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The Bank of Canada is considering launching a digital currency that would help it combat the “direct threat” of cryptocurrencies and collect more information on how people spend their money, The Logic has learned. An internal Bank of Canada presentation, prepared for Governor Stephen Poloz and the bank’s board of directors, offers the most detailed public insight yet into the bank’s thinking on a proprietary digital coin. According to the presentation, the currency would be widely available. It would initially coexist with coins and paper money, eventually replacing them completely.

It's September and 2019 is only about three-quarters over, but that doesn't mean it's too early for one of the biggest business books prizes to start grinding into gear. Each year, we sift through a year's worth of business titles and crown just one the most interesting and impactful of the bunch.  The contest has just released its long list of contenders and it's basically a rundown of must-read titles for business leaders this fall. From a couple of books about bias against women to a new account of the financial crisis to fresh takes on the likely impact of AI, these are going to be the most chattered about books in the coming months.

Got an email from Instagram? Don't automatically assume it's legit. On Monday, Instagram launched a new feature designed to stop phishing attacks from hackers masquerading as the social media service. "Bad actors are getting better at imitating emails from Instagram, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for people to distinguish between a genuine email and a fake one," the Facebook-owned service said. At first glance, the emails from the hackers look legitimate since they use Instagram logos. They offer verified badges, claim your account has been hacked and needs to be secured, or accuse you of violating copyrights. But the scammers just want you to click a link and type your login information into a hacker-controlled webpage.

There's been a ton of talk about iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro and whether their cameras are the best in the business right now. That's something that can be debated, but what about DSLRs? One YouTuber compared iPhone 11 Pro with two cameras to see how things panned out. The video by PhotographyTalk actually also an iPhone X and that could be beneficial to anyone who skipped iPhone XS and is now due an upgrade. But the real interest is in the two DSLR cameras; a Nikon Z7 and a Sony a6400. You can check the video out for all of the example shots including both stills and video, but iPhone 11 Pro manages to more than hold its own against so-called real cameras. The shots of a beach and pier as the sun goes down look stunning even when taken on iPhone X, but there's a clear improvement when you swich to the new iPhone or DSLRs. This test was also carried out without the aid of Apple's Deep Fusion, a feature that takes multiple shots and combines them to improve f

A B.C. granny was slapped with a $368 ticket for distracted driving even though her cell phone was nowhere near her hands. According to reports out of the Vancouver area, Randi Kramer, a 70-something-year-old grandmother who had never received a ticket in her 50-plus years of driving, was hit with the fine on Monday after being approached by a cop on foot while stopped at a red light. Kramer was sitting with both hands on the steering wheel, with her phone sitting in her car’s cup holder, when she heard a tap on the window, her son Trevor  told the  Surrey Now-Leader  newspaper . She was startled to see it was a uniformed cop, not a panhandler, as expected. “He said that it was safe driving month and he was going to ticket her for having her cellphone charging and visible,” her son told the paper, adding that his mother “went out of her way to comply with the laws.” Randi Kramer told  Global News  she didn’t think she was breaking the law and was surprised to get the ticket.

Apple must pay tariffs on five Chinese-made parts for its new Mac Pro computer, the U.S. Trade Representative said Monday evening. The tech giant had hoped to receive exemptions from the 25 percent tariffs on parts including a power adapter and charging cable. The U.S. Trade Representative said Apple “failed to show that the imposition of additional duties on the particular product would cause severe economic harm to you or other U.S. interests.” Monday’s decision comes after Apple announced last week it would build its new Mac Pro in Austin, Texas. The U.S. Trade Representative three days earlier granted Apple tariff exemptions on 10 of the 15 requests it had made after the tech giant wrote a letter outlining its concerns. “Our concern with these tariffs is that the U.S. will be hardest hit, and that will result in lower U.S. growth and competitiveness and higher prices for U.S. consumers,” the letter said. President Trump has repeatedly told Apple to build its products

The luxury device, priced at just under $2,000, opens like a book to give users a screen that is the size of a small tablet.