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• On-demand public transport sounds like a luxury — but it can actually save cities money

  This article was originally published on Cities Today, the leading news platform on urban mobility and innovation, reaching ...

  • Cities Today

• Toronto solves EV charging challenge for driveway-less citizens

  Toronto has installed a bunch of EV chargers on utility poles in residential areas to provide overnight charging to residents ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Troubled facial recognition startup Clearview AI pulls out of Canada ⁠— before it was pushed

  Dystopian surveillance firm Clearview AI has stopped offering its facial recognition service in Canada, the government's ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Cannabis is more effective at preventing and treating COVID-19 than hydroxychloroquine

  A team of scientists from Canada have identified at least 13 strains of cannabis sativa they believe can aid in the prevention ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Google Duplex arrives in Australia, Canada, and the UK

  Google Duplex, an AI phone assistant, is now available in Australia, Canada, and the UK, according to the company's support ...

  • Thomas Macaulay

• Huawei CFO in Canadian court on fraud charges, faces extradition to US

  Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou is scheduled to appear in court, where she will fight extradition to the US over charges of skirting ...

  • David Canellis

• The EU isn't particularly fond of Canada's anti-piracy laws

  The European Commission isn't particularly happy with Canada's copyright policy (or the lack thereof) — and it's got some ...

  • Mix

• Twitter scumbags scam 64-year-old lady out of $158K Bitcoin fortune

  Two men have pleaded guilty to defrauding a 64-year-old woman out of more than $158,000 worth of Bitcoin.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Big Canadian bank quashes cryptocurrency exchange rumors

  The Royal Bank of Canada has quashed rumors that it's creating a cryptocurrency exchange. It filed some patents, the rest ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Big Canadian bank rumored to offer cryptocurrency accounts, Bitcoin trading

  The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) is reportedly developing a cryptocurrency platform to enable customers to trade with digital ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Hundreds charged after takedown of child exploitation site which made $730K in Bitcoin

  US prosecutors say the online marketplace was operated by Jong Woo Son, who is currently serving an 18-month jail sentence ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Bitcoin fraudsters impersonate Canadian police to steal over $18,000

  Police in Canada have issued warnings about a Bitcoin scam after two citizens reportedly lost $18,764.50 (CAD $25,000) to ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• US detains Bitcoin fraudster to prevent him from escaping to Canada

  A Canadian man alleged to have conned an Oregonian woman out of $230,000 worth of Bitcoin is being held in prison so that ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Canada's Revenue Agency is now curious about defunct crypto exchange QuadrigaCX's tax returns

  Canada’s Revenue Agency is now looking into the corporate tax returns submitted by QuadrigaCX, the troubled cryptocurrency ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Canadian university launches online cannabis cultivation courses

  The University of Guelph in Canada now offers an online cannabis cultivation course as part of its horticulture program. ...

  • Tristan Greene

• Cryptocurrency fraudsters beg courts to return their luxury items, judge says no

  Two cryptocurrency fraudsters in Canada are asking the courts to give their stuff back claiming the order to seize their ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Facebook, stop trying to make Libra happen

  Data protection bosses from all over the world are concerned about Facebook Libra's potential privacy issues.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• QuadrigaCX’s auditor EY and its lawyers will get $1.6M while victims are kept waiting

  A judge in Canada has approved over $1.6 million in fees for businesses seeking to recover funds lost as a result of QuadrigaCX’s ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Mafia expert: 'Ndrangheta crime family now resembles a 'criminal blockchain'

  So there's a major Mafia that's starting to decentralize to stay alive, and investigators say the organization is starting ...

  • David Canellis

• Instagram is hiding likes in 6 more countries so you can post like no one’s watching

  In an effort to remove the pressure of posting more often, Instagram doubling down on its experiment to hide likes and views ...

  • Mix

• Canada relaxes rules for cryptocurrency exchanges despite ongoing QuadrigaCX saga

  Reassurance for Canadians: Cryptocurrency exchanges across the nation will now only have to report transfers of more than ...

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• The Earth’s magnetic north pole is shifting rapidly, but the northern lights will stay where they are (for now)

  Like most planets in our solar system, the Earth has its own magnetic field. Thanks to its largely molten iron core, our ...

  • The Conversation

• The digital farming revolution will cost workers their power, dignity, and possibly their jobs

  There’s a lot of talk about digital technology and smart cities, but what about smart farms? Many of us still have a romantic ...

  • The Conversation

• A cryptocurrency debunker's quixotic quest to save endangered marmots with an emoji

  The Vancouver Island Marmot is under threat, with only a couple of hundred observed in the wild. One cryptocurrency anti-influencer ...

  • David Canellis

• Lambo, Land Rovers taken during $22M ICO fraud investigation

  Vanbex, the firm behind the FUEL cryptocurrency and the Etherparty "smart contract platform," has been hit with a major fraud ...

  • David Canellis

• This Canadian town is letting residents pay taxes in Bitcoin

  A small town in Canada, just north of Toronto, is joining Ohio in providing its citizens with an option to pay some taxes ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• Moonday Morning: Bitcoin dev ordered to prove Craig Wright isn’t Satoshi

  It's Monday which means it's Moonday Morning and time to catch up with the top cryptocurrency and blockchain news from over ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• How women in health, science, and innovation can collaborate globally

  Marie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Brenda Milner, Martha Salcudean, Julie Payette, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson. What do ...

  • The Conversation

• Canada's tax agency asks cryptocurrency investors for 10 year trading history

  Canada’s tax agency is reportedly cracking down on cryptocurrency investors in the country.

  • Yessi Bello Perez

• Cryptocurrency exchange WEX/BTC-e tied to Bitcoin ransomware hackers, report

  PricewaterhouseCoopers has made a connection between the SamSam ransomware hackers and infamous cryptocurrency exchange WEX ...

  • David Canellis

• Why Huawei CFO’s arrest is sparking tension between the US and China

  While Huawei is selling tons of phones worldwide, it's facing a grim time in the US with plenty of lawsuits and governmental ...

  • Ivan Mehta

• Huawei CFO arrested for violating US trade sanctions

  The CFO of Chinese telecom giant Huawei, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested in Canada on Saturday for allegedly violating US trade ...

  • Abhimanyu Ghoshal

• Watch: Tesla goes airborne, crash lands into school parking lot

  Security cameras managed to catch a glimpse of a Tesla Model S doing its best impression of the General Lee from Dukes of ...

  • Bryan Clark