Canadian Students Win With STEM Solutions
By Yasmin Ranade
Samsung Canada announced this week the winners in its annual Solve for Tomorrow Challenge, a science, technology, engineering and math (STEM)-based education initiative.
Tag: technology
Are You GDPR Compliant? Good, Because More New Data Protection Regs are Coming
Amidst the flurry of GDRP-related messages and emails about new website privacy policies you received leading up to May 25, you may have missed the fact that even more new regulations concerning data protection are coming. May 25 was the…
A Tech Gift for Every Dad on Your List
By Christine Persaud
Whether he’s a business professional, sports fanatic, entertainment lover, or enjoys barbecuing, here are some great tech gift ideas for every dad on your list.
Smartphone Surveillance and IMSI Catchers: Which Police Force, Which Spy Service, Uses StingRays?
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.
Facial Recognition Use Growing: Accurate or Not, Hackable or Not
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.
U.S. Tech Experts Lead Open Government Plans in Canada
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.
Sports Scores, Stats and Big Data Analytics Bring Whole New Ballgame
by Lee Rickwood
There’s no final score in the match-up between sports purists and sabermetric stat heads, but one group may have all the results they could want.
Big data analysts.
Touchscreens, Walls, Skin Surfaces – New Interfaces for Human Computer Interaction
by Lee Rickwood
Wherever human-computer interaction takes place, researchers and product specialists want to determine just how efficient or economical that contact is.