In the digital age, communications, weaponry, and critical infrastructure all exist on networks operated by trusted personnel. But what happens when the enemy steals the keys? Karl Holmqvist is the founder and CEO of Fredericton-based identity verification software Lastwall, the digital key keeper for the United States and Canada’s agencies and critical infrastructure. It may…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM Even though cruise ships may have a bad rap in the news lately, you may have planned or are still planning a trip on the sea. You’ve looked up the excursions, debated which restaurants to book, and maybe even perused the spa offerings. The health side of cruise prep…
BY THE OPTIMIST DAILY EDITORIAL TEAM For decades, a phone call home from prison could cost a family several dollars a minute. That wasn’t an oversight. It was the business model. A growing number of state prison systems and county jails have moved to make calls free, arguing that regular contact with family is one…
Evan Solomon isn’t worried about creating monopolies in Canada’s tech industry. Speaking with BetaKit managing editor, Sarah Rieger, during BetaKit’s Most Ambitious: Town Hall on Monday, the artificial intelligence minister took issue with a question posed to him about whether or not Canada picking national tech champions runs the risk of rewarding bloat rather than…
Recently, young graduates at several post-secondary schools have booed commencement speakers who claim AI is changing the world. At the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall on Tuesday, two AI startup founders argued that while the backlash “makes sense,” they see space for students to reframe their relationship with AI. The news: Databricks co-founder Reynold Xin…
Canadian-made drones may soon be on the front lines of the war in Ukraine thanks to a deal between the Canadian drone company Sentinel and the Kyiv-based Airlogix. As first reported by The Globe and Mail on Tuesday morning, the joint venture will see Hamilton-based Sentinel working with Ukrainian aerospace and defence tech company Airlogix…
Nasdaq Private Market (NPM), a secondary US market that allows traders to buy and sell private company stocks, is suing private stock marketplace Hiive, accusing the Vancouver-based company of patent infringement. The news: In documents filed in the US District Court for the state of Delaware on May 6, NPM accused Hiive of violating its…
Regan Dixon has spent nearly 30 years working on how vehicles are built. Now, she oversees a network of Canadian engineering centres focused on what happens after they leave the factory. Dixon is Senior Manager of Canadian Technical Centre Operations at General Motors (GM) Canada. Her role spans the labs, test facilities, and engineering teams…
Toronto-based cryptocurrency company WonderFi received the final regulatory approval for its acquisition by US-based trading platform Robinhood Markets. The news: WonderFi, which owns multiple Canadian cryptocurrency trading platforms, announced on Monday that the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization (CIRO) approved the deal it signed with Robinhood just over one year ago. The deal is expected to…
EdWhat makes a person a person? If a corporation can legally be one, can a machine be one, too? Those were among the questions posed to four experts who tried to land on an answer during the last day of Upper Bound. The news: AI pioneer Richard Sutton, University of Alberta philosophy and digital humanities…
