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Why your password isn’t enough: Expert reveals the tell-tale signs of AI voice scams — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/w…

Why your password isn't enough: Expert reveals the tell-tale signs of AI voice scams

AI-generated voices are becoming convincing enough to exploit something that no password manager can secure: human trust. As deepfake calls spread, knowing when to stop listening and independently...

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Ransomware hits record levels as cybercriminal market enters a new phase — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/r…
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Ransomware hits record levels as cybercriminal market enters a new phase — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/r…
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Canada’s central bank raised its key interest rate to 2.5 percent Wednesday, as it tries to prevent an oil price surge caused by the Iran war from sparking broader inflation. digitaljournal.com/article/c…
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Meta, Snap head to trial in another case about social media’s harms digitaljournal.com/article/m…
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Greenhouse gas levels hit new record highs in 2025: UN digitaljournal.com/article/g…

Greenhouse gas levels hit new record highs in 2025: UN

Levels of the three main greenhouse gases -- the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide -- all rose to unprecedented figures in 2025, the UN's weather and climate agency said.

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"The fear is that the companies will use this power to secure rights over journalistic content," the head of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association (MBL), Lene Eltvik Vindfeld, said in a statement. digitaljournal.com/article/n…

Norway media take legal action to block Meta from using content

"The fear is that the companies will use this power to secure rights over journalistic content," the head of the Norwegian Media Businesses' Association (MBL), Lene Eltvik Vindfeld, said in a...

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The Australian Signals Directorate said rapidly advancing artificial intelligence models could be of huge benefit if harnessed for good, even using some AI tools to compile its own annual "cyber threat" report. digitaljournal.com/article/a…

Australia warns of 'unprecedented' AI threat

The Australian Signals Directorate said rapidly advancing artificial intelligence models could be of huge benefit if harnessed for good, even using some AI tools to compile its own annual "cyber...

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New research suggests that lost focus is no longer simply an employee productivity problem. For some businesses it is translating into substantial lost revenues — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/b…

Businesses looking to 2027 need to tackle the technology distractions draining focus

New research suggests that lost focus is no longer simply an employee productivity problem. For some businesses it is translating into substantial lost revenues, while fragmented processes, repetit...

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Microsoft had 223,000 employees globally at the end of June, down from 228,000 at the end of 2025, according to regulatory filings. digitaljournal.com/article/m…

Microsoft offers voluntary exit packages to 60,000 staff

Microsoft had 223,000 employees globally at the end of June, down from 228,000 at the end of 2025, according to regulatory filings. Around 27 percent of Microsoft's workforce is eligible for the new...

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The listing would be the first by one of the standalone companies leading the race to build advanced AI, ahead of its main rival OpenAI, which has pushed back its own market debut to next year. digitaljournal.com/article/a…

Anthropic unveils IPO filing showing soaring sales and AI risks

The listing would be the first by one of the standalone companies leading the race to build advanced AI, ahead of its main rival OpenAI, which has pushed back its own market debut to next year.

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AI can act exactly like a human, but we still do not think it is conscious — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/a…

AI can act exactly like a human, but we still do not think it is conscious

A new study suggests that people distinguish sharply between artificial intelligence behaving intelligently and AI possessing a conscious mind. Intriguingly, much of this distinction disappears when...

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Ottawa moves to strengthen venture and growth capital investment in Canada — Reports Jennifer Kervin, Digital Journal. digitaljournal.com/article/o…

Ottawa moves to strengthen venture and growth capital investment in Canada

The plan puts $675 million toward later-stage companies, with the goal of helping more firms scale and remain in Canada.

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The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a powerful model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI's cyber capabilities. digitaljournal.com/article/t…

'Tech debt coming due': AI-found flaw signals chaos ahead

The vulnerability to potential hackers was found by using a powerful model from OpenAI in one of the most high-profile demonstration of AI's cyber capabilities.

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AI’s next infrastructure bottleneck may be hiding inside the fibre network — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/a…

AI’s next infrastructure bottleneck may be hiding inside the fibre network

As artificial intelligence pushes data centres towards faster and denser networks, attention is shifting from processors to the physical optical infrastructure connecting them. The challenge begins...

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What Canadian journalists are learning about AI from each other — Reports Chris Hogg. digitaljournal.com/article/w…

What Canadian journalists are learning about AI from each other

About 50 people from Canadian newsrooms compared how they build with AI, how they check its work and what they learned along the way.

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Customers are judging your cybersecurity before they buy — Reports Jennifer Friesen. digitaljournal.com/article/c…

Customers are judging your cybersecurity before they buy

A Bell Cyber poll finds 38% of Canadians have avoided a company over security concerns, and 57% say a breach of their own information would likely drive them away.

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Self-driving cars in Canada: From experimental technology to the road ahead — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/s…

Self-driving cars in Canada: From experimental technology to the road ahead

Canada's autonomous vehicle industry is gathering momentum, with robotaxi trials, driverless delivery trucks and major AI investments signalling progress. However, regulatory barriers, harsh winters...

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Q&A: AI can produce more content, but can it build trust? — Reports Dr. Tim Sandle. digitaljournal.com/article/q…

Q&A: AI can produce more content, but can it build trust?

AI is transforming marketing, but success depends on strategic thinking, original content, human oversight and measurable value rather than automation.

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"When you say that it will be the end of the human civilisation, first of all, it's not true," he told a conference organised by his company in Berlin. While such statements generate "headlines", they were "made up" and "cheap", added Huang. digitaljournal.com/article/n…

Nvidia boss criticises 'cheap' AI doomsday warnings

"When you say that it will be the end of the human civilisation, first of all, it's not true," he told a conference organised by his company in Berlin. While such statements generate "headlines",...

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