AvatarMonty RexAvatarAvatar1 day agoDaniel Kahneman, the psychologist who won a Nobel for upending economics, dies at 90verified_publisherFortune - Bloomberg, Stephen MillerDaniel Kahneman, a psychologist whose work casting doubt on the rationality of decision-making helped spawn the field of behavioral economics and won …
AvatarMonty RexAvatarAvatar1 day agoYour smart TV is snooping on you. Here's how to limit the personal data it gathersverified_publisherZDNET - Steven Vaughan-NicholsYou can't stop your smart TV from snooping on you entirely, but you can opt out of some of it. Any internet-connected device can be hacked -- it's …
AvatarMonty RexFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo2 days agoSome Canadians are planning to boycott Loblaw in May, and that includes blacklisting much more than just grocery storesnowtoronto.com - Rachel GoodmanThousands of Canadians are planning to boycott Loblaw in May in protest of its rising grocery prices, but that means saying no to more than just its …
AvatarMonty RexAvatarAvatar4 days agoAndrew Huberman’s Mechanisms of Controlintelligencer - Kerry HowleyThe private and public seductions of the world’s biggest pop neuroscientist. This article was featured in One Great Story, New York’s reading …
AvatarMonty RexFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logo3 days agoAllison Hanes: Why are fewer Quebecers moving to Montreal?montrealgazette.com - Allison Hanes, Montreal GazetteIt was once almost a rite of passage: young Quebecers who grew up in the suburbs, small towns or distant regions moving to Montreal to study or seek …
AvatarMonty RexFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMar 21Rent increase in Quebec: Here's what to do if you don't want to paymtlblog.com - Ilana BelferSince most Quebec leases renew on July 1, and landlords are generally required to give a minimum of three months' notice if they're increasing your …
AvatarMonty RexFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoArtist's guide to how to spot AI images is essential readingcreativebloq.com - By Joseph FoleyDiscover the telltale signs of generative AI. AI-generated imagery has exploded online, and it's starting to become hard to tell if an image is real …
AvatarMonty RexFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoThis dreamy Montreal hike leads to a hidden footbridge so you can literally walk on watermtlblog.com - Ilana BelferThough temperatures are set to drop this week, Montreal has seen one of its warmest winters on record and — with spring officially beginning March 19 …
AvatarMonty RexAvatarAvatarFinland’s ‘Icebreaker’ Introduces New Kind of Nordic Thriller: ‘When the Night Is at Its Longest, the Dead Are the Closest to the Living’ (EXCLUSIVE)Variety - Marta BalagaBe afraid, be very afraid: Finnish mystery thriller “Icebreaker” has just revealed exclusive first-look photos. Set on a stranded icebreaker, it sees …
AvatarMonty RexAlexa catches a killer: Moment out-of-breath husband speaks to Amazon device after murdering wifeThe Independent - Lucy LeesonAn Alexa device helped catch a killer after it recorded an out-of-breath husband just minutes after he murdered his wife at their home in South Wales. Daniel White is heard making commands to the Amazon device after killing his wife Angie White at their Swansea home in October 2022. Police used the data to piece together a timeline of events the night Mrs White was murdered by her husband. A court heard how White kicked open his wife’s locked bedroom door and strangled the 45-year-old, before cutting her throat with a knife. White’s voice commands, recorded by Alexa at the time of the murder which aided his prosecution, have now been aired as part of the series Deadliest Families. White is currently serving life in prison with a minimum term of 20 years and 10 months.
AvatarMonty RexFlipboardIcon version of the Flipboard logoMoody's, Morningstar raise red flags over Quebec's 'clearly deteriorated' fiscal outlookmontrealgazette.com - Philip Authier, Montreal GazetteQUEBEC — Two prominent credit rating agencies have raised warning flags about Quebec's fiscal outlook in the wake of its new budget and $11-billion …
AvatarMonty RexAvatarAvatarTake it from a former banker: the budget is for ordinary people. The mega-rich look on and laughverified_publisherThe Guardian - Gary StevensonWhatever Jeremy Hunt says, traders know the rich will get richer and the poor will get poorer. And they’re paid millions to bet on it, says the author Gary Stevenson