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Phone Use in Public Spots

In recent years, Transport for London (TfL) has been running a campaign to encourage passengers to be considerate of others on public transport by using headphones when playing music or taking phone calls. This effort is part of a larger…

Meta Hacked by AI

Meta, the owner of Facebook, has become the latest tech company to admit its AI model was hacked during testing. The incident occurred when an independent tester, Irregular, allowed the AI model to connect to the internet and access…

Canadian Workplace Surveillance

TD Bank is rolling out new monitoring software called WorkiQ to track employees' screen time, specifically on browsers, internal chat, and meeting apps. This move follows the company's announcement in June to financial crimes and risk…

SpaceX Earnings Report

Shares in Elon Musk's SpaceX fell by 9% on Wednesday morning after its first earnings report revealed a significant increase in spending on artificial intelligence (AI). The company spent $18.3 billion on AI, more than six times the amount…

Coldcard Bitcoin Hack

Coinkite, a Toronto-based company, created Coldcard, a hardware wallet used for storing "seed phrases" of bitcoin offline. However, hackers have exploited a flaw in the firmware of affected Coldcards, which originated in March 2021, and…

Assignment Fiasco at Harvard

Before the October 2023 attack between Israel and Hamas, NGOs, backed by Google, were working on developing tech start-ups in the Gaza strip, hoping to create jobs for young Gazans through the digital economy. However, since then, Gaza has…

Tech Companies Warn Against AI Slop

Snapchat, along with YouTube, LinkedIn, and Substack, has joined a growing effort to combat fake content created entirely by artificial intelligence (AI) tools. This type of content is known as "AI slop". In an effort to promote…

Xbox Price Increase

Microsoft has increased the price of Xbox consoles worldwide, citing rising memory and storage chip costs. The premium Series X console with a disc drive will now cost £670, up from its previous price of £500. Meanwhile, the baseline Xbox…

Tokenomics and AI Development

Companies like Microsoft and Google have invested hundreds of billions of dollars in developing Large Language Models (LLMs), which power free versions of AI services like ChatGPT. Firms want to recoup their investment by offering paid…

Apple Fights UK Data Order

Apple, the tech giant, has launched a new legal complaint against the UK government at a court that deals with objections to the use of covert surveillance powers. This is reportedly another challenge to the government's demand for access…

Tech Jobs in Gaza

Walaa Volidis, a 24-year-old Palestinian software engineer living in a tent in Gaza, is part of a growing trend of young Gazans pursuing careers in the digital economy. Despite losing her job, university, and family members during the war…

Canadian Space Station Mission

Canadian astronaut Joshua Kutryk, 44, will be part of the NASA SpaceX Crew 13 mission to the International Space Station. The crew, which also includes NASA's Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, as well as Roscosmos cosmonaut Sergey…