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Sobeys, Loblaw under fire for maple washing, as Sobeys ditches maple leaf symbol in stores
More than a year after the Buy Canadian movement took root, grocery giants Loblaw and Sobeys are facing increased scrutiny over "maple washing" — the practice of promoting imported goods as homegrown.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
#OpenAI didn't respect Canadian privacy law when it trained #chatgpt
OpenAI did not respect Canadian privacy laws when it trained its immensely popular ChatGPT tool, resulting in the collection and use of sensitive personal information, according to a joint investigation.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Minister faces calls from MPs to amend lawful access bill to prevent compromising encryption
The separatist call is coming from inside the house
What is crystal clear is conservatives flirted with far-right grievances to gain political power only for those monsters of Confederation to use their access to undermine federalism.
The Hill Times (www.hilltimes.com)
Canadian sues U.S. Homeland Security, which allegedly sought his Google data after critical social media posts
A Canadian is fighting back in U.S. federal court over what he says is an attempt by the Department of Homeland Security, through Google, to seek "vast swaths of information" about his personal life following social media posts critical of Donald Trump's administration.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Moving to mainframe can be cheaper than sticking with VMware: Gartner
: Serious Linux VMs will enjoy big iron – if you can learn to love lock-in risks and skills challenges
theregister (www.theregister.com)
Microsoft Edge: Passwords end up in memory as plaintext
The Edge password manager appears secure: encrypted storage, secured by Windows Hello. But plaintext is stored in memory.
Security (www.heise.de)
Pro-Iran crew turns DDoS into shakedown as Ubuntu.com stays down
: 313 Team tells Canonical: pay up or the packets keep coming
theregister (www.theregister.com)
Former spy reveals how China hunts down targets in Canada and abroad
Radio-Canada reporters, in conjunction with the fifth estate, and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists, spoke with a former Chinese spy tasked with monitoring a dissident to learn how the Chinese Communist Party uses its secret police force to suppress dissent by silencing critics abroad.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Ukraine overtakes US, 6 EU countries in Press Freedom Index
RSF attributed the improvement to Ukraine's "dynamic media sector and the investigative work carried out by Ukrainian outlets to strengthen transparency in the country's political life."
The Kyiv Independent (kyivindependent.com)
Careful Adoption of Agentic AI Services
So last night I made homemade butter...1L of heavy cream + 20 mins of whisking in a mixing bowl = Almost a pound of butter and a cup and bit of buttermilk!
Finance company stores DB credentials in helpfully labeled spreadsheet
PWNED: Great idea, guys. Let's keep all of the data in an Excel file with weak password protection
theregister (www.theregister.com)
Hashicorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto says GitHub ‘no longer a place for serious work’
: Bemoans frequent outages that mean he’ll move Ghostty elsewhere
theregister (www.theregister.com)
@ifin Def. not calling my mother...she's a Maple MAGA nutjob...
PowerPoint punishment sent users into an infinite loop after lunch
Who, Me?: There was only one ESC from sneaky screenshots and fake BSODs
theregister (www.theregister.com)
US clarifies mobile hotspots part of foreign router ban despite rarity of American made consumer kit
: Silicon often from US, but the kit from APAC and elsewhere
theregister (www.theregister.com)
Standing up to bullies: Lithuania’s playbook for surviving economic warfare, and what Canada can learn
Once a target of Russian and Chinese economic coercion, Lithuania has turned pressure into policy. By rapidly diversifying trade, severing energy ties with Moscow and investing in defence and tech, the Baltic state built resilience and saw growth. Its experience now offers Canada a cautionary, and increasingly relevant, roadmap.
CBC (www.cbc.ca)
Arrests Made in Project Lighthouse, First-of-its-Kind SMS Blaster Investigation in Canada
