Monday, August 15, 2022

15 August - Technology - BetaKit / Global News / Google (CA)

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  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – Making your baby cry… for science 11 days ago  –  Plus: Could the Theranos that was promised come from Sudbury? 
  • RenoRun lays off 12 percent of staff, pauses geographic expansion amid uncertainty surrounding consumer spending
  • Lightspeed’s revenues increase even as its losses widen in fiscal first quarter for 2023
  • Nubik becomes latest Canadian tech firm acquired by Deloitte
  • Kirk Simpson, Peter Carrescia team up to raise $6.5 million CAD with an idea to disrupt the digital identity space
  • Sandpiper Ventures closes $20 million first fund focused on early-stage, women-led tech startups
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify’s bet didn’t pay off
  • A|I: The AI Times – DeepMind cracks biology’s biggest problem
  • Unbounce lays off 20 percent of staff as part of “larger company restructuring”
  • FreshBooks secures $100 million USD d
  • D-Wave lists on New York Stock Exchange following close of SPAC deal 7 days ago  –  D-Wave's stock price jumped as much as 30 percent on opening day. 
  • C100 taps former MaRS exec Ray Newal as its new CEO
  • With a new team, Framework Venture Partners secures $100 million USD first close for second fund
  • Properly secures $36 million CAD, pulls back on geographic expansion plans as Canadian housing market cools
  • F|T: The FinTech Times – Wealthsimple’s growth stalls, Robinhood’s retail investors flee
     8 days ago  –  Plus: Kirk Simpson, Peter Carrescia team up with an idea to disrupt the digital identity space. 
  • Canadian startup news of the week (8/7/22)
  • Tracking the tech downturn across Canada with data
  • D2C startups not immune to downturn as Article, Mejuri make staff cuts
  • Uberflip CEO attributes company layoffs to “unsteady economy”
  • Scale Without Borders wants to bring Can
  • Wagepoint acquires KinHR to offer employee management software 5 days ago  –  KinHR marks Wagepoint’s second acquisition after securing $10 million from PSG. 
  • Dooly latest Vancouver startup to cut staff amid broader market downturn
  • Report maps Canadian sustainable proptech industry and nearly $1.5 billion in investments
  • As other lenders collapse, Ledn bets conservative approach will help startup survive crypto winter
    6 days ago  –  Ledn co-founder eyes M&A, anticipates more crypto lending regulation amid crash. 
  •  HR tech startup Humi acquires SaaS scheduling startup Ameego
  • A|I: The AI Times – Behind the push to call AI sentient
  • Hootsuite restructuring, laying off 30 percent of employees
  • Bootstrapped since 2008, Evidence Partners closes $20 million to tackle automated literature review market
  • S|W: The SaaS Weekly – Inside this week’s massive BC tech exit
  • CIBC latest Big Six bank to partner with a 
  • Market watch: Nuvei, Propel, Payfare, and Mogo 3 days ago  –  FinTech companies ride out a turbulent market. 
  •  Canvass Analytics secures $3.3 million USD top-up for Series A round
  • Lucid closes $3 million to turn music into medicine for Alzheimer’s patients
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – How long term care in hospitals could become obsolete
  • Interaxon secures $9.5 million USD to roll out subscription model for brain sensing headband, Muse
  • Market watch: Well Health, Magnet Forensics, Dialogue Health, and Thinkific Labs
  • Invest Nova Scotia executive chair Tom Hickey resigns two weeks after consolidation
  • SVG Ventures Thrive launches new agri-food tech pre-accelerator, venture studio
    5 days ago  –  The pre-accelerator has $3.7 million in provincial and federal backing. 
  •  Armed with more capital to back women entrepreneurs, Phoenix Fire makes first investment in VoxCell
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Lightspeed posts 
  • Medical imaging startup MolecuLight secures funding from BDC Capital, iGan Ventures for global expansion 12 hours ago  –  MolecuLight has received at least three clearances from the FDA for its imaging device.
  • Amid recent wave of Canadian tech layoffs, Communitech brings The Help List back
  • F|T: The FinTech Times – Vitalik Buterin at the crypto cabana
  • Canadian startup news of the week (8/14/22)
  • Three Canadian companies actively hiring across the country
  • Can FinTech help Canadian Muslims with financial access?
  • Market watch: Q4 Inc., E Inc., Goeasy Ltd., BBTV Holdings Inc.
  • Talk of regulation, market conditions collide with glitzy behaviour at Blockchain Futurist Conference
     3 days ago  –  At the crypto cabana there was no sign of a downturn. 
  •  Home and auto insurance marketplace YouSet raises $2.1 million, launches in Ontario
  • CloudMD appoints new CEO, CFO in late

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  • Hootsuite cutting 30% of staff in latest round of tech layoffs 6 days ago  –  Canadian social media company Hootsuite is joining other tech giants in laying off almost a third of its staff, though the company's CEO did not answer where the cuts would be.
  • Spyware industry needs more oversight, expert to tell MPs probing RCMP 7 days ago  –  The director of the University of Toronto's Citizen Lab will speak to the House of Commons ethics committee as part of its probe into the RCMP's use of spyware.
  • N.S. author questions Twitter policies after verification revoked due to name change 8 days ago  –  Nova Scotia author Sal Sawler changed their name on Twitter to align with their gender identity — and lost their verification as a result.
  • RCMP’s use of spyware not known until media reports, privacy commissioner testifies
  • Twitter admits breach that exposed acco
  • Securities regulators seek more protections for crypto trading platform investors 6 hours ago  –  The umbrella organization of provincial securities regulators says Crypto.com and Coinsquare Capital Markets Ltd. are the first to submit the pre-registration undertakings.
  • How can tech companies grow amid sector downturn? Experts weigh in 2 days ago  –  One of the best-performing sectors during the pandemic, the technology sector is now facing a challenging time as a reversal in fortunes has companies tightening their belts.
  • Rogers, Shaw reach deal to sell Freedom Mobile to Quebecor 4 days ago  –  The development comes after Rogers last month opposed a request from regulators for more time to probe the Freedom Mobile sale to Quebecor.
  • South Korea set to pardon Samsung heir, other business tycoons
  • How to rebound from a layoff in Canadian tech: ‘Control your narrative’
  • Here’s what you need to know about online privacy in a post-Roe world
    5 days ago  –  Facebook owner Meta said it received a legal warrant from law enforcement about the case, which did not mention the word "abortion."
  • BeReal app marketed as spontaneous, candid social media platform
  • Virtually painless: How some Canadian surgeons are using VR to manage patient pain
  • Elon Musk sells US$7B in Tesla shares ahead of Twitter legal fight
  • Twitter outage: Service restored after ‘inte

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  • An exploration of the history of Yorkshire, the Acadians and the Mi’kmaq - Town of Sackville 15 hours ago  
  • Trying to convince my friends to buy the new Pixel 6a and ditch their old Pixels - Android Central 16 hours ago  –  Trying to convince my friends to buy the new Pixel 6a and ditch their old Pixels  Android CentralGoogle Pixel 6a Review  Thurrott.comGoogle may be purposefully holding back the Pixel 6a's screen  Chrome UnboxedThe Pixel 6a's OLED Screen Can Be Modded to Run at 90Hz  ExtremeTechGetting Started wit...
  • AMD Moves Ryzen 7000 “Zen 4” CPU Launch To 27th September, Same Day As Intel’s 13th Gen Raptor Lake Unveil - Wccftech
  • Apple's M2-powered MacBook Air is $100 off at Amazon - Yahoo Canada Finance
  • Whats new way to be yourself on WhatsApp? - Geo News
  • The Freestyle: The Camping Companion Built for the Great Outdoors - Samsung
  • Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 vs Motorola Razr (2022): Which flip phone is right for you? - Pocket-lint
  • Sony could introduce PSN account linking for PC games and rewards, files suggest - Video Games Chronicle
  • Vivo Y35 unveiled with 90Hz screen, SD 680 chip and 8GB of RAM - Gizchina.com
  • Spider-Man Remastered Modder Banned
  • Nintendo Switch Sports adds Wii Sports’ Mii menace Matt - Polygon 13 hours ago  –  Nintendo Switch Sports Cheat Code Adds Legendary Matt  SiliconeraWii Sports' Mii Matt Has Finally Joined Nintendo Switch Sports  TheGamerNintendo Switch Sports Secret Brings Back a Wii Sports Legend  ComicBook.comIconic Wii Sports Mi...
  • Spin-Valley Physics of TMDs Under Strain Explored - AZoNano 13 hours ago  –  Spin-Valley Physics of TMDs Under Strain Explored  AZoNano
  • Mordhau - Exclusive Console Announcement Trailer - IGN
  • What is benchmarking? - TrustedReviews
  • Random: Splatoon 3's Shiver Appears To Be Nintendo's First Major Non-Binary Character - Nintendo Life
  • PSA: Deathloop Could Potentially Hit Xbox Game Pass In Under A Month - Pure Xbox
  • Microsoft Office Is Getting an Upgrade on iPad - How-To Geek
    14 hours ago  –Beta version of Microsoft Office app to support this feature of Apple pencil  Gadgets NowMicrosoft Office for iPad will support Apple Pencil via Scribble  Good e-ReaderMicrosoft Office for iPad to Support Apple Pencil's Handwriting-to-Tex...
  • Apple Watch ECG could be a good early heart attack detection system - AppleInsider
  • Introducing Graphdiyne into Label-Free, Sensitive Bioaffinity Assays - AZoNano
  • The 10 Best Games on Netflix Games Sub
  • OnePlus updates 10T ahead of launch with various improvements - MobileSyrup 10 hours ago  –  This lesser-known Android phone is everything I wish the OnePlus 10T was  Digital TrendsOnePlus 10T: 5 best and 5 worst things  Android PoliceWeekly poll results: OnePlus 10T gets the cold shoulder - GSMArena.com news  GSMA...
  • XIII: Get a First Look at the Remaster of the Disastrous Remaster - IGN - IGN 11 hours ago  –  XIII - Gameplay Trailer | PS5  PlayStation UniverseXIII Remake Shows Off PS5 Gameplay  GameRantXIII - Official Gameplay Trailer  IGNGet a first look at the remake of the infamous XIII remake  Digital Trends
  • Microsoft reveals Xbox One sales were less than half of the PS4 - MobileSyrup
  • New iPhone 14 release date surfaces as fan-made iPhone 14 Pro concept renderings show Apple's iOS 16 in action - Notebookcheck.net
     12 hours ago  –  Buying a New iPhone Now? You Couldn't Pick a Worse Time  CNETNew Apple Exclusive Exposes iPhone 14 Price Shock  ForbesApple's September event: iPhone 14, Apple Watch Pr...
  • Samsung's new Odyssey Ark is an enormous 55" 165Hz gaming monitor with "cockpit mode" - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com
  • Ironically, Facebook Messenger May Soon Be One of the Safest Messaging Platforms - Lifewire
  • First Look: ARC8 Essential - A Light & Aggressive Trail Bike - Pinkbike.com
  • Finally Silence Your Squeaky Bed - Lifehacker
  • Xiaomi Mix Fold 2 Hinge Design And Secret Of Thin And Light Form | SPARROWS NEWS - Sparrows News
  • Meet Atlas: A Pretrained Retrieval Augme
  • Apple made Telegram remove an animated emoji feature in its iOS app - Mashable 8 hours ago  –  This is why Apple held up Telegram's App Store update for two weeks  PhoneArenaTelegram goes wild on emoji packs for premium members  SamMobile - Samsung newsTelegram now welcoming custom emoji packs for Premium members ...
  • Say goodbye to bad background effects with Google's latest Meet update - Android Authority 8 hours ago  –  Google Meet background effects get more accurate and add cloud processing  9to5GoogleView 
  • Samsung Galaxy Watch 5 Pro review: More like semi-Pro - ZDNet
  • iOS 16 beta 6 gives users more control over battery percentage in Low Power Mode - 9to5Mac
  • Amazon just released an all-new version of its highest-rated Fire tablet — and it’s already on sale for $45 - Yahoo Canada Sports
  • Gaming industry feels squeeze after pandemic boom - Jordan Times
    9 hours ago
  • More from Samsung Unpacked 2022 - IT World Canada
  • World of Outlaws: Dirt Racing Brings "The Greatest Show on Dirt" to PlayStation, Xbox Consoles in September 2022 - Investing News Network
  • Cadex launches 50 Ultra Disc Wheelsystem: New ultralight aero wheels - Cyclingnews
  • Zoom rolls out fix for Mac app security fla
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