Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....
I just can’t stand the lack of hibernation or hybrid suspend on laptops with Linux. Otherwise I’d much rather have a Linux distro on my nice laptop and windows in a VM if at all.
She actually said something along the lines of “your brother’s company is killing people the sauce is so sweet” in response to a comment or so I read in another article this morning.
I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?
I might have misunderstood this but is Android really trying to push this as tracking as a privacy upgrade, simply because it let’s us choose which of our interests we want advertisers to have access to?
Remote workers who’ve been ordered back to the office might suspect the directive is nothing more than a power trip by the boss, and research suggests they’re probably right....
I acknowledge that all sorts of experts raised concerns that lead to this, but I’m still upset. I have a serious mental illness that could derail my entire life at any time. If / when I decide it’s time to go I’d rather go peacefully rather than painfully.
Canada is caught in a “population trap” for the first time in modern history and needs to limit immigration to escape it, say economists with the National Bank of Canada....
A mental health review board has rejected a discharge request from a man who killed killing five people at a Calgary house party almost a decade ago....
Influenza vaccines will be available in Alberta pharmacies on Oct. 16, with the new Moderna XBB vaccine likely to be accessible around the same time....
A Calgary man who killed five young people in the worst mass killing in the city’s history is seeking to have his case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to gain a conditional discharge....
On the heels of a summer in which heat records were smashed in North America and Europe, thousands of oil and gas industry executives, government officials and media representatives from around the world will converge on Calgary for the World Petroleum Congress....
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said a central kitchen believed to be linked to an E. coli outbreak in Calgary that has made hundreds of children sick has been closed indefinitely, and she has ordered a review of all shared kitchens that serve daycares in the city....
Windows 11 Start menu ads are now rolling out to everyone (www.theverge.com)
Microsoft is starting to enable ads inside the Start menu on Windows 11 for all users. After testing these briefly with Windows Insiders earlier this month, Microsoft has started to distribute update KB5036980 to Windows 11 users this week, which includes “recommendations” for apps from the Microsoft Store in the Start menu....
A Nigerian woman reviewed some tomato puree online. Now she faces jail (www.cnn.com)
Why is WhatsApp so ubiquitous everywhere BUT North America? (midwest.social)
I read about WhatsApp and how people can’t part with Meta because of it, however no one on my continent uses it. Why is it so popular in the EU and other parts of the world?
Supreme Court will not hear appeal of Calgary man who killed five people (calgary.ctvnews.ca)
The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday it will not hear an appeal from Matthew de Grood to acquire more freedoms while under psychiatric care....
Android offering privacy by profiling and sharing app ussage info? (lemmy.world)
I might have misunderstood this but is Android really trying to push this as tracking as a privacy upgrade, simply because it let’s us choose which of our interests we want advertisers to have access to?
Ordering workers back to the office a 'power grab' by bosses, research suggests (financialpost.com)
Remote workers who’ve been ordered back to the office might suspect the directive is nothing more than a power trip by the boss, and research suggests they’re probably right....
Like we did for tobacco, we must ban false fossil fuel ads (www.nationalobserver.com)
It seems NDP MP Charlie Angus has hit a nerve....
Liberals introduce legislation to delay expansion of assisted dying eligibility until 2027 (www.cbc.ca)
‘We are dying slowly:’ Palestinians are eating grass and drinking polluted water as famine looms across Gaza (edition.cnn.com)
Canada caught in population trap for first time in modern history, economists warn (financialpost.com)
Canada is caught in a “population trap” for the first time in modern history and needs to limit immigration to escape it, say economists with the National Bank of Canada....
Review board denies discharge to man who killed five at Calgary house party (calgary.ctvnews.ca)
A mental health review board has rejected a discharge request from a man who killed killing five people at a Calgary house party almost a decade ago....
‘It’s happened too much’: Bridgeland businesses say they’re repeatedly hit by thieves - Calgary | Globalnews.ca (globalnews.ca)
Braid: After huge meeting, social conservatives completely control Danielle Smith's party (calgaryherald.com)
Alberta's first Chipotle location opens in Calgary on Thursday (calgary.ctvnews.ca)
In Sunridge! I can’t wait!
Fighting against the USSR didn’t necessarily make you a Nazi (www.politico.eu)
Everybody knows that a lie can make it halfway around the world before the truth has even got its boots on....
COVID-19, influenza vaccines available soon at Alberta pharmacies (globalnews.ca)
Influenza vaccines will be available in Alberta pharmacies on Oct. 16, with the new Moderna XBB vaccine likely to be accessible around the same time....
Matthew de Grood seeks Supreme Court appeal to return to Calgary with additional freedoms (globalnews.ca)
A Calgary man who killed five young people in the worst mass killing in the city’s history is seeking to have his case heard by the Supreme Court of Canada in an attempt to gain a conditional discharge....
'Olympics of oil and gas' to kick off in Calgary amid growing climate scrutiny (www.cbc.ca)
On the heels of a summer in which heat records were smashed in North America and Europe, thousands of oil and gas industry executives, government officials and media representatives from around the world will converge on Calgary for the World Petroleum Congress....
Alberta premier orders review of shared kitchens in Calgary as hundreds of kids sick with E. coli (www.cbc.ca)
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith said a central kitchen believed to be linked to an E. coli outbreak in Calgary that has made hundreds of children sick has been closed indefinitely, and she has ordered a review of all shared kitchens that serve daycares in the city....