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Invisible labour in a digital world

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partner programmes
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marketing
As digital marketing leans on empathy and nuance, women shoulder unseen emotional labour that powers brands but rarely gets its due.
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“I didn't work with a female coder for 10 years - now I feel more hopeful than ever”

2 days ago
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it industry
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software engineering
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digital literacy
After a decade without female colleagues, coder Midori Fukami now sees rising representation in tech and urges women to claim their space.
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Creating a bridge between STEM and tech

2 days ago
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digital transformation
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hcm
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ai
Bridging schools and tech careers with inclusive training and language could speed women's path into engineering and shape fairer AI.
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Stop framing deepfake harassment of women as a social problem - It's a cybersecurity problem

4 days ago
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ransomware
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genai
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ai
Non-consensual deepfake abuse of women is not just online harassment but cybercrime, demanding full threat intelligence and security action.
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Brands pivot to integrations in virtual worlds shift

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gaming
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martech
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partner programmes
Brands are ditching standalone virtual worlds in favour of repeatable integrations inside Roblox and Fortnite, GEEIQ data shows.
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Gartner: LLMs to reshape PR budgets & staff chatbots

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martech
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rpa
Gartner predicts public LLMs will double PR budgets by 2027 as AI search reshapes discovery and employee chatbots replace intranets.
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Why the all-AI social network looks more fad than legacy

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data protection
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cloud security
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physical security
Moltbook, the all-bot social network, faces scrutiny after researchers reportedly accessed its live database and user emails without checks.
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AI agents to reshape brand discovery by 2026, says Kantar

Tue, 23rd Dec 2025
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martech
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partner programmes
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digital twins
AI agents will reshape brand discovery by 2026, Kantar predicts, as marketers race to optimise for algorithmic assistants and micro‑communities.
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Stack Overflow unveils AI Assist, merging community & AI advice

Wed, 3rd Dec 2025
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genai
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llms
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ai
Stack Overflow launches AI Assist, blending community-verified answers with AI to enhance developer support and ensure accuracy in technical guidance.
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K-pop & gaming lead YouTube trends for Canadians in 2025

Tue, 2nd Dec 2025
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gaming
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digital entertainment
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digital media
K-pop and gaming dominated YouTube trends in Canada for 2025, with hit songs and creators shaping a diverse digital cultural landscape.
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Revolutionising creator - Audience monetisation through multilingual messaging

Tue, 25th Nov 2025
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data analytics
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youtube
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instagram
Msg1 introduces multilingual messaging to help creators monetise meaningful, direct conversations with global audiences beyond language barriers.
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Canadians trust AI search tools less than lawmakers, survey finds

Thu, 30th Oct 2025
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ai
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insurance
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customer service
A dNOVO survey reveals Canadians trust AI search tools least of all sectors, with a score of 1.91, even below lawmakers at 2.08.