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Companies

Spotify CEO confesses to “rough times after layoffs” – stock price rises

In December, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek announced the largest round of layoffs in the company's history, cutting 1,500...

Software

IBM acquires HashiCorp in strategic purchase – investors unimpressed

IBM has announced the acquisition of HashiCorp, a well-known provider of open-source tools for infrastructure automation, for $6.4...

Podcasts

Laurent Carbonneau, Council of Canadian Innovators for Hashtag Trending, the Weekend Edition

The conversation with Laurent Carbonneau from the Council of Canadian Innovators is based on the recent report, explores the challenges of innovation and productivity...

Podcasts

Is OpenAI critical infrastructure? Hashtag Trending, Friday April 26, 2024

OpenAI wants you to think about them as critical infrastructure. Meta’s stock tanks as Zuckerberg delivers his future vision to investors. IBM acquires infrastructure...

Podcasts

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, April 26, 2024

Howard Solomon - April 26, 2024

Podcasts

Cyber Security Today, April 26, 2024 – Patch warnings for Cisco ASA gateways and a WordPress plugin

Howard Solomon - April 26, 2024

Artificial Intelligence

Zuckerberg shares his vision with investors and Meta stock tanks

Jim Love - April 25, 2024

Today's News

Voyageur support team restores half-century old system functions billions of miles away

Jim Love - April 24, 2024

Social Networks

TikTok vows to fight new law that will force it to sell to an acceptable US company

Jim Love - April 24, 2024

New Large Language Models promise “infinite length.”

As the world of artificial intelligence evolves, major tech giants like Microsoft, Google, and Meta are pioneering the...

Podcasts

Times up for TikTok. Or is it? Hashtag Trending for Thursday April 25, 2024

Times up for TikTok – or is it? A whirlwind of news in AI this week. And an...

Podcasts

Cyber Security Today, April 24, 2024 – Good news/bad news in Mandiant report, UnitedHealth admits paying a ransomware gang, and more

This episode reports on the danger of using expired open-source packages, a tool used by a Russian hacking group and passw

Future of Work

Google fires more workers with clear message “don’t bring politics to the workplace.”

Google has terminated a total of 50 employees following a series of protests over its cloud computing contract...

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Currently a freelance writer, I'm the former editor of ITWorldCanada.com and Computing Canada. An IT journalist since 1997, I've written for several of ITWC's sister publications including ITBusiness.ca and Computer Dealer News. Before that I was a staff reporter at the Calgary Herald and the Brampton (Ont.) Daily Times.

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Emerging Tech

Cyber Security Today, April 22, 2024 -Vulnerability in CrushFTP file transfer software, security updates for Cisco’s controller management application, and more

This episode reports on a new campaign to steal credentials from LastPass users, a warning to admits of Ivanti Avalanche mobile device management software

Emerging Tech

Cyber Security Today, April 22, 2024 -Vulnerability in CrushFTP file transfer software, security updates for Cisco’s controller management application, and more

This episode reports on a new campaign to steal credentials from LastPass users, a warning to admits of Ivanti Avalanche mobile device management software

Podcasts

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday April 19, 2024

On this episode Jen Ellis, co-chair of the Ransomware Task Force, talks about ways of fighting one of the biggest cyber threats to IT d

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A.I.

AI surpasses human benchmarks in most areas: Stanford report

Artificial Intelligence April 21, 2024 0

Stanford University’s Institute for Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HAI) has...

Microsoft and OpenAI partner to build a $100 Billion AI supercomputer “Stargate”

AI April 15, 2024 0

In a bold stride towards computational supremacy, Microsoft, in...

US Bill Aims to Unveil AI Training Data Sources Amid Copyright Concerns

AI April 11, 2024 0

In a significant move toward transparency, a bill was...

AI presents an “extinction level threat” – US Gov’t Report: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Artificial Intelligence March 12, 2024 0

A new US government report warns that AI presents an “extinction level threat to the human species. Elon Musk is outsourcing his Grok AI code. Hackers have breached the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the US and a researcher shows how to steal a Tesla by leveraging a feature of the Tesla charging stations.