Cyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending June 23, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review edition for the week ending Friday, June 23rd, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes David Shipley of New Brunswick’s Beauceron Security will be here to discuss
Read moreWashington could be the next state to require Tesla charging standard
Washington state plans to require companies to support Tesla’s electric vehicle charging plug in order to tap into federal funds. The pending rule is the latest domino to fall in favor of the automaker’s North American Charging Standard (NACS), following a similar move from Texas earlier this week. An official
Read moreWhen AI bots pose as humans
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday afternoon. This week, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking about the implications of artificial intelligence. One of the most fragile parts of the puzzle is the training data. We already know that you can
Read moreInviting CIOs into the business growth conversation: Forrester weighs in
Companies that grow better are the ones that align the capabilities of their business and technology groups, a new trends report by global research company Forrester revealed. For the report, Forrester interviewed business, technology, and marketing decision-makers at 23 organizations with an annual revenue of US$100 million or more, including IBM,
Read moreThe 3 stages of building world-class growth funnels
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Read moreAI and crypto integration is going to happen, whether you want it or not
As artificial intelligence continues to grow to new heights of popularity, industry players are considering new ways the technology could integrate with crypto and blockchains. During Coinbase’s State of Crypto Summit on Thursday, venture capitalists and AI experts shared their thoughts during a panel on what similarities and differences the
Read moreMeta to pull news from Facebook and Instagram in Canada
Meta plans to end access to news on Facebook and Instagram in Canada in response to legislation that would require internet giants to pay news publishers. The legislation, known as the Online News Act, was approved by the country’s Senate on Thursday. The law will force internet giants to negotiate
Read moreEV truck maker Nikola suspects foul play in headquarters fire
Nikola Corp said Friday it suspected “foul play” in a fire outside of its Phoenix headquarters that affected some of its battery electric trucks. The fire, which Nikola tweeted about and has since confirmed with TechCrunch, started early this morning behind its headquarters. A vehicle was seen in the area
Read moreAtmos Space Cargo is building return capsules for in-space research and manufacturing
The International Space Station has a monopoly on in-space research, but the huge surge of interest in commercial space is starting to change that. Atmos Space Cargo, a German startup, is looking to open up the opportunities for life sciences research and manufacturing in orbit with its return capsules that
Read moreFeds seize notorious and shuttered hacking site BreachForums
Three months after arresting its administrator, U.S. federal authorities have seized the domain of notorious hacking site BreachForums. For a time, the forum was the go-to community for English speaking cybercriminals, who would share, advertise, and sell personal data stolen from a variety of websites and companies. In March, the
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