London Free Press

Five things to know about London’s SoHo soapbox derby

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The SoHo Community Association in London will hold its SoHo Soaper on Saturday, a downhill race featuring homemade carts and meant to bring the neighbourhood together. LFP reporter Jacob Reid has what you need to know: What is soapbox racing? Soapbox racing dates back to early-1900s Dayton, Ohio, when kids built gravity-powered carts from wooden soap […]

London Free Press

Two schools closed after heavy rains hammer London region

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Power outages caused by overnight storms closed two Elgin County elementary schools on Thursday. Straffordville public school and Port Burwell public school were closed, officials with the Thames Valley District school board announced early Thursday. Their on-site EarlyON Centres, child care centres and before and after school programs were not operating at those sites for […]

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AI can be used by hackers to attack many targets with speed and sophistication and a strong counter is needed against the threat, said Neil Beaton senior director business development at DRT Cyber, a

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Artificial intelligence poses an unprecedented cyber security threat to business, industry and institutions, and London agencies will be given a crash course Thursday on how to guard against crippling attacks. AI can be used by hackers to attack targets with speed and sophistication and a strong counter is needed against the threat, said Neil Beaton, […]