Minors, mentally ill should have right to doctor-assisted death, parliamentarians say

A special committee of MPs and senators says Canadians with grievous – but not necessarily terminal – conditions should have the right to medical help in dying. The committee makes 21 recommendations as the government prepares to draft new legislation on medically-assisted dying.

Awesome, hopefully more manufacturers jump on board and do the same.

Awesome, hopefully more manufacturers jump on board and do the same.

Google’s Chromecast is the miracle dongle that makes streaming video, photos, websites, and anything else from a laptop or smartphone simple as hell. Now, it’s going to be even more simple to stream straight from your phone to your TV.

Watch the Next Generation Atlas Robot Get Bullied By A Mean Human (And Stay On His Feet)

Boston Dynamics has a new video showing off the latest version of Atlas—the badass humanoid robot. And it’s pretty incredible. The most striking thing about this new version is the amazing balance Atlas achieves. I’ve never seen a humanoid robot with this kind of agility.

Google Wants to Replace SMS With a Better Messaging Platform

Texting is long overdue for a makeover. The simple, utilitarian Short Message Service (SMS) has served our messaging needs well for more than a decade, but as our texts become increasingly crammed with photos, videos, and more, it’s clear that SMS can no longer meet the needs of the average smartphone user. That’s where Rich Communications Services (RCS) comes in: the much-better platform that Google wants to put on your phone.

It figures Apple would do something like this.

It figures Apple would do something like this.

Listen to Tim Cook and you’d be forgiven for thinking that Apple was standing up for the little guy, sticking up for the likes of you and I in fighting the FBI. The FBI, Apple would have you believe, wants Apple to break encryption, thereby weakening security for everyone. But that’s not really the case at all.

Obama Wants to Tax Oil Companies and Give the Money to Green Transportation Projects

Oil is at its lowest price in decades, which has many people worrying about what burning all that cheap oil will do to an already crippled planet. Now President Obama is proposing something pretty ambitious: Taxing oil companies to pay for cleaner transportation infrastructure.