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Using Data To Build The Right Habits
Most New Year’s resolutions fail and by March, many of us have forgotten or given up on the plans we set out with on January 1st. Bad habits can be a...
Read MoreWomen helping drive Calgary’s tech renaissance
Alberta’s female entrepreneurs have doubled the national average in participation in technology according to the Alberta Enterprise Corp.’s 2018 Deal Flow study, which notes 70 per cent of the province’s...
Read MoreIt’s not too late to build a Canadian advantage in technology
Once again, Canada seems to see its future as a branch-plant economy. This time it is in the digital world, where we are turning to Big Tech from abroad rather...
Read MoreML-era in cybersecurity: A step toward a safer world or the brink of chaos?
While artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) have been transforming various fields of human activity for some time now, their full transformative potential is yet to be realized. ML-based...
Read MoreDoes Canada’s tech sector need a rebrand?
Gentrification. Job loss. Toxic cultures. Data breaches. Tech — at least as commonly discussed in the media — has been difficult to love as of late. In Canada and beyond,...
Read MoreCanada poised to solidify fintech/proptech lead
With its enviable status as a consistent early adopter of tech solutions for financial services, Canada is well-placed to become a global leader in fintech and proptech innovations – and...
Read MoreCanadian AgTech firm wants to boost farmers’ profits
Growing up on a big grain farm near Eston, in west-central Saskatchewan, he knew he had neither the heart nor the stomach to “actually be a farmer,” Ken Jackson says....
Read MoreEnergy and technology deals to fuel Canada’s M&A pipeline in 2019
Survey respondents' confidence in the prospects for Canadian M&A in 2019 translates across all sectors. More than eight in ten (86%) think M&A volume will go up in their particular...
Read MoreThe push to get more women in tech is only just starting
Many governments are seeking ways to get more women to enter technology fields. This includes the U.K., which launched an initiative at the end of 2017. One year on, how...
Read MoreChina’s top AI scientist drives development of ethical guidelines
China is playing catch-up in the development of ethical guidelines in the field of artificial intelligence, with the establishment of an ethics committee. Chen Xiaoping – inventor of Jia Jia,...
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