The popular social media platform TikTok in the United States is days away from shutting down after the U.S. Supreme Court on Friday allowed the federal law forcing a nationwide ban to take effect. However, there remain questions over whether it could still be reversed. The uncertainty over the app’s future may have ripple effects…
Google failed to persuade a federal judge to dismiss a privacy class action claiming it collected personal data from people’s cellphones after they switched off a button to stop the tracking, paving the way for a possible August trial. Chief Judge Richard Seeborg of the federal court in San Francisco rejected arguments that the search…
Vancouver city council has voted to explore ways to make the municipality a “Bitcoin-friendly city.” The motion approved Wednesday won’t mean the city is investing or accepting payment in cryptocurrency any time soon, but will instead direct staff to look into those possibilities. The proposal passed along party lines with Mayor Ken Sim, who proposed…
A federal appeals court panel on Friday unanimously upheld a law that could lead to a ban on TikTok in a few short months, handing a resounding defeat to the popular social media platform as it fights for its survival in the U.S. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit denied…
It’s estimated almost five million single-use vapes are thrown away every week in the U.K.; that’s about eight every second. In recent years, usage of the disposable items has risen sharply — including in Canada where, according to one study, it is now the most-used type of e-cigarette among young people. What many vapers don’t…
At first glance, the drilling site about an hour south of Munich might seem like a traditional oil operation. Two towering rigs, reminiscent of those seen in Canada’s oil industry, soaring over the Bavarian countryside. They have a different goal though: extracting heat, not fossil fuels. “This is pioneering work,” said Fabricio Cesario, Plant Manager…
A chemical engineer out of the University of Calgary is piloting what she says is a more efficient, cleaner lithium extraction process. Source link
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted November 8, 2024 10:37 am Updated November 8, 2024 5:46 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Canadian TikTok creators fear that the federal government’s decision to shut down the app’s Canadian operations will erode their support system and limit earning potential. Toronto-based TikTok culture commentator Mikael Melo says…
Some Apple AirPods wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update available Monday. It’s a high-profile move that experts applaud, even if they only reach a small portion of the millions of Americans with hearing loss. An estimated 30 million people — 1 in 8 Americans over the age of…
Tech behemoth OpenAI has touted its artificial intelligence-powered transcription tool Whisper as having near “human level robustness and accuracy.” But Whisper has a major flaw: It is prone to making up chunks of text or even entire sentences, according to interviews with more than a dozen software engineers, developers and academic researchers. Those experts said…
