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Breadcrumb Trail LinksNewsCultureCanadaBooks'We’re Canadians. We might as well embrace it. It’s part of what we are. Winter is us!' says Edmonton's Joe ChowaniecPublished Jan 19, 2024  •  2 minute read Images from Joe Chowaniec's social media include frozen eggs, noodles and toilet paper. Photo by Joe ChowaniecArticle contentWhen the going gets cold, Alberta’s Joe Chowaniec gets outside.The Edmonton resident is Executive Director of the Environmental Services Association of Alberta and also a professional photographer…

January 18, 20244 min readSometime between C.E. 1100 and 1700, a Massospondylus dinosaur bone was found and carried to a rock shelter in Lesotho, marking the earliest known human discovery of a dinosaur fossilBy Julien Benoit, Cameron Penn-Clarke, Charles Helm & The Conversation USMassospondylus carinatus neotype specimen. Credit: Kimberley E. J. ChapelleThe following essay is reprinted with permission from The Conversation, an online publication covering the latest research.Credit for discovering the first dinosaur…

The term Luddite emerged in England in the early 1800s. At the time there was a thriving textile industry that depended on manual knitting frames and a skilled workforce to create cloth and garments out of cotton and wool. As the Industrial Revolution gathered momentum, however, steam-powered mills threatened the livelihood of thousands of artisanal textile workers.Faced with an industrialized future that threatened their jobs and their professional identity, a growing number of textile workers turned to direct action.…

The surprising ways Australians are trying to utilise AI technology in 2023 have been revealed.Search trends data from Google show Australians’ interest in the technology has exploded this year.It revealed many users were turning to the technology for guidance on “how to” complete various tasks, including making money and editing photos.Watch the latest news and stream for free on 7plus >>“How to use AI to …” was among searches at an all-time high in Australia in November 2023, the data said.The top searches in…

Samsung’s upcoming flagship lineup, the Galaxy S24 series, will have AI built into the system. Leaks have already revealed some of the AI features the company has readied for the phones. It believes the unprecedented on-device AI capabilities of the new flagships will redefine smartphones and warrant a fitting title. As such, the firm’s mobile chief TM Roh has asked employees to come up with a fancy new term for its first “AI Phone.” Samsung is looking for a fancy new term for its “AI Phone” According to the Korean…

The Oxford University Press announced its 2023 word of the year on Monday (4 December), and it’s one that you may need to use if you’re confident your flirty moves have a history of success and your confidence is a force to be reckoned with.If you exhibit this type of behavior, you may exude “rizz”, the chosen word for 2023, by Oxford’s standards.A team of experts and tens of thousands of public votes selected rizz as the word which most captures 2023, Sky News reported.Mainly used by Gen Z to describe someone’s ability…

Chinese payments giant Alipay has initiated a $400 million accelerated bookbuild to divest its stake in the prominent Indian food delivery firm, Zomato, according to the term sheet released on Wednesday. This move follows a previous report by Reuters on Tuesday, indicating Alipay’s intention to sell its 3.4 per cent stake in Zomato through block deals on Indian stock exchanges. Alipay, a subsidiary of Ant Group, is set to offload its entire 3.44 per cent stake in Zomato through this deal, as per…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Latest research from Flinders University has identified that the term 'bullying'—used to define a range of behaviors—is potentially jeopardizing successful and necessary prevention of harmful behavior at school. The paper, "The Confounding and Problematic Nexus of Defined and Perceived Bullying," by Dr. Grace Skrzypiec is published in Children and Youth Services Review.…

Edtech company Byju’s and some of its lenders have restarted negotiations in a bid to restructure its $1.2-billion term loan (TLB) after it breached certain terms of its debt agreement, according to people familiar with the situation. The renewed talks come as the company and lenders aim to avoid escalation of a legal brawl, said the people, who asked not to identified because the talks are private. The parties are seeking a swift resolution and execution of an amendment, they said.The lenders have delivered a detailed…

Nokia said on Friday it had signed a new long-term patent license agreement with Apple, as the current license between the companies expires at the end of 2023.While terms of the agreement remain confidential between the companies, it covers Nokia's inventions in 5G and other technologies.Nokia said the company expects to recognize revenue related to the agreement starting January 2024, and it is consistent with the company's long-term outlook disclosed in the first quarter.Nokia's patent portfolio is built on more than…