Google Has Access To Detailed Health Records On Tens Of Millions Of Americans | Ars Technica

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Google quietly partnered last year with Ascension—the country’s second-largest health system—and has since gained access to detailed medical records on tens of millions of Americans, according to a November 11 report by The Wall Street Journal. The endeavor, code-named “Project Nightingale,” has enabled at least 150 Google employees to see patient health information, which includes diagnoses, laboratory test results, hospitalization records, and other data, according to internal documents and the newspaper’s sources. In all, the data amounts to complete medical records, WSJ notes, and contains patient names and birth dates.…

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Nearly A Million Canadian Bank Records Sent To IRS | CBC News

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The number of banking records the Canadian government is sharing with U.S. tax authorities under a controversial information-sharing deal has increased sharply, CBC News has learned. The Canada Revenue Agency sent 900,000 financial records belonging to Canadian residents to the Internal Revenue Service in September — nearly a third more than it sent the previous year. The records were for the 2018 tax year. It also has updated the number of records shared for the 2017 tax year to 700,000 from the 600,000 originally reported. Read full story here: Nearly A…

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Bargain Prices For Oil And Gas Companies As They Hit The Discount Bin | CBC News

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It was a rough week for the Canadian oilpatch, to say the least, with the Keystone pipeline shutting down after a leak, Encana deciding to become American, and a new drilling forecast for 2020 that is woeful at best. To cap things off, Pengrowth Energy announced its pending sale. The Calgary-based company was a homegrown success story and was once worth billions of dollars. Its share price was more than $13 in 2011. Read full story here: Bargain Prices For Oil And Gas Companies As They Hit The Discount Bin…

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What Your Car Knows About You — And What It’s Telling Others | CBC

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For generations, marketers told us one can learn a lot about a person from the car they drive. Now, it’s the cars that can tell manufacturers a lot about the people who drive them. Many drivers may not know it, but the latest in connected car technology in their new ride isn’t just improving their comfort and safety. It may also be logging — and sharing — data from each journey. Read full story here: What Your Car Knows About You — And What It’s Telling Others | CBC

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Data For A Whopping 26 Million Stolen Payment Cards Leaked In Hack Of Fraud Bazaar | Arstechnica

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A thriving online bazaar selling stolen payment card data has been hacked in a heist that leaked the records for more than 26 million cards, KrebsOnSecurity reported on Tuesday. The 26 million figure isn’t significant only to the legitimate consumers and businesses who own the stolen cards or the financial institutions that issued them. Fortunately for the card owners, the database is now in the hands of affected financial institutions, who can invalidate and replace the cards. Read full story here: Data For A Whopping 26 Million Stolen Payment Cards…

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Why It’s Only A Matter Of Time Before Oil Runs Out Of Gas And Electric Vehicles Power Ahead | MarketWatch

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Alternative energy helps the planet and gives consumers choices. Roughly two-thirds of the electricity generated in the U.S. is currently sourced from fossil fuels. The positive news is that only half of that comes from coal; the other half comes from natural gas, which produces half as much CO2 as coal (though it has its own side effects — it leaks methane). Another 20% of U.S. energy comes from nuclear power, which produces zero carbon emissions. The remaining 17% comes from “green” sources, such as hydro (7%), wind (6.6%), and…

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Cable Companies Use Hidden Fees To Raise Prices 24% A Month | Ars Technica

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A Consumer Reports analysis of cable bills found that companies add $37.11 per month in fees to the average bill, raising consumers’ actual costs way above the advertised prices. The $37.11 “in fees created by the cable industry” add 24% to the average base price of $156.71 a month, Consumer Reports said. That doesn’t include another $13.28 in government-related taxes and fees, which raise prices even higher. Read full story here: Cable Companies Use Hidden Fees To Raise Prices 24% A Month | Ars Technica

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The Four Big US Carriers Want To Help You Get Rid Of Passwords | The Verge

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Last September, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon announced Project Verify, a way to log into apps without making a new account or password by instead relying on your smartphone to authenticate your identity. Think of it like the buttons you’ve likely seen that let you sign into apps and websites using your Facebook or Google account. Now, Project Verify has an official name — ZenKey — and it’s starting to roll out, albeit very slowly. Read full story here: The Four Big US Carriers Want To Help You Get Rid…

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Get In Hosers, Electrify America Is Going To Canada! | Roadshow

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Electrify America crossed the border and opened its first charging station as Electrify Canada. Most of you by now are familiar with Electrify America, aka the Volkswagen-backed charging network. It’s been not-so-quietly expanding its network of Level 2 and DC fast-charging stations across the US for a couple of years, and it was only a matter of time before it crossed our northern border. Read full story here: Get In Hosers, Electrify America Is Going To Canada! | Roadshow

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Electric-car State Fees Often Cost More Than Gas Tax, Study Shows | Roadshow

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It’s perhaps an unthought-of benefit for electric-car owners: There’s no way to pay into a state’s gasoline tax at the pump since the cars won’t take a drop of fossil fuels. Numerous states have crafted workarounds, however, as they try recoup costs to keep road budgets afloat for repairs and maintenance. Read full story here: Electric-car State Fees Often Cost More Than Gas Tax, Study Shows | Roadshow

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