45% of Canadians willing to sell their digital data

Amid the controversy over companies harvesting personal information on consumers – everything from their ages to their search interests – an increasing number of  people want something in return. A new study from Microsoft Corp. shows 32 per cent...

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CSEC used airport Wi-Fi to track Canadian travellers: Edward Snowden documents

A top secret document retrieved by U.S. whistleblower Edward Snowden and obtained by CBC News shows that Canada's electronic spy agency used information from the free internet service at a major Canadian airport to track the wireless devices of thousands...

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Flying snakes have 'surprising aerodynamic' bodies

This may be the last thing that anyone with a touch of ophidiophobia — fear of snakes — would want to hear: flying snakes have surprisingly good aerodynamic qualities. '[T]hey're much more scared of you than you are of them. If you are near them,...

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Monarch migration said to be in trouble as numbers fall

The number of Monarch butterflies wintering in Mexico plunged this year to its lowest level since studies began in 1993, leading experts to announce Wednesday that the insects' annual migration from the United States and Canada is in danger of disappearing....

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How Google's $2.9B sale of Motorola could lift Lenovo

An expensive mistake by Google could turn into a golden opportunity for China's Lenovo Group as it expands beyond its success in the personal computer industry. Google is ridding itself of a financial headache by selling Motorola Mobility's smartphone...

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Mind-bending indeed! Stephen Hawking's black holes U-turn explained

New CBC's science correspondent uses computer animation to explain Hawking's new view CBC News Posted: Jan 30, 2014 9:43 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 30, 2014 9:43 AM ET External Links (Note: CBC does not endorse and is not responsible...

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Data Privacy Day highlights need for action: Dan Misener

Once again, it's International Data Privacy Day, and I am, as ever, unclear on the proper greeting. "Happy International Data Privacy Day?" "Merry International Data Privacy Day?" Perhaps it's fitting to wish friends and family a private International...

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Stephen Hawking's black holes 'blunder' stirs debate

When Stephen Hawking contradicts his own theory, that's a paradox worth noting. 'It's saying there's no 'black' in black hole'- Amanda Peet, University of Toronto physicist Like the black holes he described 40 years ago, the British cosmologist's...

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Big baby? Animal offspring size linked to dad's role

New Females produce larger offspring with male mates who help with rearing The Canadian Press Posted: Jan 29, 2014 9:00 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 29, 2014 9:00 AM ET A new study suggests that whether animals give birth to more offspring...

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Black Death mysteries unlocked by McMaster scientists

Two devastating plagues that decimated much of Europe hundreds of years ago were actually caused by distinct strains of the same pathogen, new research suggests — and scientists say it's not impossible for a new strain of the plague to emerge in...

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Data Privacy Day highlights need for action: Dan Misener

Once again, it's International Data Privacy Day, and I am, as ever, unclear on the proper greeting. "Happy International Data Privacy Day?" "Merry International Data Privacy Day?" Perhaps it's fitting to wish friends and family a private International...

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Google Glass prescription frames, shades are coming

Google Glass is getting glasses. Google is adding prescription frames and new styles of detachable sunglasses to its computerized, internet-connected goggles known as Glass. The move comes as Google Inc. prepares to make Glass available to the general...

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Flu volunteers sniffle for scientists

Forget being sneezed on: U.S. government scientists are deliberately giving dozens of volunteers the flu by squirting the live virus straight up their noses. It may sound bizarre, but the rare type of research is a step in the quest for better flu vaccines....

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Chinese lunar rover has mechanical problems

China says its first lunar rover is experiencing mechanical problems, a setback for its burgeoning space program that in recent years has conducted space walks and placed a space station in orbit. The six-wheeled Yutu vehicle began operating last month...

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Earth in HD: 2nd spacewalk to outfit ISS with B.C. cameras

Cosmonauts are busy this morning in their second attempt to bolt two high-definition Earth-observation cameras provided by a B.C. company onto the International Space Station.   The efforts mark Vancouver-based UrtheCast's second...

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Camera-wearing falcons reveal hunting strategy

Falcons wearing tiny cameras are giving scientists a dizzying glimpse into the predators' aerial hunting tactics. In an interview airing Saturday, physicist Suzanne Amador Kane tells CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks how she analyzed falcon...

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Gmail experiences mass disruptions

According to reports on Twitter and from corporate email users, including those at the CBC, Google's Gmail was down around the world Friday, and experienced intermittent problems following the outage. The email service is used by hundreds of millions...

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Michaels crafts store admits possible data breach

'We have not confirmed a compromise to our systems,' said Michaels CEO Chuck Rubin. (John Fitzhugh/Associated Press) Michaels, the biggest U.S. arts and crafts retailer, said on Saturday that it is working with federal law enforcement officials to...

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Gmail experiences mass disruptions

According to reports on Twitter and from corporate email users, including those at the CBC, Google's Gmail was down around the world Friday, and experienced intermittent problems following the outage. The email service is used by hundreds of millions...

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Cord-cutting: 16% of Canadians mull ditching paid TV

About 16 per cent of Canadians are thinking of cutting the cord on their cable or satellite TV service, according to a survey by Media Technology Monitor. Anglophone Canadians in the survey are twice as dissatisfied as their French-speaking counterparts,...

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Camera-wearing falcons reveal hunting strategy

Falcons wearing tiny cameras are giving scientists a dizzying glimpse into the predators' aerial hunting tactics. In an interview airing Saturday, physicist Suzanne Amador Kane tells CBC Radio's Quirks & Quarks how she analyzed falcon...

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Ice in Great Lakes a danger to ships, coast guard says

The unusual deep freeze gripping southwestern Ontario concerns the Canadian Coast Guard, which is warning that it could pose dangers to shipping operations. Andre Maillet, a supervisor of operations for the Canadian Coast Guard, said all the ice on...

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China blocks CBC website after story about offshore accounts

The websites of several major news outlets, including the CBC, have been blocked in locations within China following yesterday's worldwide exposés on how close relatives of current and former Communist leaders have used secretive offshore corporations...

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Water vapour spouts from dwarf planet Ceres

The dwarf planet Ceres, one of the most intriguing objects in the solar system, is gushing water vapour from its unusual ice-covered surface, scientists said on Wednesday in a finding that raises the question of whether it might be hospitable to life....

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Climate change: 2013 ranked 4th warmest year

Last year was one of the warmest ever recorded on Earth since scientists began keeping global average temperature stats 134 years ago, climate experts from two U.S. agencies revealed today. The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...

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New technology aims to empty wait rooms at doctors' offices

Patients who are sick and tired of sitting in waiting rooms at doctors' offices may have the option of going home or running errands as they wait for a doctor. A new system called ChronoMetriq, which already operates in 20 clinics in...

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Google Glass moviegoer grilled by FBI at Jack Ryan film

Patron confirmed he was not pirating film with recording function The Associated Press Posted: Jan 22, 2014 8:59 AM ET Last Updated: Jan 22, 2014 8:59 AM ET Federal authorities say they questioned an Ohio man they suspected of recording...

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