Next week, Montréal becomes the start-up capital of Canada. The city already has a successful year-round track record of boosting young entrepreneurs, helping start-up businesses and attracting high-tech investors. But during Startupfest, the city becomes an international magnet for start-up…
by Lee Rickwood
The decentralized nature of the blockchain and the almost continual validation of ledger activities through algorithmic processing requires a lot of computational horsepower and data transmission throughput.
by Lee Rickwood
It is our collective responsibility to evaluate not just ourselves, but also our technologies. We must determine what the external costs of our current or future lifestyle will be.
by Lee Rickwood
Accessibility technologies are helping developers and designers create public spaces that are easily navigable for everyone.
By Lee Rickwood
May 25 was the date the General Data Protection Regulation came into effect in the European Union; any company or corporation that collects or stores the private data of European citizens must comply with the GDPR. That includes Canadian companies, be they start-up or multi-national: any company that collects data on an EU citizen must comply with the new rules. Stiff fines are the alternative.
by Lee Rickwood
The intrusive nature of cellphone surveillance and the now-confirmed use of IMSI catchers by public and private agencies, poses an “insidious threat” to our privacy, according to Canadian tech researchers.
by Lee Rickwood
Leading facial recognition tools, used for identification, authentication and crime detection among other applications, are being developed here in Canada. So, too, ways to spoof or hack such systems.
by Lee Rickwood
Major government agencies in Canada are hiring top U.S. tech experts to lead significant open government projects and digital initiatives in this country, and the door’s still open.