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Canada’s Largest ISP Suffers Website Glitch
Canada’s Largest ISP Suffers Website Glitch
October 02, 2018  |  Security & Fraud

Internet provider Altima Telecom — one of the largest independent Canadian internet service providers, serving Montreal and Toronto — had to repair a flaw that could...

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Bitcoin Daily: $100M Canadian Mining Farm Could Go Dark In A Heat Wave
Bitcoin Daily: $100M Canadian Mining Farm Could Go Dark In A Heat Wave
September 25, 2018  |  Bitcoin

Medicine Hat, a city in Canada, reportedly has plans in place to shut off the power to the Hut 8 crypto mining should a big heat...

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Uber Autonomous Unit Invests $150M In Toronto
Uber Autonomous Unit Invests $150M In Toronto
September 14, 2018  |  Ridesharing

Uber’s CEO used his first visit to the company’s Canadian tech hub to announce a new engineering hub in Toronto. Dara Khosrowshahi revealed that Uber...

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Jumio On Montreal As AI Tech Hub
Jumio On Montreal As AI Tech Hub
September 04, 2018  |  Authentication

There are many locales that come to mind in looking toward the next big thing in FinTech, in payments, in AI and beyond. London and...

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Mixing Humans Into The AI-Powered IDV Workflow Loop
Mixing Humans Into The AI-Powered IDV Workflow Loop
September 04, 2018  |  Authentication

In the world of Digital Identity Verification, convergence is when AI-tech and human intelligence converge to keep the cybercrooks at bay, says Jumio CTO Labhesh...

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Why Corona’s Parent Company Is Investing In Cannabis
Why Corona’s Parent Company Is Investing In Cannabis
August 15, 2018  |  Retail

Constellation Brands is not a household name, but the intoxicants it stands behind sure are — Robert Mondavi wine, Corona beer and Svedka vodka are...

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Visa, Mastercard Cut Canadian Interchange Fees
Visa, Mastercard Cut Canadian Interchange Fees
August 10, 2018  |  International

Visa and Mastercard have agreed to cut Canadian credit card transaction fees, which could save smaller businesses (SMBs) C$250 million ($192 million) a year. The...

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Money Laundering Runs Rampant On Canadian Border
Money Laundering Runs Rampant On Canadian Border
August 09, 2018  |  Regulation

Law enforcement officials are seeing a rise in money laundering cases in Canada, and some say the country isn’t doing enough to clamp down on...

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PDFs Are No Good — How, And Why, Governments Are Going Digital
PDFs Are No Good — How, And Why, Governments Are Going Digital
August 08, 2018  |  Innovation

For foes of paper cuts, recent news from Hawaii should offer encouragement: A six-month test designed to showcase the appeal of making state government more...

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