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Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry are now Instagram official – National

9Dec

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Entertainment, Movies

Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry are now Instagram official – National

Justin Trudeau and Katy Perry made their relationship Instagram official over the weekend after the pop star shared a series of photos and videos from the pair’s recent trip to Japan. Perry’s post confirmed her romance with the former Canadian prime minister, a month after they were photographed walking out of a Paris cabaret hand in hand.The pair — who were first spotted eating together at upscale Montreal restaurant Le Violon in the city’s Le Plateau neighbourhood in July — posed for a selfie, ate sushi and gazed at a museum exhibit in a selection of snaps shared with Perry’s 202 million Instagram followers.A black-and-white video shows Perry trying uni for the first time as Trudeau, sitting by her side, encourages her to take a bite. Story continues below advertisement ...

Over 30 minutes of Instagram, Snapchat use may impair children’s attention

9Dec

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Over 30 minutes of Instagram, Snapchat use may impair children’s attention

Children who spend more than 30 minutes on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram and Snapchat are likely to experience a gradual decline in their ability to concentrate, according to a study of more than 8,000 children from around age 10 through age 14. Researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden and Oregon Health & Science University in the US investigated a possible link between screen habits and symptoms related to Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). They followed 8,324 children aged 9-14 in the US for four years, with the average time children spent on social media, watching TV/videos, and playing video games -- from approximately 30 minutes a day for 9-year-olds to 2.5 hours for 13-year-olds. Children who spent a significant amount of time on soci...

Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Canadian fertilizer ‘if we have to’

8Dec

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Politics

Trump threatens ‘severe’ tariffs on Canadian fertilizer ‘if we have to’

U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he may impose “very severe tariffs” on fertilizer from Canada “if we have to” in order to bolster domestic production. Trump made the comment while taking questions from reporters during a roundtable event at the White House where he announced a US$12-billion tariff relief fund for American farmers, who have been facing rising costs for agricultural inputs like seed and fertilizer amid Trump’s global trade war.“A lot of (fertilizer) does come in from Canada, and so we’ll end up putting very severe tariffs on that, if we have to, because that’s the way you want to bolster here,” Trump said.U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins said her department and others were working on a plan to reshore fertilizer production to the U.S., while also directing f...

ANALYSIS: NDP leadership hopefuls reckon with oil and gas workers – and their votes – National

8Dec

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ANALYSIS: NDP leadership hopefuls reckon with oil and gas workers – and their votes – National

In the spring of 2013, B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix was well ahead in the polls with days to go before the province’s 40th general election and was poised to beat the incumbent Christy Clark and the BC Liberals. But then Dix got nervous that the Green Party would siphon off New Democrat votes and allow the B.C. Liberals to win seats on vote splits. So Dix did what would become known as the “Kinder Morgan Flip Flop”. Kinder Morgan, which we now know as Trans Mountain, wanted to triple the capacity of the oil pipeline from Alberta to the Port of Vancouver. Dix had steadfastly refused to say yea or nay to this project, preferring to wait for an environmental assessment. But with the Green Party threatening, he decided, with three weeks to go in the campaign, to come out against the expansion of...

How to Spot a ‘Sleeper’ Browser Extension That’s Actually Malware

8Dec

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How to Spot a ‘Sleeper’ Browser Extension That’s Actually Malware

Malicious extensions do occasionally find their way into the Chrome Web Store (and similar libraries in other browsers) by posing as legitimate add-ons. They are particularly difficult to catch when they are benign to begin with, only morphing into malware after gaining user trust. That's what happened with a number of extensions on Google Chrome and Microsoft Edge: researchers at Koi Security identified add-ons across both browsers that operated legitimately for several years before receiving malicious updates that allow hackers to surveil users and collect and exfiltrate sensitive data. The scheme, known as ShadyPanda, reached four million downloads and is still active on Edge. Threat actors ran a similar campaign targeting Firefox earlier this year: They gained approval for benign exten...

New antibody therapy shows promise for deadly blood cancer treatment

8Dec

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New antibody therapy shows promise for deadly blood cancer treatment

An immune and cancer cell-targeting antibody therapy has shown potential to eradicate residual traces of deadly blood cell cancer, multiple myeloma, according to interim results from a clinical trial. The trial included 18 patients who underwent up to six cycles of treatment with the antibody linvoseltamab. On highly sensitive tests, none of the patients had detectable disease, revealed the study presented at the American Society of Hematology (ASH) annual meeting in Orlando, US. The preliminary success suggests linvoseltamab -- a bispecific antibody -- could allow patients to avoid bone marrow transplants, which involve intense, high-potency chemotherapy. It also points to the long-term potential to improve patients’ odds against this disease. “These patients received modern and effe...

Will U.S. restart stalled trade talks with Canada? ‘We’ll see,’ says Trump – National

8Dec

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Politics

Will U.S. restart stalled trade talks with Canada? ‘We’ll see,’ says Trump – National

U.S. President Donald Trump answered “we’ll see” when he was asked Sunday whether he’d resume the trade talks he halted with Canada earlier this year. Trump made several comments about the ongoing trade dispute with Canada as he spoke with reporters outside a gala for the 2025 Kennedy Center Honors.He says he has a good relationship with Prime Minister Mark Carney, but that Canada, in his words, “makes a lot of things we don’t need because we make them also.”Trump then said, “We’ll work it out.” 1:52 Trump awards Kennedy Center Honors medals to Stallone, Gaynor, Strait, KISS members The president halted trade talks in October over an Ontario-s...

Konkona`s Search: The Naina Murder Case season 2 to go on floors in April

8Dec

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Konkona`s Search: The Naina Murder Case season 2 to go on floors in April

Who is the killer? This question plagued everybody who has watched the Konkona Sensharma-starrer Search: The Naina Murder Case, yet found no answer even at the end. After leaving the audience on a cliffhanger, the makers have now greenlit the second season to finally address the looming questions. Search: The Naina Murder Case revolves around a teenage girl’s murder that unravels a maze of political secrets and personal betrayals, dragging ACP Sanyukta Das into a tense, slow-burn investigation where nothing is as it seems. The makers are moving quickly to bring the next chapter of the JioHotstar series to the platform. A source close to production says filming for the second instalment will begin in April. “Konkona will reprise her role as ACP Sanyukta Das, along with Surya Sharma, who p...

India needs more skilled surgeons for revision knee, hip replacement surgeries

8Dec

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India needs more skilled surgeons for revision knee, hip replacement surgeries

With a rise in the ageing population in India and failing artificial joints, the demand for skilled surgeons for revision knee and hip surgeries is rising in the country, said experts on Saturday. Revision knee or hip replacement surgery, called Revision Arthroplasty, is done when any hip or knee replacement loosens, wears out, or fails. The artificial knee and hip joints are increasingly being subject to wear and tear, with their lifespan reduced to 20 to 25 years. “In India, a lot of elderly patients have undergone joint replacement, primarily due to a rise in degenerative arthritis, in the last 15-20 years. So, the burden of revision surgeries is going to increase, as the implants can wear off or any infection might occur, or some complication occurs,” Prof Vijay Kumar, Department o...

This Surprisingly Convincing Phishing Scam Imitates Apple Support

8Dec

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This Surprisingly Convincing Phishing Scam Imitates Apple Support

You may have a keen eye for spotting scams, but fraudsters are finding new ways to weaponize trusted systems to avoid detection. For example, threat actors are generating real Apple support tickets to phish two-factor authentication (2FA) codes and gain access to iCloud accounts. The scheme, detailed on Medium by a security researcher and software product manager Eric Moret, shows how social engineering tactics can sow just enough fear and confusion to trick even those who know the red flags. (The money transfer scam that conned a financial advice columnist out of $50,000 is another example.) How scammers are exploiting Apple's support systemThe Apple support scam started with a text message from Apple containing a 2FA code, followed by verification notifications across devices, indicating...