The great Cloudflare outage, Russian robots, and the rebirth of Zork
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Maritime Launch conducts Nova Scotia’s first commercial rocket launch
Maritime Launch Services (MLS) has conducted its first commercial rocket launch, and its second launch overall. While the mission didn’t go according to plan, it still nudged the company closer to supplying Canada with sovereign launch capabilities. “Today, we are one step closer to orbital launch from Canadian soil.” Stephen Matier,Maritime Launch Services The Halifax,…
Sweden brings urgency—and royalty—to Montreal as it seeks AI research partnership
Sweden is home to some of the world’s most comprehensive regulations on artificial intelligence (AI). Canada, meanwhile, has sought to strike a balance between safety and promoting innovation. Yet both countries are now pushing widespread adoption so they can join “the A team.” “The A team will build and shape the tools. The B team…
How Ali Casparian turned food, healing, and heartbreak into a wellness movement
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Dignity and wellness access for underserved populations Welcome to the fourth installment of The Optimist Daily’s Annual Local Changemakers series. Over five weeks, we’re spotlighting ten extraordinary individuals and organizations transforming their communities with compassion, creativity, and resilience. This week, we highlight changemakers who are restoring dignity through wellness,…
Shower the People: How Gwen Watkins built a mobile hygiene hub and a legacy of dignity
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Dignity and wellness access for underserved populations Welcome to the fourth week of The Optimist Daily’s Annual Local Changemakers series. This week, we highlight leaders ensuring that basic human needs like hygiene, nourishment, and health are met with creativity and compassion. In San Luis Obispo County, California, Gwen Watkins…
Inovia Capital opens Abu Dhabi office as Canada strengthens ties with UAE
Montréal-headquartered venture capital (VC) firm Inovia Capital is opening a new global office in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates (UAE). “It is an opportune moment to accelerate strengthened ties between the Canadian and Middle East tech ecosystems.” Claire Glossop,Inovia Capital The new office will be located in the Abu Dhabi Global…
The feds get 4,000 website complaints a day. Can a “responsible” AI chatbot untangle the mess?
The Canadian government receives up to 4,000 complaints about its website per day, according to Michael Karlin, the acting director of policy at the Canadian Digital Service (CDS). Could an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot make surfing the government’s 10 million webpages less of a headache? “The dataset you collect now may become a weapon in…
Team of Toronto talent unites after Y Combinator to build Clado
Five of Clado’s team members went to high school 20 minutes away from each other in Toronto. But it took a Y Combinator run and a $3-million USD ($425-million CAD) all-stock acquisition to get the gang back together. “There’s a very human aspect to recruiting. But we want to automate away all of the tedious…
SickKids charity fund takes over management of Upside Foundation
After more than a decade of facilitating charity donations for Canadian tech, The Upside Foundation is taking a path sought by many Canadian startups: handing its operations over to a larger partner that’s better-positioned to continue its impact. “Maybe this next phase is giving [us] a chance to open up more widely across Canada.” The…
Why your cat is obsessed with boxes (and what evolution has to do with it)
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Every cat parent knows this familiar scene: you splurge on the perfect toy, only to watch your feline friend climb inside the packaging instead. There is something about a simple cardboard box that cats find almost magnetic. And according to a growing body of research, this behavior is not…