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One of the year’s very best films hits Blu-ray and VOD this week, along with the simultaneous Hulu and theatrical debut of a shattering, powerful documentary. Also available for your viewing pleasure: three priceless peeks at vintage NYC, the latest from Steven Soderbergh, an HD upgrade for a Lubitsch classic, and a new Blu of […]
GUEST: No one’s better than America at addicting people to empty pixels. We have the platforms, like Facebook, Netflix, iOS, free-to-play video games, and Reddit. We have the people, an elite army of incentivized coders, statisticians, psychologists, and marketers. And we have the machine learning algorithms to augment both. The result is a powerful weapon, […]
Health Canada has long been vigilant about pesticide levels in the foods Canadians consume. But more manufacturers, many offshore, have been treating non-food products — toys, sofas, clothing, paint — with antimicrobial pesticides to ward off fungus. An internal memo says the agency needs to do more to screen out such products. CBC | Health […]
Some tech companies considering expansion to the heartland worry about finding local talent. That’s the skills gap. Meanwhile, many workers there, even if they were to acquire the skills sought by tech companies, don’t see ready demand for them. That’s the opportunity gap. And as the conversation around bridging the tech and economic divide progresses, […]
