Technology

Home Depot gave personal data to Meta without valid customer consent: watchdog

Retailer Home Depot shared details from electronic receipts with Meta, which owns the social media platform Facebook, without the knowledge or consent of customers, the federal privacy watchdog has found. 1

Edward Tian, a 22-year-old from Toronto, created a ChatGPT detector.

Teachers are lining up for a ChatGPT detector created by this 22-year-old in Toronto

As awe-struck Internet users obsessed over the wondrous abilities of ChatGPT, a 22-year-old in Toronto was feverishly crafting a tool to detect its misuse.

The House of Commons industry and technology committee is set to hold a meeting today looking at Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc. Rogers and Shaw applications are pictured on a cellphone in Ottawa on Monday, May 9, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Industry committee set to hold meeting on Rogers-Shaw deal

The House of Commons industry and technology committee is set to meet today to look at Rogers Communications Inc.'s proposed takeover of Shaw Communications Inc.

FILE - People walk past a Microsoft office in New York, Nov. 10, 2016. On Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023, Microsoft reported a 12% drop in profit for the October-December 2022 quarter, reflecting the economic uncertainty it said led to its decision to cut 10,000 workers. (AP Photo/Swayne B. Hall, File)

Microsoft reports outage for Teams, Outlook, other services

Microsoft said it's seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages Wednesday.

The NHL Extended Reality Stats Overlay glasses, developed by SportsX, a research and development program funded by MLSE and AWS. (MLSE)

‘Hopefully, we set the trend’: MLSE aims to bring virtual reality, other tech innovations to live sports viewing

What if you could strap on a headset and immediately find yourself in the middle of a professional basketball game, rather than just watching it on TV?

“BlackBerry," a movie from Toronto filmmaker Matt Johnson about the immense popularity and eventual combustion of the smartphone, will have its world premiere in Berlin next month. A still from the film is shown in this undated handout. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Elevation Pictures

Matt Johnson’s 'BlackBerry' to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival

A Canadian film about the immense popularity and eventual combustion of the BlackBerry smartphone will have its world premiere in Berlin next month.

This March 20, 2018 file photo shows the Spotify app on an iPad in Baltimore. Music streaming service Spotify says it's cutting 6% of its workforce, becoming yet another tech company resorting to layoffs as the economic outlook worsens. CEO Daniel Ek announced the restructuring in a message to employees that was also posted online Monday, Jan. 23, 2023. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)
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Spotify latest tech name to cut jobs, axes 6% of workforce

Music streaming service Spotify said Monday it's cutting 6% of its global workforce, becoming yet another tech company resorting to layoffs as the post-pandemic economic outlook weakens. 1

Stephanie Forster is shown in this undated handout photo provided by her family. She was shot and killed while sitting in her car outside her Coquitlam, B.C., home on Dec. 8 and while the police investigation is ongoing, her family and women's advocacy groups say her husband is responsible. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Stephanie Forster

'Homicide in slow motion': Police urged to tackle stalking amid rise of tracking tech

Stephanie Forster did everything right.

Google Canada employees return to the Google office in Toronto following a walkout in Toronto on November 1, 2018. Members of Canada's tech industry say another wave of layoffs the sector saw this week is tipping the power dynamic back in favour of employers. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston

Wave of tech layoffs tips power back in favour of employers in sector

Members of Canada's technology industry say another wave of layoffs the sector saw this week is tipping the power dynamic back in favour of employers. 1

Workers help set up the Google booth at the Las Vegas Convention Center before the start of the CES tech show, Monday, Jan. 2, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Google axing 12,000 jobs, as tech industry layoffs widen

Google is laying off 12,000 workers, becoming the latest tech company to trim staff after rapid expansions during the COVID-19 pandemic have worn off. 1

A women walks past the new rebranding sign of Freedom Mobile in Toronto on Thursday, November 24, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette

TekSavvy asks CRTC to review Rogers deal to sell Freedom to Videotron

TekSavvy Solutions Inc. is asking the federal telecommunications regulator to review a key part of Rogers Communications Inc.'s plan to buy Shaw Communications Inc. and sell Shaw's Freedom Mobile wireless business to Videotron. 3

Apple says its new Mac mini with an M2 chip features faster performance and connectivity, while delivering more value. (Handout /Apple)

Apple rolls out Macbooks and Mac minis with new M2 chips in rare January launch

Apple Inc AAPL.O on Tuesday unveiled MacBooks powered by its new and faster M2 Pro and M2 Max chips in a surprise launch weeks ahead of its usual schedule.

The 2024 Corvette E Ray is displayed, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2023, in Milford Mich. The E-Ray is a gas electric hybrid, the first all-wheel-drive version of Chevrolet's storied sports car with the front wheels running on an electric motor the traditional 6.2-liter V8 powering the back.(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

Fastest Corvette ever is all-wheel-drive gas-electric hybrid

The fastest Corvette ever made comes out later this year, and it's not powered solely by a howling V8.

Lightspeed Commerce Inc.'s new chief executive JP Chauvet, left, and founder Dax Dasilva are seen in Montreal in an undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Lightspeed,

E-commerce company Lightspeed cutting about 300 jobs

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is cutting about 300 jobs as part of a reorganization meant to unify a slew of companies it bought in recent years.

Michele Romanow, co-founder of Clearco, speaks to CP24.

Michele Romanow steps down as Clearco CEO as company lays off staff again

Michele Romanow is stepping down from her chief executive role at Clearco as the e-commerce investing business she co-founded lays off staff.

The photo provided by NASA shows the Soyuz MS-22 crew ship pictured on Oct. 8, 2002, in the foreground docked to the Rassvet module as the International Space Station orbited 264 miles above Europe. In the background, is the Prichal docking module attached to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module. Russian space corporation Roscosmos said Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023 that it will launch a new spacecraft to take some of the International Space Station's crew back to Earth after their capsule was damaged and leaked coolant.(NASA via AP)

Russia to launch new capsule to return space station crew

Russia will send up a new capsule next month to bring back three space station crew members whose original ride home was damaged, officials said Wednesday. 1

An Uber driver's vehicle is seen after the company launched service, in Vancouver, Friday, Jan. 24, 2020. Uber's vice-president and global head of public policy wants Ontario to speed up its efforts to deliver gig economy legislation and take its plans beyond what the province currently has on the table. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Uber public policy head wants Ontario to move 'faster and further' on gig economy

Uber's vice-president and global head of public policy wants Ontario to speed up its efforts to deliver gig economy legislation and act on its pitch to boost gig worker benefits.

This May 6, 2021 photo shows a sign for Microsoft offices in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Microsoft in talks to invest $10B in ChatGPT-owner OpenAI: report

Microsoft Corp MSFT.O is in talks to invest $10 billion in ChatGPT-owner OpenAI as part of funding that will value the firm at $29 billion, Semafor reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter.

Bill Gates speaks during the Global Fund's Seventh Replenishment Conference, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Bill Gates considers West Virginia to expand nuclear energy efforts

Bill Gates is looking to West Virginia as he plans for the next phase of his effort to reboot U.S. nuclear energy technology: powering the east coast.

Twitter leak exposes 235 million email addresses from hack

Personal emails linked to 235 million Twitter accounts hacked some time ago have been exposed according to Israeli security researcher Alon Gal - making millions vulnerable to having their accounts compromised or identities exposed if they have used the site anonymously to criticize oppressive governments, for instance.