Apple’s new Logic Pro X is built for the Mac Pro
It can handle gigantic compositions without breaking a sweat. Apple boasted that the redesigned Mac Pro could easily handle the most demanding audio editing tasks, and now the software is ready for it. The tech firm has updated its Logic Pro X music editing app to support the new workstation’s many cores, handling up to […]
Geek out over the NVIDIA RTX 2080 or 2080 Ti
Are these Founders Edition graphics cards worthy of a place inside your PC? It’s been almost a year since editor Devindra Hardawar reviewed NVIDIA’s RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti, and they’ve since become staples for 4K gaming or consumers dipping their toes into real time ray tracing. Though the RTX 2080 and 2080 Ti were […]
WSJ: Facebook’s cryptocurrency finds backing from PayPal and Uber
They’re reportedly investing $10 million each in Project Libra. Facebook has secured some pretty big backers for Project Libra, according to The Wall Street Journal. PayPal, Uber, Visa and Mastercard are reportedly investing around $10 million each in the social network’s cryptocurrency. Other investors include Stripe and Booking.com. By agreeing to put money into the […]
Yubico recalls government-grade security keys due to bug
The flaw reduces the randomness of cryptographic keys. Yubico is recalling a line of security keys used by the U.S. government due to a firmware flaw. The company issued a security advisory today that warned of an issue in YubiKey FIPS Series devices with firmware versions 4.4.2 and 4.4.4 that reduced the randomness of the […]
Stocks to Watch: Terra Tech Corp (OTCQX:TRTC) Up +13.80%
At close of market on Wednesday, Terra Tech Corp (OTCQX:TRTC) stock finished trading at +13.80%, bringing the stock price to $0.70 on the OTCQX Marketplace. The stock price saw a low of $0.65 and a high of $0.75. The company’s stock was traded 601 times with a total of 1,284,243 shares traded. Terra Tech Corp […]
Stocks to Watch: Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO) Down -3.15%
At close of market on Wednesday, Great-West Lifeco Inc. (TSX:GWO) stock finished trading at -3.15%, bringing the stock price to $30.10 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $30.02 and a high of $30.76. The company’s stock was traded 4,100 times with a total of 915,201 shares traded. Great-West Lifeco […]
Stocks to Watch: ONEX Corporation Subordinate Voting Shares (TSX:ONEX) Up +1.80%
At close of market on Wednesday, ONEX Corporation Subordinate Voting Shares (TSX:ONEX) stock finished trading at +1.80%, bringing the stock price to $75.14 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $74.50 and a high of $75.74. The company’s stock was traded 1,717 times with a total of 262,495 shares traded. […]
Stocks to Watch: Power Corporation of Canada Subordinate Voting Shares (TSX:POW) Down -4.14%
At close of market on Wednesday, Power Corporation of Canada Subordinate Voting Shares (TSX:POW) stock finished trading at -4.14%, bringing the stock price to $27.32 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $27.19 and a high of $28.31. The company’s stock was traded 6,669 times with a total of 1,633,634 […]
More carbon tax needed?
Canada’s price on carbon will have to be five times what it is now if the country is to reach its Paris Agreement greenhouse-gas emissions targets just by charging for those emissions, Parliament’s budget watchdog says. The $20-a-tonne federal levy on fuels is set to rise to $50 a tonne by 2022. It applies in […]
Debt ratio outpaces income
Statistics Canada says the amount Canadians owe relative to their income held steady in the first quarter as debt and income grew at similar rates. The agency says on a seasonally adjusted basis household credit market debt as a proportion of household disposable income remained at 177.6 per cent. In other words, there was roughly […]