1+ hour, 17+ min ago  (315+ words) Cybersecurity agencies in the Five Eyes intelligence alliance are urging organizations to boost cyber defences, as rapidly advancing AI models prove adept at finding vulnerabilities." The news: Earlier this week, the Five Eyes, whose members include Canada, New Zealand, Australia,…...

6+ day, 4+ hour ago  (303+ words) Beta Kit Coding for Veterans (C4 V) is hosting a two-day cybersecurity bootcamp this week in Toronto for current and former members of the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF). The news: Twenty students are joining forces in a computer lab at George Brown…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago  (433+ words) In case you missed the big news, the US government just ordered Anthropic to ban foreign access to its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5. In response, Anthropic removed access to those models for everyone. "If your entire technology…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago  (680+ words) Companies and employees alike are adopting AI tools faster than ever, leaving security teams scrambling to understand what is actually running across their own environments. Robert May works on the systems meant to secure that movement of data. As Executive…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (287+ words) Beta Kit Canada is now on the exclusive list of countries and organizations with access to Anthropic's Mythos AI model, which the company has claimed is too powerful to release to the wider public. The news: US AI company Anthropic…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (282+ words) After significant pushback from prominent tech companies, the federal government says it will consider amendments to its controversial Bill C-22, which would give law enforcement and CSIS more tools to surveil Canadians" online activity. The proposed amendments come after pressure campaigns…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago  (733+ words) This article appears in the 2026 Beta Kit Most Ambitious issue. Read more stories of the Canadian tech innovators strengthening our autonomy, security, and prosperity here. In 1983, Gilles Brassard's studies in quantum information yielded an important discovery, almost two decades before…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (1022+ words) In the 2020 video game Cyberpunk 2077, transhumanism is commonplace. The game envisions a dystopic, sci-fi reality 50 years in the future, where high-tech gadgets are spliced and sutured into the human body to enhance abilities, augment performance, or replace disability. As little…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (469+ words) One day, perhaps within the decade, quantum computers will be able to crack like an egg the encryption algorithm protecting your password. That day is known as "Q-Day," and it's what Toronto-based Quantum Bridge Technologies has been preparing for. "National…...

1+ mon, 4+ day ago  (169+ words) Beta Kit Backlash is mounting to Bill C-22, the proposed Canadian legislation that would give law enforcement more power to surveil personal communications and data. Apple and Meta have urged the government to amend the bill, while some companies like Signal…...