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Canadians start cheating at video games
Published in Gaming
Tuesday, 08 September 2020 11:33

Canadians start cheating at video games


Lock downs have made them a little stressed

Canadians are widely seen as pretty relaxed, particularly when compared to the other former UK colony across the border, but for some reason they have started cheating at video games.

Canadian coppers are using predictive policing
Published in AI
Wednesday, 02 September 2020 11:04

Canadian coppers are using predictive policing


Despite concerns

Police across Canada are increasingly using controversial algorithms to predict where crimes could occur, who might go missing, and to help them determine where they should patrol, despite fundamental human rights concerns, a new report has found.

Canadians abandon face recognition software
Published in AI


Watchdog growls at clearview

Canada's privacy watchdog said facial recognition software provider Clearview AI will no longer offer its services in the country, suspending a contract with its last remaining client, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Facebook angers the Privacy Commissioner of Canada
Published in News


Serious fines coming

Canadian Privacy watchdogs are growling that Facebook committed “serious contraventions” of Canadian law during the Cambridge Analytica scandal.

US tech expanding in Canada
Published in News
Friday, 22 March 2019 12:29

US tech expanding in Canada


Avoiding Trump’s immigration policy

US companies are going to keep hiring foreign tech workers, even as the Trump administration makes doing so more difficult.

Facebook threatening Europe and Canada
Published in News
Monday, 04 March 2019 11:52

Facebook threatening Europe and Canada


We will withdraw investment if you don’t do what you are told.

Facebook threatened to pull investment projects from Europe and Canada if lobbying demands from COO Sheryl Sandberg were not met.

Canadian ISPs no longer have to pass on Big Content threats to pirates
Published in News


Copyright trolls abused the whole process

ISPs don’t have to pass along the millions of notices of alleged copyright infringement that demand payment, according to a new amendment to the Canadian Copyright Act.

China arrests 13 Canadians
Published in News
Friday, 04 January 2019 11:25

China arrests 13 Canadians


Tit for Tat for Huawei arrest

Canada said 13 of its citizens had been detained in China since Huawei Technologies Co-Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou was arrested last month in Vancouver at the request of the United States.

Huawei CFO is probably a Trump trade hostage
Published in News
Thursday, 13 December 2018 10:45

Huawei CFO is probably a Trump trade hostage


Very Game of Thrones

The Chinese are seeing the arrest of Huawei’s CFO Meng Wangzhou as an attempt by the US government to take a hostage in the ongoing trade negotiation with China.

China demands release of Huawei executive
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 07 December 2018 12:15

China demands release of Huawei executive


This is getting serious

China has formally demanded the release of a senior executive at tech giant Huawei Technologies after she was detained in Canada on extradition charges to the US.