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Amazon looks to self-driving future by acquiring tech company Zoox
Consumer giant Amazon said Friday that it is buying self-driving U.S. technology company Zoox, which is developing an autonomous vehicle for a ride-hailing service that people would request on their phones.
Microsoft to permanently close all 83 physical stores worldwide
Microsoft said Friday it is permanently closing its physical stores around the world, including seven in Canada - in British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario. The company says it's a "strategic change" motivated by the increasing shift online of sales of its software and computing...
Facebook to change advertising policy as European giant pulls ads
Shares of Facebook and Twitter dropped sharply Friday after British-Dutch multinational company Unilever said it will halt U.S. advertising on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram amid concerns of hate speech on the social media...
Missions to Mars, meteors and astronauts: A summer of space science
Bob McDonald's blog: We may not be travelling much this summer, but there's lots going on above...
NASA naming headquarters for 1st Black female engineer
NASA is naming its Washington headquarters after Mary Jackson, the space agency's first African American female engineer whose story was portrayed in the popular film 'Hidden...
Great Slave Lake reaches record high water levels
Private docks around Yellowknife are bobbing off their pilings and kayakers can paddle from Great Slave Lake directly onto the government dock in Old Town. The lake is as high as it has ever been and water levels are also up in other lakes and rivers in the southern...
Astronomers bolster case for potential of life on one of Jupiter's moons, Europa
New research by NASA scientists lends further support to the theory that, beneath the thick, icy crust of Europa, the Jovian moon's interior ocean could be...
Eating wild plants is a 'world that needs to be rediscovered'
In this week's issue of our environment newsletter, we look at the delicious possibilities of wild plants and how one national park bounced back from a devastating wildfire.
U of O scientist seeking edible vaccine for COVID-19
University of Ottawa professor and plant biologist Allyson MacLean has been busy during the pandemic creating a unique vaccine for COVID-19 — one you can...