Elon Musk’s Neuralink now accepting Canadian patients
Neuralink's first human recipient, Noland Arbaugh, who is quadriplegic, used the brain chip to play online chess with only his mind.
Trending
Mar 27
Elon Musk’s X to pay legal bills for Brampton, Ont., doctor chastised over COVID-19 tweets
Elon Musk's X says it's funding legal bills for a Canadian doctor previously chastised by regulators for her tweets about COVID-19.
Canada
Mar 24
Elon Musk launches lawsuit against OpenAI, Sam Altman. Why?
Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, saying they had abandoned the company's original mission to develop AI for humanity, not profit.
Tech
Mar 1
Gina Carano sues Disney over ‘Mandalorian’ firing, with Elon Musk’s help
Gina Carano's lawsuit claims she was fired because she 'dared voice her own opinions' against a 'bully mob who demanded her compliance with their extreme progressive ideology.'
Entertainment
Feb 7
Elon Musk’s Neuralink brain chip implanted in 1st human
Neuralink implants are surgically implanted by robots because parts of the device are so small 'that they can't be inserted by the human hand,' the company states.
Science
Jan 30
Boston Dynamics unveils ‘creepy’ new fully electric humanoid robot
Boston Dynamics' new Atlas robot has earned admiration for its impressive engineering feat while also becoming the subject of mockery online.
Trending
Apr 18
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over accelerator pedal issue
Tesla's Cybertruck has had a rough start, and now some buyers are reporting a dangerous accelerator pedal issue.
Trending
Apr 17
Tesla’s stock plunges as Elon Musk warns of slower growth in 2024
Elon Musk said growth would be "notably lower" as Tesla focuses on a next-generation electric vehicle to be made at its Texas factory in the second half of 2025,
Money
Jan 25
Tesla’s net income drops 55% in first quarter amid falling global sales
The Austin, Texas, company said it made US$1.13 billion from January through March compared with US$2.51 billion in the same period a year ago.
Consumer
Apr 23
Tesla to lay off more than 10% of global workforce amid falling sales
Tesla will lay off more than 10 per cent of its global workforce, an internal memo seen by Reuters on Monday shows, as it grapples with falling sales and an intensifying price war.
Money
Apr 15
Family of man killed at Nanaimo coffee shop hears testimony on trial’s second day
The lawyers of James Turok, who pleaded not guilty on Monday, are arguing he should be found not criminally responsible due to a mental disorder.
Crime
Mar 26
Telus’ plans to disconnect B.C. rural residential landlines on hold – for now
However, just before the March 8 deadline, Telus informed residents it wouldn’t be canceling landline phone service - at least for now.
Consumer
Mar 14
Facebook, Instagram back online after Meta sees global outage
Thousands of social media users in Canada and across the globe could not access their Facebook and Instagram accounts amid a massive outage of the platforms owned by Meta.
Tech
Mar 5
Artificial intelligence experts urge more deepfake ‘safeguards’
Artificial intelligence experts and industry executives have signed an open letter calling for more regulation around the creation of deepfakes, citing potential risks to society.
Tech
Feb 21
Taylor Swift threatens to sue student for tracking her private jet online
Jack Sweeney said he received a cease-and-desist letter from Taylor Swift that accused him of 'stalking and harassing behavior' to do with his tracking of her private jet.
Entertainment
Feb 7
Tech companies sign pact to combat AI election interference
Tech executives including OpenAI and Meta gathered to announce a new voluntary framework for how they will respond to AI-generated deepfakes that deliberately trick voters.
Tech
Feb 16
TSX, U.S. markets slide Wednesday on tech losses and hawkish Fed remarks
Canada's main stock index fell more than 200 points Wednesday on broad-based weakness, while U.S. markets also fell, led by losses in the tech sector.
Consumer
Jan 31
Ford government could reject latest federal housing package
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a new housing fund tied to fourplexes, a policy Ontario Premier Doug Ford is passionately opposed to.
Politics
Apr 2
Canada to require plastic makers to report on production, waste
Companies that produce or import plastic in Canada will have to report every year how much of it they are putting on the market, along with how much plastic waste they generate.
Canada
Apr 23
Orca calf is surfacing regularly in B.C. lagoon
A stranded killer whale calf is showing signs of regular activity as it breaches every seven to 10 minutes in a lagoon near the northern Vancouver Island village of Zeballos.
Environment
Apr 2