Month: March 2019

Earth Hour: Turning Off The Lights For One Hour On Saturday, March 30, 2019 | Electrek

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Earth Hour returns this Saturday, March 30, 2019, as organizers ask participants to turn off their lights for one hour. This year’s Earth Hour takes place at 8:30 pm, your local time, wherever you may be. The event aims to bring awareness to environmental issues, such as climate change. Earth Hour started as a lights-out event in Sydney in 2007. It has grown in stature over the years, as more than 180 countries and territories are now involved. More than 17,900 landmarks and monuments turned their lights off during last year’s…

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DEA Says AT&T Still Provides Access To Billions Of Phone Records | TechCrunch

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A program that allows drug agents to obtain a pool of billions of call records from AT&T is “still active,” according to a watchdog report. The report, published Thursday by the Justice Department inspector general, confirmed the program — named in the report only as Project C — continues to provide access to “billions” of domestic and international call records to Drug Enforcement Administration agents. The program allows agents to pull information about the callers and when and where a call was made from the telecoms provider operating the program…

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Gas Prices To Rise At Least 10 Cents Per Litre In 4 Provinces In April: Analyst | CTV News

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Drivers in four provinces can expect to pay at least 10 cents more per litre of gasoline come April, according to a leading petroleum analyst. Dan McTeague of GasBuddy.com says that consumers in Ontario, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and New Brunswick will be handing over five cents more per litre as of April 1, when the federal government’s carbon tax kicks in. That equates to $3 more to fill up a 60-litre tank. Read full story here: Gas Prices To Rise At Least 10 Cents Per Litre In 4 Provinces In April:…

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Most Styrofoam Isn’t Recycled. Here’s How 3 Startups Aim To Fix That | CBC News

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Reduce, Reuse and Rethink is a CBC News series about recycling. We’re exploring why our communities are at a turning point and exploring ways to recycle better. You can be part of the conversation by joining our Facebook group. Virginie Bussières jokingly refers to styrofoam as “public enemy No. 6.” That’s because the polystyrene takeout containers, electronics packaging, coolers and other products we discard each year are more likely to pollute waterways or get buried in landfills than they are to be recycled. (The No. 6 is a reference to the plastic’s…

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Some Shoppers Drug Mart Staff Say They’re ‘Fed Up’ Over Pressure To Push Self-Checkout | CBC News

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Several employees at Loblaws-owned stores said they’ve been pressured recently to push customers to use self-checkout, driven by a company quest to get more people using the machines. “They’re trying to get us to force [customers] to go to self-checkout,”said a cashier at a Shoppers Drug Mart in Ontario. “They’ve made cashiers feel like if they don’t do this, something bad is going to happen.” CBC News is keeping employees’ names confidential because they fear repercussions from their employer. Read full story here: Some Shoppers Drug Mart Staff Say They’re ‘Fed Up’ Over Pressure…

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Canada Announces New $5,000 Incentive For Electric Cars, Tesla Vehicles Excluded | Electrek

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As part of its new budget, the Canadian federal government has announced a new $5,000 incentive for electric cars that cost less than $45,000, however, it excludes Tesla vehicles. Some Canadian provinces already have EV incentive programs but unlike the US, there has never been a federal program to reduce the cost of electric vehicles. With the launch of their latest budget, the Canadian government has now announced a new $5,000 incentive program that is not yet completed. Read full story here: Canada Announces New $5,000 Incentive For Electric Cars,…

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Scientists Can Turn Regular Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel | Engadget

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A team of scientists at Stanford have figured out a way to make hydrogen fuel out of saltwater. The discovery could open up the world’s oceans as a potential source of energy. Researchers view electrolysis, or the act of splitting water into hydrogen and gas, as a promising new source of renewable energy. But it comes with many roadblocks; a major one being that only purified water can be used in electrolysis. Seawater tends to corrode water-splitting systems. Read full story here: Scientists Can Turn Regular Seawater Into Hydrogen Fuel…

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Canadians Want Majority Of New Cars To Be Electric, Expect It In Future, Survey Says | Electrek

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A new poll of driving-age Canadians shows strong support for electric cars, and strong expectations that EVs will become the norm in the future. The poll, conducted by Clean Energy Canada, shows that 64 percent of Canadians would prefer electric vehicles to be the majority of vehicles sold in the future. Furthermore, 72 percent of Canadians believe EVs will become the majority of cars sold around the world. Read full story here: Canadians Want Majority Of New Cars To Be Electric, Expect It In Future, Survey Says | Electrek

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Why Companies Want To Mine The Secrets In Your Voice | The Verge

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VoicesenseVoicesense makes an intriguing promise to its clients: give us someone’s voice, and we’ll tell you what they will do. The Israeli company uses real-time voice analysis during calls to evaluate whether someone is likely to default on a bank loan, buy a more expensive product, or be the best candidate for a job. It’s one of a crop of companies looking for the personal insights contained in our speech. In recent years, researchers and startups have taken note of the rich trove of information that can be mined from…

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Another Costly Federal IT Glitch Gets Resolved – Ten Years Later | CBC News

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A computer glitch dating back to 2009 has been fixed at last, allowing the federal government to resume chasing down thousands of Canadians who owe the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) about $66 million due to erroneous overpayments. Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) reinstated the collection of these old debts last November, going after 15,000 individuals or their estates after almost a decade of inaction. Read full story here: Another Costly Federal IT Glitch Gets Resolved – Ten Years Later | CBC News

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