Samira Balsara

Samira is a writer for IT World Canada. She is currently pursuing a journalism degree at Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly known as Ryerson) and hopes to become a news anchor or write journalistic profiles. You can email her at sbalsara@itwc.ca

Articles by Samira Balsara

The First Nations Technology Council releases new report with findings to increase Indigenous leadership in tech

The First Nations Technology Council (FNTC) has released a report with findings aimed to increase Indigenous leadership in tech.  The Indigenous Leadership in Technology: Understanding...

Hashtag Trending Jan 12- House Republicans to grill Big Tech; Phony managerial titles to avoid paying overtime; Flights grounded

House Republicans hold a panel to grill Big Tech about censorship and government collusion accusations, bosses are giving phoney managerial titles to workers to...

University of Waterloo to lead consortium to advance Canada’s security and defence

Today, the University of Waterloo announced a 5G and beyond mobile network technology consortium to help develop 5G mobile networks and improve Canada’s security...

CES 2023: HP announces new products and solutions

At CES 2023, HP announced new products and solutions created specifically for hybrid work experiences. Here’s a quick look at the new products: HP personal computers The...

Government of Canada invests over $14 million to grow GTA-based companies

Today the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario) announced more than $14 million towards the growth of eight GTA-based companies.  The companies...

Coffee Briefing Jan 10, 2023 – Salesforce cuts workforce; Dirac partners with Blackberry QNX; Shopify announces Commerce Components; and more

Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed...

Hashtag Trending Jan 10 – Robot lawyer, Lab-grown retinal eye cells, First-ever vaccine for honeybees

DoNotPay offers to pay $1 million to let their robot argue a legal case, lab-grown retina cells make retina cells, and the U.S. Department...

Hashtag Trending Jan 5 – GPTZero to combat AI plagiarism; Age verification to access porn; Scalpers struggling to sell RTX4080 GPU

A student builds an app to detect essays written by ChatGPT, Louisiana law requires users to undergo age verification to access porn, and scalpers...

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