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Google was one of numerous tech companies implicated in last week’s PRISM scandal, and despite issuing a carefully worded denial, many people still believe the search giant provides the NSA with unfettered access to its servers.

Well, it’s finally time to have this discussion. What should you buy, the PlayStation 4 or the Xbox One. It helps that we’ve finally got some facts to work with in the new console war, instead of just chasing rumors and misinformation. So here’s the definitive look at how the two new consoles stack up against each other, and more importantly, what those comparisons actually mean.

Each major release since Android 1.5 has come along with a nickname. From Cupcake through Jelly Bean and beyond, here’s your look at the various Android versions.

The disclosure that the U.S government secretly collects data from telephone and internet services has raised concerns by some privacy advocates over Canada’s own surveillance techniques and what kind of information Ottawa is mining from Canadians.

Thanks for all the fish, Chris Hadfield. You made us all care about space after many decades of not caring.

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Join us as we take a look at all of the reasons why Android is king of the mobile operating system world in the lead up to Apple’s WWDC.

Scale is kind of important when comparing two things. By some measures, one human body is way smaller than the whole Earth. But by others, like the number of bacteria on the skin’s surface versus the number of people on the planet, a person wins out.

chrome logo. The week leading up to Google I/O, we received a tip that mentioned the possibility of Google announcing a product called Chromekey. At the time, we thought this was going to be an HDMI-style dongle that could plug in to any monitor or TV in order to make Chrome OS accessible on any …

Chromebooks aren’t like traditional laptops. They’re locked down by default, only booting Google-approved operating systems in their default state. They’re much more limited than traditional Windows, Mac, or Linux laptops.

Do you ever feel like you’re always running into people with your birthday? It might not be you; it might be the date that you were born. Matt Stiles’ birthday heat map gives us a picture of which birthdays are the most and least common in the United States.

Android: Most phone recovery apps require you install the app before you lose the phone or it gets stolen. Android Lost, however, can be remotely installed and it comes with a slew of useful features beyond just locating your phone.

Wouldn’t you be shocked if you were waiting for the bus, and you saw yourself magically appear in that Gap ad at your stop? Yup. And so were the victims of this delightful Photoshop prank by artist Erik Johansson and Adobe.

Jobs are up again in Saskatchewan, Statistics Canada says in its monthly labour force survey.

Sometimes the best way to drive a point home is pure, abject terror. And that’s the approach Leo Burnett London used in this ad that shows a rather extreme way to discourage drinking and driving.

Canada’s economy had its best month for job creation in years last month, adding 95,000 new jobs, according to Statistics Canada.

Chromebooks aren’t like traditional laptops. While they’re much simpler, they still have various useful features you may not know about. These tricks will help you take advantage of your Chromebook’s true potential.