Rogers-Shaw merger deadline extended to Feb. 17
Rogers, Shaw, and Québecor announced in a joint statement this morning that the deadline to complete the proposed Rogers – Shaw merger and the sale of Freedom Mobile to Québecor has been extended to Feb. 17, as they await the approval of the Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne. This announcement comes after Minister Champagne told the […]
Cyber Security Today, Jan. 30, 2023 – A new data wiper discovered, patches for Lexmark printers and BIND are issued and more
A new data wiper is discovered, patches for Lexmark printers and BIND are issued and more. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday, January 30th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Attention Windows administrators: If you aren’t already doing so, make sure your Active Directory is […]
Tech-related roles dominate Indeed’s best jobs list in Canada for 2023
Hiring and job-searching platform Indeed has released its list of the 20 best jobs in Canada for 2023. Tech-related roles dominated the ranking this year, making up 13 of the top 20, demonstrating that workers with specialized technical skills are still highly sought after in the job market despite the continuum of layoffs sweeping across […]
Hashtag Trending January 30- Big Tech face pressure over AI; Intel’s devastating earnings call; American computer chips for China’s nuclear weapons
Big Tech forced to react and ignore safety as ChatGPT gains foothold, Intel reports historically bleak earnings and China’s top nuclear weapons uses American chips. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now. Welcome to Hashtag Trending. It’s Monday, January 30, and I am your host, Ashee Pamma. According to a report by […]
Canadian startup news of the week (1/29/23)
Welcome to BetaKit’s startup stories of the week! Here, you will find the week’s most important news, features, and editorials published on BetaKit. If you prefer this update hit your inbox every week, make sure to subscribe to the BetaKit Newsletter using the form at the bottom of this page. Top Stories of the Week […]
Hashtag Trending Weekend Edition, January 27, 2023 – Josh Tyson, co-author of bestseller, “Age of Invisible Machines”
The idea of whether human like intelligence can be achieved using a compute simulation or Artificial Intelligence is not a new question. But how would we know when a computer had achieved human-like intelligence? Alan Turing, the man many consider to be the father of modern digital computing posited a solution to this question decades […]
As Big Tech makes mass layoffs, recent Canadian startup reductions might cut deeper
The new year has been rung in by a slew of cuts to a large number of employees by Big Tech. Following Amazon and Microsoft, Alphabet is the most recent tech giant to reduce staff, recently laying off 12,000 people and eliminating its DeepMind office in Edmonton. The economic pressures causing some of the world’s […]
Can Amber Mac explain WTF is happening in tech right now?
Hello and welcome to the BetaKit Podcast’s first AMA episode of 2023! On these podcasts, we ask you—our listeners—for questions on Canadian tech or tech from a Canadian perspective, and then bring on a special guest to answer them for us. “I honestly feel as though 2023 is going to be one of those years […]
Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for Friday, January 27, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for Friday, January 27th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes Terry Cutler of Cyology Labs will be here to discuss recent news. But first a look back at some of […]
Quantum Days 2023: CCA Expert Panel examining quantum through multitude of different lenses
There was no shortage of advice, updates and points to ponder for upwards of 200 attendees at a panel discussion held earlier this month at a virtual three-day conference called Quantum Days 2023. The panel, moderated by Prof. Raymond Laflamme, a leading Canadian theoretical physicist who studied for his PhD under Stephen Hawking and currently […]