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What exactly data trust is?

Many smart-city solutions promise new levels of efficiency and sustainability. But one of the key issues around any smart-city project is data governance: who controls the vast quantity of so-called “digital exhaust” you’ll...

How to make Toronto more livable

If there were any doubt that Canadian cities are grappling with serious quality-of-life challenges, the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic laid them bare. Coast-to-coast municipal lockdowns exposed and exacerbated...

Canadian startups are tackling COVID-19

With the World Health Organization (WHO) officially declaring COVID-19 an international pandemic, nations have doubled down on “flattening the curve” of the crisis by imposing unprecedented controls on citizens to slow...

Vancouver’s tech talent ranking climbs to No. 3 in Canada

Vancouver’s reputation as a hub for tech talent in Canada got some reaffirmation after annual rankings saw the city climb one spot to No. 3. But the report from real...

Bold business ideas: Where is tech taking us?

For the first 250 metres it all goes well. I am in Singapore, in the back of a prototype driverless car, gazing at the other side of the road. Then...

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...

How to design a system for ethical innovation in tech

Google was founded over two decades ago, but they released their first public set of ethical technology principles just last year. Facebook launched out of a Harvard dorm in 2004, but they...

Does 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,...

What is 10G internet? The next generation of cable tech.

While 5G service is on the verge of launching nationwide, consumers now have something even faster to look forward to: 10G, a newly minted term for technology that could push...

The 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...