Can’t cut loose, footloose. Singing and dancing in outdoor areas of restaurants, bars, food trucks or any similar establishment will constitute a violation of Ontario’s Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act. Hayley Chazan, a spokesman for Health Minister Christine Elliott, said studies on COVID-19 transmission indicate spread through droplets. “Transmission may occur through both normal […]

Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods are two of the best-known companies disrupting the food sector. Now, the pipeline of alt-food companies includes Biomilq, a North Carolina-based start-up that’s targeting infant nutrition by attempting to reproduce mother’s breast milk in a lab. While that may seem like a moon shot, Biomilq has just earned the backing of […]

Before Bitcoin became the newest trend for silicon valley bros, it was a tool for hackers and revolutionaries who wanted to undermine the banking system. In fact, this was the original vision of the cryptocurrency’s mysterious creator Satoshi Nakamoto, and the group of anarchist hackers called “cypherpunks” that developed the technology. It appears that this […]

The company responsible for creating a network of police snitching apps in the U.S. and Canada is trying to convince the public to use a new app. Want to report your neighbor for not social distancing, report them for being a George Floyd protester, or perhaps you have seen something suspicious? Chances are pretty good […]

n their efforts to contain the spread of the pandemic, governments around the world are rolling out body-worn devices (“wearables”) to assist in fighting the virus. Some governments want a technological silver bullet to solve the public health crisis. But many of the tools aimed at solving problems come with a host of other problems that […]

More than 600,000 people fell off payrolls between March and May as experts warned that the UK is on course for its biggest jobs crisis in at least a quarter of a century. Universal credit and jobseeker’s allowance claims jumped 23.3 per cent between April and May to 2.8 million, the latest official figures show. […]