Why we should pay Canadian donors for their blood plasma donations
A new bill would ban paying for plasma donations nationwide. It’s a counterproductive idea, not to mention hypocritical
Technology
Netflix co-founder says greater change is coming even faster
Marc Randolph says innovation is just getting started
Irvine Welsh on his new ’Trainspotting’ sequel and mass shootings in America
He argues U.S. leaders do nothing about mass shootings —the subject of his next novel— to keep citizens ’in fear’
Texting people who’re driving could make you responsible if they get into a car crash
One lawyer says it’s similar to when a party host is held responsible for allowing their guest to drive home drunk
Elon Musk + Grimes = Grusk. Minions of the robot overlords?
Reading this column may entrap you in an Artificial Intelligence conspiracy to doom humanity. It might also be entertaining. Up to you.
Could anything have prevented the Toronto van attack?
Emergency braking technology in cars? Concrete barriers? Experts weigh in
How well does Facebook think it knows you?
In light of Facebook’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, users talk about how their feelings towards sharing their data online have shifted, or not.
Facebook still has Canadians hooked, even if they’re mad about Cambridge Analytica
Canadians take a dim view of the platform, a new poll by Angus Reid Institute suggests, but only one in 10 users is ready to suspend or delete it
Big money for innovation, but questions about the strategy behind it all
The 2018 federal budget includes new funding for research, commercialization and support for exporters
How public libraries are reinventing themselves for the 21st century
Coding workshops. 3D printers. And books. Far from extinct, today’s public library is about access to technology as much as to knowledge