Industry groups want Canada to have a standalone national semiconductor strategy. A Liberal MP said this week that a national strategy is a “stand-out” priority. But Minister of Artificial Intelligence and Digital Innovation Evan Solomon says Canada will not pursue one. In an interview at Chips North on Tuesday, Solomon told BetaKit that Canada already…
Everyone needs a solid Plan B in life, and we are all about providing solutions to the problems we face. Mike Cobb and ECI Development have been building homes and planting teak forests in Central America for over 30 years. They were the first real estate developers in the world to accept crypto, and their…
Lessons from “Breathing Under Water” by Father Richard Rohr OFM Father Richard Rohr, in the article, Breathing Under Water, compares Christian spirituality to the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. He indicates that the greater addiction exists and this is the addiction to control, approval, success or perfection. The title implies learning to find life despite…
The Metaphysics of Intention: The “Observer Effect” in Healing There is something interesting when an individual concentrates on the body. A shift occurs. It is not necessarily dramatic or obvious. It is sometimes subtle, such as when you feel some dull pain and you just focus all the attention on your breath and the pain…
Canada’s upcoming AI strategy will consider the perspective of workers through a yet-to-be-formed AI and Labour Advisory Council, according to AI Minister Evan Solomon. The council stems from a desire to maintain regular contact with labour leaders following initial meetings last week, Solomon told BetaKit in an interview at Chips North on Tuesday. Solomon acknowledged…
Everyone agrees that building and backing deep technology startups is challenging. Deep tech companies—advanced materials, AI, biotech, hardware, and quantum computing firms—are typically founded around tough-to-replicate scientific discoveries or engineering breakthroughs, carry greater technical risk, and require a lot of capital, research and development, and time to commercialize their products. There is a renewed interest…
The self-liquidating nature of the mercantilist model cannot be reversed, it can only be managed as stagnation. Everyone is an expert now on China. Which to say, everyone has an opinion about China, and the majority of those opinions fall into simplistic Bull or Bear camps. As someone who has been a student of China for…
Screenshot The battle for control of the U.S. House is increasingly being fought not just at the ballot box but in the map room. Just days after the Volunteer State’s GOP-led legislature rammed through a new congressional map that ELIMINATES the state’s only Democrat-held and Black-majority seat, turning Tennessee into a solid 9-0 Republican delegation,…
Mayor Vi Lyles (Credit: Atrium Health) Another Democrat-run city is in absolute chaos. Charlotte Mayor Vi Lyles, the 73-year-old radical Democrat who has presided over the “Queen City” since 2017, dropped a bombshell on Thursday, announcing her immediate resignation effective June 30. The nation’s 14th-largest city just handed Lyles another four years on the job…
The extraordinary life and talents of naturalist and global icon David Attenborough has reached the 100 mark. From an early age he was interested in wildlife and fossils, going on to do a degree in zoology and geology. A foray into the BBC saw him make programmes on his chosen obsession and although he reached…
