Saturday, June 05, 2021

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  • Hydra Energy secures $15 million to scale hydrogen fuelling solution for trucking industry 10 days ago  –  Delta, British Columbia (BC)-based cleantech startup Hydra Energy has raised $15 million CAD ($12 million USD) in Series A financing from San Francisco’s Just... The post Hydra Energy secures $15 million to scale hydrogen fuelling solution for trucking industry first appeared on BetaKit.
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify + Google = Smart Shopping
  • Today in acquisitions: Quantum Benchmark, SportSavvy, TechX Technologies, Ackroo
  • VerticalScope files to list on the Toronto Stock Exchange
  • BBTV announces $65 million convertible debenture, refinancing deals as it looks to increase M&A activity
  • Ontario government invests $5.25 million to help innovative health companies scale
  • eSSENTIAL Accessibility secures $67 million CAD to meet increasing demand for accessible online content
  • Felix Health launches mental health service to meet rising demand during COVID-19
  • Launch Academy downsizes physical space as the Vancouver incubator goes virtual
  • PartnerStack aims to capitalize on channel sales deman
  • F|T: The FinTech Times – Like a Ledn balloon 6 days ago  –  Welcome to the FinTech Times, a weekly newsletter covering the biggest FinTech news from around the globe. If you want to read F|T before... The post F|T: The FinTech Times – Like a Ledn balloon first appeared on BetaKit.
  • Communitech, OMERS, Wealthsimple leaders agree Canada’s tech moment created a “competition for awesome”
  • BC MLA confirms PNP tech stream now permanent following tech sector pressure
  • Why startups are easier targets for cybercrime (and what founders can do about it)
  • Today in funding: CubicFarms, Vetster, Metaspectral
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – Building pandemic preparedness
  • BC tech CEOs call on provincial government to make PNP tech stream permanent
  • Federal government invests $44.3 million in 11 Canadian cleantech companies
  • Shopify, Google deepen partnership with new checkout integration
  • Vendasta secures $119.5 million in venture funding after 
  • Elevate to receive $6.15 million in government funding for underrepresented tech workers program 3 days ago  –  Elevate is receiving around $6.15 million from the Government of Canada and the City of Toronto to support the non-profit tech organization in launching... The post Elevate to receive $6.15 million in government funding for underrepresented tech workers program first appeared on BetaKit.
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Breather exhales
  • Today in funding: Clir Renewables, Stoko, Habit Forming Technologies
  • Creative Destruction Lab launches neuroscience stream
  • Nuvei filing indicates company may raise up to $1.8 billion USD in new issues, secondary offerings
  • Toronto tech CEO vows to rebuild, grow team after Gaza office destroyed in airstrike
  • Lazaridis ScaleUp program opens applications for seventh cohort
  • A|I: The AI Times – The big piggyback
  • How Canadian tech companies go public
  • Reports argue Canada’s IP lag only “part of the challen
  • 5 FinTech roles open in Canada right now a day ago  –  Are you on the hunt for a new and exciting role in FinTech? As the world slowly returns to normal, we’ve noticed a huge... The post 5 FinTech roles open in Canada right now first appeared on BetaKit.
  • AQC Capital secures $64 million for second tech startup investment fund
  • INTELIGHT partners with Innisfil on $2.2 million project to develop smart city connectivity solution
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – The rising demand for mental health support
  • Mphasis to launch Canadian HQ in Calgary, create up to 1,000 tech jobs
  • Eight Saskatchewan, Ontario tech companies receive collective $4.4 million in federal funding
  • Playmaker Capital begins trading on the TSX Venture Exchange
  • Bench secures $73 million CAD, unveils new banking products
  • AltaML makes new hires amid planned expansion in Ontario, eastern North America
  • Adeptmind raises $7.5 million CAD to bridge gap betwe

    • Global News
  • Liberals push to end Bill C-10 study amid social media free speech concerns a day ago  –  The proposed law hopes to extend Canadian content requirements to online platforms, ensuring the companies pay into cultural funds and display a certain amount of Canadian content.
  • Facebook to end policy that allows politicians to break content rules: reports 2 days ago  –  The company's policy held that the speech of political leaders is inherently newsworthy and in the public interest even if it is offensive, bullying or otherwise controversial.
  • United Airlines to buy new line of Concorde-like supersonic jets 2 days ago  –  United Airlines hopes to launch a new era of supersonic commercial air travel that is not only faster, but carbon neutral.
  • Twitter unveils new paid subscription service in Canada for $3.49 a month
  • JBS Canada beef processing plant in Brooks resumes production after cyberattack
  • Microsoft says Russian group behind SolarWinds hack targeting government agencies
  • Influencers say they got offered thousands to spread fake news on Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine
  • Facebook and fake news: U.S. tops list of targets of foreign influence operations
  • Facebook to pay 14 Canadian publishers for some news content posted to platform
  • Shaw shareholders approve sale of company to Rogers 

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  • Sony has people cross about cross-gen | This Week in Business - GamesIndustry.biz a day ago  –  PlayStation's cross-gen plans have been frustratingly opaque  MobileSyrupSony is playing games over PS5 'exclusives', and it's not fair on fans  TechRadarGran Turismo 7 Could Launch on Both PlayStation 4 and PlayStati...
  • Samsung’s Galaxy Tab S7 now on sale for just $530 - XDA Developers a day ago  –  Grab Samsung's Galaxy Tab S7 for less than an iPad Air  Android PoliceDeals: TicWatch Gold Box from $64, Samsung Galaxy Tab S7/+ $231 off, more  9to5GoogleApple iPad Pro (2021) vs Samsung Galaxy Tab S7  PhoneArenaView Full coverage ...
  • History Of E3 (2021) - GameSpot
  • 2022 Toyota Tacoma Trail Edition Builds on the Popular SR5 Package - TractionLife.com
  • Warhammer Skulls Showcase Roundup: Total War III, Tempestfall, Darkside, And More - GameSpot
  • Winds & Leaves - Gameplay Trailer | PS VR - PlayStation Universe
  • Lasers capable of transmitting signals at 224 gigabits per second, enough to achieve 800 gigabit ethernet - Phys.org
  • Samsung announces Galaxy A22 and A22 5G budget smartphones - MobileSyrup
  • Scarlet Nexus - Explanation Trailer | PS4, PS5 - PlayStation Universe
  • Puzzle Bobble 3D: Vacation Odyssey - Announce Trailer | P
  • 'Gardening for Birds' initiative helping create backyard habitats - Lethbridge Herald 15 hours ago  –  
  • iFixit M1 iPad Pro Teardown Shows Off the MiniLED Display [VIDEO] - iPhone in Canada 16 hours ago  –2022 iPad Pro to bring wireless charging, redesigned iPad mini coming in 2021 - GSMArena.com news  GSMArena.comUpcoming iPad Pro could arrive with more glass, wireless and MagSafe charging  TechSpotApple's next iPa...
  • WWDC 2021: Watch Apple's next iOS, MacOS and M1 reveals live from your couch - CNET
  • fault - milestone two side: below - Indie Live Expo 2021 Trailer - Gematsu
  • Samsung Galaxy M21 Prime Edition to launch in India soon - gizmochina
  • “Double Trouble” Ford Ranger Pickup Is a Confusing, Awesome Thing That Exists - autoevolution
  • Square Enix’s E3 2021 showcase revealed: The show will feature a new Eidos Montreal title and highlight Babylon’s Fall - Sportskeeda
  • Apple, Google, Microsoft and Mozilla team up for a 'common vision' on extensions - Engadget
  • Google Launches Pixel Buds A-Series For Just $99 - Ubergizmo
  • 10 Great PS4 Games Are Less Than $2 Right Now - Co
  • OnePlus 9R receives a hotfix for battery drain - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com 11 hours ago  –    GSMArena.comOnePlus 9R receives update to fix battery drain issue  gizmochinaOnePlus 9, OnePlus 9 Pro Android 12 Developer Preview Build Re-Released After Ironing Out Bricking Issue  Gadgets 360OnePlus 9 Pro short review #shorts ...
  • Rubi: The Wayward Mira - Official Gameplay Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN 11 hours ago  –  Isometric City Builder City of Atlantis Revealed for PC  Niche GamerCity of Atlantis is a new isometric city-building survival game  DSOGamingTrifox - Official Gameplay Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021  IGNView Full cov...
  • Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night - Official Gameplay Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN
  • Before Balan Wonderworld, Yuji Naka Made This Gem On Wii - Nintendo Life
  • Everything you wanted to know about Battlegrounds Mobile India - HT Tech
  • First ‘Fortnite’ Season 7 Teaser Shows Off New Alien Weapon - Forbes
  • Ontario records slight drop in COVID-19 cases with less than 800 new infections - CTV News
  • A $4,749 Bike Hints at Inflation Peril Looming for US Economy - BNN
  • Let’s dream-cast a live-action Poison Ivy in the DCEU - Winter is Coming
  • Apple to Boost IPad Features, Privacy Tools at Develop
  • iPad 2021 M1 architecture with 8/16 GB RAM — you really need to know this information - Medium 9 hours ago  – 
  • Grow Song of the Evertree - Official Announcement Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN 10 hours ago  –  505 Games and Prideful Sloth announce world-crafting sandbox game Grow: Song of the Evertree for PS4, Xbox One, Switch, and PC  GematsuGrow: 
  • Tinder's new Block Contacts feature should help limit awkward run-ins on the dating app - USA TODAY
  • Vertigo - Official Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN
  • Fire Tonight - Official Release Date Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN
  • Necromunda: Hired Gun | Review in 3 Minutes - The Escapist
  • Trifox - Announce Trailer - Gematsu
  • Ultra Age - Gameplay Reveal Trailer - Gematsu
  • El Paso, Elsewhere - Official Announcement Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN
  • Chernobylite - Official Gameplay Trailer | Summer of Gam
  • How to watch the Battlefield 6 launch trailer - Sportskeeda an hour ago  –  How to watch the Battlefield 6 launch trailer  Sportskeeda
  • Fossil Will Launch a Premium Smartwatch That Runs on Google’s New Wear OS in the Fall - Gizmodo an hour ago  –  Fossil is planning a premium Google Wear OS watch for fall  CNETFossil won't upgrade existing watches to the revamped Wear OS  EngadgetFossil says new Wear OS won’t come to current watches, launching ‘pr...
  • IDC, Morgan Stanley On ‘M2’ MacBook At WWDC 2021 - Forbes
  • App Store Leaks Unannounced Apple 'Mind' App, Suggests Tips and Contacts Coming to watchOS 8 at WWDC - MacRumors
  • Delta variant requires shift to 2nd dose strategy: expert - Toronto Sun
  • Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart to Feature a 60FPS Ray Tracing Mode at Launch - IGN - IGN
  • Rogers, Bell and Telus offering discounts on Samsung Galaxy S21 series - MobileSyrup
  • Azure Striker Gunvolt 3 - Trailer | Summer of Gaming 2021 - IGN
  • Top 5 ways to get XP in Minecraft quickly before 1.17 Caves & Cliffs update releases - Sportskeeda
  • Endling - Official Gameplay Trailer - Summer of Gaming 
    • .Tech Crunch
  • Daily Crunch: Canada and Australia get first look at Twitter Blue subscription service 2 days ago  –  Hello friends and welcome to Daily Crunch, bringing you the most important startup, tech and venture capital news in a single package.
  • Medium sees more employee exits after CEO publishes ‘culture memo’ 2 days ago  –  In April, Medium CEO Ev Williams wrote a memo to his staff about the company’s shifting culture in the wake of a challenging year. “A healthy culture brings out the best in people,” he wrote. “They feel psychologically safe voicing their ideas and engaging in debate to find the best answer to any...
  • Paramount+ will launch a $4.99 monthly ad-supported subscription 2 days ago  –  If you didn’t want to shell out $9.99 per month to watch the meme-worthy iCarly reboot, now you won’t have to. On Monday, Paramount+ will launch its ad-supported Essential Plan, priced at $4.99 per month. This less expensive plan will replace the CBS All Access plan, which included commercials, b...
  • Lux Capital has raised $1.5 billion more to invest in — and create — new startups
  • 3 lessons we learned after raising $6.3M from 50 investors
  • Ford-owned Spin shakes up scooter business with new CEO, e-bikes and city strategy
  • Google shares its $2M Black Founders Fund among 30 European startups
  • Waymo’s driverless taxi service can now be accessed on Google Maps
  • SpaceX launches Dragon cargo spacecraft to the Space Station with new Falcon 9
  • Supreme Court limits US hacking law in landmark CFAA r
  • Indonesian healthcare startup Prixa raises $3M led by MDI and TPTF 2 days ago  –  Indonesian healthcare startup Prixa has raised $3 million led by MDI Ventures and the Trans-Pacific Technology Fund (TPTF), with participation from returning investors including Siloam Hospitals Group. This brings Prixa’s total raised to $4.5 million since it launched in 2019. Co-founder and chie...
  • This one email explains Apple 2 days ago  –  An email has been going around the internet as a part of a release of documents related to Apple’s App Store-based suit brought by Epic Games. I love this email for a lot of reasons, not the least of which is that you can extrapolate from it the very reasons Apple has remained such a […]
  • Flink, the German grocery delivery startup, raises $240M after launching just 6 months ago 2 days ago  –  On-demand grocery delivery, which really came into its own with the emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic, continues to command huge attention from investors. The jury is still out on how people will use those services in the longer term, but in the meantime, the most ambitious of the startups in th...
  • Europe wants to go its own way on digital identity
  • A new video platform offering classes about skilled trades begins to build momentum
  • Rebranded Toyota Ventures invests $300 million in emerging tech and carbon neutrality 
  • TikTok just gave itself permission to collect biometric data on US users, including ‘faceprints and voiceprints’
  • White House expands investment ban on Chinese tech and telecom companies
  • Aurora brings in outsiders to boost safety efforts, public trust of driverless vehicles
  • For SaaS startups, differentiation is an iterative process
  • Five excellent reasons to attend TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing & Fundraising a day ago  –  There’s no crying in baseball, and there are certainly no shortcuts in building a successful startup. But, thanks to TC Early Stage 2021: Marketing and Fundraising on July 8-9, you don’t have to reinvent the freakin’ wheel. This two-day bootcamp offers early-stage founders (pre-seed through Serie...
  • Emergence’s Lotti Siniscalco and Retail Zipline’s Melissa Wong will join us on Extra Crunch Live a day ago  –  For all that’s said about fundraising and working alongside investors, rarely do we get to see founders and their investors in candid conversation with one another. Extra Crunch Live is changing that. On the weekly live show, we sit down with founders and the VCs who funded them to talk about how...
  • As buy-now-pay-later startups keep raising capital, a dive into Klarna, Afterpay and Affirm’s earnings a day ago  –  The BNPL space is flush with consumer interest but not yet awash in profits as major players battle one another for global spend share with a glut of smaller startups hot on their heels.
  • Facebook’s use of ad data triggers antitrust probes in UK and EU
  • Domain experts wanted: Submit your guest articles to Extra Crunch
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  • Amazon is now open to getting sued
  • SoftBank pours up to $150M into GBM, a Mexico City-based investment platform
  • AI cybersecurity provider SentinelOne files for $100M IPO
  • In latest Big Tech antitrust push, Germany’s FCO eyes G
  • In search of a new crypto deity 7 hours ago  –  Hello friends, and welcome back to Week in Review! Last week, I wrote about tech taking on Disney. This week, I’m talking about the search for a new crypto messiah. If you’re reading this on the TechCrunch site, you can get this in your inbox from the newsletter page, and follow my tweets @lucasm...
  • Get thrifty, and your startup might just acquire a generation 9 hours ago  –  Etsy, a marketplace for kitschy and creative DIY goods, acquired Depop, a hippy and thrifty marketplace for resale goods, for $1.625 billion this week. So, today we’ll discuss the tale of two marketplaces, a deal that has given us a peek into the evolving ethos of social shopping. Depop, for thos...
  • Not every SPAC is pure garbage 10 hours ago  –  Welcome back to The TechCrunch Exchange, a weekly startups-and-markets newsletter for your weekend enjoyment.
  • This Week in Apps: WWDC Prep, F8 recap, TikTok goes after biometric data
  • Um, where is the SEC when it comes to SPACs and conflicts of interest?
  • Cruise can now give passengers rides in driverless cars in California
  • Daily Crunch: Facebook extends Trump’s suspension until January 2023
  • Tinder finally adds a Block Contacts feature
  • It’s time for security teams to embrace security data lakes
  • Extra Crunch roundup: Guest posts wanted, ‘mango’ see

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  • Facebook to end special treatment for politicians after Trump ban 2 days ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Facebook plans to end its controversial policy that mostly shields politicians from the content moderation rules that apply to other users, a sharp reversal that could have global ramifications for how elected officials use the social network. The ...
  • Apple is updating AirTags to make them less creepy
  • Joe Biden signs order banning US investment in Chinese surveillance companies
  • Paramount Plus will launch its cheaper $5 plan next week
  • Biden administration makes $1 billion in grants available for broadband on tribal lands
  • The pandemic showed that Big Tech isn’t a public health savior
  • Ford delays Mustang Mach-E deliveries in the UK due to ‘safety risk’
  • Nanoleaf’s light-up wall panels now look like wood accent pieces
  • Chrome will soon warn you when you might not want to trust an extension
  • Steam now lets developers team up on game bundles
  • Apple’s AirPods Max are $30 off at Amazon 2 days ago  –  Image: Apple Apple’s over-ear AirPods Max are $30 less than usual at Amazon and Best Buy today. Normally $549, every color option is $520 (Best Buy has most, but not all, colors at this price). Are they worth the purchase even with this slightly more affordable cost? If you’re a discernin...
  • Apple WWDC 2021: iOS 15, new MacBook Pros, and what else to expect
  • Biden’s proposed budget keeps a block on recreational weed sales in Washington, DC
  • EU and UK open antitrust investigations into Facebook Marketplace
  • Apple’s new TV remote is great, but only when apps properly support it
  • A very sus chicken nugget shaped like an Among Us crewmate sells for $99,997 on eBay
  • Taito announces mini arcade cabinet with rotating screen and trackball controller
  • Apple’s next iPad Pro has wireless charging and a glass back: report
  • Climate tech is about to fly commercial
  • Google confirms diversity exec no longer in role after prob
  • Go read this story about why it’s time to scrap racist bird names  a day ago  –  An illustration of a Maui parrotbill perched on a branch. | Photo by Brown Bear/Windmill Books/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Some 150 birds named for people tied to slavery and white supremacy could eventually get new monikers as part of an ongoing reckoning with racism within t...
  • Facebook gives Trump a 2-year suspension, changes rules for politicians
  • Tinder will start letting you block people by their phone number
  • Twitch chats are about to get more chaotic with animated emotes
  • The tiny Playdate handheld gets a price bump but double the games
  • COVID-19 hospitalization rates in adolescents went up during March and April
  • iOS 14 basics: how to quit an app on your iPhone
  • TikTok updates US privacy policy to collect ‘faceprints and voiceprints’ (but won’t explain what they are)
  • Vergecast: This week in operating systems
  • Netflix’s Sweet Tooth makes the end of the world a little
  • Where did the microchip vaccine conspiracy theory come from anyway? 17 hours ago  –  Illustration by Tyler Comrie How an innocuous Reddit thread mutated into a dangerous, viral lie Continue reading…
  • Microsoft says Bing’s ‘Tank Man’ censorship was a human error
  • Apple employees push back against returning to the office in internal letter
  • TikTok says the repeat removal of the intersex hashtag was a mistake
  • Nvidia and Valve are bringing DLSS to Linux
  • Here’s why you can’t use the Siri Remote’s best feature on Disney Plus and other apps
  • Jack Dorsey would rather give you a bitcoin wallet than Twitter features worth paying for
  • T-Mobile employee files suit after HR asked invasive questions about her OnlyFans account
  • Alienware M15 R5 Ryzen Edition review: the right parts at a high price
  • The pandemic was the bloodiest year for driving in over a 
  • Twitter blocked in Nigeria after deleting a tweet by its president 6 hours ago  –  Illustration by Alex Castro Twitter is suspended “indefinitely” in Nigeria, “for the persistent use of the platform for activities that are capable of undermining Nigeria’s corporate existence,” according to a statement (threaded on Twitter) from the country’s minister of information and ...
  • Justice Department has charged a Latvian woman it says helped develop Trickbot malware
  • Square will invest $5 million to build solar-powered bitcoin mining facility
  • India reportedly warns Twitter of ‘unintended consequences’ if it fails to follow new rules
  • Hackers reportedly used a compromised password in Colonial Pipeline cyberattack
  • Cruise gets permit from California to provide passenger test rides in driverless vehicles
  • The FBI is trying to get IP addresses and phone numbers of people who read a USA Today article
  • Memorials to honor COVID-19 dead begin to take shape
  • This useful GorillaPod tripod is $30 off
  • The Supreme Court pared down a controversial anti-hac
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