Business owner 'hires' ChatGPT for customer service, then fires the humans (nationalpost.com)
Canada’s birth rate has dropped off a cliff (and it’s likely because nobody can afford housing) (nationalpost.com)
Statistics Canada confirmed last week that 351,679 babies were born in 2022 — the lowest number of live births since 345,044 births were recorded in 2005....
Ongoing cost-of-living crisis should trigger another housing benefit payment: Singh (nationalpost.com)
Rogers in court seeking higher rates for Quebecor months after Shaw takeover promised lower costs (nationalpost.com)
‘The chickens are coming home to roost’ after $26-billion acquisition of Shaw by Rogers received final approval earlier this year. In July, the CRTC set the “mobile virtual network operator” (MVNO) rates Quebecor will pay Rogers to use Rogers’ cellular network. The regulator chose Quebecor’s rate in final-offer...
Rogers in court seeking higher rates for Quebecor months after Shaw takeover promised lower costs (nationalpost.com)
‘The chickens are coming home to roost’ after $26-billion acquisition of Shaw by Rogers received final approval earlier this year. In July, the CRTC set the “mobile virtual network operator” (MVNO) rates Quebecor will pay Rogers to use Rogers’ cellular network. The regulator chose Quebecor’s rate in final-offer...
Alberta woman dies after being denied transplant for refusing to get COVID vaccine (nationalpost.com)
Deforestation blamed for craters that could swallow a city of 70,000 (nationalpost.com)
Deep craters are forming in and around the city of Buriticupu, located in the country’s northeast, which have swallowed up houses, streets and people alike....
Jamie Sarkonak: Toronto principal bullied over false charge of racism dies from suicide (nationalpost.com)
Threads collects so much sensitive information it’s a ’hacker’s dream,’ experts say (nationalpost.com)
Meta captures everything from the information you give it when you sign up for accounts, to what you click on or like, who you befriend online and what kind of phone, computer or tablet you use to access its products
Canadian government pulls all advertising, escalating showdown with Meta (nationalpost.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/514680...
Canadian government pulls all advertising, escalating showdown with Meta (nationalpost.com)
cross-posted from: vlemmy.net/post/514680...
Australia hunting feral cats with lasers that shoot deadly toxic goo (nationalpost.com)
Feral cats account for the deaths of millions of native animals in the bush, from rare marsupials such as numbats to reptiles and birds
Waterloo international student charged with hate-motivated stabbing in gender studies class (nationalpost.com)
Geovanny Villalba-Aleman was charged. Investigators consider it a hate-motivated attack related to gender expression, said Waterloo police
Russian nuclear-capable missiles seen moving in video to Finland border. (nationalpost.com)
Finland sacrificing its neutrality to try and join NATO was a phenomenally idiotic move.