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Loggerhead sea turtles are typically seen in subtropical and temperate seas, and the rescued turtle is only the second ever seen in B.C. waters. It is now recovering in the care of the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Society. The loggerhead turtle usually spends time in warmer waters When B.C. …

In his new book Read Write Own, investor Chris Dixon mounts a defense of blockchain, arguing it can save society from the monopoly power of tech giants. Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; Getty Images A survey of headlines from the past couple of years in the cryptocurrency industry might lead anyone to …

A law firm’s investigation of a gruesome crash in which a pedestrian was dragged under an autonomous vehicle says GM’s Cruise fixated on media reports and didn’t share all it knew with regulators. A General Motors Cruise self driving car passes by the Ferry Building in San Francisco, California on …

As the US and other countries ponder how to prevent dangerous uses of AI, some researchers suggest building limitations into crucial chips like GPUs to cap the power of algorithms. Photograph: sasirin/Alamy Even the cleverest, most cunning artificial intelligence algorithm will presumably have to obey the laws of silicon. Its …

The federal government must move quickly to regulate artificial intelligence, says a top AI pioneer who warns the technology's current trajectory poses major societal risks House industry committee is studying a bill that would begin regulating some artificial intelligence systems The federal government must move quickly to regulate artificial intelligence, …

As climate change supercharges some hurricanes, scientists are exploring how to better communicate their force to the public — including adding an extra category to reflect their power. With storms growing more powerful, researchers say we're underestimating the risk As climate change supercharges some hurricanes, scientists are exploring how to …

Users of the new dating app Volar train a chatbot to go on virtual first dates for them with the bots of potential matches. We tested it out—and our chatbot tried to woo matches with talk of nuclear warfare. Photograph: Iryna Veklich/Getty Images More than a decade of dating apps …

TV chef Mary Berg, crooner Michael Bublé, comedian Rick Mercer and hockey megastar Sidney Crosby are the latest Canadian celebrities to become the face of AI-generated deepfake scams. As the technology gets better, experts warn the legal system has a lot of catching up to do. Artificial intelligence is evolving …

School boards across the province are bracing for the total solar eclipse that will grace Canadian skies in early April. Several school boards are considering closing while others argue it could be a learning opportunity for students. School board can't guarantee '5-year-old won't take off their glasses' Over 60 years …

The James Webb Space Telescope continues to astound astronomers. A recently released gallery of galaxies shows stunning details of 19 nearby spiral galaxies that are similar to our own Milky Way. We can't take a galaxy selfie, so scientists look to other galaxies to better understand our own The James …