With its small static drawings and long texts, you won’t confuse this video game with the latest Assassin’s Creed.
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It Comes in Waves
But the intention behind It Comes In Waves, designed by a team from Concordia University led by Professor Mia Consalvo, is extremely topical: on the theme of social classes, we follow the daily life of Beattie, an agency employee called to work in two establishments at the very beginning of the pandemic. “Everyone had their own experience during the pandemic, but many people did not know what it was like to work as a helper, to continue to work even if you fear for your health,” explains Ms.me Consalvo.
Code Samian
PHOTO FRANCIS DI SALVIO, PROVIDED BY NATIONAL
A thousand high school students will be able to learn about computer coding with the EarSketch software by remixing songs, including invincible people from Samyan.
The committed rapper Samian can add a string to his bow: his music will be used to introduce nearly a thousand students to the basics of coding. The Your Voice is Powerful program, launched this week by Amazon Canada, will allow high school students from all schools in Canada to try their hand at EarSketch software by remixing songs, including invincible people from Samyan. This free online code editor is available in French, Ojibwa and Inuktitut, among others. “There is a certain decolonization in this program,” explains Samian in an interview. It opens a dialogue, we skip the usual curriculum to get out of the history textbook. »
Cybercrime
PHOTO NICOLAS ASFOURI, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
With a rate of 163 victims per million Internet users in 2020, Canada ranks third in the world, according to a study by VPN manager Surfshark.
Canada is one of the favorite countries for cybercriminals, according to a study by VPN manager Surfshark. With a rate of 163 victims per million Internet users in 2020, the country actually comes third in the world, still very far from the leaders, Great Britain and the United States, where there are respectively 3,409 and 1,724 victims. per million internet users. Email scams were analyzed to find that the costliest were those falling into the “Trust and Romance” category, where losses to victims amounted to US$600.2 million. The second most common fraud is online payments, which cost US$367.9 million.