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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. 
For two years, Facebook has been hijacked, vilified, and besieged. Here's the inside story of the struggle. 
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. 
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.Swiss mummy identified as ancestor of British politician Boris Johnson
Researchers have identified a mummified body found in a Basel churchyard as a wealthy 18th-century Swiss woman who is an ancestor of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson.
Researchers have identified a mummified body found in a Basel churchyard as a wealthy 18th-century Swiss woman who is an ancestor of British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson. DNA barcoding reveals widespread seafood fraud in Metro Vancouver
Researchers from UBC are developing new techniques to identify the seafood sold in Metro Vancouver and they say their findings, released Friday, point to widespread seafood fraud. Android Users: To Avoid Malware, Try the F-Droid App Store
In the early days of Android, co-founder Andy Rubin set the stage for the fledgling mobile operating system. Android’s mission was to create smarter mobile devices, ones that were more aware of their owner’s behavior and location.“If people are smart,” Ru Ford recalling 190 Ranger pickups in Canada
Ford is recalling another 2,900 Ranger pickup trucks including 190 in Canada because they have been linked to two deaths due to defective Takata airbag inflators. Ancient DNA gives glimpse of ancestors of Indigenous North Americans
DNA from an infant who died in Alaska some 11,500 years ago is giving scientists the best look yet at the genetics of the ancestors of today's native peoples of the Americas. DNA analysis of mummified remains alters notion of how Renaissance-era child died
An international team of disease detectives has shed new light on a virus that kills almost a million people around the world each year by probing an unusual source -- the mummified remains of a young child who died about 450 years ago in Renaissance Ital
Fossils of earliest organisms that had sex are a billion years old
A Canadian-led study aims to settle the controversy over extraordinary Arctic fossils that represent the oldest known sexually reproducing organism and the oldest multicellular organism that used photosynthesis. How deep-sea technology could reveal the final moments of the Franklin Expedition
Three summers ago, divers found the first wreck of the Franklin Expedition. Using state-of-the-art technology, they’re now piecing together what led to the tragedy Tracking Santa this year just got a bit more high-tech
The 62-year-old tradition of keeping tabs on jolly old Saint Nick continues this year and is getting a technological upgrade. The Norad tracking app was launched Sunday in the U.S. and Canadians can also track Santa with Alexa using KAYAK’s flight tracker Santa could warp space to make deliveries in time
The reindeer must accelerate Santa, his sleigh and all the presents up to roughly ten million km/hr. Santa could avoid obstacles thanks to gravitational waves.SpaceX rocket lights sky as it carries satellites from California
A reused SpaceX rocket carried 10 satellites into orbit from California on Friday, leaving behind a trail of mystery and wonder as it soared into space. The launch in the setting sun created a shining, billowing streak that was widely seen throughout Sout
A reused SpaceX rocket carried 10 satellites into orbit from California on Friday, leaving behind a trail of mystery and wonder as it soared into space. The launch in the setting sun created a shining, billowing streak that was widely seen throughout Sout Reindeer antlers' amazing skin regeneration may someday help heal human injuries
The fuzzy covering on reindeer antlers could hold the key to scar-free, speedy healing for severe human skin injuries and burns, say researchers in southern Alberta. Yukon gov't to build an 'ice band-aid' across river at Dawson City
'We're going to take action,' said Public Works Minister Richard Mostyn. 'Mother Nature is sort of a fickle mistress, and we're going to help her create an ice bridge across the Yukon River.' 'Weird' interstellar asteroid yields no alien signals, resembles worlds beyond Neptune
It's like nothing we've ever seen: a bizarrely shaped rock ejected from another stellar system, just passing through ours. It's even had some scientists listening for alien signals. Now researchers reveal some more details about this interstellar visitor. Any lawful device: Revisiting Carterfone on the eve of the Net Neutrality vote
Nearly 50 years ago, the Federal Communications Commission issued one of the most important Orders in its history, a ruling that went unnoticed by most news sources at the time.Searchable database of 1.4 billion stolen credentials found on dark web
A security vendor has discovered a huge list of easily searchable stolen credentials in cleartext on the dark web which it fears could lead to a new wave of cyber attacks.
A security vendor has discovered a huge list of easily searchable stolen credentials in cleartext on the dark web which it fears could lead to a new wave of cyber attacks. NASA to announce major planet-hunting discovery involving Google AI and Kepler telescope
NASA is poised to make a significant announcement involving the search for Earth-like planets, in an effort that has been aided by artificial intelligence designed by Google.L.A. subway construction unearths more fossils
The Los Angeles subway system is expanding and so too are the number of prehistoric fossils being recovered as crews dig beneath the city. Since work on the extension began in 2014, fossilized remains have routinely turned up from creatures that roamed th
The Los Angeles subway system is expanding and so too are the number of prehistoric fossils being recovered as crews dig beneath the city. Since work on the extension began in 2014, fossilized remains have routinely turned up from creatures that roamed th How Canadians are constructing North America's biggest green buildings
Across Canada, green buildings are scaling up, including a university residence for 750 students and two highrise towers. In January, tenants will move into a six-storey Vancouver apartment building designed to be so energy efficient, you could heat each Trump announces focus on returning Americans to the moon
President Donald Trump wants to send humans back to the moon — and on to Mars. Trump signed a policy directive Monday instructing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to "refocus America's space program on human exploration and discovery."
President Donald Trump wants to send humans back to the moon — and on to Mars. Trump signed a policy directive Monday instructing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration to "refocus America's space program on human exploration and discovery."Former Facebook exec says social media is ripping apart society
Another former Facebook executive has spoken out about the harm the social network is doing to civil society around the world. Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and became its vice president for user growth, said he feels “tremendous guilt
Another former Facebook executive has spoken out about the harm the social network is doing to civil society around the world. Chamath Palihapitiya, who joined Facebook in 2007 and became its vice president for user growth, said he feels “tremendous guilt Deciphering the 'caw-caw-caw' of crows: biologists study bird talk
The caw-caw-caw of crows is a familiar fall sound around British Columbia and, until now, their cacophony has been indecipherable. Whatever the crows are communicating, the researchers plan to continue eavesdropping until they have answers. N.S. community hopes rocket launch site will revitalize economy
Residents of a sleepy fishing village on Nova Scotia's eastern coast are looking to the stars to breathe new life into their economy as a proposal to install Canada's only commercial spaceport inches closer to becoming a reality. Cellphone unlocking charges and unreadable contracts are now banned
The big breakthroughs in Canada's new wireless code are a ban on cellphone unlocking fees and a rule that teenage users cannot give permission for extra data or roaming charges. Other changes include a 15-day trial on any contract and rules to make contra PayPal Says 1.6 Million Customer Details Stolen in Breach at Canadian Subsidiary
PayPal says that one of the companies it recently acquired suffered a security incident during which an attacker appears to have accessed servers that stored information for 1.6 million customers. Airlines crack down on 'smart luggage' due to lithium battery fire risk
American Airlines and other carriers are cracking down on so-called "smart luggage" that comes equipped with GPS technology and in some cases even a motor, as the lithium ion batteries in the cases can present a fire risk.British government agencies warned not to use Kaspersky software over Russian spying concerns
LONDON; Britain's cybersecurity agency has told government departments not to use antivirus software from Moscow-based firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns about Russian snooping.Ciaran Martin, head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said “Russi
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LONDON; Britain's cybersecurity agency has told government departments not to use antivirus software from Moscow-based firm Kaspersky Lab amid concerns about Russian snooping.Ciaran Martin, head of the National Cyber Security Centre, said “Russi 72 new galaxies revealed by European telescope
An innovative instrument on a telescope in Chile has discovered 72 previously hidden galaxies dating back 13 billion years, shortly after the formation of the universe.Watch a tiger shark swim near unsuspecting swimmers at Miami beach
A drone has captured chilling footage of a what appears to be a dangerous tiger shark swimming close to beachgoers in Miami.
A drone has captured chilling footage of a what appears to be a dangerous tiger shark swimming close to beachgoers in Miami. Inside the mechanics of building 8,000lbs human-powered robo-athletes
"It’s like riding a mountain bike"—except, you know, an 8,000-pound, 15-foot-tall bike.Back to Canada News
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