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Cybersecurity

IDScan Breach Exposes Theft of More Than 150 Million Driver's License Records

IDScan confirmed that its cloud systems were breached, resulting in the theft of driver's licenses and other government identity data, while independent reports indicate that the database included more than 150 million records of people in the United States and Canada. The company is still investigating the incident and has not determined the actual number of affected individuals.

2026-09-10

Energy and Green Technologies

Hydrogen Trucks Face a Crucial European Test Led by Germany

Toyota and several industrial and energy companies are preparing to announce a new collaboration in Germany aimed at building a hydrogen ecosystem for heavy-duty trucks, as green ammonia import projects and vehicle trials expand in Europe and North America. However, the collaboration’s operational and economic details remain undisclosed, while battery-electric trucks remain a leading competitor.

2026-09-07

Cybersecurity

Lawsuits Filed After Alleged Leak of 153 Million Driver’s Licenses Through IDScan

IDScan is facing lawsuits and an investigation by the Federal Bureau of Investigation after a criminal service advertised the sale of massive amounts of data, including more than 153 million copies of U.S. and Canadian driver’s licenses. The scope of the breach and its direct responsibility remain unresolved.

2026-09-04

Opinions and Analysis

Can CUTRIC Be Both a Commercial Entity and an Impartial Public Transit Authority?

Writer Michael Barnard argues that combining technology marketing, advocacy for its adoption, and the provision of analyses to operating agencies weakens the assumption that CUTRIC is neutral, particularly in public transit decisions worth hundreds of millions. The article calls on transit agencies to independently verify its models and recommendations, while leaving open the possibility of separating marketing activities from analysis.

2026-09-01

Chips and Semiconductors

University of Alberta Researchers Develop a Model to Predict Post-Routing Chip Performance

The PPAPlace paper proposes a differentiable model that predicts performance, power, and area metrics after routing, based on the locations of large blocks and standard cells. On five test circuits, the model achieved average improvements of 22% in WNS and 51% in TNS compared with a hierarchical baseline, while preserving power and routability.

2026-08-29

Cybersecurity

Breach Exposes Data of Employees and Job Applicants at Canadian SickKids Hospital

Toronto’s SickKids children’s hospital announced that a vulnerability in third-party software led to unauthorized access to personal information belonging to some current and former employees and job applicants. The hospital said its clinical systems and patient records were not affected, while the scope of the incident remains under investigation.

2026-08-21

Opinions and Analysis

Ontario Faces a Clean Electricity Gap Before It Faces a Capacity Shortfall

Ontario data indicate that the first challenge through the middle of the next decade is securing sufficient quantities of clean electricity year-round, not adding a massive block of peak capacity. The author argues that the province should accelerate the deployment of renewables, storage, and flexibility, and defer decisions on major nuclear expansion until demand needs become clearer.

2026-08-14

Cybersecurity

Google Expands Android Scam Protection to Samsung Devices and Adds Messaging Support in More Than 20 Countries

Google announced the expansion of its Scam Detection feature for scam calls to the Samsung Galaxy S26 series in the United States, along with enhanced detection of scam messages through an on-device Gemini model. The updates include support for more than 20 countries and several languages, while keeping call processing on the device and leaving the feature disabled by default.

2026-02-25

Artificial intelligence

NVIDIA Research Outlines the Future of Physical AI

At SIGGRAPH 2025, NVIDIA unveiled software libraries, updates and models designed for physical AI, alongside the presentation of more than 12 research papers on 3D reconstruction, simulation and synthetic data. These developments target the training of robots and autonomous vehicles and the creation of more realistic virtual worlds.

2025-08-11