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• So long, Skype: Microsoft to ‘retire’ app in May to focus on Teams

  Microsoft says it's ending service of its Skype platform and will focus more on Teams for consumers, noting that the two offer similar core features.

  Consumer

  Feb 28, 2025
  
• The latest sextortion tactic, how to help your kids prevent and report it

  Cybertip.ca says offenders are blackmailing young people with manipulated photos and videos in a new sextortion scheme.

  Canada

  Apr 21, 2021
  
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• Elderly mother and daughter keep critical connection with technology

  An elderly mother and her daughter are seeing each other and connecting with technology -- helping them cope with the distance and time apart.

  Features

  Feb 16, 2021
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• Zoom calls during COVID-19 pandemic inspire designer to develop inexpensive telepresence robot

  'Having a video call is nothing like being with someone,' said Ross Atkin — and he hopes his news telepresence robot will change that.

  Aug 1, 2020
• Zoom fatigue? How to tell loved ones you don’t want to video chat

  Constantly seeing yourself on a screen is exhausting, experts say.

  Lifestyle

  May 18, 2020
• Norfolk County man extorted for $25K after ‘explicit acts’ caught on camera, OPP say

  A Norfolk County man will think twice about what he does online after police say someone recorded explicit video of him and demanded $25,000 not to share it.

  Crime

  May 14, 2020
• Crews of cargo ships being denied shore leave for longer periods during coronavirus pandemic

  Crews on some foreign-flagged ships are being told they'll be stuck on their ships - without shore leave - for up to nine months.

  Canada

  Apr 8, 2020
• ‘Technology is everything’: Lethbridge businesses can video chat to stay connected during COVID-19

  “It’s a tremendous way to interact with other business owners in Lethbridge and people with different organizations."

  Consumer

  Apr 2, 2020
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• N.B. man arrested in Ohio in child porn investigation, now faces charges in Canada

  The 49-year-old was originally arrested Aug. 10, 2017, while in Rocky River, Ohio, after the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says he flew from his home in New Brunswick to spend the weekend with an underaged girl.

  Crime

  Nov 7, 2017
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• ‘FUBAR’ creators bring the headbangers into the internet age with new TV series

  In the new Viceland series, "FUBAR: Age Of Computer," beloved headbanger character Terry and fellow Alberta hoser bud Dean explore the wonders of the Internet for the first time.

  Entertainment

  Nov 3, 2017