French regulators claim the iPhone 12 exceeds radiation limits.  A judge in the Google anti-Trust case appears to think that Firefox is a search engine. And a powerful senator is going after Elon Musk after it was revealed he might have helped the Russians avoid a devastating defeat.

Two events in Washington this week, one featuring AI giants and the other aiming to address the issues of security in Open Source code.  A study shows that AI can create and run a company that develops software in minutes and at a cost of less than a dollar.  And a cyber attack hits a major international children’s charity.

IBM demands a return to the office. Cloud prices continue to rise. A fired Apple employee files a RICO suit against the company. And what does ChatGPT see when it looks in a mirror?

Has Apple embraced open source for its foray into AI? Google insists that political campaigns disclose their use of AI. The IRS is using AI to go after high roller tax fraud. And a blockbuster revelation from the X files – Elon Musk prevented a Ukrainian attack on the Russian fleet by denying them connectivity through Starlink.

Ryan Hum, CIO of the Canada Energy Regulator and the 2023 Canadian CIO of the Year for the Public Sector, has been leveraging technology in a way that is preserving a proud past history that might otherwise have been forgotten. Yes, he has used agile techniques, machine learning and AI to preserve the history, but it was an oral history of over 144 First Nations, Metis and Inuit communities that we are talking about.

ChatGPT traffic declines for the third month in a row. The Last Pass security breach might be linked to recent major crypto thefts, Google Chrome gets a makeover for its 15th birthday.

More information emerges on the Microsoft vulnerability that led to the compromise of high level US government email accounts.  The Chinese government bans the use of iPhones at work.  And the biggest threat to your personal privacy could very well be – your car.

A large Microsoft data centre has a “perfect storm” when its recovery plan falls apart.  Teslas catch fire during floods.  And the fastest growing social media app isn’t who you think it might be..

The old news host is back – nope, not talking about me. Huawei launches its own homegrown chipset in answer to the US embargo on chip technology.  A ray of hope for the beleaguered hardware sector and the back to school version of the X Files – The musk is out there. 

Data privacy, and in particular our personal data privacy, is an area of increasing concern.  You might be surprised at how much the government and business know about us already, and mostly we gave it to them.  Is a digital identity the answer to putting us back in control of our own data? ATB Ventures in Alberta has developed a suite of tools for governments, businesses and individuals to create and use digital identity.