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Urgent Call to Action: Uninstall QuickTime for Windows Today -
We’re putting the word out that everyone should follow Apple’s guidance and uninstall QuickTime for Windows as soon as possible.
This is for two reasons.
Nest is about to deliberately break one of its own products. That's unfair to customers.
If customers don't replace the device by May 15, they won't be able to turn their lights on and off.Gun resembling iPhone is 'disaster waiting to happen,' U.S. senator says
A U.S. senator on Monday called on the federal Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate before a gun that looks like an iPhone comes to market.
A U.S. senator on Monday called on the federal Department of Justice and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives to investigate before a gun that looks like an iPhone comes to market. SeaWorld orca breeding ban disappoints some scientists
There's one last orca birth to come at SeaWorld, and it will probably be the last chance for research biologist Dawn Noren to study up close how female killer whales pass toxins to their calves through their milk. Potential Viking site found in Newfoundland
Researchers in Newfoundland and Labrador are finding evidence that may give more answers to a millennium-old mystery — just how far the Vikings reached into North America. How thieves use electronic devices to steal cars
A CBC Marketplace investigation reveals modern car thieves can bypass even advanced built-in security systems. Tesla's Model 3 aims to take luxury electric car to the mass market
Tesla is set to unveil its latest vehicle Thursday, a $35,000 electric car aimed at mass market consumers who've never owned a luxury or electric vehicle — and likely thought they never would.Drone delivers first package to residential area in Nevada
A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the first fully autonomous urban drone delivery in the U.S.
A drone has successfully delivered a package to a residential location in a small Nevada town in what its maker and the governor of the state said Friday was the first fully autonomous urban drone delivery in the U.S. B.C. tests undersea glider to prevent whale-ship collisions
A remote undersea glider equipped with acoustic sensors is patrolling deep water canyons off the west coast of Vancouver Island in a bid to set up a traffic alert system to prevent large ships from crashing into whales.Bombs used by ISIS in Brussels terror attacks are for sale online
A Sunday Mirror special investigation was offered C4 plastic explosives, semtex, grenades, and even an armour piercing device
Tech | 208165 hits | 10:13 AM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
A Sunday Mirror special investigation was offered C4 plastic explosives, semtex, grenades, and even an armour piercing device Shadowy hacking industry may be helping FBI crack an iPhoneTech | 206682 hits | 3:12 PM on Friday | posted by Freakinoldguy
Microsoft terminates its Tay AI chatbot after she turns into a Nazi
Setting her neural net processor to read-write was a terrible mistake.
Setting her neural net processor to read-write was a terrible mistake. Underwater arrowheads, tools dazzle Maritime historians
Archeologists investigate the discovery of hundreds of Mi'kmaq artifacts in the mud along Nova Scotia's Mersey River. Hundreds of arrowheads and tools, some 8,000 years old, were discovered last summer along the Mersey River Radio Attack Lets Hackers Steal 24 Different Car Models
German researchers show that the five-year-old vulnerability still exists in hundreds of thousands of vehicles on the road. The race to get an earthquake early warning system in B.C.
Collaboration between research, private and government sectors means an earthquake early warning system could be just around the corner for B.C. It's a race against a ticking time bomb — to get an earthquake early warning system in place before the next bChicken embryos grown with dinosaur-like lower legs
University of Chile researchers have grown chicken embryos with 'dinosaur-like' lower legs that have two connected lower leg bones instead of one big bone and a needle-like splinter.
University of Chile researchers have grown chicken embryos with 'dinosaur-like' lower legs that have two connected lower leg bones instead of one big bone and a needle-like splinter. Pi Day celebrated at Vancouver's H.R. MacMillan Space Centre
Children kicking off their two-week spring break on Monday enjoyed a math-filled day at the H.R. MacMillan Space Centre in Vancouver, and the number pi was at centre stage.India scans a billion irises in interest of national security
The Indian government is proposing legislation which would allow federal agencies access to its biometric database holding one billion citizen records.
The Indian government is proposing legislation which would allow federal agencies access to its biometric database holding one billion citizen records. Government tech support putting RCMP, public safety at risk, documents reveal
Internal RCMP reports and emails obtained by CBC News show that Shared Services Canada's takeover of the Mounties' tech support has been a costly disaster that has jeopardized court cases and investigations while putting the safety of officers and membersPregnant T. rex discovery confirmed
A Tyrannosaurus rex that died 68 million years ago in what is now Montana was pregnant at the time, U.S. researchers have confirmed.
A Tyrannosaurus rex that died 68 million years ago in what is now Montana was pregnant at the time, U.S. researchers have confirmed.How a hacker's typo helped stop a billion dollar bank heist
A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion US heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said.
A spelling mistake in an online bank transfer instruction helped prevent a nearly $1 billion US heist last month involving the Bangladesh central bank and the New York Fed, banking officials said. Ford to offer police car doors that stop armor-piercing bullets
It's a first for police cars: Doors that can protect officers against armor-piercing bullets.Apparently it takes 13 hours to debunk viral internet lies
A study into the gap between inaccurate viral news stories and the facts that debunk them reveals it to stand at around 13 hours.
A study into the gap between inaccurate viral news stories and the facts that debunk them reveals it to stand at around 13 hours. Canadian researchers studying impact of long-term space flight
Canadian researchers are taking an upside-down approach to better understand the impact of long-term space flight on the human body. The 20 test subjects will be completely immobilized, meaning all activity will take place in their beds, from eating, showLatest attack against TLS shows the pitfalls of intentionally weakening encryption
For the third time in under a year, security researchers have found a method to attack encrypted Web communications, a direct result of weaknesses that were mandated two decades ago by the U.S. government.
For the third time in under a year, security researchers have found a method to attack encrypted Web communications, a direct result of weaknesses that were mandated two decades ago by the U.S. government.
Apple can't be forced to provide iPhone data in drug case, judge rules
A federal judge ruled Monday that the U.S. Justice Department cannot use a 227-year-old law to force Apple to provide the FBI with access to locked iPhone data, dealing a blow to the government in its battle with the company over privacy and public safetyScientists achieve perfect efficiency for water-splitting half-reaction
Splitting water is a two-step process, and in a new study, researchers have performed one of these steps (reduction) with 100% efficiency.
Splitting water is a two-step process, and in a new study, researchers have performed one of these steps (reduction) with 100% efficiency.China's hacking tactics exposed as insider claims he built secret database to snoop on US
The long-rumoured espionage project of the Chinese government set up to collate masses of sensitive data collected by cyberattacks into a searchable database has been exposed by an insider who claims to have helped build the system.
The long-rumoured espionage project of the Chinese government set up to collate masses of sensitive data collected by cyberattacks into a searchable database has been exposed by an insider who claims to have helped build the system. Blind astrophysicist listens to the stars by turning data into sound
A blind astrophysicist uses data to hear stars — and argues the technique can open our ears to new discoveries. In her 20s and early in her career studying astrophysics, a prolonged illness left her blind. ASTRO-H telescope launches to offer new views of black holes
A Japanese space telescope with X-ray vision sharpened by Canadian technology has launched successfully into space, and will be soon offering unprecedented views of objects like supernovas and black holes.Iranians are dodging the country's 'morality police' with Google and Gershad app
The Gershad App allows users to spot checkpoints set up by the morality police, who enforce Islamic dress and behaviour codes in Iran. The authorities have tried to block the technology.
Tech | 206832 hits | 12:30 AM on Monday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The Gershad App allows users to spot checkpoints set up by the morality police, who enforce Islamic dress and behaviour codes in Iran. The authorities have tried to block the technology. Giant, flightless birds wandered Canadian Arctic 50 million years ago
More than 50 million years ago, Canada's Arctic was a warm, wet place, home to alligators, giant tortoises and — as it now turns out —giant, flightless birds. Setting the date to 1 January 1970 will brick your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch
Date bug will prevent 64-bit iOS devices from booting up, rendering them inoperable even through fail-safe restore methods using iTunes Pink potato among 16 new kinds of spuds touted by Ottawa
Bright pink and purple are the hot new fashion colours for Spring 2016, if you're a potato. The federal government has licensed colourful new breeds for sale in the marketplace, hinting that a rainbow of spuds won't be a dud.Reversible fuel cell goes both ways for the US Navy
Boeing has delivered a new type of fuel cell to the US Navy for testing that can both store energy and generate electricity. Called a "reversible solid oxide fuel cell," it's designed to provide a more sustainable source of power.
Boeing has delivered a new type of fuel cell to the US Navy for testing that can both store energy and generate electricity. Called a "reversible solid oxide fuel cell," it's designed to provide a more sustainable source of power. Ghomeshi email evidence shows how 'digital debris' increasingly used in trialsTech | 206884 hits | 1:27 PM on Sunday | posted by N_Fiddledog
The unearthing of 13-year-old emails in an attempt to discredit a woman accusing Jian Ghomeshi of sexual assault underscores the growing importance of 'digital debris' in criminal and civil trials, experts say. PayPal cuts off payments to UnoTelly Netflix-unblocking serviceTech | 207865 hits | 3:18 PM on Friday | posted by Guy_Fawkes
A Canadian company that helps people watch U.S. Netflix from Canada can no longer accept PayPal after the online payment processor cut off its service.British ISIS supporter calls on Allah to 'break the necks' of Anonymous in creepy video
ISLAMIC State supporters are calling on Allah to “break the necks” of UK hackers as they fail to win the war online against Anonymous.
Tech | 207897 hits | 10:16 AM on Saturday | posted by N_Fiddledog
ISLAMIC State supporters are calling on Allah to “break the necks” of UK hackers as they fail to win the war online against Anonymous.
Smart cars that share revealing info about drivers catch privacy watchdog's eye
The family car is learning more about who's behind the wheel — everything from where a driver likes to shop to how hard they brake — as automakers roll out new tech-savvy features.
With cars collecting and even sharing more personal data, Canada's privBrains vs. blizzards: Harvard students take on snow removal
Winter is bearing down anew, and Harvard University students have been engineering new ways to deal with it. A major problem is clearing snow off Harvard's many old and flat-roofed buildings.
Winter is bearing down anew, and Harvard University students have been engineering new ways to deal with it. A major problem is clearing snow off Harvard's many old and flat-roofed buildings.Copyright law shouldn't keep me from fixing a tractor.
How many people does it take to fix a tractor? A year ago, I would have said it took just one person. One person with a broken tractor, a free afternoon , and a box of tools.
I would have been wrong.
How many people does it take to fix a tractor? A year ago, I would have said it took just one person. One person with a broken tractor, a free afternoon , and a box of tools.
I would have been wrong. Nest thermostat bug leaves owners without heating
Nest has asked users to reset their connected thermostats after a software bug forced controllers offline and left owners unable to heat their homes Top courts threaten federal government with legal action over new IT rules
Supreme Court of Canada fears new rules would threaten its independence Recently Bought a Windows Computer' Microsoft Probably Has Your Encryption Key
One of the excellent features of new Windows devices is that disk encryption is built-in and turned on by default, protecting your data in case your device is lost or stolen. But what is less well-known is that, if you are like most users and login to Win Researchers Solve Juniper Backdoor Mystery; Signs Point to NSA
Security researchers believe they have finally solved the mystery around how a sophisticated backdoor embedded in Juniper firewalls works. Canada at risk of losing edge in AI research to Silicon Valley | Toronto StarTech | 206551 hits | 10:48 AM on Thursday | posted by shockedcanadian
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