Delaying pot legalization won’t change much, Health Canada says after senators urge for Indigenous voices to sit at the table.
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Sarah Ferguson: Duchess shows ‘vulnerable’ side as she admits to reading self help books
Sarah Ferguson, 58, the ex-wife of Prince Andrew, 58, showed off her “vulnerability” in a series of revealing Instagram posts. The Duchess of York, who is popularly known as Fergie, posted a photo of a self help book by Brene Brown titled “The Power of Vulnerability”. In the telling caption, she called the image: “a […]
Uber is more vulnerable than ever after its fatal self-driving car crash — but it could end up saving the company
Darren Weaver A fatal accident involving a self-driving vehicle was inevitable, but Uber is not currently in a position to handle one. Last weekend’s fatal, self-driving car crash could make cities less likely to trust the company and undermine Uber’s claim that it’s a platform rather than a transportation service. But it could also force […]
As ‘Chairman of Everything,’ China’s President Xi Jinping has made his position more vulnerable than ever
NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP/Getty Images Aside from being able to rule China indefinitely, President Xi Jinping is considered the “Chairman of Everything,” overseeing foreign and domestic affairs, the military, finance, and even internet security. This makes Xi vulnerable to his opponents who can blame him for almost anything that goes wrong, former Australian prime minister Kevin Rudd […]
Discredited hair-testing program harmed vulnerable families across Ontario, report says
A review of more than 1,200 child welfare cases spanning 25 years has found that a now-discredited hair analysis program in Toronto that tested for drug and alcohol use caused extensive — and potentially irreversible — harm to vulnerable families across Ontario.
Vulnerable industrial controls directly connected to Internet? Why not?
(credit: Siemens) Yesterday, Siemens issued an update to a year-old product vulnerability warning for its SIMATIC S7-300 and S7-400 families of programmable logic controllers (PLCs)—industrial control systems used to remotely monitor and operate manufacturing equipment. The alert, originally issued in December of 2016, was updated on Wednesday to include another version of the S7-400 line. The […]
Amazon Echo and Google Home were vulnerable to Bluetooth exploit
Back in September, Bluetooth-connected device owners got a little scare when security firm Armis disclosed a new hack exploit known as BlueBorne. In theory, bad actors could target smartphones, tablets and such using specific vectors in Bluetooth connectivity. Armis had informed Apple, Microsoft and Google months before and they patched up the vulnerabilities ahead of […]
The retail apocalypse is killing jobs, and it’s left ‘the economy vulnerable to an adverse shock’
Seph Lawless The retail apocalypse has led to a flurry of retail store closures and bankruptcies. Retail trade employment has dropped by 65,000 in the last 12 months, and stores which compete with online retailers are experiencing sizeable declines in employment. That’s impacting some corners of the subprime loan market, and could leave the economy vulnerable. […]
Vulnerable Republican congresswoman from the state where the GOP just got clobbered says she isn’t changing her game plan for 2018
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Democrats dominated the counties in Virginia’s 10th congressional district during the election Tuesday night. Republican Rep. Barbara Comstock, who represents Virginia’s 10th district, has several challengers looking to unseat her in 2018. But she is not looking at a change in strategy, focusing on the Republican tax reform effort and other economic […]
Sweden's housing asylum seekers deprives other vulnerable groups – report
Sweden is allocating housing to asylum seekers at the expense of other vulnerable groups, according to a report seen by the country’s national broadcaster SVT. The country’s government blames the municipalities, saying they are not building enough houses. The report by Sweden’s county administrative boards said that around 60 percent of the country’s municipalities said […]
