A lot goes into a single basketball shot. Tiny, difficult-to-spot shifts in a player’s elbow or wrist placement can be the difference between a swish and an airball. A new lab in Toronto is using tech to get those measurements and analysis down to a science. Peripheral Labs has teamed up with the Quantum Sports…
AI-Generated Image by Grok The Swiss may cap the number of inhabitants. Against the backdrop of the unchecked mass migration, neutral Switzerland is considering closing its borders and establishing a ceiling to the number of people living in the country. The cap applies to Swiss nationals and migrants, but as the birth numbers all around…
We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF. Reading by Tim Foley: Basically we’ve got two choices: we either aggressively denormalize Israel or we watch our society become more and more Israeli. We either collectively reject Israel, or we watch western militaries fuse inseparably with the IDF. We…
Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license./Author: Aerra Carnicom Katie Barr, who is running in North Carolina’s 14th Congressional District GOP primary against Rep. Tim Moore, seems oddly proud to be openly running as a fake Republican while embracing progressive policies. In a recent interview, Barr boasted about her move. ‘I’m not a real Republican,”…
Nicki Minaj has the internet goin’ IN on her after she shared a message about the world losing its mind. RELATED: Whew! Social Media Is Goin’ OFF After Nicki Minaj Called Herself Trump’s “Number One Fan” & Held His Hand At Account Summit (WATCH) Nicki Minaj Shares Message About The World Losing Its Mind On the…
Middle Eastern physical AI startup Ahoy is relocating its research and development (R&D) operations to Montréal and deepening its partnership with local AI research institute Mila. The news: Ahoy develops AI infrastructure designed to perceive, decide, and operate in the physical world. The Dubai-based company announced the latest on its Canadian expansion Wednesday at Startupfest,…
Try as I might to insist that summer doesn’t end until Halloween, reminders of “real life” are slowly making their way back as we near the end of the season. Back-to-school, no more summer Fridays, and the slow realization that the days are getting shorter are all signals that fall is creeping in. Fall brings…
by Ocean Robbins: In movies about space, what’s the first thing scientists try to find out about a moon or planet that may support human life? No, it’s not whether DoorDash delivers. It’s, “Is there water there?” We are proud to announce a new partnership with John and Ocean Robbins and the Food Revolution to…
If Bobbie Racette could split herself into “a million pieces” as a mentor, she would. She’s an Indigenous, queer woman in tech, and the first Indigenous woman in Canada to raise a Series A round for her now-exited startup, Virtual Gurus. Because of this, Racette explained at the NACO Summit in Ottawa on Thursday morning,…
OpenAI confirmed on Tuesday that its unreleased Astra model has reached a dangerous new milestone, while simultaneously confirming that it was forging ahead with a public launch. In a blog post, OpenAI said that Astra has reached a “critical” cyber capability threshold, which means the model could pose existential-level risks to cybersecurity. OpenAI’s Preparedness Framework…
