The movies are so back. Try to buy a theatre ticket for Christopher Nolan’s newest epic, The Odyssey, on the biggest screen available, and you’ll be lucky to get one in the front row weeks from now. Film nerds rejoice: it’s the first movie to be shot entirely on IMAX 70mm film, the format boasting…
When Ben Allen joined BinSentry as CEO four years ago, the Kitchener, Ont.-based AgTech company was monitoring animal feed volume in roughly 4,500 bins. Today, the company is monitoring more than 65,000 feed bins in real time across North America and Brazil. Last year alone, BinSentry recorded 100 percent year-over-year growth with zero customer churn. …
For many women, existing birth control options come with some sort of trade-off. Intrauterine devices (IUDs) can last for years, but many report painful insertions and heavier periods; oral contraceptives are effective when taken consistently, but can sometimes cause nausea, headaches, and mood changes. With its non-hormonal contraceptive ring, a Nova Scotia healthtech startup is…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM A brush swab of the mouth. Four genes. Results in under an hour. Researchers from Queen Mary University of London, working with partners in India, have shown that this simple approach can match the diagnostic accuracy of a surgical biopsy, without a scalpel anywhere near the inside of your…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Most people treat happiness as something that arrives when conditions are right. The last decade of psychological science tells a different story. Happiness isn’t mainly a mood or a simple feeling. It’s an output of how your life is structured, the choices you make consistently, and the environment you…
A Medicine Hat, Alta.-based aerospace defence company has expanded its partnership with European aviation company Airbus to bring advanced drone simulation training to the Canadian market. The news: Airbus Defence and Space Services announced the partnership with autonomous aircraft company Landing Zones Canada (LZC) earlier today at the UK’s Farnborough International Airshow. The partnership will…
A rogue AI breaking containment sounds like a hackneyed science fiction trope. It’s also what an OpenAI model did last week. OpenAI said a combination of models was undergoing internal testing when the agents broke through company guardrails to access the internet in order to find an answer to a question. Those agents then hacked…
Toronto’s APX Lending has teamed up with one of its investors, Netcoins, to help the Vancouver-based company’s customers access cryptocurrency-backed loans. The news: APX, which got its start providing crypto-backed loans directly to consumers and businesses last year, has developed a software platform designed to help partner companies launch embedded credit products that use Bitcoin…
Quantum cryogenics manufacturer Zero Point Cryogenics (ZPC) is expanding into the US with the opening of a service hub in Chicago. The news: ZPC announced today that it is opening its first international innovation and service hub at the Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park (IQMP) in Chicago. The service hub will provide installation, maintenance, and…
Jane App has scooped up the Vancouver startup Ginger Desk, adding more clinic administration capabilities in its first public acquisition. The news: In a LinkedIn post on Tuesday, Ginger Desk founder and CEO, naturopathic doctor Julie Durnan, revealed that her startup was acquired by Vancouver-based healthtech software unicorn Jane Software (known as Jane App) three…
