Ever seen that one of Osama bin Laden singing Poker Face? No, really.  It’s a legitimate question for the users of TikTok, the popular video-sharing app where an old clip has been uploaded of someone dressed convincingly like the late al-Qaeda leader performing the Lady Gaga hit. As bizarre as that clip may be, it’s suddenly of interest because of the controversy…

The chief executive of Canadian hyperloop company, TransPod, believes he can have Albertans shuttling between Calgary and Edmonton — at speeds up to 1,000 kilometres an hour — in magnetic tubes by 2030.  That’s provided the provincial government gets on board. The Toronto-based company isn’t asking for money. Instead, it wants the province to pen a letter of support that will…

Ukraine said on Wednesday Apple did not “give a damn” about its pain, after the U.S. tech giant began referring to the Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula as part of Russia in its Maps and Weather apps for Russian users. Russia and Ukraine have both been highly sensitive to the way global companies identify Crimea, since Russian…

The sale of the dot.org domain to an investment firm is stoking fears around platform access and rising costs for the non-profits that primarily rely on the system, according to the leader of the Save DotOrg campaign.  “It’s really disappointing to see it being sold off to a private equity firm,” said Jacob Malthouse, former…

Information wants to be free — that’s a founding premise of the internet. Arguably, it’s also at the root of some of the internet’s greatest flaws. So, would paying for services like Facebook and Google, or their equivalents, make for a better experience? Maybe — but only if people would actually be willing to do so. As…

Using a bright orange electrocardiogram machine attached with suction cups to the body of a blue whale, scientists for the first time have measured the heart rate of the world’s largest creature and came away with insight about the renowned behemoth’s physiology. The blue whale, which can reach up to 30 metres long and weigh 200…