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Trent University Durham GTA puts people at the center of Canada’s artificial intelligence future. One lesson, one collaboration, one breakthrough at a time. Artificial intelligence (AI) may be built on code, but it is driven by human decisions. Every dataset reflects the choices, biases, and intentions of the people behind the machines, and every application is a test of our ability to use technology to advance human development. Canada is now scoring its tests more carefully. In 2025, Ottawa created the nation’s first Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation and launched a 30-day AI Strategic Taskforce to revamp the…
CERN has taken an important step towards the next frontier in particle physics with a review of the feasibility study of the proposed future Circular Collider (FCC). At a dedicated meeting on November 6-7, 2025, Council representatives from Member and Associate Member States reviewed multi-year studies and confirmed that the FCC is technically viable and there are no major obstacles. This milestone sets the stage for what could become the world’s most powerful particle accelerator, designed to replace the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) and push the boundaries of our understanding of the universe. What is the circular collider of the…
November 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananVulnerabilities/Tuesday Patch Microsoft on Tuesday released patches for 63 new security vulnerabilities identified in its software. This includes vulnerabilities that are actually being exploited. Of the 63 deficiencies, 4 were rated as critical and 59 were rated as critical. 29 of these vulnerabilities are related to privilege escalation, followed by 16 for remote code execution, 11 for information disclosure, three for denial of service (DoS), two for security feature bypass, and two for spoofing bugs. This patch adds to the 27 vulnerabilities that the Windows manufacturer has addressed in the Chromium-based Edge browser since the release of…
Small tropical spiders in the Philippines and the Peruvian Amazon build giant arachnid-like decoys in their webs to ward off predators, a new study has found.The oversized imitation spider is made of silk. plant remains. and dead, disembodied prey. While some decoys look rudimentary, others accurately mimic the shape of spiders, according to a study published Nov. 6 in the journal Ecology and Evolution.These decoy spiders are made by orb weavers Cyclosa inca and Cyclosa longicauda, which are only 2.5 millimeters (0.1 inch) long. Their webs have the classic wheel shape made of silk, but hidden within them are important…
November 12, 2025Ravi LakshmananArtificial intelligence/encryption Google on Tuesday announced a new privacy-enhancing technology called “Private AI Compute” that processes artificial intelligence (AI) queries on a secure platform in the cloud. The company said it built Private AI Compute to “maximize the speed and power of the Gemini cloud model for AI experiences, while ensuring the privacy of your personal data and making it inaccessible to others, not even Google.” Private AI Compute is described as a “secure, hardened space” for processing sensitive user data in a manner similar to on-device processing, but with enhanced AI capabilities. Leveraging Trillium Tensor Processing…
There’s a moment backstage at Web Summit when a member of the production staff (well twice Laurent Mequise’s size) puts a thick arm around the shoulders of the CEO of Oracle Red Bull Racing and guides him toward the soundboard to pull out his cell phone for a selfie. Most executives leading organizations of 2,000 people, even die-hard fans, would resent the informality. Mekies smiled instead, his demeanor unchanged as he responded to his star-struck crew. It’s a small moment, but perhaps a revealing one for Mekies, who just four months ago became the second person in Red Bull Racing’s…
Editor’s note: This article was updated at 11 a.m. on Nov. 12, after two of the three incoming CMEs crashed into Earth during the night. The solar explosions combined to create a violent G4 geomagnetic storm that resulted in the appearance of the aurora borealis as far south as Arizona, Mexico, Texas, and Florida. Conditions have since calmed down to G3 (strong) levels, but NOAA predicts G4 conditions could return tonight following the arrival of the third and strongest CME expected to hit Earth later today. Increased aurora activity is likely to carry over into Thursday (Nov. 13) and Friday…
Astronomers have detected the first ever “radio signal” emanating from an interstellar comet, just as the comet 3I/ATLAS passed the halfway point on its one-way trip through the solar system. And while this may seem like ostensible evidence for the comet’s putative alien origins, it’s actually quite the opposite.3I/ATLAS is the third known interstellar object (ISO) to pass through our nearby universe. It was first spotted in early July, hurtling toward the sun at more than 130,000 mph (210,000 km/h), but observations dating back to May have since revealed it. Most researchers agree that this comet may be the oldest…
Masayoshi Son’s popularity is middling. The SoftBank founder’s career is littered with eyebrow-raising gambles, each one looking more outrageous than the last. His latest move is to liquidate his $5.8 billion in Nvidia stock and focus all his efforts on AI. And while it took the business world by surprise on Tuesday, it might not be the case. It’s rather surprising that the 68-year-old Son didn’t push his chips to the center of the table at this point. Consider that during the dot-com bubble of the late 1990s, Son’s net worth soared to about $78 billion by February 2000, making…
Threat hunters have discovered similarities between banking malware called Coyote and a newly released malicious program called Maverick that was propagated via WhatsApp. According to a report by CyberProof, both malware are written in .NET, target users and banks in Brazil, and have identical functionality to target and decrypt bank URLs and monitor bank applications. More importantly, both include the ability to spread through WhatsApp Web. Maverick was first documented by Trend Micro early last month and was attributed to a threat actor called Water Saci. This campaign includes two components. Self-propagating malware called SORVEPOTEL. It is used to spread…