WASHINGTON — Twitter loves lies. A new study finds that false information on the social media network travels six times faster than the truth and reaches far more people. And you can’t blame bots; it’s us, say the authors of the largest study of online misinformation. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology looked at…
An American citizen has been detained in Moscow on suspicion of spying, Russia’s FSB state security service announced on New Year’s Eve. The FSB said the American had been detained on December 28 but it gave no details of the nature of his alleged espionage activities. The Russians said he was facing criminal charges. Russia’s…
TORONTO — Toys “R” Us Canada maintains it’s still business as usual, even as its U.K. counterpart announced it would shutter all 75 locations in the country. It’s the same message the company repeated last week when it was reported that Toys “R” Us would liquidate its U.S. operations after filing for bankruptcy. Toys “R”…
Mitt Romney, the former Republican presidential candidate and incoming US senator from Utah, sharply criticised President Donald Trump and suggested the US leader had caused dismay around the world. In a Washington Post essay published on Tuesday evening, Romney criticised a number of Trump’s actions in December. "The appointment of senior persons of lesser experience, the abandonment of allies who…
Growing up, my mother constantly reminded me of two important rules: Do unto others as you would wish others do unto you, and two wrongs never make a right. In the span of a week, our political “leaders” have failed to grasp the importance of these two rules. Canada’s latest round of interprovince trade debacles…
Donald Trump wants to complete a UK-US free trade deal before the 2020 presidential election, one of Britain’s most active supporters in the US Congress has revealed. George Holding, the Republican congressman from North Carolina, told The Daily Telegraph that Mr Trump “absolutely” wants an agreement to be wrapped up before his re-election bid. Mr…
TORONTO — One in four anglophone Canadians have cut the cord and no longer pay for a traditional TV service, while just over half are Netflix users, according to a report by the Media Technology Monitor. Based on telephone surveys with 4,156 Canadians conducted by Forum Research Inc., between Sept. 27, 2017 and Dec. 8,…
The founder of the “yellow vest” revolt said it had become a dangerous “dog without a leash” prey to extremists and anarchists, and urged moderate protesters to open dialogue with the French government. Jacline Mouraud, a 51-year old composer and hypnotherapist from Brittany, is credited with sparking the movement after six million people viewed her…
The news that Facebook’s Android app has been collecting call and text histories is yet another black eye for the social media giant. But just why was Facebook able to siphon off records of who its users were contacting — and when — in the first place? The short answer: Because Google let it. The…
Morocco arrested a Swiss national on Saturday in connection with the killing of two Scandinavian women, the counter-terrorism agency said. Louisa Vesterager Jespersen, 24, from Denmark, and Maren Ueland, 28, from Norway were found dead early on Dec. 17 near the village of Imlil in the Atlas Mountains. The man arrested is also suspected of “involvement…