The best ways to track your TV, music and reading habits
We’ve all done it: browsed friends’ bookshelves, riffled through their vinyl collection or peeked through a stack of video games left in front of their TV. You can learn a lot about people based on what media they consume and leave lying around their house. And perhaps you’re familiar with what director John Waters said […]
Oculus Rift re-enters virtual space after bad software caused a global blackout
Oculus VR issued a software update early Thursday morning, March 8, after the Oculus Rift VR headset went dark for every owner across the globe on Wednesday. Instructions to download the patch can be found here, and covers users who still have the Oculus app installed (patch), and those who uninstalled the app while troubleshooting […]
This may be the name of the next update to Windows 10
We still don’t know what exactly will be in the next version of Windows 10, but we’re finally pretty sure what its name will be. A leaked image from Twitter user Pennybridge1969, spotted by The Verge, reveals the name of the new operating system: “Spring Creators Update.” The name first appeared in a Microsoft blog […]
Nintendo is bringing Super Smash Bros. to Switch in 2018
This is the best news you’ll hear all day: Super Smash Bros. is coming to the Nintendo Switch this year. Nintendo dropped a new teaser for the game, which is as yet untitled, during its Nintendo Direct webcast on Thursday. If you’re not familiar with the franchise, you are living a sad, unfulfilling existence. Actually, […]
Bike map aims to help St. John’s cyclists steer clear of trouble
Cyclists can share information about collisions, near misses, and road hazards on app Navigating the streets of St. John’s on a bike can be challenging. Some parts of the city, such as Kenmount Road and Allandale Road, can be downright frightening on two wheels. But a Memorial University assistant professor is working to change that. […]
Montreal’s long-awaited Blue line extension could soon, finally, be a reality. Here’s why
Plante administration hopeful province, feds move quickly to get project off ground The much-discussed, long-awaited extension of the Metro’s Blue line could finally be closer to becoming a reality. You’ve probably heard that before (it’s an idea that’s been bandied about since 1979), but there’s reason to believe this time it may actually happen. Here […]
60 years later, scientist says work on polio vaccine topped his career
“Nothing I have done since can match that,” Alex Kanarek wrote on Facebook Sixty years after he helped mass produce the polio vaccine in England, a Rockwood, Ont. man is celebrating news from the World Health Organization that the disease could soon be a thing of the past. In February, Alex Kanarek came across a […]
Free naloxone nasal spray coming to Ontario pharmacies
‘For those of us who are in high risk situations, why not?’ says funeral home director Free naloxone nasal spray is coming to certain Ontario pharmacies, according to the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care. The newly-available spray will be of interest to those who aren’t comfortable with needles, as well as businesses that work […]