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After four years of construction, work is nearing completion on North America’s longest cable-stayed bridge. Providing an additional connection between the USA and Canada, the Gordie Howe International Bridge’s main span will measure an impressive 853 … Continue reading North America’s longest cable-stayed bridge links USA and Canada
An anonymous reader quotes an op-ed from The Globe and Mail, written by Kate Robertson and Ron Deibert. Robertson is a senior research associate and Deibert is director at the University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab. From the piece: A federal cybersecurity… Continue reading ‘Ottawa Wants the Power To Create Secret Backdoors In Our Networks’
The head of Canada’s Security Intelligence Service warned Canadians against using video app TikTok, saying data gleaned from its users “is available to the government of China,” CBC News reported on Friday. From a report: “My answer as director of the … Continue reading Canada Security Intelligence Chief Warns China Can Use TikTok To Spy on Users
Zitchas writes: The practice of having games require a connection to a publisher’s server — whether it is to check for a license or to access plug-ins and DLC — is an increasingly common thing in computer software; and many people are concerned that … Continue reading Canadian Petition That Games Must Remain Functional At EOL
Researchers in Canada got most of what they were hoping for in the country’s 2024 federal budget, with a big boost in postgraduate pay and more funding for research and scientific infrastructure. From a report: “We are investing over $5 billion in Cana… Continue reading Canadian Science Gets Biggest Boost To PhD and Postdoc Pay in 20 Years
sinij shares a report: Members of Parliament in Canada are expected to vote for up to 15 hours in a row Thursday and Friday on more than 200 Conservative amendments to the government’s sustainable jobs bill. The amendments are what’s left of nearly 20,… Continue reading Canadian Legislators Accused of Using AI To Produce 20,000 Amendments
Battlelines are being drawn in Canada over the lowly Flipper Zero, a device seen by some as an existential threat to motor vehicle owners across the Great White North. The …read more Continue reading Hackaday Links: March 31, 2024
By Deeba Ahmed
Mikhail Vasiliev, a Russian-Canadian citizen faces four years in a Canadian prison and is likely to be extradited to the US after completing his sentence.
This is a post from HackRead.com Read the original post: LockBit Affiliate Sentenc… Continue reading LockBit Affiliate Sentenced to 4 Years in Canada, Faces Extradition
A Toronto Sun columnist writes that two Canadian civil liberties groups are “sounding alarms” about the proposed new Online Harms Act (C-63):
The Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) and the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) say while the … Continue reading Canada’s ‘Online Harms’ Bill Would Be an Assault On Free Speech, Civil Liberties Groups Say
It was an idea first proposed by Archimedes, reports CNN. But now, “Brenden Sener, 13, of London, Ontario, has won two gold medals and a London Public Library award for his minuscule version of the contraption — a supposed war weapon made up of a… Continue reading 13-Year-Old Wins Science Fair with ‘Death Ray’ Experiment. Sort of…