"Fuelled by government funded start-up accelerators, welcoming immigration policies and a healthy venture capital market, Toronto is now rated number three in North America for tech talent, according to the CBRE Group Inc.’s annual report."  (via thestar.com)

"Automation and AI are poised to shake up IT. Early indications suggest a greater emphasis on cross-functional teams, deeper partnerships between AI and IT staff, and deep cuts to middle management." (via cio.com)

"People are using the internet to commit crimes more than ever before, with women twice as likely than men to be targeted and with fraud accounting for half of all reported cybercrime cases across Canada."  (via cbc.ca)

"Hoping for the best, prepared for the worst, and unsurprised by anything in between" (via relativity.com/blog)

"Does the benefit of having the entire knowledge of civilization at your fingertips, the ability to communicate with anyone wherever you go, and other mind-boggling capabilities of an iPhone outweigh the risks of being constantly monitored?"  (via lawtechnologytoday.org)

"As litigation finance spreads to more jurisdictions and becomes increasingly accepted as an appropriate way to bankroll lawsuits by litigants, lawyers and the courts, players in the business are looking at the best way of finding cases with a good chance of success." (via nationalmagazine.ca)

"Legal Ops 2.0 will only be a reality when an entire corporate legal ecosystem can be united under a single broad umbrella of best practices, governance, efficiency, and collaboration."  (via cbc.ca)

"The fundamental problem is this: Law talks to itself. It buys and sells to and from itself. It trains itself. It even regulates itself. And it judges its own performance against itself." (via artificiallawyer.com)

"if artificial intelligence can remove the biggest headaches from travel, some people (possibly most) will be more than ready to exchange a bit of privacy for a better experience when AI takes over." (via forbes.com)