Category: Recent
Lots of Data isn't always Useful
My phone has a built-in 'smart' battery use monitoring system. Supposedly this helps to optimise the device somehow. The most visible way this works is that it will slowdown charging rates during what it determines…
By lonm
Your trip to the emergency department is taking longer every year: report - CTV News [2024-08-30]
Trips to the emergency department are costing Canadians more time every year, according to a new report. Compared to three years ago, trips take an average of 20 to 30 per cent longer across Canada, according to data…
By canadianguy
Online trolls enjoy trolling, but not being trolled - PsyPost [2024-07-26]
A recent study has explored the intriguing relationship between dark humor, online trolling, and certain dark personality traits. The findings reveal that individuals who enjoy dark humor often possess traits such as…
By canadianguy
Barbie movie “may have spurred interest in gynecology,” study finds - Ars Technica [2024-07-26]
This post contains spoilers—for the movie and women's health care. There's nothing like stirrups and a speculum to welcome one to womanhood, but for some, the recent Barbie movie apparently offered its own kind of…
By canadianguy
Woman sues Bell, customer service rep who allegedly shared phone number with harassers - CBC News [2024-07-25]
A Cape Breton woman whose video defending a transgender rights advocate made her the target of online vitriol and threats is suing her cellphone provider and a customer service agent she alleges shared her number and…
By canadianguy
Why going online is no longer fun - ComputerWorld [2024-07-24]
For many years, using a computer was a carefree pastime. Not anymore.…
By canadianguy
Is Copilot for Microsoft 365 a lying liar? - ComputerWorld [2024-07-24]
In the earliest months after the release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT, the generative AI (genAI) power behind Microsoft’s Copilot, the big news wasn’t just how remarkable the new tool was – it was how easily it went off the…
By canadianguy
Firefox's New 'Privacy' Feature Actually Gives Your Data to Advertisers - Lifehacker [2024-07-16]
Firefox finds itself in a tricky position at times, because it wants to be a privacy friendly browser, but most of its funding comes from Google, whose entire business is advertising. With Firefox 128, the browser has…
By canadianguy
Conrad Black, who battled Chrétien over British peerage, removed from U.K. House of Lords - CBC News [2024-07-10]
Former media baron Conrad Black, who famously tried to sue then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien in his fight to secure a British peerage, has been removed from the House of Lords over his lax attendance. House of Lords…
By canadianguy
My Windows Computer Just Doesn't Feel Like Mine Anymore - How-to Geek [2024-06-21]
An operating system is the most personal part of a "personal" computer, and it used to be that as a Windows user I didn't feel like I was renting my computer from Microsoft, but in recent years that feeling has all but…
By canadianguy
"The Regulatory Equivalent of Abolition" for Federally Sanctioned Exploitation of Disabled Workers: "Massive Legal and Political Battle" Looms in DC:
Happy Labor Day. New developments call for action.…
Reading #26 from Wanderer Come Home & Long Train Runnin' by the Doobie Brothers (1973)
Click on my picture to listen to the reading.…
By daletucker