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Ontario Hides Secret Payout to Elon Musk’s SpaceX Over Failed Starlink Deal

Ontario taxpayers will not learn the price tag for a failed $100-million deal with Elon Musk’s SpaceX. The provincial government has confirmed that the payout for the cancelled Starlink contract is being kept secret following a confidential settlement between both parties. The Canadian Press has learned that while the "kill fee" is reportedly much lower...

New Digg Shuts Down, Founder Kevin Rose Returns to Save the Site

Just two months after its hyped up re-reboot in January, old school social network Digg has already temporarily shut down and is cutting a tonne of jobs. CEO Justin Mezzell is calling the move a "hard reset" required by an internet landscape that has changed massively since the platform's heyday in the mid-2000s. The relaunch...

Canada Alert: Feds Try Again to Build Backdoors Into Apps and Telecoms

Yesterday the federal government introduced Bill C-22, known as the Lawful Access Act, marking its third attempt in less than a year to pass sweeping surveillance powers. While the government claims the new bill is a more balanced this time around, privacy advocates and civil society groups are sounding the alarm, calling the legislation a...

Is the TD Banking Website Down? Users Can’t Login Right Now

It looks like the TD Canada website is down right now for customers trying to login to their accounts. While the TD app is working fine, those needing access to TD EasyWeb online banking are out of luck at the moment. Even after authenticating your username, password and two-factor code, users are greeted with a...