‘Hey, I know you — you’re my mother’: mom finds long-lost son after cop’s Facebook post
On a cold Toronto day in late November, Const. Jason Kirkwood heard someone calling his name as he walked down the street after leaving a bank machine. “I saw it was Danny, and I thought, ‘Uh-oh,’ as I know he saw me at the bank machine,” Kirkwood said. He has known Danny MacKillop for about […]
Newly found asteroid ‘the size of a blue whale’ to skim past close to Earth today
A newly discovered asteroid the size of a blue whale is to skim past Earth within 39,000 miles, just one-fifth of the distance from our planet to the moon. The asteroid, 2018 CB, was found just days ago on February 4, by astronomers at the Catalina Sky Survey in Arizona. It’s between 50 and 130 […]
Why Netflix’s Global Subscriber Count Could Still Triple
Coming off if its biggest quarterly subscriber growth ever, Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) is showing no signs of slowing down. The company is investing more money in content and marketing as it bets on the continued growth of its platform. In the fourth quarter, it added 8.3 million members, giving it a total of 117 million, […]
The 3 Most Disruptive Accomplishments Inside Amazon’s Earnings Report
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) shareholders have had quite a lot to smile about over the past few years, and the company’s most recent earnings release was no exception. If you’ve never read an Amazon quarterly press release before, it can seem like a novella, as Amazon operates in just about every industry on the planet (it […]
Common ways smart people lose their jobs
Intelligent people can lose their jobs for silly reasons. While some of the mistakes are due to momentary lapses, others result from serious judgement problems. Pulling a ‘sickie’ and posting about your day on Facebook Pretending to be sick and sharing your “Ferris Bueller” experience on social media demonstrates poor judgment to say the least. […]
If you’re dreaming of a career in Hollywood, here’s where the jobs are
Want a career in entertainment? Turns out Hollywood needs quite a few producers, directors, audio and video technicians, and film and video editors in the next four years. Those are the most in-demand entertainment industry jobs in the Los Angeles basin in the foreseeable future, according to a new Los Angeles Economic Development Corporation analysis […]
Old Edmonton YMCA building to be reborn as mixed-use development
Beljan Developments hopes to refurbish the 1950s-era building into a commercial, residential and office hub Three months after Edmonton’s downtown YMCA centre closed its doors, a developer has released plans to revitalize the building into a multipurpose office, retail and apartment space. Beljan Developments purchased the building next to the Sutton Place Hotel on 102A […]
Code suggests Google Assistant will come to all Chromebooks
If you want Google Assistant on a Chromebook, you currently have exactly one option: Google’s own $1,700 Pixelbook. It looks like Google’s about to unleash its voice helper on any ChromeOS device, however, if code spotted by XDA Developers is implemented. In a recent ChromeOS built, there’s a new feature that will let manufacturers enable […]
Finally, an A.I. voice assistant that doesn’t collect and monetize your data
Science fiction is full of sinister sentient computers. The most famous is, of course, HAL 9000, the artificially intelligent ship’s computer from 2001: A Space Odyssey, which gains self awareness and sets about murdering its crew. But HAL’s got some equally villainous pals — such as the Ultimate Computer from Superman III, Proteus IV from […]
Utter cuteness! Down syndrome boy steals Gerber execs’ hearts in photo contest
The winning smile goes to 18-month-old Lucas Warren, the first baby with Down syndrome to be awarded first place for the Gerber baby contest in its 91-year history. Out of 140,000 photo submissions, the adorable boy was chosen to be this year’s spokesbaby. “Lucas’ winning smile and joyful expression won our hearts this year, and […]