Sci-Tech

Brazil’s government said on Wednesday it filed a lawsuit in a federal court against Discord, the popular platform for gamers to communicate online, for the company’s alleged failure to protect children online.

The U.S. Army announced Wednesday that it plans to add nuclear microreactors at five military bases from New York to Texas as a reliable source of energy independent of the commercial electric grid.

Meta Platforms will pay up to US$18 billion and strictly limit how teenagers use Facebook and Instagram, under an agreement with nearly all U.S. states.

Bill Gates warned Wednesday that the world is dangerously unprepared for the upheaval brought by artificial intelligence, with the technology destroying jobs and threatening human connection, especially for young people.

Bill Gates is looking to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this year, eager to propose global efforts to mitigate the growing risks posed by artificial intelligence.

A Chinese humanoid robot set a new 100-metre sprint record of 8.86 seconds in Beijing on Tuesday, beating its robot competitors — and the fastest recorded human time.

A Newfoundland-based scientist is leading an international team of researchers on a mission to deliberately embed their saucer-shaped vessel into the Arctic sea ice during months of total darkness.

A Shop Canadian app created by two Edmontonians is seeing an uptick in traffic. The creators are crediting the sudden patriotism directly to our relationship with our southern neighbours.

The Ontario government has taken the next step towards a potential nuclear power plant south of Sarnia, Ont., that could bring thousands of permanent and construction jobs.

Adam Mosseri, the Meta executive at the helm of Instagram, defended the platform’s safety record in testimony and took issue with a plaintiff attorney’s emphasis on low usage numbers for a feature designed to encourage young users to take breaks.

A New Brunswick-based cybersecurity firm says it has secured millions of investment dollars to grow its operations in Canada.

SpaceX unveiled plans on Tuesday to build a Starship rocket launch complex in southern Louisiana, a US$100 billion effort poised to transform coastal wetlands into a critical base for the company’s AI satellite launch ambitions.

Brazil’s data protection regulator on Tuesday fined TikTok parent company ByteDance more than 153 million reais (nearly US$30 million) because of alleged failures in the handling of personal data of children and teenagers.

Norway said Tuesday it planned to regulate the use of smart glasses and similar devices and was considering a ban on features that enable facial recognition in public spaces.

An animal sanctuary west of Calgary known for sheltering wolfdogs — crossbreeds of domestic dogs and wolves — now has two other exotic canines.