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Whoever runs the purchasing department at the Dubai Police Department may have watched a lot of 1980s television, where shows like “Knight Rider,” “Airwolf, Street Hawk,” and “The Highway Man,” featured high-tech vehicles as key members of the cast. Perhaps unfettered by routine budget constraints that keep most police departments with both feet firmly planted […] -
There’s a new whiz kid in the tech world—but it is a narrow-minded loner. Google’s latest artificial intelligence creation can beat all comers, human and machine alike, at the hardest game in the world, and it has figured it out solely by playing against itself. Its creators said that the machine “is no longer constrained by […] -
The Niagara Region is typically associated with Ontario’s wine country, tourism, and golf, but entrepreneur Kyle Tkachuk wants it to become a hub for tech innovation. -
Wi-Fi using WPA2 security may not be as secure as previously thought. A weakness in the security protocol means that hackers, if within range, can potentially steal sensitive data or attack a computer using malware, according to researchers at KU Leuven in Belgium. Mathy Vanhoef, a postdoc security researcher in the computer science department at […] -
The iPhone app for ride-sharing company Uber has been allowed by Apple to access and record users screens, opening a door that would allow it to effectively spy on users. Uber has said the functionality had a benign purpose and is no longer in use. The functionality, Uber said, was granted by Apple to allow […] -
Yahoo on Tuesday said that all 3 billion of its accounts were hacked in a 2013 data theft, tripling its earlier estimate of the size of the largest breach in history, in a disclosure that attorneys said sharply increased the legal exposure of its new owner, Verizon Communications Inc. The news expands the likely number and […] -
Apple Inc—has received more than four times as many national-security related requests from the U.S. government in the first half of this year versus a year ago, according to a company report on Thursday. Apple said it had received between 13,250 and 13,499 national security requests affecting between 9,000 and 9,249 users. That compares with […]
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LONDON—Uber told a British employment appeal tribunal on Wednesday its drivers were self-employed, not workers entitled to a range of benefits, less than a week after it heard it would lose its London license. The U.S. ride-hailing service has faced regulatory and legal setbacks around the world amid opposition from traditional taxi services and concern […] -
WASHINGTON–U.S. manufacturers remain the prime targets for cyberattack and cyberespionage by malicious hackers, a new industry report shows. The report warns that there is a critical need for U.S. government and industry to build an effective cybersecurity framework to safeguard against a future major attack on the U.S. manufacturing industry, which forms the backbone of the […] -
China’s most popular messaging app WeChat now warns users in a privacy statement about how much of their private data the company shares with the Chinese regime. To no one’s surprise, it’s just about everything users type into the app. Developed by the Chinese internet company Tencent, WeChat is China’s equivalent of WhatsApp and is […] -
Summer vacations are over and tech entrepreneurs along with the small business community are up in arms over the government’s proposed tax changes. -
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple Inc on Tuesday rolled out its much-anticipated iPhone X, a redesigned product of glass and stainless steel with an edge-to-edge display that Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook called “the biggest leap forward since the original iPhone.” The phone features wireless charging, an infrared camera and special hardware for facial recognition, which will replace […] -
CUPERTINO, Calif.—Apple Inc rolled out a new version of the Apple Watch on September 12, marking the first introduction at the company’s biggest product launch in years, which was expected to showcase a completely redesigned top-of-the-line iPhone. Chief Executive Tim Cook opened the event at the Steve Jobs Auditorium on Apple’s new campus with a […] -
MONTREAL—Canadian companies could be serious contenders in the global self-driving vehicle race, experts have suggested after Magna International Inc. fielded the country’s latest entry with the debut of the auto part giant’s own autonomous technology. Toronto-area auto parts supplier Magna launched its Max4 Autonomous Driving Platform last week into a market that is gaining interest […] -
World War III won’t break out over a nuke launch from North Korea, but rather over competition for the most advanced artificial intelligence (AI), according to Elon Musk, CEO of SpaceX and Tesla. While North Korea rattles its nuclear and intercontinental ballistic sabers, it would be suicidal for its regime to actually launch a nuclear missile […] -
Apple has sent out mysterious invitations for an event on Sept. 12 which say simply “let’s meet at our place.” There are no other details on the cards, but many believe that the company will unveil the new iPhone 8 as well as updates to its Apple Watch, Apple TV, and iOS software, the Verge reported. […] -
Do you have trouble getting your children to reply your calls or texts? Many parents expect that getting their kids a smartphone will make them more contactable. But the reality with today’s digitally connected youth may be quite the opposite. It’s surprising how much time kids spend on their phones with friends or playing games, but […] -
Top artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics experts from around the world have warned the United Nations about the potentially disastrous consequences of the international race to develop weapons controlled by autonomous computer programs. A total of 116 company founders signed a brief yet chilling letter to the United Nations on Monday, Aug. 21, cautioning that, once developed, AI […] -
Canada’s tech ecosystem will benefit from a long-overdue revamping of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), though some thorny and complex issues need to be resolved. “Modernize in accordance with technological revolution” is Canada’s first core objective for the NAFTA renegotiations, which began in Washington, D.C., on Aug. 16, as outlined by Foreign Affairs […] -
Tech magnate Elon Musk offered his starkest warning yet on the dangers of artificial intelligence. He said it is a greater threat to mankind than North Korean missiles. He tweeted out a warning on Aug. 11, amid increasing tension between North Korea and the United States. From yesterday’s two tweets on the topic he garnered 3,500 […] -
The software engineer who was fired from Google for circulating a good-faith argument about diversity published a column in the Wall Street Journal on Thursday, Aug. 10, likening the tech giant’s workplace culture to a cult where free speech is stifled and violators are punished. James Damore shared a 10-page document internally at Google suggesting […] -
According to a recently unsealed FBI affidavit, the ISIS terrorist group may have used eBay to funnel money to an ISIS operative in the United States. The FBI arrested Mohamed Elshinawy in Maryland last year after a surveillance operation uncovered clues to an international financial network run by the terrorist group to send money to […] -
One of the major challenges for rapidly growing companies like tech startups is finding people with the right technical skill sets and experience. -
Google has fired the engineer who wrote an internal memo questioning restrictions on free speech in the company’s offices and who suggested promoting diversity through different means other than by discrimination. James Damore, a software engineer at Google, told Bloomberg on Monday, Aug. 7, that he has been fired. He is “currently exploring all possible […] -
TOKYO – Mazda Motor Corp said it would become the world’s first automaker to commercialize a much more efficient petrol engine using technology that deep-pocketed rivals have been trying to engineer for decades, a twist in an industry increasingly going electric. The new compression ignition engine is 20 percent to 30 percent more fuel efficient than the […] -
Apple and Amazon, two of the largest tech companies in the world have silently acquiesced to censorship demands of the Chinese regime’s new cybersecurity law. Amid falling sales in China—its second largest market—Apple has cut virtual private network (VPN) apps from its Chinese Apple store. The apps provided a rare window to free information for […] -
More patience is needed with venture capital (VC) in Canada. Investments have grown steadily in the last few years, however, the rewards are fleeting.
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