The reef, discovered in 2021, is the only live coral reef in Canada's Pacific. The reef, discovered in 2021, is the only live coral reef in Canada's Pacific Federal authorities have closed Canada's only known live coral reef in the Pacific Ocean to all commercial and recreational bottom-contact fishing. Fisheries …
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Elon Musk’s Lawsuit Against a Group That Found Hate Speech on X Isn’t Going Well
X alleges that the Center for Countering Digital Hate cost it millions by showing that hate speech was spreading on the platform. In a hearing Thursday, a federal judge sounded skeptical of those claims. The X headquarters in San Francisco in July 2023.Photo-illustration: WIRED Staff; JOSH EDELSON/Getty Images Soon after …
Read More »Here Come the AI Worms
Security researchers created an AI worm in a test environment that can automatically spread between generative AI agents—potentially stealing data and sending spam emails along the way. Photo-illustration: Jacqui VanLiew; Getty Images As generative AI systems like OpenAI's ChatGPT and Google's Gemini become more advanced, they are increasingly being put …
Read More »Ontario nuclear plant to produce material for life-saving cancer treatment
Ontario will announce plans Thursday to produce a nuclear medical isotope that forms the essential component in a life-saving treatment for liver cancer, one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. Without domestic supply of radioactive isotopes, Ottawa companies have relied on imports to make drug Ontario will announce plans …
Read More »In Hamilton or Niagara on April 8? Here are some of the region’s best solar eclipse viewing parties
There are lots of ways you can view the solar eclipse in Hamilton, Burlington, Brantford, Six Nations and Niagara — some of the best spots in Canada to view the total eclipse on April 8. There are lots of ways you can view the solar eclipse in Hamilton, Burlington, Six …
Read More »Amazon Just Got Banned From the EU Parliament
In an interview with WIRED, the politician behind the ban hits out at Amazon for being evasive about working conditions in its warehouses. The only company other than Amazon to be banned by the EU Parliament is the agrochemical company Monsanto, which was later acquired by Bayer.justhavealook Amazon has become …
Read More »Goodbye, Anthropocene? Scientists vote against new epoch
For the past two decades, geologists have wrestled with whether humans have changed the planet enough to kick off a completely new epoch in geological time called the Anthropocene. Now, a subcommittee of Earth scientists has reportedly made a decision: No, we haven't. Proposed that start of new epoch was …
Read More »He Helped Expose Wirecard’s Fraud. Now His Startup Tries to Make Whistleblowing Safer
Pav Gill says he suffered retaliation after he raised the alarm about fraud at German payments giant Wirecard. His startup Confide aims to protect future whistleblowers from harm. Pav Gill, founder of whistleblowing platform Confide.Photograph: Melanie Lemahieu Photography In September 2017, Singapore-based lawyer Pav Gill took a job at Wirecard, …
Read More »Reddit Is Letting Power Users In on Its IPO. Not Everyone’s Buying
Reddit says it wants to reward users by letting them buy into the company’s public listing. Some say it’s too risky—others say they won’t pay a company they’ve already given hours of free labor to. Photograph: stLegat/Alamy Reddit is offering its users a chance to buy a piece of the …
Read More »New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally
Experts say a satellite designed to track methane could be one of our best tools in the fight against climate change in the near future. MethaneSAT will spot large emitters of the greenhouse gas that is 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide in our atmosphere. MethaneSAT mission to fill …
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