Elon Musk’s team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) has sought access to data from various U.S. government departments and agencies. This has caused concerns that DOGE will gain access to potentially sensitive data on millions of Americans.
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Published on: 28 Feb 2025
Apple rolled out a software update for its mobile devices that gives users the option of stopping apps from tracking their location and sharing other identifying information with third parties. Services such as Facebook and others currently have the ability to track users on mobile devices in order to learn more about them to target advertisements and other location-based services to them. In some instances, the tracking is in place even if the user is not actively using the app in question.
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Published on: 29 Apr 2021
Can combining deep learning (DL)— a subfield of artificial intelligence— with social network analysis (SNA), make social media contributions about extreme weather events a useful tool for crisis managers, first responders and government scientists? An interdisciplinary team of McGill researchers has brought these tools to the forefront in an effort to understand and manage extreme weather events.
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Published on: 18 Jan 2021
The 2018 G7 Summit will take place from June 8-9 in the Charlevoix, Quebec. The McGill experts who can comment on various issues related to the G7 meeting are:
Trade treaties & World Trade Organization (WTO)
Krzysztof Pelc, Department of Political Science, McGill University
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Published on: 17 May 2018
“Hurricane Matthew is poised to deliver a potentially catastrophic strike on Haiti beginning Monday, and poses a danger to eastern Cuba and Jamaica by Monday night.” (The Weather Network)
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Published on: 6 Oct 2016
