Category: Technology

Blockchain And Cryptocurrency: Everything You Need To Know – CNET

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Here’s everything you need to know about the technology powering the bitcoin cryptocurrency today and, soon, a myriad of services that will change your life. This is part of “Blockchain Decoded,” a series looking at the impact of blockchain, bitcoin and cryptocurrency on our lives. These days, we’re having a harder and harder time trusting each other. Trust is an essential part of ordinary living, whether it’s picking mechanics based on Yelp reviews, sliding credit cards into gas station fuel pumps or heeding our doctor’s advice. But our trust has…

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Navy Dropping ‘Draconian’ Policy On Warship Wi-Fi, Admiral Says | CBC News

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For the navy’s most senior enlisted man it was a seminal moment. It was — in today’s terms — the most ordinary of scenes, but the fact it was taking place in a mess aboard the frigate HMCS Charlottetown was extraordinary. Chief Petty Officer 1st Class Michel Vigneault was amazed to see a sailor having a Facetime conversation with family back home on a smartphone. The moment neatly captured the conundrum he and the top brass have faced in making the navy, which has for a decade been perpetually short of…

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What Is Bitcoin? Here’s What You Need To Know About It | Digital Trends

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Bitcoin. It’s a word that was once merely discussed as an academic idea among technology enthusiasts, then became a hushed mention among law enforcement tackling online drug trades – and most recently it’s the latest craze for those looking to make a quick buck. But what is bitcoin? Why are people so interested in it? People buy bitcoin for all sorts of different reasons. It’s a store of value, a transactional medium, and an idea that some claim could change the future of economics entirely. Most notably, it’s not a…

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Driverless Cars Became A Reality In 2017 And Hardly Anyone Noticed | Ars Technica

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On November 7, Waymo announced it would begin regularly testing fully driverless cars—without a safety driver—on public roads. It was a momentous announcement. A technology that had seemed like science fiction a decade earlier became a reality. And the announcement was greeted with a yawn by much of the media and the public—if they noticed at all. Consider this December 7 article by Eric Adams, a writer for The Drive. Adams wrote that “Level 4 technology”—that is, a car like Waymo’s that can operate with no driver in a geofenced area—”is…

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‘We’re Designing Minds’: Industry Insider Reveals Secrets Of Addictive App Trade – Technology & Science – CBC News

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The average Canadian teenager is on track to spend nearly a decade of their life staring at a smartphone, and that’s no accident, according to an industry insider who shared some time-sucking secrets of the app design trade. CBC Marketplace travelled to Dopamine Labs, a startup in Venice, Calif., that uses artificial intelligence and neuroscience to help companies hook people with their apps. Named after the brain molecule that gives us pleasure, Dopamine Labs uses computer coding to influence behaviour — most importantly, to compel people to spend more time with an app and…

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Electric Car Takeoff Just Waiting For Inevitable Price War: Don Pittis – Business – CBC News

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A range of hundreds of kilometers and the proliferation of high speed charging stations are making electrics a rational consumer choice. Except for the price. (Lucy Nicholson/Reuters) After driving a couple of electric cars, I find it easy to see why General Motors and Ford have both announced this week that they are joining the race to make battery-powered vehicles mainstream. The cars I tested weren’t fancy Tesla’s. They were working horse models, namely the Chevy Bolt and the Nissan Leaf, and it was clear that both cars are ready for…

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Coding May Not Be All It’s Cracked Up To Be When It Comes To Getting A Job In The Future – Business – CBC News

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Coding is, apparently, the new language we all need to learn. It’s billed as essential by the likes of Bill Gates and Stephen Hawking. General Motors CEO Mary Barra calls coding a “core skill” that you need to learn if you want a high-paying job. But what if this emphasis on coding is distracting us from teaching kids about other, more important things that they’ll actually need for the jobs of the future? Marina Gorbis, executive director of the Institute for the Future, sees this obsession with coding as the equivalent of putting…

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The Rise Of Electric Cars Will Kill The Gas Station – Engadget

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Gas stations are a lifeline. They not only fuel our cars but us, too — whether it’s with lukewarm coffee during the morning commute or the salty-sweet buffet during road trips. They’re a glowing oasis when the gas tank is empty and our bladders are full. It’s going to be a long while before the handy service station goes away, but its days are numbered — because electric cars are going to change everything. One of the biggest complaints you hear about electric vehicles is that you can’t refuel them…

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Tesla’s Batteries And Solar Tiles Are Changing The Electric Grid – CNET

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There’s a good chance flipping on the light switch 10 years from now will feel just as ordinary as it did for your parents and grandparents. But behind the scenes, a radically different system for sending electrons where they’re needed will be turning on those lights. Electrical power that today comes from massive centralized generation stations could originate from your neighbors’ solar panels, then wait a few hours in a mammoth battery in your garage until you get home. That’s because the biggest change to our power grid since it…

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Canadians’ thirst for wireless data is growing — and so is the cry for unlimited plans – Business – CBC News

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Canadians don’t talk as much as they used to on their mobile phones, but the country’s telecom market is still booming thanks to an unquenchable thirst for wireless data. That leads some customers to question why unlimited wireless data plans are almost non-existent in Canada. Meanwhile, every major U.S. carrier offers one. “It can get kind of frustrating,” says Vian Esterhuizen from Calgary about living with a data cap. “It’s something that you have to be aware of and cautious of, and I don’t think that’s really the right approach.” The explosion…

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