February 13, 2024 Canadian federal financial institutions suffered almost three times as many serious reportable IT incidents in 2023 as in the year before, a parliamentary committee debating proposed cybersecurity legislation for overseeing the country’s critical infrastructure providers more...
February 8, 2024 The U.S. tech industry is facing a significant challenge with the proposed cyber incident reporting rules by the government, which now demand IT service providers report security incidents within a mere eight hours and allow more...
February 8, 2024 The FTC has expressed dissatisfaction with Microsoft's layoffs at Activision Blizzard, challenging the integrity of the Microsoft-Activision deal. Despite Microsoft's earlier court assurances of maintaining operational independence between the two companies, the recent layoffs suggest more...
February 7, 2024 Senior Canadian Defence Department IT officials have been rebuked by an MP for not doing a privacy impact assessment on software that can extract personal data from military members’ government-issued computing devices. Parliament’s privacy and more...
January 30, 2024 Parliamentary hearings opened Monday into proposed new laws that would give Ottawa authority over the cybersecurity readiness of critical infrastructure providers, with the government quickly signaling that it’s sensitive to complaints about the amount of more...
January 28, 2024 The U.S. government is intensifying its stance in the ongoing technological rivalry with China, particularly in the realm of artificial intelligence (AI) development. U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo recently announced a new initiative aimed at more...
December 14, 2023 The European Union recently enacted the EU AI Act, mandating that foundational AI models, including those by OpenAI, adhere to stringent transparency requirements before market introduction. OpenAI, categorized as high-risk under the EU's classification of more...
December 11, 2023 Microsoft faces a potential investigation by the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) regarding its significant investment in OpenAI. The FTC's inquiry centers around antitrust concerns, given OpenAI's non-profit roots and Microsoft's substantial funding, which exceeds more...
December 6, 2023 NVIDIA has received a warning from U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo regarding its efforts to redesign chips for the Chinese market in response to recent U.S. export restrictions on advanced chips. The company has been more...
November 22, 2023 The long-anticipated merger between Broadcom and virtualization giant VMware has been approved by Chinese regulatory authorities, marking the end of a significant phase of uncertainty. This approval paves the way for the merger, valued at more...
