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In addition to making excellent poutine and maple syrup, our friendly neighbors to the north are also pretty adept at prepping students for the future we live in too. The International Computer Literacy Study recently looked at 60,000 eighth graders from Ontario and assessed their proficiencies at c
We just got closer to self-sufficiency in space with the installation of a 3D printer aboard the International Space Station. The Zero-G is the first 3D printer built for zero gravity. It was designed by Bay Area startup Made In Space, and it arrived on the International Space Station on Sept. 22, a
New molecules could be the key to solving a looming problem with flash memory storage, researchers said in a new report published in the latest issue of Nature. Flash memory is a popular form of electronic data storage. However, there is a physical limit to the minimum size of the current design of
This week, 22-year-old Jordan Rabet sat down at his keyboard and told his many Twitter followers the good news: his year-long project to crack the 3DS’ security was finally at an end. He had found a backdoor into Nintendo’s handheld, a way for anyone to load unofficial “homebrew
Have you ever walked into a beer or wine store only to be overwhelmed by the vast selection, including many options you’d never even heard of? We’ve all been there, but there’s a new app that should help recommend options you’ve yet to taste. Next Glass uses your phone’
Dyson is spending big on new products and product categories, the company announced. The maker of vacuums, fans, heaters, hand dryers, robots and more announced today that it would be spending a total of $2.35 billion across a UK tech campus, expansion of its manufacturing efforts, investment in Bri
Youbetme, the startup behind the social betting app of the same name, announced today that it has raised $2.7 million in Series A funding. Youbetme says it launched the app in January. The company bills itself as a way to “bet on anything, at any time,” either through its iOS app or it’s website. To
Prepare your wallets, folks. Amazon about to unleash eight days of killer deals on the world. Amazon announced that it will launch its full Black Friday sale push today. For 10 days the company will unleash new deals every day, and will even have some time periods where new deals go up every 10 minu
From controversial statements from executives to concerns over its users’ data privacy, it’s been a rough week for Uber. It’s now trying to do some damage control. The company announced today that it has hired a team of privacy experts, including Harriet Pearson, previously IBM’s Chief Privacy Offic
Netflix now accounts for more than a third of all downstream Internet traffic during peak evening hours in North America, according to research firm Sandvine. Netflix’s share of traffic during the second half of 2014 rose to 34.89%, up from 34.21% in the first half of the year, Sandvine found in its
Flywheel has a new executive team, a fresh round of funding, and serious ambitions to scale bigger than competitors like Uber. The San Francisco-based company, which develops a hailing app for taxi drivers, today announced a $12 million Series C round that pushes total funding past $34 million. Flyw
BlackBerry’s more recent smartphones have been targeting faithful fans who love their physical keyboards, but the Canadian company hasn’t given up on full-touch phones just yet. A high-end handset codenamed “Rio” is reportedly set to make its debut in 2015. BlackBerry’s full-touch smartphones haven’
