BlackBerry has filed a patent lawsuit (PDF) against Internet telephony firm Avaya. The dispute marks a turning point for Blackberry, which pushed into the Android market last year but has been struggling. The patents include numbers 9,143,801 and 8,964,849, relating to “significance maps” for coding video data; number 8,116,739, describing methods of displaying messages; number 8,886,212, describing tracking location of …

Facebook Starts Testing Snapchat-Like Camera With Filters & Stickers In Brazil And Canada. Users who have been chosen to test out the feature should be able to expect an interface like the one you see above, where you can add filters and stickers, thanks to Facebook’s acquisition of MSQRD.

The Weeknd has donated $50,000 to the University of Toronto to help start an Ethiopic Studies program. The Toronto Star reports that the singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye, donated the money after a request from the Ethiopian-Canadian organization Bikila Award. U of T professor Michael Gervers had previously pledged to contribute $50,000 if the university and/or Ethiopian community …

Researchers have uncovered what may be the largest royal tomb found in more than a century of work on Maya ruins in Belize. Archaeologists working in Belize have been digging through the remains of the city of Xunantunich, a ceremonial and administration centre on the Mopan river which controlled parts of western Belize around 700AD. They recently discovered a royal …

Several homes were damaged and dozens of people have been temporarily displaced after a tornado swept through Waywayseecappo First Nation Monday night, about 280 kilometres northwest of Winnipeg. An eyewitness report suggests that at least one home was destroyed on the reserve and several others were damaged as a result of the storm. There have been no reports of any …

Canadians can now use Apple Pay and a compatible iPhone to make purchases at vending machines across the country. People can use Apple Pay to fund the PayRange iOS app, which is being supported by members of the Canadian National Vending Alliance, the latter organization said. The app can only be used at machines equipped with a BluKey dongle, although …

A new research from Indiana University researchers shows that although most people who engage in sexting expect their messages to remain private, nearly one in four people are sharing the sexual messages they receive. The study, “Sexting among singles in the USA: Prevalence of sending, receiving, and sharing sexual messages and images,” was led by Justin Garcia, Ruth Halls Assistant …

Scientists have found the oldest evidence of the hunting activities of early humans by extracting proteins from Stone Age tools that are 250,000 years old. A study in the Journal of Archaeological Science has found firm evidence that hominins used tools to butcher and prepare animals for eating as long as 250,000 years ago, or at least 50,000 years before …

Not only do millennials have to face issues like rising house prices, managing huge student debts and balancing their pokemon go obsession whilst holding down a full time job, now a new study has found millennials are having less sex than their parents generation. A new study reveals that more Millennials, born in the 1990s in particular, are nevertheless forgoing …

Vienna Zoo is celebrating the birth of a rare giant panda, The baby bear was born Sunday to mother Yang Yang and father Long Hui. It’s their fourth cub, after Fu Long, Fu Hu and Fu Bao. The ten-centimetre-long baby panda was born around 5am on Sunday morning and was captured on camera being licked clean and cradled by the …

Scientists at the MDI Biological Laboratory are studying the genetics of the lower organisms, which retain the ability to regenerate form and function of almost any tissue after injury, to find out how regenerative mechanisms might be activated in humans. The ability of animals to regenerate body parts has fascinated scientists since the time of Aristotle. But until the advent …