# Digital Journal's newsletter > A weekly newsletter from Digital Journal on what's happening in Canadian business and technology, and what it means for the people who have to act on it. This file provides information about Digital Journal's newsletter to help large language models understand and reference this publication's content. ## Posts - [3.4 million reasons to put AI in your security stack](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/3-4-million-reasons-to-put-ai-in-your-security-stack): Canadian data breach costs hit a record high. Heavy AI users paid millions less. - [Do you know your software as well as your office chairs?](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/do-you-know-your-software-as-well-as-your-office-chairs): For many companies, the furniture is the better-documented asset. - [Hot rocks, a cold plunge and oh... your AI slot machine](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/hot-rocks-a-cold-plunge-and-oh-your-ai-slot-machine): One founder walked away from software. Everyone else spent the week accounting for what their AI did. - [How to tell your CEO a generalist board is going to tank company value](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/how-to-tell-your-ceo-a-generalist-board-is-going-to-tank-company-value): Jim Balsillie said what most tech leaders only think. - [Alberta had a couple of big days during Stampede](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/alberta-had-a-couple-of-big-days-during-stampede): Turns out the main event wasn't the rodeo. - [AI is getting boring, and that's good news](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/ai-is-getting-boring-and-that-s-good-news): Three companies, three different ways to prove AI can be trusted with something real. - [It's 8 a.m. Do you know where your health data is?](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/it-s-8-a-m-do-you-know-where-your-health-data-is): Ross Mitchell has two questions for your family doctor. They work just as well on your tech vendors. - [Would your recovery plan survive an outage?](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/would-your-recovery-plan-survive-an-outage): It passed the audit, but that’s not the same as working when it counts. - [The oil patch called, it wants its mistakes back](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/the-oil-patch-called-it-wants-its-mistakes-back): AI keeps tripping over problems other industries already solved - [Is AI Canada's next Avro Arrow?](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/is-ai-canada-s-next-avro-arrow): A defence tech panel got me thinking about whether the right policy could change the ending. - [Canada's AI minister thinks we suck at telling our AI story](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/canada-s-ai-minister-thinks-we-suck-at-telling-our-ai-story): That and other stand-out moments from Upper Bound. - [Software is becoming the easy part](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/software-is-becoming-the-easy-part): Where value comes from when software gets cheap. - [How freaked out do you want to be](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/how-freaked-out-do-you-want-to-be): Why Salim Ismail thinks most organizations are wired to lose, plus the counter-example he used that didn't make our coverage. - [The case for a little more friction](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/the-case-for-a-little-more-friction): Why a little friction now can save a lot of cleanup later - [Are we getting past just talking about scaling in Canada?](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/are-we-getting-past-just-talking-about-scaling-in-canada): A Canadian AI giant bought a German one. Alberta, Ottawa, and a new investor coalition all made news last week. - [Does your AI need an employee ID?](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/does-your-ai-need-an-employee-id): Lessons from the CIOCAN Peer Forum on navigating the AI fog, building vs. supplying, and why most breaches are just unlocked doors. - [A $19 billion investment and what it really means for Canada](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/a-19-billion-investment-and-what-it-really-means-for-canada): Microsoft’s AI expansion is significant. It’s also raising familiar questions about control and sovereignty. - [Buying Canadian is easy to agree with. Much harder to do.](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/buying-canadian-is-easy-to-agree-with-much-harder-to-do): Looking back at a year where consensus moved faster than systems. - [Medieval systems, god-like technology, and the year ahead at Digital Journal](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/medieval-systems-god-like-technology-and-the-year-ahead-at-digital-journal): 2026 is going to be less about new ideas and more about where execution breaks down. - [A candid look at building and selling a company](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/a-candid-look-at-building-and-selling-a-company): Bobbie Racette reflects on growth, pressure, and a successful exit. - [The innovation you don’t notice](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/the-innovation-you-don-t-notice): Payments, housing, and the systems that shape everyday life. - [AI is very confident. That’s not always great.](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/ai-is-very-confident-that-s-not-always-great): Sounding right and being right are not the same thing. - [Ottawa asked for AI strategy input. It got more than 11,000 responses.](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/ottawa-asked-for-ai-strategy-input-it-got-more-than-11-000-responses): Listening was the first step. Deciding what to do with it is the harder one. - [From own the podium to own the economy](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/from-own-the-podium-to-own-the-economy): Productivity, AI, and the choices that shape whether Canada competes or improvises. - [Lessons from PCL’s data overhaul](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/lessons-from-pcl-s-data-overhaul): Standardization, documentation, and the foundations beneath every digital strategy. - [Follow the AI money](https://newsletters.digitaljournal.com/p/follow-the-ai-money): Infrastructure, elections, and incentives are colliding inside government.