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Tech workers are turning to Canada as US immigration becomes more difficult

The tech industry in the US is booming. Foreign interest in tech jobs is not. That’s because despite the country’s acute need for highly skilled tech workers, its immigration system...

Canada pushes for action on tech giants

Everyone is familiar with the tired joke about Canadians: that if you bump into us, we apologize. Last month Facebook bumped into Canada in a big way — but rather...

Can connected technology ever become more ethical?

The importance of creating technologies with the user in mind. Thanks to advances on mobile connectivity, we are now able to connect to most devices through our mobile phones. Moving...

Canada is a leader in AI research – but that’s not enough

Discussions and debates about artificial intelligence abound today, and it has only deepened the extreme divide between developers and tech companies applauding advances, and naysayers warning about humanity’s potential destruction...

Canadian Tech Needs Redefine Its Sense of Scale

If, like me, you spend a lot of time poring over the latest in Canadian tech, chances are good that you see both the huge potential of our technology companies...

Transport Canada to study Hyperloop technology

Transport Canada wants to study the potential of hyperloop technology, a futuristic mode of high speed transportation envisioned by eccentric billionaire Elon Musk. The department put out a tender on March 27...

Let’s Talk Business: Information Technology Sector

This plays an important part in virtually every aspect of our lives. Of course, I’m talking about the information technology sector, or IT. The IT sector is made up of...

Reversing the flow of time on a quantum computer

We all mark days with clocks and calendars, but perhaps no timepiece is more immediate than a mirror. The changes we notice over the years vividly illustrate science's "arrow of...

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...