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Canada Adopts Strict Rules For Drone Flights | Engadget

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 mdbincbi

It’s Canada’s turn to implement rules for drone flights, and those in the pipeline could make the American approach seem lenient. Transport Canada has adopted new regulations that will require the registration of any drone weighing between 250g and 25kg (0.55lbs to 55lbs), and would-be pilots will have to be at least 14 years old and either a citizen or permanent resident. You’ll also have to obtain a pilot’s certificate, which entails an online exam for basic (general use) flights. Advanced drone operators, those who want to fly in controlled…

Microsoft Will Stop Supporting Windows 7 One Year From Today | CNET

January 14, 2019January 14, 2019 mdbincbi

Starting Jan. 14, 2020, exactly one year from Monday, Microsoft will no longer support Windows 7. That means no more updates or security fixes for the operating system. Microsoft will continue to provide security updates for Windows 7 to business customers that pay for support, according to ZDNet, but not individual users. Read full story here: Microsoft Will Stop Supporting Windows 7 One Year From Today | CNET

Ford Announces Electric Versions Of All Vehicles In Europe | Electrek

January 11, 2019January 11, 2019 mdbincbi

Ford released this week its new strategy in Europe and it came with bad news for employees as many jobs will be lost, but the American automaker also sneaked in some electric vehicle news and said that they will introduce electric versions of all passenger vehicles in Europe. Read full story here: Ford Announces Electric Versions Of All Vehicles In Europe | Electrek

T-Mobile, Sprint, And AT&T Still Selling Your Location Data, Report Says | Ars Technica

January 9, 2019January 9, 2019 mdbincbi

In June 2018, all four major US wireless carriers pledged to stop selling their mobile customers’ location information to third-party data brokers. The carriers were pressured into making the change after a security problem leaked the real-time location of US cell phone users. Read full story here: T-Mobile, Sprint, And AT&T Still Selling Your Location Data, Report Says | Ars Technica

Bell Wants Permission To Gather And Track Customer Data | CBC News

January 8, 2019January 8, 2019 mdbincbi

Canada’s largest telecommunications group is getting mixed reviews for its plan to follow the lead of companies like Google and Facebook in collecting massive amounts of information about the activities and preferences of its customers.Bell Canada began asking its customers in December for permission to track everything they do with their home and mobile phones, internet, television, apps or any other services they get through Bell or its affiliates. Read full story here: Bell Wants Permission To Gather And Track Customer Data | CBC News

PSA: File Your US Tax Return Before Scammers Steal Your Refund | TechCrunch

January 6, 2019January 6, 2019 mdbincbi

You might have heard this story before. A scammer starts by spoofing an email pretending to be the chief executive of a company, angrily demanding that someone in accounting or human resources immediately sends over their employees’ W-2 forms “or there will be trouble!” The person doesn’t think twice, not wanting to get told off, and emails back the forms, which spell out exactly how much the employees’ earned and how much the company withheld from your wages in tax for the year. Read full story here: PSA: File Your US…

Loonie, One Of The Big Losers Of 2018, Remains ‘Expensive,’ Experts Say | CBC News

January 4, 2019January 4, 2019 mdbincbi

It was a rough ride for the loonie in 2018. The Canadian dollar fell nearly eight per cent against its U.S. counterpart last year — with much of its slide worsening in the fourth quarter — plunging almost six per cent since October. In fact, the loonie was the second worst performing major currency in the world against the U.S. dollar in the last quarter, just behind another commodity currency, the Norwegian Krone, according to CIBC. Read full story here: Loonie, One Of The Big Losers Of 2018, Remains ‘Expensive,’ Experts Say | CBC News

Gas Prices Next Year Could Be Highest Since 2014, Analyst Forecasts | CTV News

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 mdbincbi

Next year could see the highest gas prices in Canada since 2014 because of carbon taxes, according to an analyst. Current low prices, caused by a glut in supply in recent months are set to rebound sharply in 2019, Dan McTeague, senior petroleum analyst at Gasbuddy.com, told CTV News Channel. But we still have a week or two before things get really “strange”, McTeague said from Oakville, Ont. “You’re going to see 2019, because of carbon taxes, be much more expensive than even 2018, which puts us at the highest…

Pilot Project Demos Credit Cards With Shifting CVV Codes To Stop Fraud | Ars Technica

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 mdbincbi

US-based PNC Bank is in the middle of a pilot project that aims to test out credit cards with constantly changing card verification values (or CVVs) to reduce online credit card fraud. The dynamic CVV is displayed on the back of such a card in e-ink, and changes according to an algorithm supplied by Visa. Read full story here: Pilot Project Demos Credit Cards With Shifting CVV Codes To Stop Fraud | Ars Technica

Gasoline Prices In Most Of Canada Set To Experience ‘Extreme Volatility’ | CTV News

December 28, 2018December 28, 2018 mdbincbi

CALGARY — Plunging world oil prices have delivered a Christmas miracle of lower gasoline prices across most of Canada but a fuel price expert says motorists should fill up now because prices are expected to be volatile in 2019. Dan McTeague, a senior petroleum analyst at GasBuddy.com, says gasoline prices are at near-18-month lows because of global oil prices that have tumbled over the past two months on worries of an economic downturn, a U.S.-China trading tiff and concerns that members of the OPEC oil cartel won’t live up to…