Clean Reader app eradicates “dirty bits” in fiction
The Clean Reader app, developed by an ultra-religious Christian couple from Idaho, claims to sanitize written works by removing 'offensive' swears and other 'vulgar' language.
Pixar director predicts flabby future is closer than we think
Image credit: Pixar Andrew Stanton, director of the much-loved computer-animated comedy science fiction film WALL-E, says that the years since its release have done nothing to ease his concerns about…
Harper to outsource human Canadians
To avoid the ramifications of a nuclear holocaust, severe global warming, or any other world-wide catastrophe – human consciousness will be conceived into computer circuits by the year 2100, Prime…
Rogers defends soaring Internet costs
With a recent study showing Canada as one of the top 10 countries for high Internet costs, media overlord Rogers backs up their outrageous price plans with plain science.
Canada’s Anti-Spam Law will put your children behind bars
When Canada's Anti-Spam Law ("CASL") came into effect on July 1, 2014, Canadians were dancing in the streets. Parliamentarians would have us believe that this was entirely due to the…
Study confirms escalators habitually out of commission
OTTAWA—In public spaces across the country, moving stairs remain stubbornly immobile. Unaware pedestrians approach these jagged-toothed people movers and stop short. The public seems to forget how to navigate these…
Teen discovers library more than urban legend
LIKED: Noémi Dagenais "shares" how pictures and text were published in ancient times, in an analog, local area networked, non-user editable format. The teens were delighted to discover that comments…
“We should refocus on creating Artificial Stupidity” says U of T scientist
Gianni Lucifero, a top scientist at the University of Toronto, has written a paper claiming that the way to successfully reproduce human consciousness is by creating what he calls “artificial…
Developer proclaims Hello Dolly ‘herpes for WordPress’
Like most people that host a WordPress blog, web developer Bryant Knight is excited when a new version comes out. New features, new look, but one distressing side effect: the…
Ontario man hacks vehicle computer to pass emissions test
When his 2007 Corolla failed to pass Ontario's “new and improved” Drive Clean program, Thomas Callaghan was aghast. “I just can't believe it,” he told Mooseclean's. “Two years ago the…