Canada's telecommunications regulator on Wednesday declared access to high-speed internet an essential service that must be available to all, including rural and remote areas of the world's second-largest nation by land mass.
Telecom
Dec 21, 2016
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Reindeer may be best known for pulling Santa's sleigh, but a new study suggests they may have a part to play in slowing down climate change too.
Environment
Dec 21, 2016
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Honda is in talks with Google to install the tech company's self-driving technology in Honda vehicles.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Dec 21, 2016
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group is back on the U.S. government's annual list of "notorious markets" that sell pirated goods.
Business
Dec 21, 2016
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9
Nokia announced Wednesday it is suing Apple in German and US courts for patent infringement, claiming the US tech giant was using Nokia technology in "many" products without paying for it.
Business
Dec 21, 2016
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Whether a wild cottonmouth snake will attempt to strike in an encounter depends on its baseline stress level, according to a team of scientists led by undergraduate researcher Mark Herr.
Plants & Animals
Dec 21, 2016
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Expecting a spike in drone sales for Christmas, Canada's transportation ministry on Wednesday launched an online hotline to report bad drone pilots.
Other
Dec 21, 2016
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Cloud computing, the technology-industry joke goes, is a marketing term for "other people's computers." The quip is not far from the truth.
Business
Dec 21, 2016
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A US-Canadian move to block new leases for oil or gas drilling in sovereign Arctic waters is designed to protect an area already severely disrupted by climate change.
Environment
Dec 21, 2016
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As a species we're so brain-proud it doesn't occur to most of us to ask whether a big brain has disadvantages as well as cognitive benefits.
Evolution
Dec 21, 2016
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