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People wearing face masks to curb the spread of COVID-19 walk past a Christmas display in Vancouver, on Thursday, December 23, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck On the plus side, more Canadians expecting the holidays to be less stressful than last year Despite the recent surge in coronavirus cases, it appears that more Canadians are feeling joy and excitement over the holidays compared to last year. A new annual Research Co. poll, which asked 1,000 Canadians how they feel about the holiday season, found that 49 per cent of Canadians are expecting the Christmas season to be “more fun than stressful” – up 19 points from a survey conducted in 2020. Twenty-four per cent said they are waiting to see how the season unfolds. And with the country in less of a state of lockdown than this time last year, exactly how are people sending their well-wishes to friends and neighbours? A majority favour “Merry Christmas” as a greeting, with “Happy Holidays” most popular with Canadians ag...

The remarkable discovery highlights the similarities between dinosaurs and birds A 70-million-year-old fossilized dinosaur egg discovered in China is giving scientist the opportunity to study dinosaur incubation. Nicknamed Baby Yingliang — after the Chinese museum where it was discovered — the fossil preserves the embryonic skeleton of an oviraptorid dinosaur and shows the baby dinosaur curled up perfectly inside, CNN reported. Speaking about the discovery, Darla Zelenitsky, an associate professor in the department of geoscience at the University of Calgary in Canada pointed out how rare embryonic dinosaur fossils are to come across. RELATED: Fluffy Dinosaurs Actually Existed and Lived at the South Pole, Scientists Discover "It is an amazing specimen ... I have been working on dinosaur eggs for 25 years and have yet to see anything like it," said Zelenitsky per CNN. "Up until now, little has been known of what was going on inside a dinosaur's egg prior to...

FTX releases crypto regulation proposals before US congressional hearing The “FTX’s Key Principles for Market Regulation” blog consists of a 10-points proposal aiming to help U.S. regulators build a crypto-centric regulatory framework. Bahamian-based cryptocurrency exchange FTX released a list of principles and proposals to help policymakers build the regulatory framework. The policy recommends the market-structure choices made by several leading crypto exchanges and suggests its implementation across all jurisdictions.  FTX shared the “FTX’s Key Principles for Market Regulation” blog after Maxine Waters, the chair of the House Committee on Financial Services, invited several CEOs of major crypto firms to testify on the topic of digital assets and the future of finance. Out of the 10 key principles, one of the recommendations calls for an alternative regulatory approach that proposes a unified regulatory regime for spot and derivatives marketplaces. According to the blo...

The best gaming laptops are changing every year. The early days of mobile gaming were largely desktop replacements — clunky chassis, multiple power bricks, and RGB lighting galore. But the top contenders now are different. Manufacturers are finally putting powerful specs in sleeker, more portable, and more professional builds. They have excellent, fast refreshing screens that are necessary for a great gaming experience. These laptops aren’t just great for gaming, but for everyday work as well. The best gaming laptop of 2021 is the Asus ROG Zephyrus G15. It can handle the most demanding games on the market today and also makes a great daily driver. We’ll be updating this page regularly as the best gaming laptops hit shelves throughout this year. Some exciting updates are on the way. AMD and Nvidia have announced their next-gen series of mobile processors and mobile graphics cards — the Ryzen 5000 series and the GeForce RTX 3000 series, respectively — and we’re already seeing them in pre...

An interview with the new ransom group BlackMatter  A few days ago, the BlackMatter ransomware hackers appeared and started posting advertisements on various hacking forums in the dark web, in their quest to recruit the best hackers, and stated that they combined the best features of the hidden ransom groups REvil and DarkSide.  In a press interview with a representative of the BlackMatter Group, Dmitriy Smilianets, an expert at the cybersecurity firm Recorded Future, spoke about how BlackMatter learned from the past mistakes of other ransomware groups and this was part of the meeting:  Dmitriy Smilients: You've come out recently as we know, there have been no public attacks with BlackMatter yet. Since when did you start developing your own software?  BlackMatter representative: You judge that with our public blog, and in fact there have been attacks, and the companies that we attacked are already communicating with us. As long as the negotiations are s...