Follow your gut: Computer program wins at no-limit Texas Hold ’Em
EDMONTON — A computer program has learned to win at one of the most complex poker games by copying a very human impulse -- trusting its gut.
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Planet McPlanetface: NASA asks Internet to name new planets with predictable results
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Despite vanishing sea ice, Canada’s polar bears appear to be hanging on in the Arctic, ...
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Resurrecting extinct species won't do biodiversity any favours, says researcher
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First step to help preserved organs survive the deep freeze
These 3.77-billion-year-old fossils discovered in Canada could be earliest evidence of life on Earth
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Killer whales are ‘terrorizing’ narwhal as melting Arctic ice gives them easier access to prey
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Block of sea ice calves from Antarctic glacier with potential to raise global sea levels ...
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How to make a woolly mammoth — 4,500 years after extinction — with an elephant
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Canadian government using kittens and selfies to spark little girls’ interest in science and technology
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Gene editing patent ruling sways fortune of biotech hopefuls
Bill Brooks: Trekkies delight at exhibition opening
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One day late, SpaceX’s Dragon cargo ship makes good on delivery to International Space Station
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NASA discovers solar system with seven Earth-like planets, three of them in the star’s habitable ...
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SpaceX launches rocket carrying space station supplies from NASA’s historic moon pad
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India sets ‘remarkable’ space record by launching 104 nano satellites into orbit aboard a single ...
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A collision of two suns that took place 1,800 years ago will create a visible ...
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Reformed Canadian hacker ‘Mafiaboy’ teams up with HP on documentary about corporate cyberattacks
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Government must help Canadians thrive in digital universe, report suggests
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Facebook Inc is trying to get into the online music business as it offers labels ...
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University of Alberta researchers solve puzzle that baffled scientists for decades
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Personal Tech Pricey but speedy: OpenSignal ranks Canada’s mobile networks among top in the world
Canada's networks can boast the 12th fastest mobile data speeds in a ranking of 87 countries, according to a new study -
Tech-Biz Apple says it will open its new Steve Jobs-inspired ‘spaceship’ headquarters in April
A new 1,000-seat auditorium at the facility will be named the Steve Jobs Theater in honour of its co-founder, who died four months after his city council presentation -
Tech-Biz Facebook Messenger now lets Canadians send money internationally with TransferWise
The bot, which is free to use and doesn't affect prices or rates offered, will talk users through the process of arranging an international money transfer with TransferWise -
Personal Tech If one lens on a phone camera is good, are two better?
Apple isn't saying much about its next iPhones, but there's been plenty of speculation that the giant Plus model will have two camera lenses side by side on the back. -
Tech-Biz Yahoo salvages Verizon deal with $350 million discount
Yahoo is taking a $350 million hit on its previously announced $4.8 billion sale to Verizon in a concession for security lapses that exposed personal information stored in more than ... -
Personal Tech Atlanta, other cities eye test tracks for self-driving cars
ATLANTA - Self-driving vehicles could begin tooling down a bustling Atlanta street full of cars, buses, bicyclists and college students, as the city vies with other communities nationwide to test ... -
Tech-Biz ‘Not what I signed up for’: An inside look at why Apple has failed to ...
The device isn't critical to Apple's bottom line, but it's central to the company's services segment because the living room is where consumers consume media -
Tech-Biz Liberals primed for budget revamp of how Ottawa spends $5B annually on innovation
Ottawa has already reviewed the alphabet soup of government grants and tax credits, concluding that there is very little evidence to support what is working and what is not
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Gaming Canadian broadcaster powers up new 24-hour video game channel Ginx TV
LONDON, Ont. - Video game enthusiasts are getting a 24-hour Canadian TV channel aimed at satisfying their appetites for competition. -
News Scientific committee draws line at using gene editing to create designer babies
TORONTO - Genome editing, a powerful technology that allows researchers to add, remove or replace snippets of DNA from cells, should only be used for the potential treatment or prevention ... -
Tech-Biz Google’s car project has been paying some staff so well, they’re leaving the company
Early staffers had an unusual compensation system that awarded supersized payouts — by late 2015, several veteran members didn't need the job security anymore -
Tech-Biz Facebook commits to audit of ad metrics after coming under fire for incorrectly reporting data
The company said it aims to release more detailed information, such as metrics on how long users view an ad and how much of it was visible on the screen -
Science For the first time in 60 years, archaeologists find evidence of a new Dead Sea ...
But there's no new Dead Sea Scroll to add to the record, as researchers from Jerusalem's Institute of Archaeology only found proof the scrolls had been there, not the documents ... -
Tech-Biz PC Plus rewards collectors warned to beef up passwords after security breach
'We recently noticed unusual traffic on our website and suspended customer sign-in capabilities while we investigate' -
Science Ottawa Hospital's 3D printer makes moveable hand for motorcycle crash victim
A Renfrew man who lost most of his left hand in a motorcycle accident has become the first patient to benefit from The Ottawa Hospital’s medical 3D printing program. Dave ... -
Tech-Biz Canadian tech industry decries U.S. immigration ban, but sees recruiting opportunity
The Canadian tech industry is calling on Ottawa to grant temporary residency to people affected by a U.S. executive order barring people from certain Muslim-majority countries -
Local News U of C researchers hope drug used to treat gout may aid opioid addicts
Could a drug used to treat acute foot pain hold the key to quelling the deadly opioid epidemic? A team of researchers at the University of Calgary's Faculty of Veterinary ... -
Gaming Masaya Nakamura, the 'Father of Pac-Man', has died
TOKYO - The Japanese games company Bandai Namco says Masaya Nakamura, the "Father of Pac-Man" who founded the Japanese video game company behind the hit creature-gobbling game, has died at ...
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