31 h. ago Investors have Canadian defence tech in their sites amid pressure to boost military spending 

Canadian startups are seeing rising interest from investors in Canada and worldwide

Events

37 h. ago A Canadian tech company is using AI to help woman navigate menopause

While menopause can seem overwhelming for some, a new app founded in Montreal is hoping to use AI to help women navigate the experience.

Economics

42 h. ago Will the federal government buy Canadian in the 'quantum revolution'?

Canadian tech experts want the feds to support home-grown development of quantum computers to avoid American domination in the area.

Politics

5 d. ago Bell wants Canadian government funding scrapped for Elon Musk's Starlink

Bell and its northern arm Northwesttel are lobbying the CRTC to remove Starlink from a subsidy program that helps remote Canadians get online.Bell's main argument is that since Starlink offers a flat rate across the country, there is no need for it to get subsidies from the government. Traditionally, those subsidies were to help Bell and other telecoms install the hardware infrastructure needed to connect a remote home.According to a report obtained by the Financial Times, Starlink has hit back against Bell, saying that singling the satellite-based carrier out would be anti-competitive. Starlink has fought and lost this fight before. In 2022, it was cut out of $900 million of U.S. government funding and grants designed to connect rural and remote residents.In Canada, the proposed subsidy would see internet providers getting $25 per person per month from the government to help justify the expensive cost of building remote infrastructure. This adds up to about $300 per year, and Fortu...

Politics

6 d. ago Canadian online retail CEO making workers prove jobs can't be done by AI

It seems like Tobi Lütke, the CEO of Canadian online retail giant Shopify, is a big fan of AI. A new memo sent to all the company's employees says that using artificial intelligence (AI) is now an expectation.The CEO shared the employee memo on Twitter because he claimed that it was already being leaked to the press. The preamble is fairly long before leading into six rules for Shopify workers to use AI more at work. First, "using AI effectively is now a fundamental expectation of everyone at Shopify."The second rule is to use AI tools to help prototype new products since it can help you learn at a much faster rate, according to Lütke. Following that, he tells staff that the company is adding AI usage questions to its performance and peer review questionnaires. He's worried that a lot of people bounce off AI after using it for the first few times because it might give them an undesirable answer. Therefore, he's hoping that adding it to peer reviews will help people le...

Society

7 d. ago Shine Is Off Canadian Stocks as Tariff Drama Hurts Tech and Gold

Investment fund managers who pitched Toronto-listed stocks as a place to hide from a US technology downturn have changed that advice because of President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

Economics

8 d. ago Canadian man locked out of $43K in PC Optimum points by Loblaws

A new report shines a light on a Loblaws shopper who recently had $43,000 worth of PC Optimum points frozen in his account before he could spend them.Frank Zhang has saved 43 million PC Optimum points over his lifetime by shopping at Loblaws stores and using a PC Mastercard, but he was quite shocked when he tried to redeem his points in January and found his account locked.According to a CBC Go Public report, the automated online help tool initially told him his account was frozen and that he needed to change his password to unlock it. That didn't resolve his issue, so Zhang called the helpline instead and was met with a different answer. The person on the phone told him that he'd broken the PC Optimum terms and conditions, but they refused to say which rule specifically led to his account being frozen.A Calgary man named Jeff Mack suffered the same issue after having his 1.5 million points ($1,500) frozen last fall. At least the support channel told him his account was di...

Economics

1 week ago Does a new government spending tracker backed by Canadian tech entrepreneurs have echoes of DOGE?

Public Service Notebook: Here are four public service updates you need to know.

Politics

3 w. ago Canadian governments rely on Starlink for critical services.

Starlink is filling a critical infrastructure gap that ought to be filled by Canadian governments and companies

Politics

3 w. ago Canadian telecom's customers complain of missing unlimited data

Freedom Mobile customers who picked up the recent $19/1GB promo plan have found it doesn’t include unlimited data as advertised.The $19/1GB promo plan, which ended March 17, offered 1GB of 5G+ data with "unlimited data at reduced speeds thereafter," a common feature of mobile plans these days.However, several customers took to Reddit and RedFlagDeals (RFD) to share their discovery that after getting the $19 plan and using the 1GB, their data turned off instead of switching over to the slower speed.Customers submitted complaints to Freedom. Some said that customer service representatives they spoke with claimed the carrier was aware of the issue and working on a fix. Others report reps being confused by the issue, with some even confirming that the plan should have unlimited data.Some even submitted complaints to the Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) over the issue.Freedom Mobile has not yet responded t...

Economics