Artificial intelligence not smart enough yet to be called stupid By Garth Spencer Every so often, somebody raises the subject of artificial intelligence, and inevitably someone raises the notion of artificial intelligence surpassing human intelligence and “taking over”, or trying to eliminate humanity. This is a great opportunity to examine flawed reasoning, and why [...]
BlackBerry’s Super Bowl ad an odd marketing strategy Troy Media – Greg Gazin As I scanned through the hundred or more of this morning’s emails, the one with the subject line BlackBerry “Super Bowl Commercial Still Image” caught my attention. Of course, the big news this week was the release of the long-awaited and [...]
Internet passwords are being hacked, but people don’t seem to care about online security Troy Media – By Greg Gazin It is better to be the spider, or at least aware of the spider, than the fly on the worldwide web. Use caution on the internet to avoid being inter-netted and fear, good healthy fear that [...]
Executives from around the world attend the Wave 2013 summit in Lake Louise Beacon Staff Reporter More than 400 executives are expected to attend the second bi-annual Wave 2013 conference held at Chateau Lake Louise from May 5 to 8. The conference will draw together business professionals and technology innovators for three days of presentations, one-on-one [...]
Deloitte report also predicts subscription TV will continue Beacon Staff Reporter In a startling revelation, the Deloitte report of Canadian Technology, Media & Telecommunications Predictions has said that over 90 per cent of user-generated passwords are vulnerable to hacking in a matter of seconds. “Passwords containing at least eight characters, one number, mixed-case letters and non-alphanumeric [...]
RADARSAT watching over Canadians and monitoring ecosystem, weather Beacon Staff Reporter Ushering in a new era, Minister Christian Paradis launched the next and final stage of Canada’s RADARSAT Constellation project on Wednesday. Christian Paradis is the Minister of Industry and Minister responsible for the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). “Our Government is ensuring we have the tools [...]
New app turns last generation smartphone into wireless web camera and remote assistant Beacon Staff Reporter A new smartphone app is turning leftover iPhones and iPads into security cameras and baby monitors. Many users have upgraded to new iPhones or iPads and their old devices can now be made into a remote video camera and audio monitor [...]
