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Tesla Model 3 And Hyundai Kona EV Push Electric Cars To Over 100,000 Units In Canada | Electrek

June 4, 2019June 4, 2019 mdbincbi

With the Tesla Model 3 and the Hyundai Kona EV boosting Canada’s EV sales in the first quarter, the country has achieved a new milestone: 100,000 electric vehicles on the road. But a report on Canada’s electric vehicle sales for the first quarter is not all positive. Electric Mobility Canada, a national membership-based not-for-profit organization dedicated accelerating electrification, released its Q1 2019 EV sales report in Canada. Read full storey here: Tesla Model 3 And Hyundai Kona EV Push Electric Cars To Over 100,000 Units In Canada | Electrek

Oldest Ship In Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Out Of Action Until 2020 | CBC

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 mdbincbi

For the second time in three years, Canada is hiring private charters to help carry out its fall oceanographic science missions on the East Coast because the oldest ship in the Canadian Coast Guard fleet is undergoing a refit to prolong its life. The replacements are for three regularly scheduled fall cruises that gather biological, chemical and physical ocean data. Read full story here: Oldest Ship In Canadian Coast Guard Fleet Out Of Action Until 2020 | CBC

What Would It Take To Build A Matrix-Level Simulation Of Reality?

May 30, 2019June 6, 2019 mdbincbi

Released almost exactly 20 years ago, The Matrix has gone on to become a cultural phenomenon well beyond the science fiction genre. While it was generally considered science fiction at the time, it helped popularize the Simulation Hypothesis: the idea that we’re all living inside a computer simulation. Read full story here: What Would It Take To Build A Matrix-Level Simulation Of Reality? | Digital Trends

Unless You Want Your Payment Card Data Skimmed, Avoid These Commerce Sites | Ars Technica

May 9, 2019May 9, 2019 mdbincbi

More than 100 e-commerce sites around the world are infected with malicious code designed to surreptitiously skim payment card data from visitors after they make purchases, researchers reported on Wednesday. Among those infected are US-based websites that sell dental equipment, baby merchandise, and mountain bikes. Read full story here: Unless You Want Your Payment Card Data Skimmed, Avoid These Commerce Sites | Ars Technica

DHS Gave Border Agents Free Rein Over Thousands Of Warrantless Device Searches | CNET

May 1, 2019May 1, 2019 mdbincbi

Border agents conducted more than 33,000 device searches in 2018. Court records show they were allowed to share what they found with other government agencies. Police are required to get a warrant to search through your devices, but the Department of Homeland Security’s border patrol agents haven’t been following those rules, documents show. The American Civil Liberties Union and the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed evidence in court on Tuesday detailing testimony and documents on how the DHS has allowed its agents to search through people’s phones and laptops without a…

Boys, The Wealthy, And Canadians (?) Talk The Most BS | Ars Technica

April 29, 2019April 29, 2019 mdbincbi

The existence of what’s colloquially known as “bullshit”—a combination of lies, exaggerations, and inaccuracies that makes it hard to figure out what the truth is—is familiar to all of us. Most of us have come across an individual so skilled in deploying it to advance their goals that we refer to them as “bullshit artists.” Given it’s such a prominent aspect of human behavior, however, you might be surprised to learn that field of bullshit studies is relatively young. Researchers trace BS back to an obscure 1986 essay by philosopher…

Facebook Data Leak: Province-By-Province Breakdown Of Affected Canadians | CTV News

April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 mdbincbi

The report was the result of a joint investigation launched a year ago by the Privacy Commissioner of Canada and the Information and Privacy Commissioner for British Columbia. The probe was prompted by concerns that Facebook had broken Canadian privacy laws after it was revealed that the social media giant disclosed users’ personal information to a third-party app called “This is Your Digital Life” (TYDL) that was later used to deliver targeted political messaging by Cambridge Analytica. Read full story here: Facebook Data Leak: Province-By-Province Breakdown Of Affected Canadians |…

Report Reveals Worsening US Air Pollution, Emissions Concerns | Electrek

April 25, 2019April 25, 2019 mdbincbi

A new report shows air pollution is getting worse in the US, and the current EPA’s efforts to weaken emissions regulations on cars and power plants are seen as a major threat to improving the state of affairs. The American Lung Association released its 20th annual “State of the Air” report, which focuses on the years 2015-2017. In these years, “more cities had high days of ozone and short-term particle pollution compared to 2014-2016.” Many cities also suffered from increased levels of year-round particle pollution. Read full story here: Report Reveals…

Bias At The Border? CBSA Study Finds Travellers From Some Countries Face More Delays | CBC News

April 24, 2019April 24, 2019 mdbincbi

The Canada Border Services Agency is conducting a series of tests to learn if its human agents, and its passport-reading machines, are prone to discriminating against certain kinds of travellers. The CBSA’s research to date, obtained by CBC News through Access to Information requests, suggests that most of the discrepancies in the treatment of different nationalities and ethnicities at Canada’s international airports are driven by procedures, rather than prejudice. Read full story here: Bias At The Border? CBSA Study Finds Travellers From Some Countries Face More Delays | CBC News