Google Trends shows Americans want to move to Canada following Trump win

This tends to happen during the American election season. When a controversial candidate wins, Americans start to look for ways to move to Canada. Google Trends have tweeted and pointed out that following Super Tuesday and Trump’s win in seven states against other Republican candidates, the search engine has had the highest search for “Move to Canada” queries in the company’s history. The numbers have nearly doubled since George W. Bush was re-elected. The other data Google Trends was able to cull include Trump being the top search query for all seven states among the Republican politicians.

On the Democrat’s side, Hillary Clinton beat out Bernie Sanders to take out the seven states. But in terms of searches, Sanders and Clinton were pretty close except for Vermont where Sanders was more popular. If you’ve been following the U.S. Elections, you can see more interesting data from Google here.

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2017 Maserati Levante is the latest entry in the luxury SUV market

Luxury SUVs are all the rage these days with the likes of the Porsche Cayenne and the upcoming Tesla Model X considered some of the most desirable vehicles in this upper crust of the segment. Maserati's new Levante SUV is theier first entrée into the SUV market, the largest luxury auto segment in the world.

The Levante brings some Italian flair and luxury with a good measure of power, performance and handling. Revealed at the Geneva Motor Show, the Levante features comes to market with either of a pair of 3.0-liter twin-turbo gasoline-fed V-6 engines, offering 350 or 430 horsepower. The landmark feature is “Q4” intelligent all-wheel drive and an 8-speed automatic transmission, both specially calibrated for the new SUV.

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Facebook denounces detention of its exec in Brazil, calls it an ‘extreme and disproportionate measure’

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Facebook isn’t happy with how a Brazilian court handled a case dealing with its messaging service, WhatsApp. The company finds its Vice President for Latin America Diego Dzodan arrested because the company supposedly failed to cooperate with judicial orders related to a secretive drug-trafficking investigation. Facebook, or WhatsApp more specifically, was demanded by a court to provide data to aid in the investigation. The arrest was issued after a fine of 1 million reais (about $340,000 CAD) was issued to compel Facebook to help. However, it might be difficult to obtain that data. According to Christopher Soghoian, principal technologist with the American Civil Liberties Union, WhatsApp uses end-to-end encryption technology in 2014 that prevents them from monitoring messages that travel across its network.

Dzodan is currently held in Sao Paulo state for questioning. The arrest comes in the time when social media, Internet, and tech companies are facing mounting pressure from governments to help them spy on their users and filter content. According to an emailed statement from the company, “Facebook has always been and will be available to address any questions Brazilian authorities may have.”

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Faraday Future creates its own inverter, patents it in the U.S.

Following the debut of its FFZERO1 concept car, Faraday Future is working towards bringing its vehicles into production and they’re doing it piece by piece. The supposed Tesla rival has invented and patented a power converter designed for efficiency. Called the FF Echelon Inverter, it’s said to achieve 20 to 30 percent more power density, which means it can transform energy more efficiently. It also reduces the chance of a current to be shared across parallel components, meaning it lessens the likelihood of failure due to undue stress on the inverter.

According to Silva Hiti, senior director of Electric Drive at FF, “Condensing the number of transistors and other complex components enhances the inverter’s overall stability and dependability, allowing us to accomplish far more, with fewer materials.” Its sleek design is also said to help reduce manufacturing costs and will let them focus on rider comfort and safety instead of having to house a sizable power inverter.

Source: Faraday Future | Via: The Next Web