The government of Canada says its first round of funding through Canada’s AI Compute Access Fund will support 44 small and medium-sized businesses. Evan Solomon, the federal minister for AI and innovation, made the announcement during a press conference at Web Summit Vancouver on Tuesday. He said the $66 million handed out through the fund…
The New Moon in Taurus is officially here on Saturday, May 16th at 4:01 PM EDT. This is a fertile lunation, ideal for planting seeds for the future. Where do you want to go from here? What would add value to your life? More importantly, what will create true security for you? After all, Taurus…
A 12-person Canadian startup is taking on US tech giant Apple in legal fights across the globe for alleged antitrust violations after Apple removed its video-sharing app from the App Store. Hamilton, Ont.-based Rave, the maker of a social streaming app that allows users to sync video streaming to remotely watch movies or TV shows…
Opennote, an edtech startup founded by three students in Guelph, Ont. and Irvine, Calif., has been acquired by San Francisco-based document control platform Reducto. “Their team deeply understood the product vision we were building.” Vedant Vyas, Opennote Opennote launched last year as an education personalization platform targeting undergraduate students. It allowed users to consolidate their…
Toronto Tech Week is back for its sophomore year, and it’s scaling up. Launched in the wake of Collision Conference’s departure, last year’s debut drew more than 15,000 attendees and 500 speakers across 315 events. It was an experiment, but one that proved the city’s tech sector wanted its own thing. In only a year,…
Open-source, or closed? Green grids, or gas? Job security, or distrust? Who—or what—owns the future? Those were just a few of the questions posed Monday night as Web Summit Vancouver kicked off its sophomore conference at the Vancouver Convention Centre, where it welcomed the 20,000 attendees from more than 100 countries that will make up…
A cheerful prediction from the renowned French astrologer the late Andre Barbault about a basket of good fortune approaching this July. The new-era Pluto in Aquarius trine Uranus in Gemini sextile Neptune in Aries, all at four degrees, will be embraced by Jupiter at 4 degrees Leo to form a lucky Half Grand Sextile around…
Vancouver-based Photonic has completed the final close of its latest funding round, securing another $70 million USD ($95 million CAD) that will fuel the development of its quantum computers as the company advances towards commercialization. Photonic said this morning that this brings the total size of this financing to $200 million USD ($275 million CAD)…
When I shared my recent sound bath experience last week, many of you responded letting me know life has been particularly challenging for you too lately. If you’re in that same boat—and especially if you’ve been feeling lonely, down on yourself, or overwhelmed—I have a feeling you’ll appreciate two free events that are coming up…
by Juliana Otis: “Ain’t nobody got time for that,” a friend expressed to me, referring to how long her yoga teacher had her lay in savasana at the end of their session… “But you’re missing the point!” I replied, eager to shift her perspective on why savasana—also known as corpse pose—is actually the single most important pose…
