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Apr 30, 2024

The TikTok battle may be just beginning. A major European cloud company makes its simplified cooling system open source. Microsoft Xbox sales continue to tank. Meta gets hammered by the European Union for not tacking Russian disinformation and the sheer scale of disinformation and misinformation my blow your mind.

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Apr 29, 2024

93% of first responders experience issues with their mobile devices, New York state mandates $15.00 a month internet for those with low incomes, Google issues a warning to update Chrome for Windows, a new study that indicates Canadians are increasingly demanding better online government services and is the...


Apr 27, 2024

Summary

Canada is facing a productivity gap and a lack of innovation despite significant investments by government in research and development.

The Council of Canadian Innovators has released a report titled 'Buying Ideas: Procuring Public Sector Innovation in Canada' that highlights the need to leverage government...


Apr 26, 2024

OpenAI wants you to think about them as critical infrastructure.  Meta’s stock tanks as Zuckerberg delivers his future vision to investors. IBM acquires infrastructure management firm HashiCorp for 6.4 billion dollars and their stock drops. Spotify misses targets and confesses to struggling after layoffs – and...


Apr 25, 2024

Times up for TikTok – or is it? A whirlwind of news in AI this week. And an incredible story of the creativity of those who keep legacy tech alive.

All this and more on the “firehose” edition of Hashtag Trending. I’m your host, Jim...