3 Top Tech Stocks to Buy Right Now
The tech sector is always bubbling over with interesting investment ideas, but how do you separate the ones that can truly be strong performers for your portfolio from the has-beens and never-weres? You can start by asking the experts. So we did exactly that, and asked a handful of your fellow investors here at The […]
Why General Motors Will Build a 4-Cylinder Pickup Truck
General Motors (NYSE: GM) says that its upcoming all-new 2019 Chevrolet Silverado will be offered with an option unique among full-size American pickups: a four-cylinder engine. To be clear, this four-cylinder isn’t the usual econobox motor. It’s an all-new, big turbocharged gasoline engine that incorporates GM’s latest power- and efficiency-maximizing technologies. But still, putting a […]
3 Stocks That Could Make Your Grandkids Rich
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has said that his “favorite holding period is forever.” He approaches every investment as if he’s going to own it forever and never sell. While this is certainly a great mindset for long-term investors, the reality is that not all stocks make great “forever stock” candidates. The ideal forever stock is […]
Apple Changing Gears Yet Again on Autonomous Driving
It’s been a while since investors have heard anything regarding Apple’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) autonomous driving ambitions, known as Project Titan. Since the project’s inception, Apple has changed gears numerous times, including deciding about a year and a half ago that actually manufacturing a car was too tall of an order to fill. Manufacturing dominates the […]
Charge your phone wirelessly while you’re driving
Sorry to get all grim here, but when you get behind the wheel, you become responsible for your life, your passengers’ lives, and the lives of your fellow drivers. So don’t be mucking around with your phone while you’re speeding down the highway, ok? Get yourself a Fast Wireless Car Charger mount and keep your […]
Google and LG Display have made the highest resolution VR screen yet
Google and LG Display have joined forces to design the clearest OLED display to date. The 4.3-inch screen, which Google recently revealed at Display Week, is designed to push the boundaries of VR image quality with an incredible 1,443 ppi resolution. For comparison, Japan Display Inc unveiled its slightly smaller 1,001 ppi LCD screen earlier […]
‘Black widow’ star sighting one of the highest-resolution observations in astronomy history
Researchers use universe as a microscope to make historically significant discovery Imagine walking out to your backyard, setting up a telescope, pointing it at Pluto and being able to see something the size of a flea on its surface. That’s the equivalent of what astronomers from the University of Toronto have done. In a new […]
GDPR: How to demand all the data companies know about you
Desperate to know what information companies and organisations hold about you, but unsure how to find out? A legal mechanism for discovering exactly this is already in place, and is weeks away from being strengthened under new EU laws. The “subject access request”, created in the Data Protection Act 1998, is your right to find […]
Peanuts to profits: Lambton College students win competition for helping African farmers
Lambton College in Sarnia, Ont. has won a national contest for their work in a southern African country after training 30,000 farmers to become more efficient and successful. In addition, the project also included starting up a peanut butter company, building infrastructure for alternative energy, increasing the amount of clean water in the region and […]
Apps and social media helping Calgary Muslims navigate Ramadan 2018
Muslims in Calgary are turning to their mobile devices to help organize their busiest time of the year: the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. There are more Ramadan-related apps than ever available to download, along with Calgary-based Facebook groups and pages that provide hyper-local resources and information for local Muslims. During Ramadan, Muslims don’t eat […]