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Photo by: Kris Krüg (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0), via Flickr TORONTO — Rachel Doran, executive director of Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government’s deal to allow the annual sale of 49,000 Chinese EVs in Canada annually at a low tariff rate, rising to 70,000 in half a decade. “Over the past year, Clean Energy Canada has been clear that Canada inadvertently ‘broke’ its EV market with a combination of policy changes under the past two governments: ending the EV incentive, pausing the EV Availability Standard, and imposing a 100% tariff on Chinese EVs in…

Too much work got you feeling down? Maybe you could use a desktop robot to cheer you up. These little gadgets give their owners a way to relieve some stress or add a little fun to their day without being a distraction. And that is the key — if you want distractions, there is no shortage of options available to you. But since you actually need to get your work done, a good desktop robot will not stand in the way.Oftentimes, these digital companions are either expensive or — for the DIYer — too complex to build at home. So,…

The Kobo Remote is a tiny, two-button accessory that makes it easier to keep reading cozy. Though not entirely a necessity, it’s an oddly delightful tool for turning pages without hands on your Kobo e-reader.I live in aggressively air-conditioned spaces, which is largely my partner’s fault. Despite moving to Hawaii so I’d never experience winter again, I’m still always freezing, just now with palm trees outside the window. And that’s exactly where the Kobo Remote comes in.With the remote in hand, I can finally turn pages on my e-reader without reaching outside of my blanket cocoon. It’s cozy, slightly indulgent,…

Engineers have taken a major step toward producing the smallest earthquakes ever created, shrinking seismic-style vibrations down to the scale of a microchip. The breakthrough centers on a device called a surface acoustic wave phonon laser. The technology could eventually enable more advanced chips for smartphones and other wireless electronics, helping make them smaller, faster, and more energy efficient. The research was led by Matt Eichenfield, an incoming faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder, along with scientists from the University of Arizona and Sandia National Laboratories. Their findings were published Jan. 14 in the journal Nature. What Are…

Time can be a funny thing. I still remember discovering HTML, CSS, and JavaScript coding. I still remember my first college programming course. I still remember my first day at my first coding job, then my first day at my second coding job, and then my first day at Mozilla. I still remember my first day coding for MetaMask. This year marks my 20th year as a professional software engineer and it’s happened in the blink of an eye. Every once in a while I will make an old programming reference to a much younger engineer and then realize they…

But the country Donald Trump has fixated on most isn’t an adversary — it’s an ally. Greenland, a NATO member and longtime partner of the United States has repeatedly found itself in the president’s crosshairs.These threats, delivered largely through unilateral executive action, have once again raised questions about Congress’s role as a check on presidential power. And with Trump in his final term, even some Republicans are showing small but notable signs of concern.Today, Explained co-host Astead Herndon spoke with Annie Grayer, a senior reporter at CNN, about how Capitol Hill is responding — and where those fractures inside the…

What a missed opportunity. At parent company Lenovo’s huge Tech World conference at CES 2026 (held in the Sphere, no less!), Motorola finally revealed its much-rumoured first book-style foldable to rival the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 7 and Google Pixel 10 Pro Fold. The Motorola Razr Fold, as it’s unsurprisingly known, was officially unveiled alongside a new Signature flagship phone and several other products. Well, sort of.  An incomplete picture In many ways, this was just a teaser for what’s to come. Motorola did reveal some specs, but some of the most crucial remain unknown.  We know that the device will have a pair of 120Hz…

“At this writing, the only serious ELIZA scripts which exist are some which cause ELIZA to respond roughly as would certain psychotherapists (Rogerians). ELIZA performs best when its human correspondent is initially instructed to”talk” to it, via the typewriter of course, just as one would to a psychiatrist. This mode of conversation was chosen because the psychiatric interview is one of the few examples of categorized dyadic natural language communication in which one of the participating pair is free to assume the pose of knowing almost nothing of the real world. If, for example, one were to tell a psychiatrist…

New year, new conversations about AI. As 2026 begins, AI has moved from experimentation to execution, and expectations are rising just as fast. Boards are investing, and customers are pushing for real outcomes. The question is no longer if organizations will invest in AI, but how they’ll turn that investment into durable, long-term value. Over the past year, I’ve had countless discussions with our Precisely leadership team about what they’re seeing across industries, regions, and customer environments. While their perspectives come from different disciplines, a clear set of themes keeps emerging. Below are several insights from myself and our leadership…

Ever found yourself circling a packed parking lot, heart sinking as you realize the only spot left is impossibly tight? Or perhaps you’ve experienced the dreaded “door ding” aftermath, wishing your car could just… park itself? And what about the sheer frustration of trying to squeeze yourself into your vehicle when it’s boxed in by other cars? What if we told you that future is already here, and it’s smoother, smarter, and more seamless than you can imagine? Prepare to say goodbye to parking woes and hello to a whole new era of convenience, thanks to innovative robotics and the…