in dying (MAID) legislation.
  • Canada/U.S. border restrictions extended into 2021
    Canada/U.S. border restrictions extended into 2021 19 hours ago  –  The federal government has extended the restrictions at the Canada-U.S. land border for another 30 days — until Jan. 21 — according to Public Safety Canada.
  • 3-digit suicide prevention hotline gets green light from House of Commons
  • Ottawa to hike federal carbon tax to $170 a tonne by 2030 
  • 2 dead, 4 in hospital after partial building collapse at London, Ont., construction site
  • Canada introduces national compensation program for vaccine injuries ahead of pandemic vaccine rollout
  • Canadians now owe $1.71 for every dollar they have to spend, StatsCan says
  • RCMP ask for help identifying people who ransacked buildings storing Mi'kmaw lobster catch
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  • Most of the used fighter jets bought by Canada are still not in service, MPs hear
  • 'Not Amazon' website seeks to boost local businesses acros
  • Vaccines alone won't be enough to lift pandemic measures quickly, doctor warns 5 hours ago  –  The co-chair of the task force studying COVID-19 immunity is warning that the arrival of vaccines in Canada doesn't guarantee protection against the virus, or signal that peoples' lives will soon return to normal.
  • Canada finally has a plan to meet its climate target — and maybe now there can be a real debate
  • Crucial ocean research disrupted by pandemic has both immediate and long-term impact
  • Canada's ties to China's military underscore the weird contradictions in its foreign policy
  • Pandemic gloom has more Canadians turning to greeting card joy this holiday season
  • Why talking about getting vaccinated could help counter COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy
  • Across Canada, polls suggest it's (mostly) better to be in power during a pandemic
  • The National for December 11, 2020
  • CSIS use of geolocation data could be unlawful, says watchdog
  • Commons adjourns without resolving dispute over how it sh
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