After ChatGPT made waves all over the world for its surprising generative AI
Metrolinx CEO Phil Verster says “all of the major construction” is now complete on the much-delayed Eglington Crosstown LRT and work is proceeding “relentlessly” on the remaining parts of the project, but several key issues are still outstanding.
The project was slated to be completed in 2020 but its opening has been repeatedly pushed back.
At a news conference on Monday afternoon, Vester told reporters that “a lot of progress” has been made on critical system integration tests since the last media briefing on the Crosstown in December. While those tests were 15 per cent complete then, they are now
Apple released iOS 17.4 on March 5, bringing Podcast transcripts, more Stolen Device Protection options and more to you iPhones. But one highly anticipated iPhone security feature arrived with iOS 17.2 in December. That update introduced Contact Key Verification, a security tool meant to help verify that the person you’re texting is who they say they are, to all iPhones.

Apple wrote in December 2022 that with Contact Key Verification, people who might find themselves in dangerous situations, such as journalists, activists and members of government organizations, can verify that they are messaging who they intend to. While
Relative to the 496 billion Canadian dollars the federal government spent last year, the amounts are small. But this week’s revelations surrounding millions of dollars in potentially fraudulent billings by subcontractors, along with the continuing ArriveCAN app scandal, show what a big mess developing software can be for the government.
Even after an extensive investigation, Karen Hogan, the auditor general, said she could not determine exactly what it had cost to create ArriveCAN, which was rushed out in 2020 to collect contact and health information from international travelers during the Covid-19 pandemic and to coordinate quarantine measures.
Hogan’s best guess
The Dragon’s Den-style contest is a partnership between Aston University, the University of Birmingham, and the University of Warwick
The co-founder of a software company that provides environmental, social and governance (ESG) intelligence for global supply chains has been voted the winner of the ninth Minerva Pitch Up competition run by Aston University, University of Warwick and University of Birmingham.
Mandeep Soor, CEO of Bendi AI, beat off competition to win the Best Pitch Award at Venturefest West Midlands held at Eastside Rooms in Birmingham on Thursday 21 March, winning a £2,000 cash prize, free membership and support from Minerva
A new report alleges that some NBC News journalists and staffers fear Republican sources will stop interacting with the network after the firing of former RNC head Ronna McDaniel.
On Friday, the network announced McDaniel would be joining the Peacock family as a political analyst across all NBC platforms, including its far-left sister network MSNBC. That opened the floodgates of on-air backlash from the company’s biggest liberal stars, including Rachel Maddow.
On Tuesday, NBC announced that McDanel would no longer be working for the network.
While NBC and MSNBC anchors cheered on the decision, some staffers reported being worried the

The Mkhize family, whose daughter, KZN pediatrician Dr Zamambo Siphokazi Mkhize, was found murdered in Imbali on Friday night, are now facing a double tragedy after her husband was admitted to the ICU at Grey’s Hospital on Monday morning.
At this stage, The Witness has not been able to ascertain the cause of Phumlani Mbeje’s (43) admission to the hospital, but it is understood that he is in a critical condition.
Dr Mkhize was found dead in the boot of

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Steward Health Care, the hospital operator grappling with financial issues under Medical Properties Trust’s (NYSE:MPW) portfolio, struck a deal to offload its physician network to UnitedHealth’s (NYSE:UNH) Optum Care arm, according to a media report dated Wednesday.
The proposed sale of the managed care business, called Stewardship Health, aligns with Steward’s efforts to strengthen its national network of 33 hospitals following financial setbacks last year, which resulted in overdue bills and rents.
The move would be a “positive step to help the health system resolve its immediate financial issues,” RBC Capital