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Facial recognition technology being used in London pub
Facial recognition technology being used in London pub Facial recognition…
California bans police from using facial recognition body cameras
California bans police from using facial recognition body cameras The…
Presidential campaign websites fail on privacy says new study
Presidential campaign websites fail on privacy says new study The…
Tesla software update investigation over fire risk
Tesla software update investigation over fire risk The National Highway…
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Software delivery: speed, quality or cost?
Anyone who has ever managed a project has probably had to make a software delivery decision – delivering at high speed, high quality, or low cost. As the saying goes, you can only pick two. This is usually as true for software delivery as it is for anything else, but…
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Product news
Developers leave Adobe Flash before its 2020 final date
Developers leave Adobe Flash before its 2020 final date Adobe…
Teranet launches competitive intelligence tool for Ontario mortgage market
Teranet launches competitive intelligence tool for Ontario mortgage market Teranet…
Lone Wolf Technologies introduces Link to transform real estate transactions
Real estate’s first two-way transaction management and back office integration…
Government funds sailing plan app to support boaters’ safety
The minister of public safety and emergency preparedness, Ralph Goodale,…
Canadian company achieves Microsoft PowerApps certification
Canadian company, PowerObjects, has achieved Microsoft PowerApps certification – becoming the…
Huawei and city of Gelsenkirchen sign deal to deliver services
Huawei and the German city of Gelsenkirchen have signed a…
Security
Cyber attack takes 23 government agencies offline
23 government agencies in Texas have been taken offline due…
Capital One staff raised concerns over security before breach happened
Staff at Capital One say they warned of their worry…
Desjardins spent $70M after data breach
Canadian money lender, Desjardins group, announced earlier this week that…
WhatsApp flaw allows messages to be manipulated
Researchers revealed a new tool that has exposed a flaw…
US companies targeted by fake NCEES emails
Spear phishing emails impersonating members of the US-based engineering licensing…
Finance
Capital One data breach exposed details of “100 million individuals”
One of the United State’s biggest financial corporations has exposed the personal and economic data of a huge amount of customers through a massive data breach. Capital One reported on Monday that 140,000 Social Security numbers from its credit card customers, 80,000 linked bank account details and 1 million Canadian Social…
Montreal’s Mnubo acquired by Aspen Technology for $102m
Montreal’s IoT leader, Mnubo, acquired by US-based Aspen Technology for $102m CAD Montreal-based Mnubo has been acquired by Massachusetts’ Aspen Technology, a maker of optimization software. This comes 18 months after Mnubo raised $16.5m in a series B round of investing. The acquisition transaction is valued at CAD $102m. Aspen…
Digital Finance Institute releases Top 50 Women in FinTech list
The Digital Finance Institute has released their Top 50 Women in FinTech list featuring the top 50 women disrupting financial services through technology in Canada. The top 50 were selected from over 400 recommendations to the Digital Finance Institute by industry stakeholders during the institute’s outreach phase. Ellis Odynn, the…
Canadian software firm Corel acquired for $1.3bn by private equity firm
Canadian software firm Corel acquired for $1.3bn by private equity firm The Ottawa-based software firm, Corel Corp. has been acquired by global investment firm KKR & Co. Inc., for reportedly over $1 billion USD, although the final sale price has not been confirmed publicly. Back in May, it was reported…
Public Sector
Digital identity tech firm receives $3.9m investment from FedDev Ontario
FedDev Ontario makes $3.9m investment in digital identity tech firm FedDev Ontario has made a $3.9 million investment into Toronto-based digital identity tech firm, BioConnect. According to FedDev Ontario, this will help Canada’s Digital Charter achieve its goals to increase the safety and security of its citizens. BioConnect, founded in 2010…
Canadian government pledges $15 million to create AI centre in Montréal
Canadian government pledges $15 million to create AI centre in Montréal The Canadian government, jointly with the government of Quebec, have announced the creation of a Montréal-based international centre of expertise for the advancement of artificial intelligence (AI). The federal government has pledged to invest $10 million over five years…
Canadian CanCode program hands out $12.4 million
Canadian CanCode program has provided $12.4 million to 21 different organizations. The Canadian government’s CanCode program is providing 21 different organizations with a collective $12.4 million – this is in addition to 6 other organizations which have received funding from the program earlier this year. The $110 million federal CanCode…
Canadian Government invests in new data storage and network tech
Canadian Government invests in new data storage and network tech In order to meet future needs the new project will create cutting-edge data storage and networking tech while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The Honourable Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on behalf of the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Minister…
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