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Feds Hire SecurityScorecard to Monitor Infrastructure Cyber Threats

SecurityScorecard has announced its partnership with the Canadian Centre for Cyber Security (the Cyber Centre), aiming to enhance cybersecurity across Canada's critical infrastructure. This collaboration brings SecurityScorecard's security ratings platform to the Cyber Centre, offering real-time insights into cybersecurity threats affecting companies and critical infrastructure such as utilities. “Canada is a leading cybersecurity innovator creating...

Al Gore, James Bell to Retire from Apple Board; Wanda Austin Joins

Apple has announced the nomination of Dr. Wanda Austin, former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, for election to its board of directors. During her tenure at The Aerospace Corporation, Dr. Austin was a trailblazer, being the first woman and the first African American to lead the organization, which plays a crucial role in...

BCAA Offering Rogers Cellphone Plans from $45/50GB

The BCAA (The British Columbia Automobile Association) is offering up discounted Rogers cellphone plans, which are the latter’s corporate offerings (Rogers Preferred Program or RPP). Plans are available starting from $45 per month for bring your own device customers, after Autopay discounts. Here’s what’s available right now: $45/50GB 5G 250 Mbps (non-shareable data; MSRP $80)...

Fido, Virgin and Koodo Debut 10GB Plans to Start 2024

With Boxing Week offers finally in the grave after numerous miraculous extensions, we’re seeing flanker brands Fido, Virgin Plus and Koodo set a new battleground plan that includes 10GB of data. During Boxing Week, we saw a $34/50GB plan become “the” plan to compete with. Quebecor’s Freedom Mobile is still offering its Boxing Week plans...

Google Assistant to Lose ‘Underutilized Features’

Beyond cutting what looks to be nearly 1,000 jobs across various departments amid a reorganization of teams, Google is also planning to remove “underutilized features” within Google Assistant, its voice assistant that debuted seven years ago. Duke Dukellis, Vice President of Google Assistant, said on Thursday major changes are coming, focusing on refining user experience...

Google Lays Off Nearly 1,000 Across Pixel, Nest, Fitbit and More

Google has confirmed the elimination of approximately a thousand roles, impacting various divisions including Google Assistant and the core engineering teams. A company spokesperson confirmed to The Verge that it had cut “a few hundred” jobs at each of Google’s divisions including core engineering teams and Google Assistant. These layoffs are not isolated incidents but...