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Listen to this article Estimated 5 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by text-to-speech, a technology based on artificial intelligence. It’s been nearly six months since Amy Wang and her husband were able to open the Scarborough convenience store where they once worked thirteen hours a day, …

Leaning into a small microphone in a Quebec City studio, Dr. Alec Cooper takes a breath and reads out part of the often-quoted “To be, or not to be” soliloquy from Shakespeare’s Hamlet. “It’s pretty dramatic,” said Cooper, backing away from the microphone and letting out a laugh. “I just …

Newly named Foreign Minister Anita Anand accused Israel on Wednesday of using a lack of food as a political tool in its Gaza operation and urged further work on a ceasefire with Hamas, the militant group that controls the Palestinian enclave. Israel has sealed off the Gaza Strip since early …

What On Earth28:12This one weird climate fix is like ‘burnt toast’ It might be considered an odd retirement hobby, but Greg Porteous spends his spare time making biochar.  Biochar is a black, charcoal-like substance created by applying high heat to organic materials such as wood, plant matter and even sewage sludge. …

Encountering a pop-up video that plays automatically may be a mere irritant to most while browsing the web, but for Susan Santola, the consequences could be far more dire. It could potentially cause a seizure. Santola, a governance and compliance specialist at TD who lives with epilepsy, has spent decades …

By PTI LONDON: Instagram on Tuesday launched a feature that urges teenagers to take breaks from the photo-sharing platform and announced other tools aimed at protecting young users from harmful content on the Facebook-owned service. The previously announced ‘Take A Break” feature encourages teens to stop scrolling if they have …

By ANI WASHINGTON: American technology conglomerate Facebook has partnered with the Indian government to roll out a vaccine finder tool on its mobile app in India, which will help people identify places nearby to get vaccinated. According to Mashable, earlier this week, Facebook announced a USD 10 million grant for …

BENGALURU: A team led by IISc researchers has developed a software tool that reveals the severity of lung infections in Covid-19 patients. Called AnamNet, the software tool can ‘read’ chest CT scans of potential Covid-19 patients and estimate the damage caused to the lungs by scanning for specific abnormal features. …