Monday, September 05, 2022

5 September - Technology - BetaKit / Global News / Google (CA)

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  • The many hurdles life sciences startups must overcome to commercialize 13 days ago  –  Startups need cash, time, and connections. 
  • Innovacorp venture fund manager Andrew Ray leaves org following announced merger with Nova Scotia Business Inc.
  • A|I: The AI Times – Who owns DALL-E images?
  • Insurtech startup Relay Platform acquired by US-based cyber insurance provider At-Bay
  • D-Wave, Coveo, Canada Drives among tech companies receiving collective $50 million for Scale AI projects
  • VendorPM secures $20 million Series A to expand US footprint
  • “There’s a storm coming, but we’re on a good boat.” Koho says it’s ready to navigate downturn
  • S|W: The SaaS Weekly – WellnessLiving, Kinaxis expanding as Martello cuts back
  • Vendasta lays off staff after the pandemic spurred fast-pace growth
  • Canadian tech companies continue to hire d
  • Flow Ventures partner Bryan Watson lands at Venbridge as SVP of business development 10 days ago  –  Watson will use his expertise in SR&ED credits to attract more business.
  • Jombone closes $3.3 million to modernize the blue-collar staffing industry
  • Vitalik Buterin fund gives financial booster shot to doctor’s startup assessing airborne COVID-19 risk
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – AlayaCare makes cuts as revenue doesn’t follow “aggressive investment”
  • CIO Strategy Council wants to establish a national standard for cybersecurity workers
  • BarrelWise secures $3.1 million CAD to modernize wine barrel management
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify collabs with creators and Gorgias
  • Amazon makes AWS EdStart accelerator available to Canadians, picks Springbay Studio as first participant
  • Q4 Inc. lays off eight percent of staff to accelerate “path to profitability”
  • Three Canadian startups selected for Goo
  • Plurilock completes acquisition of assets from India-based CloudCodes 7 days ago  –  CloudCodes marks another addition to Plurilock’s rapidly growing portfolio. 
  • 1Password shuffles C-suite, with CPO replaced and CMO to depart
  • Roblox acquires gamified employee engagement platform provider TriplePlay
  • SureBright raises $3.2 million CAD to reinvent retail insurance
  • Three generational companies actively hiring for multiple roles
  • F|T: The FinTech Times – Canadian FinTech is in the tank, but this challenger bank thinks it can stay afloat with scale
  • Canadian startup news of the week (8/28/22)
  • How GrowthX found product-market fit across Canada’s accelerators
  • Bench taps current president and CFO, Jean-Philippe Durrios, as new CEO
  • Benevity’s platform surpasses $10 billion 
  • Supply chain analytics SaaS startup Lytica secures over $13 million in Series A round 5 days ago  –  Lytica uses AI to help companies reduce costs and mitigate risks in their supply chain.
  • Essential Accessibility merges with Level Access to combine accessibility solutions
  • How startups can avoid the “Frankenstein data stack” trap
  • Five months in, details on Canada’s new Innovation and Investment Agency remain sparse
  • A|I: The AI Times – AI companies secure massive funding despite economic downturn
  • SAAS NORTH unveils speaker lineup for 2022 conference
  • Google selects Canadian startups Node, Beam.city, HumanSquad for third Black Founders accelerator
  • Clearco hands overseas business to Outfund to focus on North American market
  • LumiQ raises $5 million to expand CPA training podcast platform to US
  • S|W: The SaaS Weekly – OpenText has 
  • Shopify plans to contest $40 million Express Mobile patent infringement verdict 3 days ago  –  Express Mobile has also sued Google, Meta, and Amazon for infringing its patents. 
  • Telus acquires TSX-listed HR tech firm LifeWorks for $2.3 billion CAD
  • Learning from embedded FinTech leaders at Traction
  • H|T: The Healthtech Times – Vitalik Buterin gives financial boost to 🇨🇦 doctors tracking carbon dioxide levels
  • WonderFi to acquire Blockchain Foundry in all-stock deal
  • Information VP, National Bank invest in US FinTech FX HedgePool’s $8 million Series A round
  • Ripple Ventures promotes Dominic Lau to partner as it preps for next fund
  • Thoughtwire, Finaeo make staff cuts as Canadian tech continues to face economic headwinds
  • R|T: The Retail Times – Apple faces likelihood for DOJ lawsuit
  • Canadian-founded healthtech startup P

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  • NASA’s DART mission will smash spacecraft into a huge asteroid — here’s how to watch 10 days ago  –  On Sept. 26, 2022, NASA's DART Mission will impact an asteroid that poses no threat to Earth as humanity’s first test for planetary defence.
  • Rogers says network upgrades after outage will cost $261M, but no timeline given 11 days ago  –  Rogers Communications is set to spend $261 million to overhaul its network in an effort to prevent future outages like the one that knocked out service in July.
  • U.S. regulator questioned Twitter on how it counts fake accounts 12 days ago  –  The SEC in June asked Twitter about its methodology
  • Social media app popular with U.S. conservatives, Parler, returns to Google’s Play store 3 days ago  –  The app was launched in 2018 and styled itself as a free-speech space for those seeking an alternative to platforms such as Twitter.
  • Canadians will be among the first to test Twitter’s new edit button 4 days ago  –  The Twitter edit button will become available to Canadian subscribers of Twitter Blue, the company's paid subscription service
  • Rogers-Shaw deal approval likely to drag into summer 2023: analyst 5 days ago  –  Last month, Rogers extended the proposed deal's closing date to Dec. 31, with the option to extend it to Jan. 31, 2023, after moving it several times.
  • Officers warn about the dangers in your kid’s back-to-school photos
  • Michele Romanow’s Clearco cuts 60 more employees in latest tech sector layoffs
  • Twitter whistleblower another reason to exit deal, Elon Musk says
  • Facial recognition as Parliament Hill security tool would pose legal, privacy risks: study
  • Tech companies rethink stock options amid dipping valuation
  • Artemis space mission to moon considered ‘a stepping stone’ to Mars
  • Meta’s Facebook agrees to settle data pri

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  • River City Ransom Director Mitsuhiro Yoshida Has Died - Siliconera 15 hours ago  –  River City Ransom Director Mitsuhiro Yoshida Has Died  SiliconeraRiver City Ransom Game Creator Mitsuhiro Yoshida Passes Away  Anime News NetworkRiver City Ransom Director & Miracle Kidz President Passes Away  Nintendo LifeView
  • ASUS ROG Strix SCAR 17 SE with 12th gen i9, 240Hz display launched in India - gizmochina 15 hours ago  –  Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 Special Edition Gaming Laptop Launched in India  BeebomAsus ROG Strix Scar 17 SE review: performance for the ages | 91mobiles.com  91mobiles Hindi NewsView Full coverage on Google News
  • Five years of security updates and easy repairs for all phones, propose EU lawmakers - Android Police
  • Sony Ruins The Last of Us Part 1 Firefly Edition With Cheap Packaging - PCMag
  • Reminder: Last Chance to Claim August's PS Plus Essential PS5, PS4 Games - Push Square
     16 hours ago  –  Reminder: Last Chance to Claim August's PS Plus Essential PS5, PS4 Games  Push SquareAll new PlayStation Plus Games this September 2022  Spiel TimesHere Are Some Fun PS4, PS5 Indies Out in September 2022  PlayStation LifeStyleOne PS Plus Free Game for September 2022 is a Tease of Something Else  ...
  • Social media app Parler returns to Google's Play Store - Arab News
  • New Moto Edge 30 Neo render confirms name, Very Peri color - GSMArena.com news - GSMArena.com
  • From Moonbreaker to Aliens: Dark Descent: PETER HOSKIN reveals his highlights from Gamescom 2022 - Daily Mail
  • More people now use iPhones than Android phones in the US - Android Police
  • MSI GeForce RTX 3080 with 20GB memo
  • Lenovo Next-Gen ThinkPad X1 Fold 16″ foldable PC has a portable design & large screen area - Gadget Flow 12 hours ago  –  ASUS Zenbook 17 Fold OLED (UX9702) #Intel – Feature Review | 2022  ASUSASUS ZenBook 17 Fold OLED review: Foldable computers are finally here  The bharat express newsCtrl+Alt+Delete: IFA 2022...
  • Google Pixel 6a deal knocks it down to just $200 - Android Authority 12 hours ago  –  Google Pixel 6a deal knocks it down to just $200  Android AuthorityGoogle Pixel 6a down to $300, best price ever without a trade-in  Android PoliceHeavily discounted like-new Pixel 5 is selling quickly so get one before stock runs out  PhoneArenaThis $300 Samsung Galaxy A53 Labor Day deal is too ...
  • How 'Far Out' is Apple's next big thing? - ZDNet
  • The CosmOS is the limit for the future of smart earbuds - Android Authority
  • Dragon Quest Treasures details monster recruitment, Fortes, more - Gematsu
  • Former Sledgehammer Boss Clumsily Walks Back Pro-Crunch Comments - Kotaku
     - Kotaku 14 hours ago  –  Former Sledgehammer Boss Clumsily Walks Back Pro-Crunch Comments  KotakuCallisto Protocol director appears to glorify crunch culture, then walks it back  PC GamerThe Callisto Protocol builds on the organic scares of Alien Isolation  TechRadarThe Callisto Protocol director apologizes after appeari...
  • New Apple Exclusive Reveals Cheaper iPhone 14 Prices - Forbes
  • Xperia 5 IV Promo Videos Show Us Sony's New Compact Phone - Android Headlines
  • Xbox energy saver modes could save you up to £5 per month in the UK - The Verge
  • High On Life's Xbox Game Pass Launch
  • Returnal GDC Presentation Shows Game Running on PC - Twisted Voxel 11 hours ago  –  Returnal GDC Presentation Shows Game Running on PC  Twisted VoxelReturnal PC version seemingly all but confirmed with tech showcase at GDC 2022  Sportskeeda
  • Apple might reveal new AirPods Pro earbuds at its iPhone 14 event this week - Mashable 11 hours ago  –Apple AirPods Pro 2 to join the iPhone 14 series at this week's launch event  Notebookcheck.netAirPods Pro 2 tipped to arrive with the iPhone 14 this week at the Apple event  Tom's GuideApple AirPods Pro 2 vs Air...
  • NIS America hosting September 2022 Switch eShop sale, many games at lowest prices ever - Nintendo Everything
  • Pixel 7 Pro gets UNBOXED early! - 9to5Google
  • Redmi A1 leaks as Xiaomi's next entry-level smartphone running Android 12 (Go edition) - Notebookcheck.net
  • Let's Play Destroy All Humans 2: Reprobed (Sponsored Content) - EXTRATERRESTRIAL EUROGAMER! - Eurogamer
  • Samsung says some customer data stolen by hackers in July - ABC11
  • Microsoft Teams 1416/1.0.0.2022363703 APK is Available for Download - Optic Flux
  • The Last of Us Part 1 - Rebuilt for PS5: Tapping Into the Senses Trailer - IGN
  • Microsoft will keep Call of Duty on PlaySta

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  • AMD RDNA 3 “Navi 3X” GPUs Feature Double The Cache Per Compute Unit & Shader Array - Wccftech 7 hours ago  –  RDNA 2 iGPU on AMD Ryzen 7000 APUs to Lack Infinity Cache (L3); L1 and L0 Cache Doubled  Hardware TimesAMD Radeon RX 7700 XT RDNA 3 “Navi 32” Graphics Card Specs, Performance, Price & Availability ...
  • When will Assassin’s Creed Mirage be revealed and what to expect? - Sportskeeda 7 hours ago  –  5 ways Assassin's Creed Mirage could fix the series  Tom's GuideAssassin's Creed Mirage Could Be Extra Heartbreaking for Basim's Future  GameRantNew Assassin’s Creed Mirage Announcement Sees Speculations Regarding Retur...
  • RUMOR: Illumination's Mario movie is titled "Super Mario Bros." according to the studio's official website - GoNintendo
  • Apple Reality Pro headset is 'first of three', but holy grail may be years away - TrustedReviews
  • TikTok denies security breach after hackers claim to have records of more than a billion users - Yahoo Movies Canada
  • The GoPro Hero11 Black will reportedly have a new sensor and an old design - The Verge
  • How to Remove Tar Stains From Your Carpet - Lifehacker
  • This week's Ubisoft Forward digital showcase will "unveil the future" of Assassin's Creed - Eurogamer.net
  • Canadian Gamer Makes Nintendo N64 History That No One May Ever Achieve Again - EssentiallySports
  • Android 12L starts rolling out to the Sams
  • Apple preparing to unveil iPhone subscription service, according to report - Reseller News 19 minutes ago  –  Once-Rumored iPhone 14 Features We Aren't Expecting Anymore  MacRumorsiPhone 14 coming soon: Are you excited? | Tech It Out  WIONApple Far Out Event: How to Watch and What to Expect - IGN  IGNThe iPhone is br...
  • Bigme Pocketnote 7 with GOOGLE PLAY Review - Good e-Reader an hour ago  –  Bigme Pocketnote 7 with GOOGLE PLAY Review  Good e-Reader
  • Here's an iPhone 13 Pro wearing an iPhone 14 Pro case, alluding to bigger camera lenses - comments - GSMArena.com
  • Vivo Y22 India launch imminent, buyers to get up to Rs 1,000 cashback - gizmochina
  • Apple Watch Pro leaks in CAD-based renders - comments - GSMArena.com
  • Professional photography filter kit to elevate iPhone 13 vlogging to god level - Yanko Design
  • 2024 Ford Mustang 'Caught' in the Wild Is Nothing but a CGI Overdose - autoevolution
  • Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 vs Motorola Edge Plus (2022): Which phone is the better purchase? - XDA Developers
  • Realme Watch 3 Pro: Retailer confirms pricing and specifications ahead of imminent launch - Notebookcheck.net
  • Google rolls out update for high-severity
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