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A new digital campaign is looking to flood social media sites with accurate, science-informed content about COVID-19. Misinformation and conspiracy theories have plagued the online discussion around COVID-19 since the pandemic began. But that misinformation has shifted in the past 10 months, says Timothy Caulfield, Canada research chair in health law and policy at the University of Alberta. Source

Last spring, a humpback whale piqued the curiosity and captured the hearts of Montrealers during a brief passage through the St. Lawrence River. The whale swam from the town of Tadoussac, to Quebec City, before ending up under the Jacques-Cartier Bridge. Source

SAN FRANCISCO -- YouTube has suspended Donald Trump indefinitely from the platform and said it will also prevent the former U.S. president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani from being able to monetize his clips, U.S. media reported. It comes a week after the social media giant confirmed it would extend a ban on Trump's channel -- which has just under three million subscribers -- joining other social media platforms in banning his accounts following the deadly Jan. Source

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- A pair of astronauts went spacewalking Wednesday to install a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station's European lab. NASA's Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated out early and headed straight to Columbus, one of the three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost. Source

CAPE CANAVERAL, FLA. -- Spacewalking astronauts installed a high-speed data link outside the International Space Station's European lab on Wednesday and tackled other improvements. NASA's Mike Hopkins and Victor Glover floated out early and headed straight to Columbus, one of the three high-tech labs at the orbiting outpost. Source

FRANKFURT -- An international debate over how countries tax big U.S. technology companies such as Google, Amazon and Facebook is heating up, presenting a challenge for new President Joe Biden's administration. There's a mid-year deadline for talks on a global deal that aims to defuse trade disputes with France and other countries that are imposing go-it-alone taxes the U.S. Source

Apple is urging iPhone and iPad users to promptly update their operating systems to fix security bugs that may have already been exploited by hackers. On its support webpage, the company said three security flaws "may have been actively exploited. Source

TORONTO -- A government app used to facilitate international arrivals into Canada may have access to users location data, despite its privacy policy explicitly saying otherwise, a U.K. virtual private network (VPN) research firm report alleges. Source

TORONTO -- A government app used to facilitate international arrivals into Canada may have had access to users location data, despite its privacy policy explicitly saying otherwise, a U.K. virtual private network (VPN) research firm report alleges. Source

HALIFAX -- The Canadian Space Agency is harnessing satellite technology to monitor and protect endangered North Atlantic right whales in the country's waters. The agency said Tuesday it will lead a $5.3-million project funded by the federal government called smartWhales, which will use satellites to detect the presence of right whales and to predict the animals' movements. Source