Sean Silcoff

@SeanSilcoff

Storyteller. Newshound. Co-wrote Losing the Signal, about BlackBerry. I cover Canadian tech/biotech/innovation for Globe & Mail. Verified.

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Sean Silcoff @SeanSilcoff Jan 3, 2022

Today is my 10th anniversary at the Globe & Mail (excluding a summer stint in 1996). It’s been a fun ride so far. Here are 10* stories I’ve written/cowritten in the past decade: 1. How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story/via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/report-on-busi…
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www.theglobeandmail.com How BlackBerry blew it: The inside story Canada’s prized technology company is now confronted with many challenges as it tries to find a model for survival

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Ontario securities watchdog flags cybersecurity risks from advances in quantum computing /via @globeandmail theglobeandmail.com/business/artic…

www.theglobeandmail.com Ontario securities watchdog flags cybersecurity risks from advances in quantum computing OSC report highlights need to defend against the harvesting of encrypted data that could one day be unlocked by new technologies

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Toronto’s Blue J Legal raises $176-million to expand AI offerings to tax professionals

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www.theglobeandmail.com Toronto’s Blue J raises $176-million to expand AI offerings to tax professionals Fast-growing company has expanded to 6,500 client firms, from 1,000 two years ago

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Ottawa and Silicon Valley are both after Canadian AI processing power. Who will win?
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The Cdn embassy in Paris and CVCA are cohosting a meetup between French capital giants and Canadian fund managers (VCs, EDC, BDC, CPP and CDP) Friday to pitch Canada as an investment destination, picking up the thread from Carney’s investment summit. Story below