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Researchers Identify 44 Trackers in More Than 300 Android Apps
A collaborative effort between the Yale Privacy Lab and Exodus Privacy has shed light on dozens of invasive trackers that are embedded within Android applications and record user activity, sometimes without user consent.Meet Yeti, the so-called abominable snowman that science yet again says is just a bear
Long before internet hoaxes were a thing, people passed around grainy photos and blurry videos they claimed proved the existence of a so-called abominable snowman. DNA analysis on purported "Yeti" specimens found they belonged to three kinds of bears and
Long before internet hoaxes were a thing, people passed around grainy photos and blurry videos they claimed proved the existence of a so-called abominable snowman. DNA analysis on purported "Yeti" specimens found they belonged to three kinds of bears and YouTube investigates 'disturbing' autofill results
The site's search feature has been changed after paedophilic phrases appeared.
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The site's search feature has been changed after paedophilic phrases appeared.Tech | 207896 hits | 7:05 AM on Friday | posted by N_Fiddledog
Billionaire tech executive, Eric Schmidt, opens up about the challenges of ranking information fairly in the current climate of opposing opinions. Hackers only needed a phone number to track this MP's cellphone
A CBC/Radio-Canada demonstration shows just how easy it is for hackers halfway across the world to spy on a Canadian MP�s phone calls and track his movements.Elon Musk's giant battery is ready for testing in Australia
Tesla Inc. is on track to meet a 100-day self-imposed deadline to install the system
Tesla Inc. is on track to meet a 100-day self-imposed deadline to install the system
Bogus 'Department of Justice' emails used in latest online scam
Police in Grande Prairie are warning about a new computer scam that masquerades as an official government email. Hate photo radar tickets' There's an app for that
Inspired by an unwelcome speeding ticket in his mailbox, Benjamin Lavin came with a novel solution to keep his driving in check and avoid the flash of the photo radar camera.Google to 'derank' Russia Today and Sputnik
Alphabet's Eric Schmidt says the search engine's algorithms can help reduce spread of propaganda.
Alphabet's Eric Schmidt says the search engine's algorithms can help reduce spread of propaganda. Over 400 of the World's Most Popular Websites Record Your Every Keystroke, Princeton Researchers Find
Most people who�ve spent time on the internet have some understanding that many websites log their visits and keep record of what pages they�ve looked at. When you search for a pair of shoes on a retailer�s site for example, it records that you were inter Astronomers unveil secrets of interstellar visitor
Astronomers say they've learned more about the first known object to enter our solar system from deep space, including its size and colour.
The discovery was an exciting one for the astronomical community as it was the first recorded visitor from beyondGermany Bans Kids' Smartwatches, Classifies Them as Illegal Spying Devices
Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), the country's telecommunications agency, has banned the sale of children's smartwatches after it classified such devices as "prohibited listening devices."
Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur), the country's telecommunications agency, has banned the sale of children's smartwatches after it classified such devices as "prohibited listening devices." Ship or iceberg' $50K prize for best way to tell the difference
More than a thousand people from around the world are locked in a competition to see if they can come up with a better way to spot icebergs off the coast of Newfoundland. NASA packs 20 years of Earth's changing seasons into 2 1/2 minute visualization
NASA captured 20 years of changing seasons in a striking new global map of the home planet. The data visualization, released this week, shows Earth's fluctuations as seen from space. Researchers hope to harness ocean's power to light remote B.C. communities
Dozens of remote towns on the B.C. coast, including Indigenous communities, still rely on diesel generators for power. The federal government has invested $1.4 million to establish the Pacific Regional Institute for Marine Energy Discovery at UVic.Why is this company tracking where you are on Thanksgiving'
A data collection service called SafeGraph collected 17 trillion location markers for 10 million smartphones during the holiday last year.
A data collection service called SafeGraph collected 17 trillion location markers for 10 million smartphones during the holiday last year. This is the Tesla Semi truck
The Tesla Semi truck is a hulking and menacing hauler, with the presence of Darth Vader lurking from above when cast in the black hue, or more like an apparition in metallic silver-white. In other words, exactly what we expect to see from Tesla, as they aNew EU Consumer Protection Law Contains a Vague Website Blocking Clause
The European Union (EU) has voted on Tuesday to pass the new Consumer Protection Cooperation regulation, a new EU-wide applicable law that gives extra power to national consumer protection agencies, but which also contains a vaguely worded clause that als
The European Union (EU) has voted on Tuesday to pass the new Consumer Protection Cooperation regulation, a new EU-wide applicable law that gives extra power to national consumer protection agencies, but which also contains a vaguely worded clause that als The Brutal Fight to Mine Your Data and Sell It to Your Boss
Silicon Valley makes billions of dollars peddling personal information, supported by an ecosystem of bit players. One of them, an upstart called HiQ, is going up against LinkedIn in a battle for your lucrative professional identity. Planet with Earth-like temperature discovered orbiting nearby 'quiet' star
Astronomers have discovered a world 11 light-years away that may have a surface temperature similar to Earth's. The planet, Ross 128 b, is Earth-sized and is now the second-closest to Earth in temperature. The closest is Proxima b, located around Proxima Boeing 757 Testing Shows Airplanes Vulnerable to Hacking, DHS Says
A team of government, industry and academic officials successfully demonstrated that a commercial aircraft could be remotely hacked in a non-laboratory setting last year, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said Wednesday at the 2017 Cyb
A team of government, industry and academic officials successfully demonstrated that a commercial aircraft could be remotely hacked in a non-laboratory setting last year, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official said Wednesday at the 2017 Cyb Unknown soldier: 1 forensic anthropologist, 27,000 Canadians missing in action
Sarah Lockyer, 31, is the tiny program's co-ordinator and lone forensic anthropologist. She travels twice a year to France to study the remains of Canadians uncovered by construction workers or farmers in old battlefields increasingly invaded by modern-da Scientists build better search engine by mimicking fruit fly brain
A new paper published in Science may completely reverse the way search engine algorithms are designed after mimicking the effective search strategy of the fruit fly brain, science columnist Torah Kachur reports. Hubble sees light echoes of supernova explosion in distant galaxy
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the light echos of a distant supernova bouncing off a dust cloud in a distant galaxy. How Facebook Figures Out Everyone You've Ever Met
In real life, in the natural course of conversation, it is not uncommon to talk about a person you may know. You meet someone and say, �I�m from Sarasota,� and they say, �Oh, I have a grandparent in Sarasota,� and they tell you where they live and their nDrivers too distracted to take over from 'autopilot' mode, Google finds
Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit has stopped developing features that required drivers to take control in dangerous situations, its chief executive said Monday.
Alphabet Inc's self-driving car unit has stopped developing features that required drivers to take control in dangerous situations, its chief executive said Monday. Verizon Wants FCC to Ban States From Protecting Your Privacy
News: Verizon was one of several giant ISPs that paid lobbied the GOP and Trump administration to gut consumer broadband privacy rules earlier this year. State-sponsored cyberattacks on Canada successful about once a week
The Canadian government's computer networks have, in the past, been hit by state-sponsored cyber-attacks about 50 times a week, and at least one of them usually succeeded, according to the secretive agency charged with preventing such attacks. Elon Musk tweets photo of Boring Company transport tunnel
Billionaire Elon Musk has released a photograph of a tunnel he's building under a Los Angeles suburb to test a concept for a 'zero emission subterranean transportation' system to move people and cars. Portuguese non-neutral ISP shows us what our Trumpian internet will look like
Since 2006, Net Neutrality activists have been warning that a non-Neutral internet will be an invitation to ISPs to create "plans" where you have to choose which established services you can access, shutting out new entrants to the market and allowing the Northern lights photography for dummies: how to capture the phenomenon in all its glory
If you're a budding photographer hoping to capitalize on the light show's high visibility this week, "it's actually a lot simpler than most people would think," says one professional. Here are his tips. Scientists test probiotics for bats against deadly white-nose syndrome
Canadian scientists are racing to test a remedy that they hope will save bats from a deadly fungus that has already killed millions of the winged mammals across the continent. Canada's 'super secret spy agency' is releasing a malware-fighting tool to the public
The Communications Security Establishment acknowledges it needs to do a better job of explaining to Canadians what it does. The Internet Is Ripe With In-Browser Miners and It's Getting Worse Each Day
Ever since mid-September, when Coinhive launched and the whole cryptojacking frenzy started, the Internet has gone crazy with in-browser cryptocurrency miners, and new sites that offer similar services are popping up on a weekly basis. North Korea's hacking abilities 'beyond imagination,' defector says
A former North Korea cyber expert says hacking South Korea "a piece of cake."Secret files on jets and navy ships stolen in 'extensive and extreme' hack
Information about F-35 joint strike fighter was taken in cyberattack on Australian defence contractor, official reveals
Information about F-35 joint strike fighter was taken in cyberattack on Australian defence contractor, official reveals How Kaspersky AV reportedly was caught helping Russian hackers steal NSA secrets
Reports say Israeli spies burrowed inside Kaspersky�s network caught Russia red handed. Warning: Microsoft is using Cortana to read your private Skype conversations
Cortana is a decent voice assistant. Hell, "she" is probably better than Apple's woefully disappointing Siri, but that isn't saying very much. Declassified documents say U.S. saw Sputnik coming before 1957
The CIA released newly declassified documents on Wednesday revealing that while the American public was surprised when the Soviet Union launched the world's first artificial satellite 60 years ago, intelligence agencies weren't caught off-guard.Underground air-raid shelter feeding London restaurants
Under an anonymous back street in south London lies a vast underground air-raid shelter that has been turned into a pioneering urban farm supplying supermarkets and restaurants in the capital.
Under an anonymous back street in south London lies a vast underground air-raid shelter that has been turned into a pioneering urban farm supplying supermarkets and restaurants in the capital. Alberta town looks to install Canada's first geothermal heating system
An Alberta town is teaming up with academic researchers and the private sector to install what may be Canada's first geothermal heating system in its downtown core. U.S., Russia to collaborate on spaceport orbiting moon
NASA has signed a joint statement with its Russian counterpart to collaborate on a future spaceport orbiting the moon called Deep Space Gateway. 'Radical and overreaching': Bell wants Canadians blocked from piracy websites
Canada is a safe haven for internet pirates, Bell Canada says. The telecom giant wants the federal government to fight back by blocking Canadians' access to piracy websites and stiffening the penalties for violations.Apple is being sued for patent infringement by a Native American tribe
New IP rules: Patents can be reviewed, "unless you pay off some Indian tribe."
New IP rules: Patents can be reviewed, "unless you pay off some Indian tribe." Samsung opens AI lab in Canada
Samsung's artificial intelligence (AI) lab in University of Montreal will focus on developing core algorithms for use in robotics, autonomous driving, translation, and voice and visual recognition. Here's what could happen if North Korea detonates a hydrogen bomb
Should the nuclear crisis between the United States and North Korea escalate beyond hurling test missiles and insults like "madman" and "dotard," the list of possible effects is a long and frightening one, according to experts sharing some of the ramifica Distrustful U.S. allies force spy agency to back down in encryption fight
An international group of cryptography experts has forced the U.S. National Security Agency to back down over two data encryption techniques it wanted set as global industry standards, reflecting deep mistrust among close U.S. allies.
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Back in 2014, the European Commission paid the Dutch consulting firm Ecorys 360,000 euros (about $428,000) to research the effect piracy had on sales of copyrighted content. The final report was finished in May 2015, but for some reason it was never publi Spacecraft on its way to asteroid will slingshot past Earth on Friday
NASA's OSIRIS-REx spacecraft � on a return mission to the far-off asteroid Bennu � will pass by Earth on Friday, and you're invited to wave as it goes by.Back to Canada News
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