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    10     11     24 A Salesforce executive is calling on coders to consider climate change when writing their software. “Even something as seemingly disconnected from the environment, such as building or hosting a website and designing software, can have major climate consequences,” Salesforce EVP and Chief Impact Officer Suzanne DiBianca wrote last week in Forbes. So far, she explained, the focus has been on  reducing energy consumption in data centers  and moving electrical grids away from fossil fuels. “Now,” she continued, “coders and designers are ready for a similar push in software, crypto proof of work, and AI compute power.” While many coders want their handiwork to be kinder to the planet, few know how to do it, she added. DiBianca cited a Salesforce survey of more than 1,000 technologists in the United States, United Kingdom, and Australia that found 75% of UX designers, software developers, and IT operations managers want software to ...

  Share IMAGE SOURCE, Canada said it has detected a misinformation campaign targeting a member of its parliament on the Chinese instant-messaging app WeChat. Conservative politician Michael Chong was allegedly the target of posts sharing "misleading narratives" about his background, his family's heritage and his political views. Global Affairs Canada (GAC) said it is "highly probable" that China was behind the WeChat campaign against him. China has denied the accusations. Canadian officials are seldom forthcoming about information related to foreign interference and the allegations were revealed in a rare statement by GAC on Wednesday. The department cautioned it is difficult to definitively trace the attacks back to China because of the nature of the campaign. "Unequivocal proof that China ordered and directed the operation is not possible to determine due to the covert nature of how social media networks are leveraged in this type of information campaign,...

DESCREASE ARTICLE FONT SIZE INCREASE ARTICLE FONT SIZE TORONTO — When the Collision tech conference got underway in Toronto on Tuesday, there were two words that dominated discussions across the Enercare Centre: artificial intelligence. From the speakers that took to the annual event’s stages to the swath of startups seeking investments and exposure, seemingly everyone had something to say about the technology that is poised to upend industries and transform everyday tasks. “We are three steps into a 10-kilometre race,” said Adam Selipsky, chief executive of Amazon Web Services (AWS), the e-commerce giant’s cloud computing and database storage subsidiary, on stage Tuesday morning. “So the question is where are the runners going? What’s the course like, who’s watching the race?” He was questioned about whether AWS is already behind in the race because Microsoft has partnered with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT, a hit generative AI chatbot capable of humanlike conversations and tasks ...