Year: 2022

Darwin AI secures $8.1 million CAD to improve efficiency of electronics manufacturing

Kitchener-Waterloo-based Darwin AI has raised $8.1 million CAD ($6 million USD) in what the startup said was a seed extension round. The all-equity, primary financing was led by BDC Capital’s Deep Tech Venture Fund, with participation from new and existing investors that Darwin AI declined to disclose. ”The global shortage of semiconductors and PCBs … […]

A|I: The AI Times – OpenAI projects $1 billion in revenue in two years

The AI Times is a weekly newsletter covering the biggest AI, machine learning, big data, and automation news from around the globe. If you want to read A|I before anyone else, make sure to subscribe using the form at the bottom of this page. Successful use of AI in government means doubling down on human […]

Study: the most dangerous searches for software online

In a recent study, Surfshark analyzed search results obtained by Googling for downloads of popular software, and their findings are enough to make you shudder: up to 64 per cent of links in search results for some programs were to sites spreading malware. The search for “Avid software” appears to be the most dangerous, with […]

Number of private mobile networks increasing, according to the GSA

In its annual report on private mobile networks, the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) reveals that it has identified at least 955 organizations deploying LTE or 5G private mobile networks in 72 countries and/or territories worldwide. Data from the GSA report points to market growth in the third quarter of 2022. The study also shows […]

The first OCP Ready data center in Canada to open in Lévis, Québec

QScale, which builds eco-responsible data centers for applications such as supercomputing and artificial intelligence, has announced that its Q01 campus has obtained the OCP Ready certification from the Open Compute Project Foundation. It is the first Canadian facility to receive this distinction. The Q01 campus, located in Lévis, QC, will provide hosting services for infrastructures […]

Government of Canada to invest $4 million to boost economic growth through green manufacturing initiative

Today, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) announced an investment of up to C$4 million for the Yves Landry Foundation (YLF) to deliver the Achieving Innovation and Manufacturing Excellence Green Initiative (AIME Green). The YLF is a not-for-profit charitable organization established by Canada’s manufacturing and business sectors. It is designed to […]

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children dealing with cybersecurity incident

Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children is still dealing with a cybersecurity incident so serious it declared a ‘Code Grey’ — meaning an IT system failure. On Monday, the hospital said the incident appears to have only impacted a few internal clinical and corporate systems, as well as some hospital phone lines and webpages. “All patient […]

Okta code stolen from GitHub: News report

Some source code of identity and access management provider Okta has reportedly been stolen from its private GitHub repositories, says the Bleeping Computer news service. The site said it has obtained a security incident notification Okta has been emailing its security contacts. The site also says it has confirmed that multiple sources, including IT administrators, […]

Cyber Security Today, Dec. 21, 2022 – Malware in the PyPI registry, GitHub expands security scanning and more

More malware found in the PyPi registry, GitHub expands security scanning and more Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday, December 21st, 2022. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.   More warnings are going out to software developers who download code from open-source repositories. One comes from researchers at Phylum, who recently […]