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A daily news program covering the top stories in technology with a weekend in depth interview.

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Canada

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A daily news program covering the top stories in technology with a weekend in depth interview.

Twitter:

@itworldca

Language:

English

Contact:

416-290-2015


Episodes

Gartner unveils cybersecurity predictions: Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 19, 2024

3/19/2024
Gartner unveils their cybersecurity predictions with some good news and some bad news, more Apple AI rumours, Oracle tries a no-hype approach to AI, the US government may lose the ability to combat disinformation on social media and Microsoft aims to power through initial lukewarm responses to it’s AI integration. These and more top tech stories on the “rumours and predictions” edition of Hashtag Trending I’m your host Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and Tech News Day in the US.

Duration:00:10:56

Apple buys Canadian AI startup: Hashtag Trending for Monday March 18th, 2024

3/18/2024
Apple buys a Canadian artificial intelligence startup, a new chip could promises to decrease costs and reduce the environmental footprint of AI, Citrix angers its partners and clients as rumours of new pricing and product bundling hit the street and are tech layoffs the “new normal?” All this and more on the “how to lose friends and influence people” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:10:47

Investment in Canadian technology ventures with Joe Domani, Thomson Reuters Ventures: Hashtag Trending Weekend Edition for March 16, 2024

3/16/2024
Hashtag Trending Weekend - a conversation with Joe Dormani from Thomson Reuters Ventures, the Thomson Reuters $100M corporate venture fund. The fund just turned two years old, and thus far, the team has: We chat with Joe about the fund and Canadian technical entrepreneurship. Hope you enjoy it.

Duration:00:26:35

Google adds enhanced phising protection to Chrome: Hashtag Trending for Friday, March 15th, 2024

3/15/2024
Google announces enhanced protection from phishing and malware in the Chrome browser. Australian computer scientist Craig Wright is not the creator of Bitcoin as he has claimed for the past 8 years. Most subscription software doesn’t make money and the opposing argument for banning TikTok. All this and more on the “open your mind” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US

Duration:00:09:44

US Congress passes TikTok Ban: Hashtag Trending for Thursday, March 14, 2024

3/14/2024
The US Congress finally agrees on something – banning TikTok. But how would they do it? The European Union passes the first comprehensive AI legislation and more Canadian cities hit by ransomware. All this and more on the “Law and Order” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:10:35

Infrastructure under attack: Hashtag Trending for Wednesday, March 13, 2024

3/13/2024
Optical fibre cables in the UK are under attack. Meta sues a Vice President for stealing information when he moved to a competitor. ChatGPT uses in a day enough electricity to power 17,000 households and is your connected car ratting you out to your insurance company? All this and more on the “what else does my car know about me” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:07:33

New US Government report sounds alarm on AI - Hashtag Trending for Tuesday, March 12, 2024

3/12/2024
A new US government report warns that AI presents an “extinction level threat to the human species. Elon Musk is outsourcing his Grok AI code. Hackers have breached the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in the US and a researcher shows how to steal a Tesla by leveraging a feature of the Tesla charging stations. All this and more on the “end of the world as we know it” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:09:57

Ransomware in chaos: Hashtag Trending Monday, March 11, 2024

3/10/2024
Ransomware as an industry is in chaos, a deeper and disturbing look into data brokers and how much they know about you, Time many be running out for TikTok and the US government says that there is no evidence of intelligent life in space. All this and more on the “there doesn’t seem to be a lot of evidence of intelligent life here either” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:09:20

Work, workforce and workers reinvented in the age of generative AI: Hashtag Trending, Weekend Edition for March 9th, 2024

3/9/2024
How is AI affecting the Canadian workforce? There's some new research from Accenture, which highlights the major impact Generative AI will have. They predict that gen AI will bring the most significant work transformation since the agricultural and industrial revolutions. In Canada, nearly half (46%) of working hours will be impacted by gen AI. But according to Accenture, this doesn’t imply a 46% reduction – they feel it’s quite the opposite. Within each job, certain tasks may be automated, some may be supported, allowing individuals to focus on more meaningful activities. Accenture believes that with people-centric approaches, more than $13.8 trillion CAD in additional economic value can be unlocked globally through gen AI. Host Jim Love interviews Krish Banerjee, Managing Director & Canada Lead - Data and AI at Accenture.

Duration:00:32:59

A week for outages: Hashtag Trending Friday Mar 8, 2024

3/8/2024
It’s been the week for outages. This time it’s LastPass, the password manager. A warning that maybe we should read those software licenses a little more closely than we do. Reddit is using AI to combat harassment on their platform. Some good news on solar power in the US. And where is the safest place in Canada to survive a zombie apocalypse? All this and more on the “some good news and some bad news” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:09:31

Open AI hits back at Elon Musk: Hashtag Trending for Thursday, March 7, 2024

3/7/2024
OpenAI hits back at Elon Musk, 90 percent of statistics published on the Internet aren’t true, 30,000 Fidelity customers in the US have their data stolen and those hospital alarms sounds may not save lives – and they are responsible for a lot of deaths. All this and more on the “lies, damned liars and internet statistics” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:07:29

Hashtag Trending Mar.6- Facebook goes down; Amazon nuclear-powered data centres; Public trust in AI sinking

3/6/2024
Imagine a world without Facebook. For just half an hour. A group of AI leaders get together but don’t seem to invite Elon Musk. Amazon takes data centres nuclear. A new competitor for ChatGPT and Google. And public trust in AI is declining.

Duration:00:09:08

Hashtag Trending Mar.5- Apple Music fined for market dominance; LockBit back from the dead; OpenAI kills ChatGPT plugins

3/5/2024
Apple Music gives a whole new meaning to the phrase the hits just keep on coming. It’s not the opposing candidates, it’s public AI systems that are spreading election disinformation, and LockBit, the cybercriminal gang may be back from the dead and saying so long to the ChatGPT plugins, which went from innovation to legacy in only a few months.

Duration:00:10:11

Hashtag Trending Mar.4- Canadian police need a search warrant to access IP address; Musk sues OpenAI; World Server Throwing Competition too violent?

3/4/2024
In Canada, your IP address has the right to remain silent. Elon Musk is suing OpenAI for not being Open. Apple faces a class action not allowing competitive access to backup services and the World Server Throwing Competition in March 2024 is accused of being too violent towards servers.

Duration:00:09:12

Hashtag Trending Weekend Edition, March 2, 2024 – Our guests today are Philippe Johnston and Gary Davenport of CIO Association of Canada

3/2/2024
The title Chief Information Officer, CIO, came about in 1981 when William Sinnott and William Gruber first articulated the term in their book, Information Resource Management. In the early days, the CIO most often reported to the CFO mostly because strategic consulting in IT was done by the big accounting firms. The role of the CIO has evolved, and today there's a real recognition that this is a senior leadership role in a very strategic area. 20 years ago in Canada, a group started in Vancouver which ultimately became the CIO Association of Canada. And over the years, the hard work of CIOs and all the IT professionals that support them has paid off. And with the advent of cloud computing, digital transformation of businesses, and now with artificial intelligence moving like a runaway freight train, the need for strategic and knowledgeable people at the C level is more needed than ever. As it enters the 20 year, join Jim Love as he reflects on the CIO Association of Canada with Philippe Johnston and Gary Davenport.

Duration:00:28:27

Hashtag Trending, Friday, March 1, 2024 - Fix your AI prompts by talking like a Star Trek character

3/1/2024
Can HP make you love them again? Humanoid robots with AI might be closer than we think. Researchers find that talking like a character from Star Trek can improve your AI results. And how many iPhones would it take to make up the money Apple blew before it killed its self-driving electric car? All this and more on the “you can’t make this stuff up” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim Love, CIO of IT World Canada and TechNewsDay in the US.

Duration:00:09:35

Hashtag Trending Feb.29- Google’s troubles with AI; New U.S. executive order to regulate data broker industry; Lockbit announces return

2/29/2024
Google’s recent troubles in AI may not be that easy to fix, the U.S. government buys data instead of spying on its citizens and realizes that other governments can do the same thing and two gangs of cybercrooks that law enforcement thought they had disrupted are back with a vengeance.

Duration:00:11:48

Hashtag Trending Feb.28- OpenAI says New York Times hacked ChatGPT; Apple cancels plans to release electric car; Your Voice is Power teaches indigenous youth about coding

2/28/2024
OpenAI says the New York Times “hacked” ChatGPT to generate misleading evidence. Apple pulls the plug on its electric car. Wendy’s experiments with “surge pricing”. Meta is monitoring and collecting data on users of its Quest headset. And Your Voice is Power teaches indigenous youth about coding, music and their history and culture.

Duration:00:08:36

Hashtag Trending Feb.27- Will AI enable a four-day week?; SpaceX under scrutiny for allegedly blocking satellite internet services in Taiwan; How much does it cost to make the Apple Vision Pro?

2/27/2024
Will AI give us a four-day workweek? The CEO of Nvidia says it's time to stop teaching the kids to code. Are companies spying on you in your Teams and Slack chats? And how much does it cost to make the VisionPro headset?

Duration:00:10:45

Hashtag Trending Feb.26-Cybersecurity firm selling your data? AT&T outage; Microsoft’s updates may no longer force you to reboot your computer

2/26/2024
A cybersecurity firm selling your data? AT&T says a flawed network update caused last week’s major outage. Self checkout may be watching you more closely using AI. And Microsoft has announced that updates may no longer force you to reboot your computer.

Duration:00:07:31