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Hashtag Trending Feb. 20- OpenAI’s new offering Sora; Zuckerberg says tech layoffs may continue in 2024; Reddit to sell user generated content to large unnamed AI company

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Reddit will sell user generated content to an unnamed AI company, Mark Zuckerberg says that tech layoffs were a “natural response” and may continue in 2024, and the U.S. continues to invest in chip production, OpenAI launches Sora, its new text to video marvel.   And I’ve finally seen it – the first mention of […]

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IT World Canada, News, ransomware, Security, security strategies, Top Story

UK leads takedown of LockBit ransomware gang’s website

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The LockBit ransomware gang’s website has been seized, several news agencies reported late Monday. The Reuters news agency and The Register are carrying stories based on a new splash screen that has appeared on the gang’s website. It says, “This site is now under the control of the National Crime Agency of the UK, working […]

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cyber security today, IT World Canada, News, Podcasts, Security

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 19, 2024 – Fake police data breach notification fools Maine’s AG site

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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday February 19th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Today is the President’s Day holiday in many U.S. states and a civic holiday in several Canadian provinces. If you’re off, thanks for tuning in.   A mischief-maker has managed to […]

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hashtag trending, IT World Canada, News, Podcasts

A hopeful vision for the internet and AI: My conversation with Ed Watal, author and founder of Intellibus. Hashtag Trending Weekend February 18th, 2024

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Sometimes an interview goes off in a totally different direction than you anticipated. I walked into the studio prepared to interview Ed Watal on the issues of AI and its influence on elections. We were to talk about deep fakes and their impact on voters and explore what we could do about that. But our […]

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cyber security today, IT World Canada, News, Podcasts, Security

Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for week ending Friday, Feb. 16, 2024

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Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, February 16th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes David Shipley, head of Beauceron Security, will be here to discuss recent news headlines. These include new cyber […]

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Communications & Telecom, critical infrastructure, Government & Public Sector, Government of Canada, IT World Canada, Legislation, News, Security, security strategies, Top Story

Ottawa willing to improve cybersecurity bill, ministers tell MPs

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Two senior Canadian cabinet ministers have told a parliamentary committee that the government is willing to make changes to its proposed cybersecurity legislation for federally regulated critical infrastructure providers to strengthen the bill. Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc made that pledge Thursday before the House of Commons national security committee […]

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Communications & Telecom, Emerging Tech, Galaxy Broadband, Government of Canada, Hardware Catalyst Initiative, Infrastructure, IT World Canada, ITWC Morning Briefing, News, OpenSignal, satellite internet, Shared Services Canada, skills training, TD, ventureLAB, VR

Coffee Briefing Feb. 13 – TD trains employees using VR; Galaxy Broadband provides satellite services to Shared Services Canada; Canada ranks 14th globally in mobile network reliability; and more

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Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team!  Missed the last Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. TD uses VR to train branch employees TD has announced that it has started using virtual reality (VR) to simulate challenging customer interactions […]

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cyber security today, IT World Canada, News, Podcasts, Security

Cyber Security Today, Feb. 16, 2024 – US takes down Russian botnet of routers

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U.S. takes down Russian botnet of routers. Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, February 16th, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. American authorities have neutralized a botnet of hundreds of compromised small and home office routers that Russia’s military cyber unit used for attacks. This […]

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hashtag trending, IT World Canada, News, Podcasts

Cisco joins the list of tech companies announcing layoffs. Hashtag Trending, Friday Feb 16, 2024

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Every once in a while, you have an interview that goes off in a totally different direction. That’s what happened this weekend.  My guest, Ed Wattel, an AI thought leader, came in to talk about elections and how we’ll deal with AI and deep fakes. And we ended up with a fascinating discussion on the […]

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Artificial Intelligence, IoT, IT World Canada, News, OpenAI, Rabbitr1

Forget Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) – the big impact is already here and it’s called AI agents

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I watch a lot of YouTube – so you don’t have to. In this series I’ll bring you some of the best of what I’m watching, and sometimes, as in this post, I’ll provide my own commentary. YouTube is buzzing this week. Sam Altman is rumoured to be making a big announcement sometime soon. He […]

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