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TechnologyAfter seven years in media and venture capital (VC) with Jason Calacanis’ Launch in Silicon Valley, Presh Dineshkumar has returned to Toronto to build a consumer healthtech business. Dineshkumar left Launch in 2024 and teamed up with childhood friend and software developer Dray Williams to found...
TechnologyIf you’ve had to fill up your vehicle’s gas tank or buy a plane ticket lately, you’ve probably felt the effects of rising fossil-fuel prices. But farmers buying fertilizer for their crops are especially aware of just how far the ripple effects of the conflict in Iran have spread. Fertilizer pric...
TechnologyXbox and Windows are now part of a new Devices and Consumer segment. Xbox and Windows are now part of a new Devices and Consumer segment. Microsoft is changing how it reports its finances to investors by splitting its businesses into two segments and disclosing quarterly revenue for its Azure c...
TechnologyNo digital trickery to degrade image quality. No digital trickery to degrade image quality. If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. In a related development, detail-preserving optical lens shift is not something you expect to find on a...
TechnologySmoking used to be everywhere, the way Facebook, TikTok, Snap, YouTube and Instagram are now. Society decided to break the habit, but it took a long time.
TechnologyNavigation companies face a new dilemma after President Trump ordered Lake Ontario to be renamed Lake America.
TechnologyThe meeting note-taker market is a crowded space. Just in the last few weeks, dictation app Wispr launched its own note-taker and scheduling app, and Calendly added a similar tool to its stack. Dedicated meeting note-takers like Granola, Read AI, and Fireflies have raised millions of dollars in f...
TechnologyBack in 2015, Firat Eren put his money into a neat little online bartering platform that grew out of a Facebook group called Bunz. In 2020, following a controversial pivot to a cryptocurrency model that led to a ‘Bunxit’ of users and top leadership, he went from a mere first investor to the brand...
TechnologyPatronscan, the Calgary-based company behind a multinational network used to verify ID documents, is once again facing questions over how it collects, stores, and handles private data.The news: Earlier this month, the CBC conveyed that a Canadian woman was labelled a “public safety concern” by Pa...
TechnologyA Canadian wildfire-detection startup is buying a US competitor’s business amid disastrous wildfires on both sides of the border. Vancouver-based SenseNet is acquiring the wildfire technology business of US company N5 Sensors, as the Canadian startup aims to grow its US presence. As part of the ...
TechnologyIn July and August, Washington tightened restrictions on foreign-made advanced robotic systems and imposed steep tariffs on imported drones and their components, both moves citing national-security concerns. The drone tariffs take effect in September, with additional component tariffs following i...
TechnologyAmazon and Nvidia just got a lot closer. The two companies revealed Wednesday an expanded partnership that includes a deal to add another 2 million Nvidia GPU chips to Amazon’s data centers. These GPUs, which are designed to handle the heavy compute demands of training and running AI models, inc...