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Google Just Blocked 749 Million URLs for Anna’s Archive

6Nov

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Google Just Blocked 749 Million URLs for Anna’s Archive

Anna's Archive, a popular website for pirating books and articles, seems to be square in Google's sights, according to copyright and digital rights publication TorrentFreak. The search giant is said to have blocked some 749 million Anna's Archive URLs from showing up in search results, TorrentFreak found, after combing through a recent transparency report.The removal wasn't necessarily targeted, as Google regularly delists content at the request of copyright holders. At time of this writing, has taken down links to 15,125,359,564 pages since 2011. But this is the latest in an ongoing, AI-prompted saga that is seeing copyright holders crack down on so-called "shadow libraries," and it already represents around 5% of Google's overall takedowns.Anna's Archive is a platform for pirated e-books...

Speak properly! Doctors highlight how people can help children who stutter

6Nov

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Speak properly! Doctors highlight how people can help children who stutter

The awareness around stuttering in India is growing every day but there are still many misconceptions around it that adults have to deal with on a daily basis. However, there is a lot that can be done to help those people who live with it, especially when they are growing up as children. Every year, October 22 is observed as International Stuttering Awareness Day or International Stammering Awareness Day, to raise awareness about the speech challenge, that is known to affect one percent of the world’s population. While it is seen across ages, it starts early as a child for many, and with Children’s Day around the corner as it is celebrated in India on November 14, there is still a lot more to be done to create awareness about it. What is stuttering? For the uninitiated, stuttering, also k...

Rock and roll legends AC/DC coming to 4 Canadian cities in summer of 2026

6Nov

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Rock and roll legends AC/DC coming to 4 Canadian cities in summer of 2026

Hells Bells! Rock ‘n’ roll fans better get ready to be shook all night long, because one of the biggest acts on earth is returning to four Canadian cities in 2026. AC/DC has announced more dates for its ongoing Power Up tour (named for the band’s album of the same name that came out in 2020) that includes stops at some of the biggest stadiums in North America.In Canada, the Australian rock band will perform with The Pretty Reckless in Vancouver, Edmonton, Toronto and Montreal.Their first stop will be in Edmonton at 56,400-seat Commonwealth Stadium on Aug. 9, 2026.“We’re thrilled to host rock star legends AC/DC at Commonwealth Stadium, the largest venue of its kind in Canada,” said Heather Seutter, director of Commonwealth Stadium.“Events like this draw in people from across the city, the p...

David Tennant on the real-life story that inspired The Hack

6Nov

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David Tennant on the real-life story that inspired The Hack

Actor David Tennant, who stars in the upcoming political thriller series The Hack, has opened up about the disturbing real-life context that inspired the drama — the phone hacking scandal that shook British journalism to its core. In a candid reflection, Tennant discussed why the press turned a blind eye to the issue for so long and how the victims were left grappling with betrayal, confusion, and emotional devastation. David Tennant on why the real story was ignored initially “I suppose the obvious answer is, it was inconvenient,” Tennant said, addressing why Fleet Street initially ignored the story. “They were gambling on the idea that the public wouldn’t really care if Hugh Grant and Sienna Miller were feeling hard done by. But once it became Milly Dowler, they realised the game was u...

Ottawa to restore privacy provision mistakingly struck from streaming law – National

6Nov

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Ottawa to restore privacy provision mistakingly struck from streaming law – National

By Anja Karadeglija The Canadian Press Posted November 5, 2025 7:05 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Liberal government says it will restore a privacy provision to the Online Streaming Act, more than two years after it was accidentally deleted. The federal budget released this week says the government will make a legislative amendment to “restore the right to privacy of individuals to the interpretation provisions and remove a duplicative provision relating to official languages.”In 2023, the Online Streaming Act updated Canada’s Broadcasting Act to capture online streamers like Netflix....

Mizoram woman battles years of kidney failure to deliver two babies naturally

6Nov

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Mizoram woman battles years of kidney failure to deliver two babies naturally

In a story that redefines resilience and medical triumph, a 37-year-old woman Lallianpuii from Aizawl in Mizoram, has achieved the extraordinary, she conceived naturally twice, first in 2023 and again in 2025, after undergoing two kidney transplants, in Kolkata. Lallianpuii was first diagnosed with chronic kidney disease over a decade ago and underwent her first kidney transplant in 2012. After developing graft rejection, she required a second transplant in 2020. Despite the physical and emotional challenges of lifelong immunosuppressive therapy, she defied all odds by conceiving naturally twice. During her first pregnancy in 2023, Lallianpuii gave birth to a healthy baby girl after a carefully monitored journey that drew admiration from her medical team. Just two years later, in 2025, ...

Budget’s impact on Canadian economy will depend on ‘execution’: Macklem – National

6Nov

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Budget’s impact on Canadian economy will depend on ‘execution’: Macklem – National

Bank of Canada governor Tiff Macklem said he would not comment directly on measures in the federal budget during a scheduled appearance before the House of Commons finance committee on Wednesday. But he told members of Parliament he believes the budget got the diagnosis right on what ails the Canadian economy: flagging productivity and low investment levels.Macklem said that to boost growth and make up for the hit from U.S. tariffs, Canada needs to create conditions that encourage private investment.That’s a job best suited to targeted fiscal policy, he said, rather than the sweeping effects of monetary policy and changes in the Bank of Canada’s benchmark interest rate.“I think what’s going to be important in moving forward is the quality of those investments, the quality of that spending,...

5Nov

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What Are Active Zone Minutes in Fitbit?

We may earn a commission from links on this page. If you have a Fitbit, or if you use the Fitbit app with a compatible device like a Pixel watch, you’ve probably seen “zone minutes” or "active zone minutes" pop up on your screen. So what exactly are active zone minutes, and how do they compare to the other ways we measure exercise, like steps? Zone minutes relate to the U.S. Physical Activity GuidelinesBefore we get into how zone minutes are measured, I think it will be most useful to look at why we’re counting up minutes at all. Fitbit’s purpose here is actually pretty neat: They’re trying to give you an automated way of telling whether you are keeping up with public health guidelines for exercise, like the World Health Organization’s recommendations for exercise, a...

Federal budget signals tone shift on oil and gas, but key details still unclear: experts

5Nov

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Federal budget signals tone shift on oil and gas, but key details still unclear: experts

The federal budget has signalled a shift in tone on the oil and gas sector, but experts say there’s still a lot of unknowns in how that will actually play out. “The nexus between energy security, economic security, and national security is clearer than ever before,” Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said in the opening paragraph of a budget that commits to furthering the country’s standing as an energy superpower.The budget included talk of potentially setting aside an emissions cap on oil and gas. It also includes measures like allowing the Canada Infrastructure Bank to support projects in the sector rather than limiting it to sustainability-linked projects.The various moves show a government that’s more willing to acknowledge the strategic role of the oil and gas industry that...

What Budget 2025 promises for border security and traveller screening – National

5Nov

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What Budget 2025 promises for border security and traveller screening – National

The federal budget unveiled by the government this week includes measures to strengthen border security and modernize screening of cross-border travellers, but details on the latter so far are slim. The new spending proposals will complement the $1.3-billion border security plan announced last December, of which $81 million has been allocated for spending by the end of the current fiscal year, the government says.The budget proposes $14.8 million over the next four years to Transport Canada “to develop and implement a new preclearance access regime, ensuring a more secure transportation system for all Canadians.”The document says the funding will also go toward “digital solutions to maximize efficiency in security screening activities,” particularly for transportation facility employees.Th...