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A Brennan Center for Justice analysis, using a contract spreadsheet reviewed by Biometric Update, says DHS recorded over $2.9B in obligations since Jan 2021 for technologies used to watch, identify, locate, and profile people in the US. It cites accelerating spending since Trump’s return, with major shares for biometrics ($1.1B), video surveillance ($793M), and analytics ($611M), including Palantir.

Security firms CloudSEK and Hudson Rock reported that a supply-chain attack involving LiteLLM exposed credentials for about 434,000 CI/CD pipelines. They said compromised LiteLLM versions were downloaded from PyPI during a 40-minute March window, extracting keys and secrets from a 195TB dataset. Firms urged affected users to rotate and revoke credentials, citing related infections from Trivy.

According to CloudSEK Threat Intelligence, the Team PCP threat actor compromised LiteLLM in March 2026, exposing reconstructed data for 2,500+ organizations and about 434,000 CI/CD pipelines. CloudSEK says the FBI’s July 2026 FLASH advisory warns credentials may be weaponized later. Reported high-confidence victims include NVIDIA, AWS, Samsung, Salesforce, Cisco, and ServiceNow.

Canada’s TSX commodity index rose Tuesday and futures edged higher Wednesday, supported by gold near a one-month peak and higher oil prices. Kinross Gold shares gained in premarket. Thomson Reuters beat Q2 estimates and raised its annual revenue growth forecast; Suncor and iA Financial also reported results. U.S. index futures rose as AMD and SpaceX fell after earnings.

Thomson Reuters reported Q2 2026 organic revenue growth of 8% for the total company and 10% for its Big 3 segments, citing law firm and government momentum. The company raised its full-year 2026 revenue outlook to about 8%, targeting ~40% adjusted EBITDA margin in 2026. It is developing its “Thomson” LLM, integrating Westlaw and CoCounsel, and expects Global Print’s KKR deal to close in Q4.

Telus reported a $1.8B common-shareholder loss for the quarter ended June 30, versus a $7M profit a year earlier. Adjusted earnings were 16 cents per share, down from 22 cents. Telus declared a 18 cents dividend payable Oct. 1. Shopify, Suncor, Thomson Reuters, RioCan and Sun Life also reported Q2 results and outlook updates.

Citi raised its Shopify target to $196 from $150 after a “massive” Q2 beat, citing 33% YoY revenue growth, US$3.58B revenue vs US$3.46B expected, and AI-driven traffic and orders. Citi also lifted FY26 revenue and FCF estimates. Multiple other analysts raised targets. Separately, RBC Dominion said Thomson Reuters may see valuation support as AI disruption fears evolve after Q2 revenue rose 9% to US$1.95B.

Thomson Reuters (TRI-T) said it will deploy its in-house AI model, “Thomson,” for legal professionals after benchmarking showed strong performance versus models from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind, according to the company. Second-quarter revenue rose 9% to $1.95B, profit was $448M ($1.02/share), and adjusted EPS was 99 cents. It raised its full-year revenue growth outlook to about 8%.

Toronto’s TSX opened up 1.5% at 36,346.88, led by resources and tech. Kinross Gold jumped to $75.87. Thomson Reuters beat Q2 profit and revenue, raised its annual growth forecast, and fell to $150.67. Suncor reported results and iA Financial topped EPS estimates. TSX Venture rose 2.7%.

Canada’s TSX hit a fresh intraday high, up 1% to 36,174.06, helped by a Shopify rally after its revenue forecast beat estimates and by higher gold prices. Kinross rose 7.4% to $35.65. Thomson Reuters and Suncor reported results, while iA Financial and Gran Tierra moved on earnings and a $1.33B asset sale.