Cineplex has put itself up for sale while unveiling former Landmark Cinemas head Bill Walker as its new CEO, replacing a retiring Ellis Jacob.

It is time to forego jingoistic ideas of nation, builder, and tech in building a middle power alternative, write Chris Russill and Patrick McCurdy.

“Laws are like sausages. It is better not to see them being made.” – Attributed to Otto von Bismarck SUMMARY … Continue reading "Inside the Sausage Factory"

Abstract. Public dialogues have produced clear demand signals for AI. These dialogues imagine innovations that improve our shared wellbeing and prosperity

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As AI systems become more ubiquitous in hiring, courts are beginning to answer the question that policy keeps postponing: who owns an automated decision?

William Bouchard relève les contradictions de politiques numériques qui nous mettent en garde contre les grandes plateformes tout en nous obligeant à leur confier davantage d’informations personnelles.

Economic growth is at the centre of British politics once again.

The reclusive mogul Vincent Bolloré is on an ideological mission to reshape France’s media ecosystem in a right-wing mold.

Figure majeure de la vie intellectuelle et médiatique française et voix respectée à gauche, le sociologue et philosophe Edgar Morin est mort vendredi à l’âge de 104 ans, et sa mémoire a été saluée samedi par une pluie d’hommages.

What does it mean when policy documents cite research? And is it a useful measure of societal impact?

Academic articles from authors using large language model are creating an ecosystem of fake research that threatens human knowledge itself.

Cartographie interactive des réseaux d'extrême droite en France

DHS targeted a man who hadn't entered the US for years for criticism of ICE operations.

In opening response to charter review, corporation points to ‘mismatch’ between TV licence rules and viewing habits * UK politics live – latest updates The BBC has said it is facing “permanent and irreversible” trends that will ensure it cannot survive without a major overhaul, as it revealed a stark divergence between the number of people consuming its content and those paying the licence fee. In its opening response to government talks over its future, the corporation said 94% of people in the UK continued to use the BBC each month, but fewer than 80% of households contributed to the licence fee. Continue reading...

#430: Apple's been referred to the police, Meta and TikTok faces fines the size of Bahrain's GDP and OpenAI and LinkedIn are headed to court...

In this Working Paper we curate the lessons from Big Local, a 15 year experiment in revitalising the capacity of local communities. We explore what Big Local did and the practices the programme employ...

Academia is a vital source of innovation and discovery, but it faces challenges in funding and coordination. These challenges limit the scope and impa…

Launch on 80th anniversary of groundbreaking legal effort comes after 25-year project by Harvard law school library

La Presse a suivi pendant deux ans la création, par l’artiste montréalais Manuel Mathieu, de cinq grandes mosaïques qui ont été installées dans la nouvelle station Édouard-Montpetit du Réseau express métropolitain (REM), ouverte lundi aux usagers. Des œuvres spectaculaires créées avec la firme Mosaïka.

Lost in translation: why digital twins thrive in research but falter in politics and public administration - Volume 7

Il n’y a pas vraiment matière à sourire dans Orwell : 2+2=5, le nouveau documentaire de Raoul Peck sur l’auteur de 1984. À peine quelques mots d’esprit d’Orwell, qui confie à son éditeur qu’il aurait préféré écrire son chef-d’œuvre dystopique sous une autre influence que celle de la tuberculose (il est mort quelques mois après sa publication, en 1949).

C’est un coup de fil au milieu de la nuit.

Le président américain Donald Trump a réitéré lundi sa volonté de mettre en œuvre des tarifs de 100 % sur les films produits à l’étranger. Si elle s’avère, cette menace pourrait porter un dur coup à l’industrie audiovisuelle québécoise, qui compte beaucoup sur la présence des superproductions hollywoodiennes. Mais plusieurs dans le secteur doutent que cette mesure soit réellement applicable.

Details about your health, medical history and prescriptions can all be found in your medical record. A new Canadian study found in some cases, private companies are accessing parts of that data and s...

WIRED spoke with more than 200 federal workers in dozens of agencies to learn what happened as the Department of Government Efficiency tore through their offices.

Lessons from my time in the Biden administration

Words in Space is the work of Shannon Mattern.

I recently heard someone quip that proposals to cut the Academy Awards are tantamount to suggesting that the NFL trim down the Super Bowl. Certainly for many who would rather watch the former any day ...

Mariana Mazzucato & Fausto Gernone show how today’s innovation economy exploits the very people it relies on and propose a fairer system.

The Prince, The Canterbury Tales, The Communist Manifesto, The Souls of Black Folk, The Elements of Style: we've read all these, of course. Or at least we've read most of them (one or two for sure), i...

This article explores how action research can facilitate social innovation within rigid bureaucratic systems by combining puzzling, powering, and pragmatic prob...

In era of DOGE, what can we learn from a different approach to tech and government