/newsroom/taxonomy/term/8537/all en /newsroom/hongping-tan Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:02:10 +0000 lawrence.chiang@mail.mcgill.ca 288269 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/experts-apple-users-can-say-no-being-tracked-new-software-update-330714 <p>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.</p> Wed, 28 Apr 2021 15:09:36 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 261899 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/expert-2020-national-cyber-threat-assessment-326374 <p>The Canadian Centre for Cyber Security has named China, Russia, Iran, and North Korea’s state-sponsored cyber activity as posing the “greatest strategic threats” to Canada’s critical infrastructure, intellectual property, and political events like elections.</p> Fri, 20 Nov 2020 20:20:23 +0000 frederique.mazerolle@mcgill.ca 249782 at /newsroom /newsroom/yu-ma Wed, 01 Apr 2020 01:35:46 +0000 shirley.cardenas@mcgill.ca 205814 at /newsroom /newsroom/channels/news/big-data-study-discovers-earliest-sign-alzheimers-261667 <p><a href="/newsroom"><em><strong>McGill Newsroom</strong></em></a></p> <p><em>Research underlines importance of computational power in future neurological breakthrough</em></p> <p>Scientists at the Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital have used a powerful tool to better understand the progression of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD), identifying its first physiological signs.</p> Mon, 11 Jul 2016 15:12:54 +0000 cynthia.lee@mcgill.ca 26007 at /newsroom