On the sixth floor of Google’s former downtown Toronto office, Chris Bentley spent nine months developing a new way for aspiring lawyers to get their licence in Ontario. The endeavour, called the Law Practice Program, would train recent grads in a virtual law firm that simulated meetings with partners and …

  The Oak and Eden Range of Whiskies Finishing refers to the practice of maturing a spirit, for short periods of time, in a cask that previously held other liquids. The process allows whiskey makers to add additional layers of flavor to a whiskey. The practice started with the Scotch …

As the 2018-19 NBA trade deadline approached, the Los Angeles Lakers had a major need for shooting and acquired Reggie Bullock, who is the prototypical 3-and-D necessary for todays NBA. Unfortunately for Bullock and the Lakers, he converted on just 34.3% from the three-point line despite knocking down over 41% …

According to new research, a nearby binary neutron-star merger gave birth to 0.3% of the Earth’s heaviest elements, including gold, platinum and uranium; such an event may have occurred about 1,000 light-years away from the Pre-solar Nebula, approximately 80 million years before the formation of our Solar System. Merging neutron …

According to the advocacy group Marijuana Moment, the PGA Tour issued a warning to its players in early April that CBD products pose a risk to athletes because they have limited government regulation and may contain THC, the psychoactive component of cannabis that is prohibited. On Wednesday, Bubba Watson became …

A team of researchers from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen, Greenland Institute of Natural Resources and Malaysia’s AIMST University has successfully sequenced and analyzed the genome of the narwhal (Monodon monoceros), the most specialized endemic Arctic cetacean, well known for its elongated horn-like tusk and …

  SpaceX has finally confirmed what we all suspected — its Dragon II spacecraft was totally destroyed during a test late last month. The admission comes from the company’s vice president of mission assurance Hans Koenigsmann. During a recent press event, Koenigsmann addressed the loss of the capsule and provided …

  Microsoft has announced the new developer edition of HoloLens 2. Like the standard version of HoloLens, it’s supposed to cost $3,500, or $99 per month on an installment plan. Additional features over and above the standard HoloLens 2 model are, at this point, puzzlingly light. Signing up for the …

  This week, AMD celebrated the 50th anniversary of its founding. Like Intel, AMD was conceived by Fairchild Semiconductor employees. Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore left that company in 1968 to found Intel. Jerry Sanders left Fairchild in 1969 and founded AMD. I’ve covered many companies over the past 18 …

  The semiconductor market may be facing a grim 2019 after the first quarter chewed the hell out of overall sales. Some seasonal decline is always expected in certain markets — anything related to desired consumer goods always takes a hit after Christmas — but the drop in revenue in …