Financial watchdog Fintrac hit by cyberattack, says classified systems not involved

Financial watchdog Fintrac hit by cyberattack, says classified systems not involved

Politics Canada’s financial intelligence agency says it has been hit by a cyberattack. Agency takes corporate systems offline to protect data The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 05, 2024 2:50 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago Canada’s financial intelligence agency says it has been hit by a cyber attack. (Graeme Roy/The Canadian Press) … Read more

Eliminating cervical cancer to save women’s lives – POLITICO

Eliminating cervical cancer to save women’s lives – POLITICO

In an unprecedented era of medical breakthroughs, we now have the possibility to eliminate cervical cancer in Europe. The ‘Advancing Cervical CancEr ScreeningS’ (ACCESS) International Consensus Group on Cervical Cancer, a multidisciplinary coalition at the forefront of this battle, is calling for urgent political action to ensure that this historic opportunity is not lost. Cervical … Read more

IIM Kashipur Invites Admissions For MBA (Analytics) For 2024-26 Batch

IIM Kashipur Invites Admissions For MBA (Analytics) For 2024-26 Batch

Home Education IIM Kashipur Invites Admissions For MBA (Analytics) For 2024-26 Batch The admissions for this two-year, fully residential programme’s last application day is 7 March 2024. The programme also offers a full-year tuition fee waiver under need-based, merit-based and need-cum-merit based scholarships. IIM Kashipur: Indian Institute of Management (IIM) Kashipur, a leading Indian management … Read more

New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally

New satellite will track elusive methane pollution from oil and gas industry globally

A privately funded satellite is set to push methane tracking into a new era, once it launches into space on Monday. A collaborative mission between Environmental Defense Fund, Google, the Government of New Zealand and several other partners, MethaneSAT will track methane emissions around the globe in attempts to identify and quantify sources spewing the climate-heating greenhouse gas.  For 20 … Read more

North Pacific humpback whale numbers fall by 20%, but some scientists aren’t worried yet

North Pacific humpback whale numbers fall by 20%, but some scientists aren’t worried yet

A sprawling international study of humpback whales in the northern Pacific has found their population has shrunk significantly since 2012 — despite the once-endangered species’ remarkable comeback from the brink of extinction.  The new research, published in Royal Society Open Science journal on Wednesday, estimated a roughly 20 per cent drop in the cetacean species’ numbers … Read more

Elon Musk’s X could face EU antitrust crackdown under new DMA rules – POLITICO

Elon Musk’s X could face EU antitrust crackdown under new DMA rules – POLITICO

Under the DMA, companies can’t favor their own products and services over rivals through their platforms or use data they collect from those rivals to compete against them. They also can’t share users’ personal data with their different platforms without getting explicit consent. Now X, Booking’s hotel reservation platform and TikTok’s online advertising services may … Read more

More than 100 possible new marine species discovered in a single deepsea expedition

More than 100 possible new marine species discovered in a single deepsea expedition

As It Happens6:13More than 100 possible new marine species discovered in a single deepsea expedition During a research expedition off the coast of Chile, Erin Easton says her colleagues were constantly showing her some amazing new sea creature they’d just discovered. “It would just be, like, ‘Erin, Erin, Erin, look!’” Easton, a marine scientist at the University … Read more

Odysseus spacecraft comms from moon expected to halt on Wednesday

Odysseus spacecraft comms from moon expected to halt on Wednesday

Odysseus, the first U.S. spacecraft to land on the moon in half a century, was expected to go dark on Wednesday, six days after an off-kilter touchdown that hindered its communications and solar-charging capability, NASA and the company that flew the vehicle said. Despite persistent difficulties in communicating with the lander and keeping it charged, … Read more

Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care

Massive new survey finds widespread frustration with access to primary health care

A Toronto-based research team met with and surveyed some 10,000 Canadians about the state of the health-care system — and what they found is deep dissatisfaction and frustration with primary care as the country grapples with a severe shortage of family doctors. The OurCare Initiative — led by Dr. Tara Kiran, a family doctor and scientist … Read more

Wu’s office reports fewest employees, most $100K earners in 2023

Wu’s office reports fewest employees, most 0K earners in 2023

The office of Boston Mayor Michelle Wu reported the fewest department members and highest number of employees earning $100,000 or more since 2019, according to a five-year analysis conducted by the Herald. Data from the city of Boston’s annual payroll report listed 66 employees in the mayor’s office in 2023, a decrease from 75 in … Read more