About Lee Rickwood
Lee Rickwood covers developments in media and technology with particular interest in how such developments affect our social, political and economic activities and interactions.
by Lee Rickwood
Two thirds of Canadians say they’ve been personally targeted by online scams and fraudsters at least once. Worldwide, people age 60 and over lost a combined $3.4 billion to fraud in 2023.
It’s seen as ‘a game-changing technology’. But more than creating new immersive and interactive gaming experiences, advanced eye tracking technology can change the way we diagnose complex health issues. From eye health to mental health, eye tracking technology developed and…
by Lee Rickwood
Toronto Public Library (TPL) will provide community members with access to free tools, AI skills training and programming to support employment, boost productivity and encourage safe, informed use of AI.
by Lee Rickwood
Based on successful testing, AgriTech North plans to ramp up manufacture of its patented greenhouses over the next three years.
by Lee Rickwood
At its recent user conference, Zoho unveiled new AI-enhanced capabilities in its customer experience platform, while introducing an enterprise-ready version of Ulaa, its privacy-focused browser.
A billion birds? The image is hard to process. Even more so a billion dead birds. But that’s what’s been counted on an annual basis in North America: crashes into windows kill 16 to 42 million birds a year in…
A group of Canadian health care specialists, researchers and technologists is using Wi-Fi-based motion sensor data to detect depression in older adults. The research, conducted at McGill University and the Mila-Quebec AI Institute, looked into how artificial intelligence can be…
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Young users, aged 16 to 19, are the ones with the most to gain and the most to lose in the AI-driven future. Today’s young “digital natives” are constantly connected and they are constantly at risk.