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Wearable ‘Ai Pin’ launched by Humane, backed by ex-Apple execs and Microsoft
FILE PHOTO: Artificial Intelligence words are seen in this illustration taken March 31, 2023. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
opinion
Silicon Valley investors want ‘corporate cities,’ but they should learn from history
Gus Carlson
opinion
The pandemic-led decline in office dress codes is good for diversity and inclusion
Karl Oczkowski
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Silicon Valley VCs rush into defence technology start-ups
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Silicon Valley start-ups race for debt deals in funding crunch
FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: Smartphone with displayed Instacart logo is seen in this illustration taken March 25, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo/File Photo
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Has working from home killed the office dress code for good?
A midsection of unrecognizable teenage girl with a dog sitting on a sofa indoors, working on a laptop.
report on business
Wealthsimple offers group retirement savings plan clients access to cryptocurrency portfolio
A Wealthsimple Trade app icon is shown on a smartphone on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020.  THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jesse Johnston
technology
Rent-a-robot: Silicon Valley’s new answer to the labour shortage in smaller U.S. factories
A Rapid Robotics robot moves products inside a Westec Plastics Corp warehouse in Livermore, California, U.S. on August 19, 2021. Picture taken August 19, 2021. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino
opinion
Is Canada in line to be the next Silicon Valley?
Chris Albinson
report on business
Stepping on the gas: Canadian online car selling platform Clutch secures $60-million to build national platform
Dan Park (left), CEO of Clutch, a Canadian startup that is an online marketplace for buying cars, is photographed with Stephen Seibel, COO and Founder, with their delivery flat-bed truck, in Toronto, on Fri., March, 19, 2021. (Christopher Katsarov/The Globe and Mail)
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After year of reset expectations, D-Wave secures $40-million from Ottawa for quantum computing
The quantum computers that can be bought today are made by D-Wave Systems Inc., a 16-year-old Canadian company that has raised $174-million from backers, including Goldman Sachs.
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Digital carbon-offset platform Patch attracts support from venture capitalists
Birdwatchers wear jackets at the Elsie Roemer Bird Sanctuary on Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2019, in Alameda, Calif. San Francisco skyline is seen in background. Snow is falling on cacti in southern Arizona, while Anchorage is seeing balmy weather - at least by Alaska standards. The weather appears to be flipped throughout much of the West. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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Ottawa’s Mistral raising nearly $50-million fund to capitalize on post-COVID opportunities
Ottawa's skyline is seen along the Ottawa River July 21, 2015 in Ottawa. DAVE CHAN FOR THE GLOBE AND MAIL
technology
More than 200 Google employees unionize, marking a landmark moment for labour in Silicon Valley
FILE -- Google's main campus in Mountain View, Calif., Sept. 12, 2017. Google on Nov. 25, 2019, fired four employees who had been active in labor organizing at the company, according to a memo that was seen by The New York Times. (Christie Hemm Klok/The New York Times)
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Element AI hands out pink slips hours after announcement of sale to U.S.-based ServiceNow
A hallway and conference room at the company offices of Element AI in Montreal on Dec. 19, 2018.
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VC industry warns of ‘severely weakened’ innovation sector if Ottawa doesn’t back tech startups
Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association new CEO, Kim Furlong. handout photo
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Power unit Wealthsimple raises $114-million from venture capital giants, valuation tops $1-billion
Power unit Wealthsimple raises $114-million from venture capital giants
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D-Wave Systems unveils new hardware, business model in race to commercialize quantum computing
On Tuesday, D-Wave rolled out the latest edition of its hardware, a quantum computer chip that the company says it has re-engineered from the ground up.
technology
RBC claims small piece of Shopify’s underwriting bounty as Wall Street banks dominate
The Shopify office in Toronto on February 12, 2020. Chris Donovan/The Globe and Mail
analysis
In my years covering the California wildfires, I’ve seen – and felt –the toll they take
Firefighters watch as they burn a fireline near the Bear Fire in Oroville, Calif., Sept. 10, 2020. Officials dealing with catastrophic fires on the West Coast have had to counter social media rumors that the blazes were set by antifascist activists, publicly pleading that people verify information before sharing it. (Max Whittaker/The New York Times)
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Toronto quantum computer startup Xanadu eyes $100-million funding after launching online service
***please use no smaller than three columns ***. Christian Weedbrook, founder of the quantum technologies company, Xanadu, listens in as Varun Vaidya, left, demonstrates the working principle of one of the building blocks of quantum computers, at their office in Toronto on Thursday, June 20, 2019. Tijana Martin/ The Globe and Mail
opinion
What coding really teaches children
Clive Thompson
report on business
Canadian tech executives urge skilled immigrants to come here as Trump expands U.S. visa halt
Employees work at the Shopify office in Toronto on February 12, 2020. Chris Donovan/The Globe and Mail
world
Trump threatens to remove ‘shield’ protecting social-media giants from liability for online content
U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters about an executive order regarding social media companies as Attorney General Bill Barr listens, in the Oval Office of the White House, on May 28, 2020.
careers
As remote work rises, Canada is poised to become an even more popular option for U.S. employers
In this April 23, 2020 photo, Silvina Moschini, owner of TransparentBusiness, demonstrates how to use her platform in Surfside, Fla. The Argentine entrepreneur who created the virtual job platform in 2007, which gives companies real time supervision of remote workers, helps coordinate teams and creates cost projections, says her business has grown 500% since the start of COVID-19. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee)
opinion
The Silicon Valley innovation playbook needs to change
Alexandre Lazarow
report on business
PayPal’s Paul Parisi named new head of Silicon Valley Bank in Canada
Paul Parisi is general manager of PayPal Canada.
canada
‘It’s not our priority right now’: Trudeau deflects call for tech companies to share ad revenue
‘It’s not our priority right now’: Trudeau deflects call for tech companies to share ad revenue
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Toronto AI chatbot provider Ada Support raises $44-million as usage spikes during pandemic
Robot hands and fingers point to laptop button advisor chatbot robotic artificial intelligence concept
world
‘We’re in a dead end’: Northern California adjusts to coronavirus lockdown
A sign announcing that gatherings are suspended is posted in front of the Cultural Integration Fellowship on March 17, 2020, in San Francisco.
rob magazine
Innovator of the year: Dax Dasilva’s Lightspeed delivers data-driven solutions while humanizing the technology
CEO of the Year 2019; Innovator: Dax Dasilva
analysis
The Lyft IPO shows how tech CEOs gain power before profit
The Lyft <LYFT.O> Driver Hub is seen in Los Angeles, California, U.S., March 20, 2019. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson
growth
Andreessen Horowitz picks Canadian woman as general partner
Andreessen Horowitz has promoted Ottawa native Angela Strange to general partner.
opinion
How to sustain Canada’s brain gain
Jean-Michel Lemieux, Bruce Dorland and Inmar Givoni