Reddit wants to develop its own NFT-based marketplace, Hertz buys 100,000 Tesla cars worth $4.2 billion, and Blue Origin announces its own space station.It’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Wednesday, October 27, and I’m your host, Jori Negin-Shecter.Reddit apparently wants to develop its own NFT platform to…
*With files from Samira Balsara*Australia releases a draft of its Online Privacy Bill that seeks to protect kids from social media, Tesla pulls its latest FSD software due to false collision warnings, and a British-built robot has been released from Egyptian authorities. That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending!…
Canadian global fintech firm Payfare, which provides instant payout and digital banking solutions for contract workers, today announced its partnership with U.K. fintech Wise, provider of digital international money transfer solutions for the gig economy, to bring international money transfer capabilities to Payfare’s digital banking app in 2022. This means beginning next year, Wise will be…
Downtown Mississauga – Courtesy City of MississaugaThe City of Mississauga is competing for the top spot – Intelligent Community of the Year – in a competition organized by the Intelligent Community Forum (ICF), a global network of cities and regions which aims to help communities in the digital age find a new path to economic…
A warning to JavaScript users, ransomware gangs feeling squeezed and an SQL vulnerability found.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Monday October 25th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.Software and web developers using one of NPM’s JavaScript library packages are being urged to act fast after the discovery of malware in the file.…
Apple is being sued for refusing to repair an iPhone, most Americans now prefer streaming over going to the theatres, and Amazon Alexa was named the most invasive smart assistant in a new study.That’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Monday, October 25th and I’m your host, Tom…
A new ransomware strain discovered, a scam hijacks YouTube accounts and watch those open-source code libraries.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Friday October 22nd. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.Evil Corp., believed to be the gang behind ransomware strains called WastedLocker, Hades, Phenoix Locker and PayLoadBin, has created another brand. Called Macaw…
Canadian tech education company Lighthouse Labs is back with its free 21-Day Coding Challenge, which will this year give prospective coders an opportunity to learn JavaScript through 15-30 minute daily challenges. Every task will be educational and habit-building, designed to feed participants’ knowledge and confidence in coding. There will be multiple prizes up for grabs, including…
Small business owners in Canada say better access to technology would make it easier to collect payments.In light of Small Business Week in Canada, Intuit Canada, which offers QuickBooks online accounting software for small businesses that lets them easily make and receive payments digitally, released the results of a survey of 583 small business owners…
Files from Jori Negin-ShecterDonald Trump is launching a social media platform, Canadians may be living “The American Dream,” and fake vaccine cards are circulating on social media.It’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Friday, October 22, and I’m your host, Samira Balsara.BREAKING: Former President Donald Trump has announced…
With files from Samira BalsaraFacebook is planning a name change, Google plans to add a new feature to its Play Store, and Instagram users will finally be able to make posts via desktop.It’s all the tech news that’s trending right now, welcome to Hashtag Trending! It’s Thursday, October 21, and I’m your host, Jori Negin-Shecter.…
Administrators urged to update PowerShell, ransomware reports to read and a hacker gets seven years in prison.Welcome to Cyber Security Today. It’s Wednesday October 20th. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing writer on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com.Attention system administrators: You need to update PowerShell as soon as possible to the latest version to make sure it can’t be…