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Worry about Canadian brain drain to the U.S. is a well-worn topic, but recent reports show it continues to affect our startup ecosystem. Combined with limited immigration numbers, access to highly skilled talent remains a real challenge...
BetaKit ·
Canada’s AI champion isn’t looking to become a chip champion any time soon. The news: In a conversation with Bloomberg AI reporter Rachel Metz at the ALL IN conference in Montréal on Wednesday, Aidan Gomez, CEO of Toronto-based AI...
BetaKit ·
Indigenous tech firm Animikii and the International Centre of Expertise in Montréal on Artificial Intelligence (CEIMIA) are partnering with a Manitoba First Nation to explore Indigenous data sovereignty. The news: Animikii Indigenous...
BetaKit ·
As Canada greenlights more large-scale data centre developments, an OpenAI leader says the country is an “obvious place” to look for its own project. The news: OpenAI managing director George Osborne made the remark in a conversation...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) on Sept. 16 issued new guidance to help federal agencies, critical infrastructure operators, and other organizations use cyber decoys to detect attackers operating inside their...
BetaKit ·
A new Canadian technology company with links to a16z, Super.com , and the University of Toronto (U of T) has emerged to bring agentic AI to the home. The news: Toronto- and San Francisco-based Orbits announced on Wednesday that it has...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Defense Department is moving to replace many government-unique contractor accounting requirements with commercial standards as part of a broader effort to increase competition, reduce compliance burdens, and accelerate acquisition....
News – MeriTalk ·
A bipartisan group of 10 House lawmakers is urging congressional leaders to quickly advance legislation establishing artificial intelligence (AI) guardrails following recent incidents involving advanced AI models that they said have...
BetaKit ·
Toronto-based MaRS spinout Amplify Capital has closed its third impact-focused venture capital (VC) fund focused on climate, health, and work technology startups. Managing partner Kathryn Wortsman and partner Craig Hunter revealed to...
GeekWire ·
The Doolan-Larson House and Storefronts in San Francisco, a potential future KEXP location. Hendley) Seattle independent radio station KEXP is exploring the possibility of building out a second physical home — far from its beloved base...
BetaKit ·
Artificial intelligence is shrinking the amount of time, labour, and code required for software companies to experiment, but it is also raising questions around what work then qualifies for research and development (R&D) tax credits....
BetaKit ·
European FinTech Wise has launched a chequing account for Canadians, the company announced earlier this week. The news: Wise announced the launch on Sept. 14, saying the chequing account would include features like free e-transfer...
GeekWire ·
The Ravel team at its Seattle pilot facility in March 2025, from left: Forest Davis, process development scientist; John Goods, co-founder and chief technologist; Zahlen Titcomb, co-founder and CEO; Zack Wolford, research engineer; and...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Schneider Electric is aware of a vulnerability in its Modicon M340 https://www.se.com/ww/en/product-range/1468-modicon-m340-pac/ , BMXNOR0200H...
CISA Alerts · · Critical severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of these vulnerabilities could allow unauthorized access to telemetry data and firmware. The following versions of Bransys ELD are affected: Android <11.00.00 (CVE-2026-86520, CVE-2026-86689,...
CISA Alerts ·
View CSAF Summary Hitachi Energy is aware of vulnerabilities that affect the FACTS Control systems with GWS component listed in this document. An attacker exploiting these vulnerabilities can cause impact on confidentiality, integrity...
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
View CSAF Summary Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a local attacker to successfully authenticate even with an invalid block password by executing the affected product and modify part of the executable module in...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Medium severity
The investigation comes at a time of heightened vigilance over U.S. port facilities and maritime security.
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
Misconfigurations remain widespread in the manufacturing sector, including internet-accessible remote-access software, a new report found.
BetaKit ·
Earlier this year, AVSS Co-Founder and CEO Josh Ogden warned that Canada was at risk of becoming a country of drone subsidiaries, rather than drone builders. He has observed the country’s drone industry becoming ever more dependent on...
GeekWire ·
Saad Nadeem, co-founder of Seattle startup Local Crew. (Photo courtesy of Saad Nadeem) Saad Nadeem doesn’t have any professional background in home improvement. But like any self-respecting weekend warrior, his experiences as a...
News – MeriTalk ·
The Office of Personnel Management (OPM) used governmentwide OneGov deals to give every employee access to six artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, and more than 70% of its workforce actively uses at least one, according to OPM CIO...
BetaKit ·
Wireless phone service provider TextNow announced it has earned $1 billion USD in cumulative revenue since launching in 2009. The Waterloo- and San Francisco-headquartered company provides free and low-cost cellular voice and data plans...
GeekWire ·
Antfly co-founders James McDermott, left, and AJ Roetker. (Photos courtesy of Antfly) Antfly , a Portland startup building software to streamline how artificial intelligence systems access corporate data, announced Thursday that it has...
BetaKit ·
Calgary cleantech company Cura has closed a $10-million USD ($14-million CAD) fundraise that it says will accelerate commercial development and scale its footprint near Taber, Alta. “There’s four trillion in sunk assets in this...
GeekWire ·
(Oracle Photo) Oracle is laying off 359 employees in Washington state — its second significant job cuts this year — according to a filing Wednesday with the state Employment Security Department. The cuts affect remote employees across...
News – MeriTalk ·
The House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs served subpoenas compelling two top Oracle executives to testify about the Department of Veterans Affairs’ (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) contract after the department raised...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Acronis Backup Incorrect Default Permissions Vulnerability. Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM and extension for Plesk contains an incorrect default permissions vulnerability that could allow for privilege escalation. Required...
News – MeriTalk ·
There is still no broad agreement within government or the technology industry about how to regulate increasingly capable artificial intelligence (AI) systems, according to a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) technology manager who...
News – MeriTalk ·
Greg Casar, D-Texas, is calling for the United States government to end what he described as an artificial intelligence (AI) arms race. He said the federal government should set limits on frontier development rather than leave those...
CISA KEV · · Critical severity
Cisco Identity Services Engine Incorrect Use of Privileged APIs Vulnerability. Cisco Identity Services Engine (ISE) and Cisco ISE Passive Identity Connector (ISE-PIC) contain an incorrect use of privileged APIs vulnerability that could...
News – MeriTalk ·
Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said on Sept. military must adapt quickly to a new kind of conflict in which artificial intelligence (AI), autonomous systems, cyber capabilities, and other technologies are reshaping...
BetaKit ·
As the national focus turns to catalyzing investment capital for Canada, Toronto-based P o rtage has raised hundreds of millions of dollars to back more FinTech startups at home and abroad. The news: The FinTech investor closed its...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News · · Critical severity
Researchers warn the vulnerability could be used by state-linked actors for espionage.
CISA Alerts · · Medium severity
CISA developed this guidance to help defensive teams at varying levels of cybersecurity maturity plan and implement cyber decoy strategies that strengthen their detection and response capabilities. Many organizations struggle to detect...
Cybersecurity Dive - Latest News ·
“I need people that can pivot from day to day,” the agency’s acting chief told reporters.
GeekWire ·
Taylor Brugh, Microsoft sustainability markets partnerships & ops lead, at Tuesday’s CoMotion Labs Climate Tech Incubator Demo Day, where the data center-focused program was announced. (CoMotion Photo) As public concern grows about the...
BetaKit ·
LawZero, the non-profit organization founded by Canadian Turing Award winner Yoshua Bengio, has secured $300 million CAD from the Canadian and German governments to help create “safe AI for humanity.” The startup, which is developing...
BetaKit ·
Cohere is one step closer to combining with its German peer Aleph Alpha to rival American competitors OpenAI and Anthropic. The news: At the ALL IN conference in Montréal on Wednesday, Cohere CEO Aidan Gomez announced that his company...
BetaKit · · Medium severity
Leading researchers say that quantum computers will eventually be powerful enough to crack current encryption methods , making all kinds of sensitive company and personal data vulnerable to cybersecurity breaches. Though they disagreed...
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