Accenture will add 800 new technology jobs in Canada by the end of 2020
TORONTO — Accenture will add 800 new technology jobs in Canada by the end of 2020.
The consulting firm says the jobs will be focused on the digital economy and will include designers, data scientists, engineers and analytics-based workers.
The positions will predominantly be located in major cities across the country and will join the 5,000 Accenture employees already working in Canada.
Accenture is also investing in expanding its apprenticeship program to increase digital-based job opportunities for under-represented communities. The company announced its forthcoming efforts as it unveiled a new innovation hub in Toronto’s financial district that aims to use technology including artificial intelligence and blockchain to solve clients’ challenges.
Court rules against proposed pipeline project
BUFFALO, N.Y. — An appeals court in upstate New York has ruled in favour of landowners who are fighting against a gas company’s plans to build a pipeline from Pennsylvania to Lake Ontario. WIVB-TV in Buffalo reports the court ruled corporations can use eminent domain to gain access to private property only if the project is legal, which it says the planned project by National Fuel Gas is not. The state Department of Environmental Conservation previously ruled that the pipeline by National Fuel does not meet water quality standards.
The suburban Buffalo-based company has issued a statement saying it remains committed to the project and is considering an appeal.
Uber fined nearly
$1.2 million by Dutch, U.K. over data breach
LONDON — The ride-hailing service Uber has been fined the equivalent of nearly $1.2 million by British and Dutch authorities for failing to protect customers’ data during a cyberattack in 2016. Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Office said Tuesday it fined the company 385,000 pounds ($491,000) and Dutch officials imposed a 600,000-euro ($679,000) fine for violating Dutch data protection laws.
British officials cited a series of “avoidable data security flaws” that allowed personal data for roughly 2.7 million U.K. customers to be downloaded by hackers during an incident in October and November 2016.
Dutch officials say Uber did not report the data breach to authorities within 72 hours as required by regulations. Officials say 174,000 Dutch citizens were affected by the data breach.
Macron says France will delay cap on nuclear energy
PARIS — French President Emmanuel Macron said Tuesday the country will move more slowly than promised to cap the amount of energy it derives from nuclear energy.
Amid daily protests about high energy prices, Macron said France will shut down 14 nuclear reactors by 2035 out of 58 now in order. Yet he said France would cap the amount of electricity it derives from nuclear plants at 50 per cent by 2035.
That is a delay compared with the goal of 2025 set by his predecessor, Francois Hollande.