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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 13h

"—which means that wisdom in Indigenous knowledge can guide how digital worlds and new technologies, including artificial intelligence, should develop in harmony with natural systems, rather than in opposition to them."

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 13h

"Mother Nature is an information platform, and Indigenous communities organized themselves using the same templates gifted by Mother Earth, namely biochemistry and bio-circuitry as nature created them"

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In Conversation with Dr. Duke Redbird

YouTube video by MIT Open Documentary Lab

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 13h

Cory Doctorow has a word for that kind of 'do less and get less' approach to AI adoption: futurism.com/future-socie...

If it ends up getting fumbled, it'll be myopic money grabs that do it, not the tech itself.

Cory Doctorow Says the AI Industry Is About to Collapse

Famed sci-fi author and tech journalist Cory Doctorow has a spectacularly grim warning about the coming AI-fueled economic disaster.

futurism.com

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 13h

"What matters is not whether #Canada boasts a handful of #AI champions, but whether every Canadian business, worker & entrepreneur can harness its power"
policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/10/ai-n...

#edtech events telling #cdned how GenAI can do their lesson planning & marking isn't going to do it.

Canada must treat AI literacy as its next great nation-building project

Canada’s next nation-building project should be AI literacy: empowering every citizen to harness artificial intelligence for innovation and growth.

policyoptions.irpp.org

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 19h

Why-AI 2K all over again...

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 20h

"the recent wave of deals and partnerships involving the two are escalating concerns that an increasingly complex and interconnected web of business transactions is artificially propping up the trillion-dollar #AI boom"

www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

OpenAI, Nvidia Fuel $1 Trillion AI Market With Web of Circular Deals

A wave of deals and partnerships are escalating concerns that the trillion-dollar AI boom is being propped up by interconnected business transactions.

www.bloomberg.com

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 1d

Pixel 9 running Android 16 and yet: "There is no setting you can enable on your Pixel to turn on fake cell tower detection. This is because the hardware in the Pixel 9 series does not support the advanced functionality required for this feature, which is part of the Android 16 operating system."

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 1d

"Once access to practical quantum computers becomes available, all public-key algorithms and associated protocols will be vulnerable to criminals, competitors, and other adversaries. It is critical to begin planning" ... 3 years ago.
#cybersecurity #cdnpoli

www.nccoe.nist.gov/crypto-agili...

Migration to Post-Quantum Cryptography | NCCoE

Project AbstractThe scope of this project is to demonstrate our lab practices that can reduce how long will it take to deploy a set of tools that are quantum safe. The Migration to Post-Quantum Crypto...

www.nccoe.nist.gov

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 1d

"A disenchanted Europe now needs to adjust to a new age of geopolitics. It is both urgent and uncomfortable."

global-gateway-forum.ec.europa.eu/document/dow...

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 1d

#Cybersecurity & Information Integrity

"those conducting cognitive attacks on users of digital technology & those conducting #cyberattacks directly targeting the technology are often seeking the same ends in terms of the financial or political objectives"

www.weforum.org/stories/2025...

Why cybersecurity and information integrity are two sides of the same coin

With cybercriminals increasingly employing both cybersecurity and information-integrity-related threats, both disciplines are now integrally linked.

www.weforum.org

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 2d

cdhowe.org/publication/...
(teachers need to) "take more math courses in their training and do more direct instruction rather than “discovery-based learning,” in which students supposedly somehow teach themselves"

Funny, that's how we teach #digitalliteracy in #cdned too.

Time to Address Canada’s Falling Math Scores – C.D. Howe Institute

From: John Richards and Tingting ZhangTo: Education watchersDate: April 9, 2025Re: Time to Address Canada’s Falling Math Scores Canada’s declining K-12 education system is sending out worrying warning...

cdhowe.org

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 3d

Pyxis Ocean launches with 2 WindWings youtu.be/UaERcjUIeV4?...

Pyxis Ocean launches with 2 WindWings

YouTube video by BAR Technologies

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 3d

A project in China, claimed as the largest flywheel energy storage system in the world, has been connected to the grid. www.energy-storage.news/worlds-large...

'World's largest' 30MW flywheel energy storage project connects to grid in China

A project in China, claimed as the largest flywheel energy storage system in the world, has been connected to the grid.

www.energy-storage.news

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 3d

Presenting 'Keeping It Real: how to address essential digital media literacies in a post-AI world' at ATLE Convergence 2025
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#cdned #aieducation #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth
Cyber materials from Canadian Centre for Cyber & Knowledgeflow!
#quantum learning from UBC's GeeringUp!

ATLE Convergence 2025: Keeping It Real: how to address essentia...

View more about this event at ATLE Convergence 2025

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 5d

Businesses overconfident about withstanding cyber attacks: survey share.google/M2vqFWXov4Vr...

"SMEs are often part of larger supply chains that make them potential entry points for cybercriminals targeting bigger companies"

‘Don’t underestimate the threat:’ National cyber security program warns Canadian small businesses

Cyber crime is at an all-time high globally but many small and medium sized Canadian businesses may be over confident in their ability to withstand a cyber attack, according to a new survey.

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ICTC-CTIC @ictc-ctic.ca · 7d

📢 Our President & CEO, Namir Anani, will be joining the Global Data Centre & Cloud Expo Canada 2025 as part of this year’s distinguished speakers. 👇

Global Data Centre & Cloud Expo Canada

Global Data Centre & Cloud Expo Canada is your gateway to the future of digital infrastructure. This premier event brings together industry leaders, cutting-edge technologies, and invaluable connectio...

gdcc-expo.com

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 7d

IBM Scientist Explains #QuantumComputing to 5th Graders youtu.be/EVFLKlcv0SM?... #iyq2025

IBM Scientist Explains Quantum Computing to 5th Graders

YouTube video by Ari Noori

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 10d

Sign up before the end of Wed Oct 1 to participate in this year's #CyberTitan, #Canada's longest running national student #cybersecurity competition.

Educators become cyber-literate & students learn essential C21st skills that lead to exciting pathways
#cdned

www.uscyberpatriot.org/Documents/Te...

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 8d

"75% of those (oil) shareholders are not Canadian, meaning the money (generated in Alberta) is flowing almost completely out of the province and #Canada" #cdnpolitics

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Oil industry booming, but profits aren't staying in Alberta like they used to | CBC News

The oil and gas industry's fortunes have changed significantly over the past year, lifted by record profits. Though billions are headed to Canadian governments in royalties, significantly less cash fl...

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 8d

"We now better understand how to turn a mathematical problem into a physical problem. We’ve basically provided a new bridge between mathematics and physics, and we think that a lot of traffic can be put on that bridge"

perimeterinstitute.ca/news/what-qu...
#QuantumComputing

What is a quantum computer’s speed limit? Entanglement can provide an answer. | PI News

perimeterinstitute.ca

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 9d

"To this day, many Canadians aren’t aware that First Nations don’t receive monies from Canadian taxpayers. Our programs and services are partly funded by a trust held by the federal government"

thewalrus.ca/trc-child-we...
#cdnpoli

There Are More Indigenous Children in Care Now than at the Height of Residential Schools | The Walrus

Reconciliation simply cannot occur when children and families continue to suffer

thewalrus.ca

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 9d

Wow, that about covers it.

The Daily Show @thedailyshow.com · 9d

Excited to introduce Vibes from Meta. Eat your slop, piggies!

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 9d

Physicists demonstrate 3,000 quantum-bit system capable of continuous operation share.google/v1wGDpSZ3wQW...

"This new kind of continuous operation of the system, involving the ability to rapidly replace lost qubits, can be more important in practice than a specific number of qubits"

Physicists demonstrate 3,000 quantum-bit system capable of continuous operation

One often-repeated example illustrates the mind-boggling potential of quantum computing: A machine with 300 quantum bits could simultaneously store more information than the number of particles in the...

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Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 9d

Broadband statistics
"Economies across the globe are embracing #digitaltransformation. In this context, broadband connectivity is an essential tool for accessing communication, information, public services, remote work, online health services and cultural resources."

www.oecd.org/en/topics/br...

Broadband statistics

Broadband connectivity is an essential tool for accessing communication, information, public services, remote work, online health services and cultural resources. The OECD provides key broadband stati...

www.oecd.org

Timothy King @tk1ng.bsky.social · 10d

'a “sophisticated, criminal third party” had gained unauthorized access'

That usually means someone in the organization got phished and gave them access.

toronto.citynews.ca/2025/09/29/w...