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
There’s an identified need for education, awareness and informative case studies about AI and machine learning to help government (and others) understand the risks and rewards of deploying artificial intelligence.
by Lee Rickwood
Equal pay for equal work isn’t just the right thing to do; the benefits of operating a gender-balanced work environment contribute directly to our bottom line, says a Canadian tech leader working to empower women in business.
by Lee Rickwood
Cannabis vendors will have an enormous amount of customer data to collect and protect, such as an individual’s name, address and email; personal purchase histories and patient medical records; customer cash / credit card purchase activities and more.
by Lee Rickwood
Doing it for yourself in this case means setting up Internet and mobile phone access in remote rural and northern communities.
by Lee Rickwood
Technology can be used to help diagnose, address and even rehabilitate patients who face mobility challenges, and it’s often the same technology used in Hollywood movies.
by Lee Rickwood
A new form of urban governance? Smart cities are sophisticated platforms built on the latest big data analysis techniques, sensing and tracking technologies, and other tools for collecting and utilizing unprecedented amounts of activity and usage data.
by Lee Rickwood
Civic decision-makers and members of the wider community are hoping that data can help them solve the charged social, political and technical issues that the city faces.
by Lee Rickwood
The public library is a great place to get information about digital privacy and online security. Talks, lectures and a full day of digital privacy and online security sessions are being staged in Toronto.