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B.C. boy’s death underscores rise of sextortion in Canada. What can be done?

B.C. boy’s death underscores rise of sextortion in Canada. What can be done?

The death of a 12-year-old boy in British Columbia who police and his family say fell victim to online sextortion has advocates warning the issue is getting worse in Canada. For years, law enforcement and researchers have been warning about the dangers of rising incidents of criminals targeting minors through sextortion, calling the problem an

Google Canada starts layoffs as parent company cuts 12,000 workers globally

Google Canada starts layoffs as parent company cuts 12,000 workers globally

Google sent layoff notices on Monday to affected Canadian employees after its parent company Alphabet announced earlier this year it was cutting 12,000 of its global workforce. Google Canada spokesperson Lauren Skelly said notifications had been sent to staff impacted by the cuts announced last month. It wasn’t immediately clear how many Canadian jobs were

ChatGPT: Everything to know about the viral, ‘groundbreaking’ AI bot – National

ChatGPT: Everything to know about the viral, ‘groundbreaking’ AI bot – National

Is artificial intelligence taking over? Well, the latest “groundbreaking” AI chat bot, trained to interact with users with advanced capabilities, is certainly creating quite the frenzy in the technology world. Known as ChatGPT and created by a company called OpenAI, the software is designed to generate human-like responses to a wide range of inputs by