A Bluetooth vulnerability could give hackers your location
FitBits may be especially easy to exploit. Your FitBit and other Bluetooth gadgets could be giving away your location data. Researchers from Boston University (BU) detected a vulnerability in several high-profile Bluetooth devices that could allow third-parties to determine your location and other sensitive information. In the wrong hands, that information could be used for […]
Google pulls stalking apps from the Play Store
They’re conspicuously designed to enable abuse. It’s one thing to voluntarily share your phone activities with friends and family, but some app developers have been encouraging far more sinister uses. Google has pulled multiple people-tracking Android apps from the Play Store after Avast discovered that they’re largely meant to enable stalking. Once the would-be spy […]
AI learns to solve a Rubik’s Cube in 1.2 seconds
It often cracked the puzzle in just 20 moves. Researchers at the University of California, Irvine have created an artificial intelligence system that can solve a Rubik’s Cube in an average of 1.2 seconds in about 20 moves. That’s two seconds faster than the current human world record of 3.47 seconds, while people who can […]
Microsoft demos its bid at creating ‘secure’ voting systems
ElectionGuard could also make voting more accessible. Microsoft is keen to show that its election security system is more than just a theoretical exercise. The company has demonstrated the first voting system to use its ElectionGuard tech, promising a vote that’s both easier and more trustworthy. The example hardware is pieced together from off-the-shelf parts […]
Stocks to Watch: Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) Down -44.37%
At close of market on Tuesday, Turquoise Hill Resources Ltd. (TSX:TRQ) stock finished trading at -44.37%, bringing the stock price to $0.79 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $0.76 and a high of $0.97. The company’s stock was traded 8,925 times with a total of 14,237,751 shares traded. Turquoise […]
Stocks to Watch: Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX:CNE) Up +1.12%
At close of market on Tuesday, Canacol Energy Ltd. (TSX:CNE) stock finished trading at +1.12%, bringing the stock price to $4.53 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $4.49 and a high of $4.57. The company’s stock was traded 552 times with a total of 150,263 shares traded. Canacol Energy […]
Stocks to Watch: Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL) Down -1.74%
At close of market on Tuesday, Continental Gold Inc. (TSX:CNL) stock finished trading at -1.74%, bringing the stock price to $3.96 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $3.95 and a high of $4.07. The company’s stock was traded 918 times with a total of 269,518 shares traded. Continental Gold […]
Stocks to Watch: McEwen Mining Inc. (TSX:MUX) Down -2.18%
At close of market on Tuesday, McEwen Mining Inc. (TSX:MUX) stock finished trading at -2.18%, bringing the stock price to $2.24 on the Toronto Stock Exchange. The stock price saw a low of $2.20 and a high of $2.35. The company’s stock was traded 595 times with a total of 480,673 shares traded. McEwen Mining […]
Cheaper energy pulls Canada’s inflation rate down to 2% in June
If energy is stripped out, cost of living increased at a 2.6% annual pace last month Canada’s consumer price index rose at a two per cent annual pace in June, as the price of just about everything except energy went up. Statistics Canada reported Wednesday that prices for food, shelter, clothing, home furnishings, services, insurance, new cars, […]
Annual inflation rate slows
Canada’s price picture softened to two per cent last month following a sharp drop in gasoline prices compared to a year ago. The annual inflation number for June hit the Bank of Canada’s ideal target as it came down from 2.4 per cent in May, Statistics Canada said Friday in a new report. It marked […]