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On Nov. 21, 2017, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol agents at the Port of Newark, N.J., seized an industrial microwave system that its export papers said was going to Dubai. But according to U.S. investigators, the city was only a transit point for the “highly sensitive” device, which can be …
Read More »Toronto hospital network issues ‘code grey’ as digital systems go down – Toronto
TORONTO — A major Toronto hospital network said its digital systems went down on Monday and it was working to investigate what was causing the outage. The University Health Network issued a “code grey” — a hospital code for system failure — but released few other details about what happened. …
Read More »Ransomware attack delays Toronto’s SickKids lab results, systems could be offline for weeks – Toronto
Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children says some of its systems could be offline for weeks after it was the subject of a ransomware attack. SickKids says its clinical teams are experiencing delays retrieving lab and imaging results, which could create longer wait times for patients and families. Toronto police confirmed …
Read More »Waterloo councillors can now expense home security systems amid heated political landscape
The City of Waterloo passed a motion Monday that would provide future council members with funding for security systems, with some pointing to a more hostile political climate as a reason for why the initiative was needed. Members of council for the Ontario city could receive up to $100 per …
Read More »How First Nations in Alberta are building their own child welfare systems
A trio of northern First Nations expect to be the first Indigenous group to take over child welfare services from the Alberta government — but say their new agency won’t be up and running for over a year. Loon River Cree Nation, Peerless Trout First Nation and Lubicon Lake Band …
Read More »AAA tests driver-monitoring systems, finds many lacking
Enlarge / Most people know they shouldn’t check their phones while driving, but it’s a hard habit to shake, particularly if you have a car fitted with an advanced driver assist that helps steer. Getty Images/miguelangelortega If you’re going to install an advanced driver assistance system to let the person …
Read More »Bezos' biggest legacy could be "Bezosism", using surveillance, algorithms, and data to supercharge old management systems and squeeze performance out of workers (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)
Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: Bezos’ biggest legacy could be “Bezosism”, using surveillance, algorithms, and data to supercharge old management systems and squeeze performance out of workers — The e-commerce giant has supercharged systems of management invented a century ago with surveillance, algorithms and data, leading to a new …
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