Cyber Security Today, Feb. 23, 2024 – A cyber warning on the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and more LockBit news
A cyber warning on the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and more LockBit news Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday, February 23rd, 2024. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. Saturday will mark the second anniversary of Russia’s invasion
Read MoreHashtag Trending Feb.23- Companies losing top talent with long hiring processes; Intel – the “foundry for the world?”; AT&T outage
(PRE MUSIC ANNOUNCEMENT) If you know me, you know I’m passionate about three things – music, books and data. My interview on the weekend edition hits two of those passions. I read a book called Winning with Data Science, and it blew me away. So, I reached out and managed
Read MoreHow can generative AI influence this year’s elections?
There are over 60 countries hosting elections this year, with approximately 20 elections taking place in Africa. While South Africa awaits the announcement of the election date, political parties’ campaigning will progressively intensify, with artificial intelligence (AI) expected to play a significant role. It’s predicted that recent advancements in generative
Read MoreA New Era for the Currie Cup
South Africa’s premier domestic rugby competition, the Currie Cup, is on the brink of a significant transformation that promises to revitalise the sport at a national level. Scheduled for the 2025 season, this overhaul aims to create a more inclusive and competitive landscape, allowing all 14 unions to vie for
Read MoreHackers are exploiting ConnectWise flaws to deploy LockBit ransomware, security experts warn
Security experts are warning that a pair of high-risk flaws in a popular remote access tool are being exploited by hackers to deploy LockBit ransomware — days after authorities announced that they had disrupted the notorious Russia-linked cybercrime gang. Researchers at cybersecurity companies Huntress and Sophos told TechCrunch on Thursday
Read MoreApple’s India iPhone business outpaces individual EU countries, Morgan Stanley says
Apple’s long-term bet on India is beginning to pay dividends. The company’s revenue in India jumped 42% year-on-year in 2023 to $8.7 billion, Morgan Stanley wrote in a note on Friday. The iPhone shipments in India grew 39% year-on-year in 2023 to 9.2 million units, making it iPhone’s fifth largest
Read MoreArmenia’s 10web brings AI website-building to WordPress
Generative AI has done an impressive job in improving productivity in a wide range of areas, including website building. There’s no lack of tools that now allow one to generate web designs by simply describing what they want in prompts, including established player Wix and bootstrapped startups like Relume. 10web,
Read MoreThreads starts testing in-app camera shortcut and drafts
Meta said Thursday that it has started to test two “most requested” features: drafts and in-app camera. Instagram head Adam Mosseri said that both features are available to only a small number of people. Users who have access to the draft can save only one post (bummer). You can write
Read MoreFedDev Ontario invests $17 million in 12 companies to advance quantum computing
Today, the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) announced a total repayable investment of C$17.2 million to help 12 local companies commercialize their quantum products for the domestic and international markets and support 150 jobs. These 12 companies include AI Incorporated, CogniFrame, Crypto4A, Foqus Technologies, Foreqast Technologies,
Read MoreCharting Canada’s AI future: Firms must move quick, innovate, panel says
A recent Empire Club of Canada luncheon panel explored what Canadian organizations must do to keep up with the rest of the world when it comes to developing artificial intelligence (AI) advances, and, equally important, what the fallout will be if they do not. Sal Rabbani, chair of the organization,
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