AI Economist is an installable agent skill for macroeconomic nowcasting and central-bank policy analysis. It uses a structural model with ML calibration to interpret GDP drivers, Taylor rule signals, and policy diagnostics for the US and Canada, combining high-frequency auxiliary variables with baseline and data-enhanced forecasts.
Canadian YouTuber Anthony Sistilli built a homemade license plate reader to track police officers using Flock surveillance cameras, prompting a visit from Peel Regional Police in Ontario. His project highlights the tension between law enforcement's use of Flock devices to catch criminals and public concerns about mass surveillance, with dozens of cities rejecting the technology after documented misuse by officers and false arrests.
Europe switches to winter time on October 25th, followed by North America on November 1st. Several Canadian provinces are abandoning daylight saving time this year. The email provides guidance on managing the time change across multiple time zones and updating device clocks.
Signal says proposed amendments to Canada's Bill C-22 lawful access legislation are insufficient to address its encryption and privacy concerns, threatening to withdraw from the country rather than comply with metadata retention requirements or make changes that would weaken its encryption protections.