If, on a clear night, you were to gaze up into the blackness of the sky, you would expect to see nothing but the magnificent Milky Way stretching out above you, billions of stars twinkling in place. Instead, every few minutes or so, you will most likely also see an ersatz star breaking through an … Read more
Developers, artists, press and influencers descended upon Los Angeles last week for Summer Game Fest (SGF), the latest in a tradition of annual events announcing the next year’s slate of video games. But amid the firehose of trailers and interviews hyping up the latest in blockbuster franchises like Call of Duty and Assassin’s Creed, it … Read more
As It Happens6:38Elephants may have names for each other that humans can’t understand Elephants appear to know their own names, according to a new study. Not the nicknames we humans sometimes give them, but their own, unique elephant names, which they use to call to each other. The findings, published this week in the journal Nature Ecology and Evolution, … Read more
deadmau5 is unhappy. At the very least, Canadian music producer Joel Zimmerman is extremely agitated. Without his infamous mouse head to hide behind, his displeasure is obvious as he saunters into the green room at Canadian Music Week. Two things are on the agenda for the next hour — photos and an interview about his … Read more
Animal rights activists have defaced the first official portrait of King Charles with a cut-out face of a cartoon character at a gallery in London. Two activists with Animal Rising stuck a poster from the Wallace and Gromit animated series over the bright red painting on display at the Philip Mould Gallery on Tuesday. The activists were criticising the … Read more
Some people who wanted to ride the tidal bore of a Nova Scotia river got more than they bargained for on Sunday, when they came across a minke whale beached on a sandbar. Crews with Tidal Bore Rafting Resort, a company that takes passengers on river rides, spotted the stranded marine animal while heading out to meet … Read more
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.” The Federal Court documents show the commissioner of competition launched the probes on March 1, saying there’s reason to believe the firms’ use of so-called property … Read more
Canada’s Competition Bureau has launched investigations into the parent companies of grocery chains Loblaws and Sobeys for alleged anti-competitive conduct, court documents reveal, with Sobeys’ owner calling the inquiry “unlawful.” The Federal Court documents show the commissioner of competition launched the probes on March 1, saying there’s reason to believe the firms’ use of so-called … Read more
Chances are you’ve heard of Baby Reindeer, even if you haven’t watched it yet. Netflix’s dark and buzzy series spent four weeks as the most popular show on the streaming service globally, and it was also the top show in Canada. The mini-series by Scottish comedian Richard Gadd centres on the main character’s harrowing experience of being relentlessly stalked by a woman, … Read more
Tech giant Google has announced upgrades to its artificial intelligence technologies, just a day after rival OpenAI announced similar changes to its offerings, with both companies trying to dominate the quickly emerging market where human beings can ask questions of computer systems — and get answers in the style of a human response. It’s part of … Read more
