Jim is an author and podcast host with over 40 years of experience in the technology industry. He brings real life experience to stories about technology.
Jim spent more than a decade as the CIO and the Chief Content Officer at the former IT World Canada.
An author and musician, Jim’s latest novel, Elisa: A Tale of Quantum Kisses explores our relationship with AI in a not too distant future. His most recent albums Last Man Standing and Highland Lullaby have received a great deal of critical acclaim as well. If you are curious, you can find them and more at his music website.
April 9, 2026 Farming equipment manufacturer John Deere has agreed to a $99 million settlement in a long-running right-to-repair dispute with farmers, marking a significant shift in how agricultural equipment can be serviced. The deal also requires Deere more...
April 9, 2026 Residents in Toronto’s affluent Rosedale neighbourhood are considering an AI-powered surveillance system to create what would be Canada’s first “virtual gated community” in response to rising home invasions. Per The Guardian, the proposal would use more...
April 9, 2026 Kyndryl has introduced a new Agentic Service Management offering designed to help enterprises transition from traditional IT service operations to autonomous, AI-driven workflows. The framework combines structured assessments, governance models and implementation blueprints, as many more...
April 9, 2026 OpenAI is proposing a four-day, 32-hour workweek as part of a broader policy plan to ensure workers benefit from AI-driven productivity gains. The company suggests running pilot programmes with no loss in pay, allowing reduced more...
April 8, 2026 Developers are raising concerns that Anthropic’s Claude Code is becoming less reliable for complex engineering tasks, based on internal usage data and widespread user reports. One team analysed 6,852 sessions and found a sharp increase more...
April 8, 2026 Anthropic has signed a new agreement with Google and Broadcom to significantly expand the compute capacity powering its Claude AI models. The deal includes access to roughly 3.5 gigawatts of compute and will come online more...
