Sunday, December 12, 2021

12 December - Technology - BetaKit / Global News / Google (CA)

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  • Summit Nanotech wins $1 million Women in Cleantech challenge 9 days ago  –  MaRS Discovery District and Natural Resources Canada (NRCAN) announced November 30, that the grand prize winner of the three-year Women in Cleantech Challenge was... 
  • Just Boardrooms raises $3 million, launches marketplace for in-person meeting spaces
  • Bidmii secures $1 million round led by Scott McGillivray to scale home renovation marketplace
  • Gradient Spaces, Georgian launch incubator program for early-stage 2SLGBTQIA+ founders
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – Talkspace’s stock tanks as executives depart
  • Willful lands Dragon Michele Romanow in new $750,000 round
  • InBC appoints former FrontFundr, Female Funders exec Jill Earthy as CEO
  • Benevity reports record Giving Tuesday with over $112 million donated through its platform
  • Arteria AI pens deal to acquire assets of H4
  • Montréal-based cleantech startup Polystyvert receives $3.
  • Wealthsimple sells UK book of business as FinTech giant focuses solely on Canada (for now?) 6 days ago  –  As Wealthsimple exits another international market, the Canadian FinTech giant has completed the transition begun earlier this year to focus solely on Canada. Wealthsimple... 
  • AbCellera’s antibody treatment becomes first to receive emergency FDA approval for kids under 12
  • Inside the rise of Canadian venture studios
  • Canadian startup news of the week (12/05/21)
  • F|T: The FinTech Times – Willful in the Dragons’ Den
  • Three tech companies hiring across Canada: Softchoice, TalentMinded, Motion
  • Bessemer, and Trulioo, and Plaid – Oh my!
  • Legible sees CSE debut as stepping stone to global growth of ebook reading platform
  • Samsung opens Regina office to bolster 5G presence in Saskatchewan
  • Toronto right-wing video platform Rumble to go public on Na
  • Rebranded Nomic Bio raises $17 million to fuel development of protein-measuring platform 4 days ago  –  Nomic Bio has secured a new name and $17 million USD in Series A financing to support the growth of its protein-measuring platform. Nomic... 
  • Alison Sunstrum, Kookai Chaimahawong join The51’s new AgTech fund
  • A|I: The AI Times – Inside the Canadian AI for VFX studio behind WandaVision
  • Wealthsimple Trade to launch ‘Plus’ tier, sunset ‘Premium’ offering, streamline US trading
  • Tech panel thinks Canadian startups are ready to move from defence to offence in 2022
  • AlayaCare bolsters C-Suite, board to support next phase of growth
  • Four startups from initial Entrepreneur First Toronto cohort raise collective $5.7 million CAD
  • Ritual alumni launch GoodGood with $6.5 million to scale commerce for local food and drink makers
  • S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Ontario judge swipes left on Tinder sale lawsuit appeal
  • Payment Rails rebrands to Trolley, closes $7 million Series
  • Conduit makes the case for DeFi an hour ago  –  For as much as we like to rag on Shopify crypto bros on the BetaKit Podcast, it’s clear that Web3 in all its iterations... 
  • Kudos secures $10 million from Canadian Business Growth Fund to boost employee engagement
  • 10Adventures, SOS WebAR take home Startup Calgary 2021 Launch Party awards
  • How to (successfully) pivot your startup, from a company that did it twice
  • Cross-Border Impact Ventures launches with $30 million in commitments for women, youth-focused healthtech fund
  • Lockheed Martin partners with, invests $1.3 million in Université de Sherbrooke’s Institut Quantique
  • Influitive acquires PostBeyond to expand customer advocacy platform to employees
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – Best Buy buys into healthtech
  • D2L records rising revenue, net losses in first quarterly report since IPO
  • Magnet Forensics raise $74.4 million CAD in bought deal se

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  • Instagram unveils new tools to manage teens’ use in wake of company backlash 6 days ago  –  The tools come after an internal Facebook whistleblower released internal research that showed teen girls feel worse about themselves after using Instagram.
  • Trump’s new social media company says it has $1 billion in funding lined up 8 days ago  –  The former president launched his new company, Trump Media & Technology Group, in October. He unveiled plans for a new messaging app called ``Truth Social'' to rival Twitter.
  • Meet Ameca, the remarkable (and not at all creepy) human-like robot 9 days ago  –  "The reason for making a robot that looks like a person is to interact with people," said Engineered Arts founder Will Jackson about Ameca's design.
  • Reality check: Will CRTC’s new tech to fight spam calls act
  • ‘The internet’s on fire’: Software vulnerability causes scramble to stop growing threat 2 days ago  –  The vulnerability, dubbed `Log4Shell,' was uncovered in a utility that's ubiquitous in cloud servers and enterprise software used across industry and government.
  • Planet 10 times the size of Jupiter discovered, when it shouldn’t even exist 2 days ago  –  The planet is orbiting a pair of stars that are more than three times hotter than the Sun.
  • What is ‘surveillance capitalism’? What we know, and why it’s raising privacy fears 2 days ago  –  So what is surveillance capitalism, why does it impact your personal data, and what can you do about it? Global News spoke to some internet regulation experts to break it down.
  • B.C. student’s VR tech gets lift off in experiment on astronaut loneliness
  • Why did Amazon Web Services crash? Here’s what it means
  • Better.com CEO apologizes for firing 900 employees during Zoom call
  • Tips to protect against ransomware attacks
  • U.S. CEO fires 900 employees over three-minute Zoom call
  • Suicide pods being developed in Switzerland, providing users with a painless death
  • Amazon Web Services says it has resolved issues linked to

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  • Pokemon BDSP: Poke Radar Shiny Hunting Method - TheGamer a day ago  
  • PUBG: Battlegrounds Will Be Free to Play, But There's a Catch - Optic Flux a day ago  – PUBG PC will be free to play from Next year  gizmochinaPUBG Goes Free-2-Play Starting January 2022 » TalkEsport  TalkEsport - TE‘PUBG’ will become free to play next January  Toys MatrixPUBG: Battlegrounds free-to-play event,...
  • OnePlus limits which sensors Google Camera mods can access in OxygenOS 12 - Android Police
  • PlayStation Plus Deal Lets New Subscribers Get 12 Months for Cheap - GameRant
  • Gollum Murders Orcs in Lord of the Rings Video Game Cinematic Trailer - CBR - Comic Book Resources
  • Hisuian Voltorb Still Looks Like A Pokéball Somehow - Toys Matrix
  • Sony acquires God of War, Halo Infinite, and Valorant support studio Valkyrie Entertainment - VG247
  • What's New in iOS 15.2 RC 2 [VIDEO] - iPhone in Canada
  • Sony reportedly planned to bring PlayStation Now to phones - Yahoo Movies Canada
  • Fresh Leak Decodes What Assassin’s Creed Valhalla’s An
  • Screen Brightness Test: iPhone 13 Pro Max vs iPhone 12 Pro Max - iClarified 20 hours ago  –5 reasons you should still get the iPhone 12 (and 3 reasons to get iPhone 13)  Tom's GuideiPhone 13 prices — South Africa vs the US and UK  MyBroadbandiPhone 13 Pro: All the Details! Reviews, Features, More  Mac RumorsiPhon...
  • Tim Robards and Anna Heinrich list their Rose Bay apartment for $3.45 million - Daily Mail 20 hours ago 
  • Saber Interactive New Games: Redout 2, Circus Electrique, Dakar Deset Rally Announced - MP1st
  • Among Us is going VR, and it looks terrifying - Input
  • Fortnite Spider-Man Webslinger Victory Royale Gameplay - IGN
  • The story of Elden Ring stars in its new trailer and makes the wait until February unbearable - TheNewsTrace
  • Yurukill: The Calumniation Games Video Game Launches in N. America on June 7 – News - Black Chronicle
  • The Expanse: A Telltale Series Announced With a Gritty Trailer - CBR - Comic Book Resources
  • India - iQOO Neo5s, with OriginOS Ocean, to debut on Decembe... - MENAFN.COM
  • Leaked images show off Samsung's budget Galaxy Tab A8 
  • ‘Scorn’ has received an updated release window and is “75 per cent complete” - NME 10 hours ago  –  [Trailer] 'Scorn' Bumps Release Date to October 2022  Bloody DisgustingThe biomechanical terrors of Scorn will release next fall  PC GamerUnfortunate News for Xbox Exclusive After Chilling Game Reveal  EssentiallySpo...
  • 13 Best Games of 2021 YOU DIDN'T PLAY - GamingBolt 10 hours ago  –  The Best Shooters Of 2021  KotakuThe Best Video Games of 2021  The New YorkerThe Best PC Exclusive Games Of 2021  GameSpotEvery EA Game That Came Out In 2021, Ranked  GameRantView 
  • 9 Best Mobile Game Controllers (2021): iPhone or Android - WIRED
  • Cricket 22 keeps the tradition of great cricket simulation alive - GQ India
  • AMD Allegedly Preps 6nm Radeon RX 6000S RDNA 2 Laptop GPU Refresh, Launching In Q1 2022 - WccftechTV
  • The last delicious DLC will appear in 2022 and will be delicious for you again • JPGAMES.DE - Persia Digest
  • Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 lineup's color options and memory configurations revealed - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com
  • Google Pixel 6, Pixel 6 Pro review: the new flagship killers (video) - Pocketnow
  • Year in review: 5 changes at Apple in 2021 - The Indian Express
  • Silent Hill Creator Is Working on a Spooky New Horror Gam
  • The Huawei Watch D will reportedly arrive alongside the Mate V on December 23 - comments - GSMArena.com 5 hours ago  –  Huawei Watch D retail packaging allegedly leaks out ahead of the wearable's launch  Notebookcheck.netLeaked Huawei Watch D package confirms Blood Pressure Monitoring and HarmonyOS  gizmochinaHuaw...
  • 'Halo Infinite' adds a dedicated Slayer playlist on December 14th - Yahoo Movies Canada 6 hours ago  –Popular Halo game mode Slayer finally slated for mid-December release  TechSpotHere’s When ‘Halo Infinite’ Is Getting Slayer, SWAT And FFA Playlists  ForbesHalo Infinite's Multiplayer Is Receiving Four New Playl...
  • What to Do With Snowflakes in Animal Crossing New Horizons - EssentiallySports
  • You need to play the most important Mario game ever on Nintendo Switch ASAP - Inverse
  • Do you think the Moto Edge X30 has what it takes to put Motorola back on the map? - XDA Developers
     - XDA Developers 7 hours ago  –Motorola closes the Moto Edge X30's first pre-sale event early as all stock of the new flagship phone sells out  Notebookcheck.netWeekly poll: can the Moto Edge X30 and S30 talk you into picking them ...
  • ‘Escape From Tarkov’ 12.12 patch notes – the wipe, Lighthouse, new enemies and more - NME
  • Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine Is Getting a Sequel - ComicBook.com
  • ‘Cyberpunk 2077’ Lands A 2021 GOTY Award From Somewhere Surprising - Forbes
  • What devices like Apple, Google smartwatches are beginning to display about our health - CNBC
  • Enter the Matrix Dev Reminds Us of How Far Games Indu
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