Pygmy hippo Moo Deng, the internet’s favourite meatball, may soon get her own patent

Pygmy hippo Moo Deng, the internet’s favourite meatball, may soon get her own patent

Only a month after Thailand’s adorable baby hippo Moo Deng was unveiled on Facebook, her fame became unstoppable both domestically and internationally.  Zookeeper Atthapon Nundee has been posting cute moments of the animals in his care for about five years. He never imagined Khao Kheow Open Zoo’s newborn pygmy hippo would become an internet megastar … Read more

Apple enters new AI era with unveiling of iPhone 16, introduces hearing aid capability for AirPods

Apple enters new AI era with unveiling of iPhone 16, introduces hearing aid capability for AirPods

Apple’s ubiquitous iPhone is about to break new ground with a shift into artificial intelligence that will do everything from smartening up Siri to creating customized emojis on the fly. “The next generation of iPhone has been designed for Apple Intelligence from the ground up. It marks the beginning of an exciting new era,” CEO … Read more

Josephine Mandamin among 3 honourees in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series

Josephine Mandamin among 3 honourees in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series

Josephine Mandamin, an environmentalist from Wikwemikong First Nation in northwestern Ontario, is one of three inspirational individuals featured in Canada Post’s 2024 Indigenous Leaders Stamp Series.  The postal service unveiled the Mandamin stamp in Thunder Bay, Ont., this week, the latest in the three-stamp set to mark National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. “She never did this … Read more

Canadian scientists launch early warning system to spot traces of H5N1 bird flu in milk

Canadian scientists launch early warning system to spot traces of H5N1 bird flu in milk

It all started with a few text messages in late April. Several well-known Canadian scientists — Toronto-based infectious diseases specialist Dr. Isaac Bogoch, Saskatoon-based virologist Angela Rasmussen and Winnipeg-based microbiologist Jason Kindrachuk — were all chatting about the unprecedented outbreak of H5N1 bird flu in U.S. dairy cows. By then, American officials had tracked cow cases … Read more

Tesla’s Q1 net income down 55% year over year

Tesla’s Q1 net income down 55% year over year

Tesla’s first-quarter net income plummeted 55 per cent, but its stock price surged in after-hours trading Tuesday as the company said it would accelerate the production of new, more affordable vehicles. The Austin-based company said it made $1.13 billion US from January through March compared with $2.51 billion US in the same period a year ago. … Read more

OpenAI unveils Sora, a tool that uses AI to generate videos from written prompts

OpenAI unveils Sora, a tool that uses AI to generate videos from written prompts

The maker of ChatGPT on Thursday unveiled its next leap into generative artificial intelligence with a tool that instantly makes short videos in response to written commands. San Francisco-based OpenAI’s new text-to-video generator, called Sora, isn’t the first of its kind. Google, Meta and the startup Runway are among the other companies to have demonstrated … Read more

Canadian astronaut unveils Indigenous-designed patch he will wear on upcoming moon mission

Canadian astronaut unveils Indigenous-designed patch he will wear on upcoming moon mission

Children gathered at First Nations University of Canada in Regina Thursday watched in awe as astronaut Jeremy Hansen unveiled the patch, designed by an Indigenous artist, that he will wear as the first Canadian to fly to the moon. Hansen, who is from London, Ont., is one of four crew members set to travel around the moon during … Read more

How smart marketing, scarce supply and unique colours made the Stanley cup a must-have item

How smart marketing, scarce supply and unique colours made the Stanley cup a must-have item

The Stanley Quencher, pictured for sale on the company’s website, is an insulated stainless steel travel mug that’s become extremely popular on social media and among consumers. A dramatic rise in the company’s revenue is being attributed in part to the tumbler. (Stanley) The Stanley cup is so popular these days that even technology giants … Read more

NASA streamed its 1st video from deep space via laser. More important, it’s of a cat

NASA streamed its 1st video from deep space via laser. More important, it’s of a cat

It’s not every day that a video of a cat goes viral. OK, it’s not every day that a video of a cat goes viral and marks a historical milestone for space exploration. But that’s what happened when NASA’s Deep Space Optical Communications experiment beamed an ultra-high definition streaming video back to Earth on Dec. 11 from 31 million kilometers … Read more