Earlier this week,T-Mobile confirmed a data breach that affects at least 48 million people, a number that could still rise as the company continues its investigation. The data set contains particularly sensitive information like social security numbers, driver’s license details, and reportedly even the unique IMEI numbers associated with each…

Biden announces boosters for all Americans, more schools mandate masks and shots, and the US keeps its land borders closed. Heres what you should know: Want to receive this weekly roundup and other coronavirus news? Sign uphere! Biden decides to offer booster shots this fall, meeting criticism from some Earlier…

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Starting today, some Facebook users in the US will see Reels, Instagrams take on TikTok-like short-form videos, appear throughout the company’s main app, the social media giant told The Verge. If Facebook enrolls you in the test, youll see the clips appear nestled in the News Feed and within Groups.…

Variants of the virus that causes COVID-19 didnt really make news until this year, despite the virus spreading around the globe all through 2020. Theres some misinformation out there blaming the vaccine itself for these variants, but that seems to be based on a misunderstanding. Lets explore the facts. The…

BURNABY (NEWS 1130) – A person is dead after Mounties say they were hit by a vehicle while crossing Highway 1 in Burnaby Wednesday morning. The RCMP says the pedestrian was trying to cross the highway just after 8 a.m. when they were hit in the westbound HOV lane near…

As the Dixie fire has burned through Northern California over the past month, the city of Susanville in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada has become a refuge.Panicked residents of evacuated communities, including the devastated town of Greenville about an hour and a half away, have sought shelter at a…

HALIFAX — For the first time since 2009, Nova Scotia will have a Progressive Conservative premier. Tory Leader Tim Houston led his party to victory with a campaign that promised to spend massively on health care. Houston had repeatedly called the province’s health-care system a “complete failure.” “There isn’t a…