Tom Li

Telecommunication and consumer hardware are Tom's main beats at IT World Canada. He loves to talk about Canada's network infrastructure, semiconductor products, and of course, anything hot and new in the consumer technology space. You'll also occasionally see his name appended to articles on cloud, security, and SaaS-related news. If you're ever up for a lengthy discussion about the nuances of each of the above sectors or have an upcoming product that people will love, feel free to drop him a line at [email protected].

Articles by Tom Li

Hashtag Trending Feb. 1 – Semiconductor revenue increase; Netflix loses viewership after TV show debut month; Chinese satellite maneuvers

Files from Samira Balsara Semiconductor revenue increased 25.1 per cent in 2021, Netflix’s hit shows don’t retain significant viewership after their debut month, and a...

Hashtag Trending Jan. 31 – Sega leaves arcades; T-Mobile to fire unvaccianted employees; crypto dev a former fraudster

Sega exits the arcade business, T-Mobile to fire unvaccinated employees by April, and a key member of a popular crypto protocol was revealed to...

Meta builds AI Research SuperCluster for future AI and the metaverse

Meta believes that its new AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) will be among the fastest AI supercomputers running in the world once it’s fully built. The...

Hashtag Trending Jan 28 – Amazon disbands Twitter campaign; Spotify removes Neil Young’s music; anti-work subreddit private

Amazon shuts down Twitter campaign, Spotify removes Neil Young’s music, and an anti-work subreddit is private following a Fox News interview. That’s all the tech...

Stolen Canadian payment card info as cheap as fancy lattes

A new report from NordVPN found that stolen Canadian payment card information costs, on average, just C$6.50 on black markets, cheaper than some fancy...

Hashtag Trending Jan 26 – Apple awards $100K for bug hunting; Google to block targeted ads for teens; Nvidia may leave its Arm deal

Apple awards cybersecurity student for discovering a vulnerability in Mac’s webcams, Google is planning on blocking targeted ads for people under 18, and Nvidia...

Beanfield Metroconnect acquires FibreStream

Internet service provider (ISP) Beanfield Metroconnect announced its acquisition of FibreStream on Jan. 25 FibreStream chiefly operates in Toronto, Ottawa and Vancouver. Its service offerings...

HP launches Z2 G9 SFF compact professional PC

HP has announced its Z2 G9 small form-factor (SFF) desktop PCs aimed at professionals working in tight spaces. While HP offers other compact desktops, such...

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