Google Assistant finally controls Sonos speakers
Hey Google, kick out the jams. It took well over a year, but Sonos is finally ready to offer native voice control on its speakers beyond Alexa. Sonos is rolling out a promised software update that enables Google Assistant control, whether it’s directly through supporting speakers (like the One or Beam) or through connected Google […]
WhatsApp Discovers Spyware That Infected With a Call Alone
WhatsApp says a vulnerability in the popular communications app let mobile phones be infected with sophisticated spyware with a missed in-app call alone. Spyware crafted by a sophisticated group of hackers-for-hire took advantage of a flaw in the popular WhatsApp communications program to remotely hijack dozens of phones, the company said late Monday. The Financial […]
Conjuring designs from thin air in a virtual world
Virtual Reality (VR) technology promised to make it possible for designers to ‘see’ new cars, factories and houses before they had been even built. With new high-quality headsets and software, that vision is closer to coming true. Most designs used to start with an idea, a pen and some paper. Now, imagine conjuring 3D shapes […]
Adobe’s latest Lightroom smooths skin without the ‘plastic’ effect
Soften or enhance details on portraits, nature shots and more. Instagrammers and portrait photographers alike use Facetune-style skin smoothing techniques on photos, but it often gives your subject an overly unnatural “plastic” effect. Adobe is addressing that issue with a new plugin called Texture in its latest release of Lightroom and Lightroom Classic. It lets you do subtle retouching […]
Stocks to Watch: Eyes on General Moly, Inc. (GMO), Mountain Province Diamonds Inc. (MPVD)
The price of General Moly, Inc. (NYSE:GMO) went up by $0.01 now trading at $0.21. Their shares witnessed a 31.25% increase from the 52-week low price of $0.16 they recorded on 2018-11-29. Even though it is still -119.05% behind the $0.46 high touched on 2018-08-24. The last few days have been good for the stock, […]
Stocks to Watch: Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc. (FRSH) and TPG Pace Holdings Corp. (TPGH) in the spotlight
The price of Papa Murphy’s Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:FRSH) went up by $0.01 now trading at $6.45. Their shares witnessed a 50.7% increase from the 52-week low price of $4.28 they recorded on 2018-10-29. Even though it is still -0.78% behind the $6.5 high touched on 2019-04-30. The last few days have been rough for the […]
Stocks to Watch: Forum Merger II Corporation (FMCIU) and Interpace Diagnostics Group, Inc. (IDXG) in the spotlight
The price of Forum Merger II Corporation (NASDAQ:FMCIU) went up by $0.04 now trading at $10.45. The last few days have been good for the stock, as its price has grew by 0.67% during the week. It has also performed better over the past three months, as it added around 3.67% while it has so […]
Stocks to Watch: Eyes on Idacorp, Inc. (IDA), Dreyfus Municipal Income, Inc. (DMF)
The price of IDACORP, Inc. (NYSE:IDA) went up by $1.88 now trading at $103.52. Their shares witnessed a 21.46% increase from the 52-week low price of $85.23 they recorded on 2018-06-12. Even though it is still -0.24% behind the $103.77 high touched on 2019-05-13. The last few days have been good for the stock, as […]
Higher CPP costs hitting
It may not happen this year, or next year, or even the year after that. But sometime between now and 2025, Canadian employers will almost certainly need to re-think their retirement policies in response to Canada Pension Plan expenses that began to go up in January. Canadian pension experts say higher mandatory contributions to the […]
Moving U.S. border agents from Canadian to Mexican border prompts fears of long delays
731 U.S. border agents have been moved from north to south in recent months Hundreds of border agents from across the U.S. are being temporarily transferred south ahead of the busy summer tourism season, worrying those along the northern border who rely on cross-border commerce — including U.S. innkeepers, shop owners and restaurateurs who fear […]