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RCMP and privacy commissioner probe alleged NCIX data breach
B.C.'s privacy commissioner is investigating an alleged privacy breach involving the bankrupt computer retailer NCIX. Experimental net captures orbiting space junk
A net has managed to capture space junk, in a demonstration of ways to clean up debris in orbit. The net — about five metres across — and its target will eventually fall out of orbit together and burn up. A harpoon, meanwhile, will be tested in a similar "Lawful intercept" Pegasus spyware found deployed in 45 countries
At least ten operators of Pegasus spyware have deployed the malware outside their country's border, new Citizen Lab report finds. Facial recognition is everywhere — here's why that's concerning
Using your face unlock your phone is convenient. But now facial recognition technology is being pitched as the future of everything, from advertising to law enforcement. Here's why that might make you uncomfortable. The greatest trick Apple ever pulled was convincing the world the movies you bought don't exist
On Monday, Twitter user Anders da Silva revealed the movies he had purchased on iTunes had been removed before he even had a chance to watch them.
Da Silva had bought three movies via the digital media service. When he couldn’t find them in his library Space gun test run a success in Cartwright
Shooting plywood boxes into the sky from a 14-metre-long artillery cannon is all in a day's work for a research team in Labrador. As part of Phase 1, the researchers shot plywood boxes loaded full of sand into sky — although the boxes didn't stay boxes foWith net neutrality gone, carriers throttle YouTube, Netflix, other streamers
Following the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s decision to reverse its position on net neutrality under the administration of President Donald J. Trump, researchers are stepping in to monitor how web traffic is affected — and the results are not s
Following the U.S. Federal Communications Commission’s decision to reverse its position on net neutrality under the administration of President Donald J. Trump, researchers are stepping in to monitor how web traffic is affected — and the results are not s That Time Telco Lobbyists Sent Me All Their Talking Points About Trying To Shift The Blame To Internet Companies
It's not every day that big telco lobbyists email me their internal documents about how they're going to try to shift all the negative press about themselves and try to flip it onto internet companies. But it did happen yesterday. Google and Mastercard Cut a Secret Ad Deal to Track Retail Sales
For the past year, select Google advertisers have had access to a potent new tool to track whether the ads they ran online led to a sale at a physical store in the U.S. That insight came thanks in part to a stockpile of Mastercard transactions that GoogleSweden sees surge in Twitter bots ahead of election next month
A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 elections, noting that 40 per cent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, which is expect
A Swedish government study says there's been a recent surge in the number of automated Twitter accounts ahead of the Sept. 9 elections, noting that 40 per cent of them are more likely to support the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats party, which is expect Air Canada mobile app breach affects 20,000 people
Air Canada says the personal information for about 20,000 customers "may potentially have been improperly accessed" via a breach in its mobile app, so the company has locked down all 1.7 million accounts as a precaution until customers change their passwo Are homegrown tech firms shut out of big federal IT contracts'
Shared Services Canada wants to consolidate 595 aging data centres, and is looking for high-tech firms to help. But Canadian firms say requirements for applicants will automatically exclude them. Google's data collection is hard to escape, study claims
A new study examines just how much information Google collects about people each day.Two 11-year-olds altered election results in hacker convention's replica of U.S. voting system
The hacking demonstration came as concerns swirl about election system vulnerabilities before mid-term state and federal elections.
The hacking demonstration came as concerns swirl about election system vulnerabilities before mid-term state and federal elections. Google tracks your movements, like it or not
Google wants to know where you go so badly that it records your movements even when you explicitly tell it not to.Murky waters
Mining companies looking for minerals like copper and iron on the seabed say they offer a cleaner, more ethical way to retrieve metals for a more sustainable future. But is that the whole story?
Mining companies looking for minerals like copper and iron on the seabed say they offer a cleaner, more ethical way to retrieve metals for a more sustainable future. But is that the whole story?Facebook bans pages aimed at US election interference
The social network has found evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to influence the US mid-term vote.
The social network has found evidence of a co-ordinated campaign to influence the US mid-term vote. Scientists perfect technique to boost capacity of computer storage a thousand-fold
The most dense solid-state memory ever created could soon exceed the capabilities of current computer storage devices by 1,000 times, thanks to a new technique scientists at the University of Alberta have perfected.Russian hackers breached U.S. electric utility control rooms, feds say
Hackers working for Russia claimed “hundreds of victims” last year in a giant and long-running campaign that put them inside the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities where they could have caused blackouts, federal officials said. They said the campaig
Hackers working for Russia claimed “hundreds of victims” last year in a giant and long-running campaign that put them inside the control rooms of U.S. electric utilities where they could have caused blackouts, federal officials said. They said the campaigRobocall Firm Exposes Hundreds of Thousands of US Voters' Records
RoboCent, a Virginia Beach-based political robocall firm, has exposed the personal details of hundreds of thousands of US voters, according to the findings of a security researcher who stumbled upon the company's database online.
RoboCent, a Virginia Beach-based political robocall firm, has exposed the personal details of hundreds of thousands of US voters, according to the findings of a security researcher who stumbled upon the company's database online.Top Voting Machine Vendor Admits It Installed Remote-Access Software on Systems Sold to States
The nation's top voting machine maker has admitted in a letter to a federal lawmaker that the company installed remote-access software on election-management systems it sold over a period of six years, raising questions about the security of those systems
The nation's top voting machine maker has admitted in a letter to a federal lawmaker that the company installed remote-access software on election-management systems it sold over a period of six years, raising questions about the security of those systems How Smart TVs in Millions of U.S. Homes Track More Than What’s on Tonight
The growing concern over online data and user privacy has been focused on tech giants like Facebook and devices like smartphones. But people’s data is also increasingly being vacuumed right out of their living rooms via their televisions, sometimes withou I never said that! High-tech deception of 'deepfake' videos
Hey, did that congressman really say that? Is that really President Donald Trump on that video, or am I being duped?
New technology on the internet lets anyone make videos of real people appearing to say things they've never said. All-Radio 4.27 Portable Can't Be Removed' Then Your PC is Severely Infected
Starting yesterday, there have been numerous reports of people being infected with something called "All-Radio 4.27 Portable". An EU copyright law threatens to kill memes for everyone
A proposed law in Europe could spell the end of internet humour as we know it, by forcing social-media platforms to censor copyrighted images frequently used to create memes. Camera directed car toward oncoming traffic after windshield replacement, man says
A Newfoundland man learned the hard way that cars with advanced driver-assistance systems should have the system's cameras recalibrated after a windshield replacement.'iPal' robot companion for China's lonely children
It speaks two languages, gives math lessons, tells jokes and interacts with children through the tablet screen in its chest—China's latest robot is the babysitter every parent needs.
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It speaks two languages, gives math lessons, tells jokes and interacts with children through the tablet screen in its chest—China's latest robot is the babysitter every parent needs. Expedition off Haida Gwaii will explore underwater volcanoes — live online
Four groups will spend 16 days aboard a state-of-the-art vessel studying seamounts in July. The mountains are found in every ocean but are particularly abundant in the Pacific.Death to the meme' Activists believe EU copyright law could destroy internet culture
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Russia accused of “false flag” attack on Olympic opening
The cyber attack that disrupted some networks and servers at the opening of the Winter Olympics in PyeongChang left a number of conflicting forensic clues about its source. The attack used a blend of techniques, tools, and practices that blended the finge Children struggle to hold pencils due to too much tech, doctors say
Children need opportunities to develop hand strength and dexterity needed to hold pencilsFOSTA Would Be a Disaster for Online Communities | Electronic Frontier Foundation
Frankenstein Bill Combines the Worst of SESTA and FOSTA. Tell Your Representative to Reject New Version of H.R. 1865. The House of Representatives is about to vote on a bill that would force online platforms to censor their users. The Allow States and Vic
Frankenstein Bill Combines the Worst of SESTA and FOSTA. Tell Your Representative to Reject New Version of H.R. 1865. The House of Representatives is about to vote on a bill that would force online platforms to censor their users. The Allow States and Vic Car companies are preparing to sell driver data to the highest bidder
Connected cars are going to monetize data, but most drivers don’t know that.Burned bears treated with fish skins spotted in the wild
Officials tracking two bears that were badly burned in the largest wildfire in California history say the animals are settling back into their home in the wild after receiving unusual treatment for their injured paws.
Officials tracking two bears that were badly burned in the largest wildfire in California history say the animals are settling back into their home in the wild after receiving unusual treatment for their injured paws. Scientists work to revitalize burbot population in Kootenay Lake
An annual ice fishing expedition happens on Moyie Lake to harvest the eggs of burbot fish and bring them to a hatchery. The fish are later released in Kootenay Lake to help with the dwindling population. It turns out the physics of curling is really, really complicated
In the past, scientists who looked at the sport simply assumed the "curl" of a curling rock was affected by friction with the ice. A pair of Canadian scientists believe they may finally have an answer to how a curling rock curls. Inside the Two Years that Shook Facebook—and the World
For two years, Facebook has been hijacked, vilified, and besieged. Here's the inside story of the struggle. Wikipedia has become a science reference source even though scientists don’t cite it
Wikipedia is everyone’s go-to source. Even scientists. A new study shows how science on Wikipedia may end up forwarding science itself. Blooming marvellous: drones give B.C. researchers new view of 'enormous' jellyfish clusters
The cameras provide a bird's-eye view that can't be replicated on the water, researchers say. Photos taken by the team's drone show vast swaths of the gelatinous creatures speckling the ocean, creating cloud-like formations in the water. The middle booster of SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket failed to land on its drone ship
Though the Falcon Heavy’s outer cores successfully landed after launch this afternoon, the middle core of SpaceX’s huge rocket missed the drone ship where it was supposed to land, a source tells T... Record-setting Russian spacewalk ends with antenna in wrong spot
A record-setting Russian spacewalk ended with a critical antenna in the wrong position Friday outside the International Space Station. NASA Mission Control said from Houston that the antenna wound up in a position 180 degrees farther than anticipated. Google and Facebook are watching our every move online. It's time to make them stop
Google, Facebook hidden trackers follow users around the web at alarming rates, says DuckDuckGo's CEO Gabriel Weinberg. How to watch the 'blue moon' lunar eclipse
It's not often that you get two full moons in one month. Well, this month we'll not only get that, but also a lunar eclipse. During an eclipse, there are actually two shadows: the penumbra and the umbra. The penumbra is the outer, dimmer shadow, while the Amateur astronomer in B.C. may have discovered long-lost NASA satellite
Scott Tilley from Roberts Creek, B.C., came across signals he wasn't expecting when he was hunting the sky for a secret military satellite. A OnePlus app is supposedly collecting user data without consent. Again.
A few months ago, OnePlus’s extensive data collection practices came into the limelight, but the Chinese phone maker explained that it was using that data to improve its product and services. Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases
Data about exercise routes shared online by soldiers can be used to pinpoint overseas facilities NASA launches satellite to study the edge of space
NASA launches GOLD to investigate where weather from our planet meets weather from space. The GOLD mission will look at the entire Earth from the high perspective of geostationary orbit, 35,000 kilometres above. Canadian engineers fix faulty Canadarm 2 replacement hand
The Canadian Space Agency says it used a "creative software solution" to fix a replacement part on the Canadarm 2, postponing the need to send astronauts on a spacewalk.Back to Canada News
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