Niamh Rowe Business Oct 16, 2023 2:00 AM Millions of Workers Are Training AI Models for Pennies From the Philippines to Colombia, low-paid workers label training data for AI models used by the likes of Amazon, Facebook, Google, and Microsoft. Oskarina Vero Fuentes with her dog.Courtesy of Oskarina Vero Fuentes …
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Eastern Ontario farmer discovers new variety of truffle
A new variety of native edible truffles was discovered by a Franco-Ontarian farmer in Wendover, Ont. Lucille Groulx uncovered the unique fungus on her Wendover, Ont., farm When Lucille Groulx started her truffle farm in Wendover, Ont., in 2015, she was using truffles she had imported from France. Only later …
Read More »X’s Sneaky New Ads Might Be Illegal
Vittoria Elliott Business Oct 13, 2023 12:22 PM X’s Sneaky New Ads Might Be Illegal Experts say a new advertising format on the platform formerly known as Twitter is misleading for users and could fall foul of FTC rules. Photograph: JOSH EDELSON/Getty Images Save this story Save Save this story …
Read More »Philippines ranks second in global list of compromised Cisco devices
Cisco has issued an urgent warning about a critical vulnerability in its IOS XE software that unknown attackers are actively exploiting. The vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-20198 could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to create an account on an affected device with full administrative privileges. The vulnerability affects the Web User …
Read More »OPPO unveils Find N3 Flip, a flip phone with a vertical cover screen and a flagship triple camera system
The Find N3 Flip has a 6.8-inch foldable LTPO AMOLED main screen with a 120Hz refresh rate and HDR10+ support. It also has a 3.26-inch AMOLED cover screen that displays notifications, quick toggles, and mini apps. The cover screen also enables full-screen selfies and FlexForm capture modes. The Find N3 …
Read More »New astrobiology centres in U.S. aim to widen the search for extraterrestrial life
The study of the potential for alien life elsewhere in the universe is ramping up as two major universities in the US have established astrobiology centres. Major U.S. universities launched centres dedicated to studying life on — and beyond — Earth The study of the potential for alien life elsewhere …
Read More »US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks
Matt Laslo Security Oct 13, 2023 9:30 AM US House Republicans Had Their Phones Confiscated to Stop Leaks In an attempt to wrest control from raucous far-right hardliners amid the fight for a new House speaker, Republican Party leaders are instituting phone bans to keep backroom deals secret. House majority …
Read More »We caught technicians at Best Buy, Mobile Klinik, Canada Computers and others snooping on our personal devices
CBC's Marketplace took smartphones and laptops to tech repair stores across Ontario — including large chains Best Buy and Mobile Klinik in a snooping test — and found that in more than half of the documented cases, technicians accessed intimate photos and private information not relevant to the repair. Marketplace …
Read More »Canadian growers eager to get their hands on hottest new chili pepper in the world
Pepper growers in B.C. and Alberta are keen to get their hands on Pepper X seeds. Pepper X is three times hotter than the Carolina Reaper, which held the Guinness title for a decade The new Pepper X has been named the hottest chili pepper in the world by the …
Read More »Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare
Amanda Hoover Business Oct 12, 2023 3:19 PM Finding a Tech Job Is Still a Nightmare Tech companies have laid off more than 400,000 people in the past two years. Competition for the jobs that remain is getting more and more desperate. Photograph: Shannon Fagan/Getty Images Save this story Save …
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