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Mark Carney runs into backlash over push to build Canadian data centres
2+ hour, 12+ min ago (1065+ words) Carney and other government officials have also presented data centres as an opportunity to bolster Canada’s digital sovereignty The data centre backlash that has gripped U.S. politics is spreading north, complicating Prime Minister Mark Carney’s efforts to attract investment in…...
Gen Z entrepreneur builds connections with snail mail club
18+ hour, 30+ min ago (511+ words) Kiki Klassen taps into the slow hobby movement, growing business from her Ontario home If texts and emails are the equivalent of fast food, then personalized snail mail is like a homemade meal. You can anticipate its arrival, savour each…...
U.S. judge rejects bid to break up Google’s ad business
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (494+ words) A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday refused to force Google to sell a division of its digital advertising business, rejecting the government’s push to break up part of the company’s ad empire. In a court order, U.S. District Court Judge…...
Canada Post won’t say who builds Canada’s mailboxes
2+ week, 2+ day ago (567+ words) Canada Post is installing community mailboxes for four million addresses and says the supplier is Canadian but will not name it, or say where the boxes are made A Montreal manufacturer bid to build Canada’s community mailboxes and lost. It…...
Ottawa to scrap base contribution requirement for large U.S. streamers and replace it with government funding
1+ mon, 6+ day ago (1034+ words) OTTAWA — The Liberal government is planning to direct its broadcasting and telecommunications regulator to “eliminate” the five per cent base contribution requirements for large U.S. streamers that has been tied up in court. Recent correspondence from the Federal Court…...
Daters, swiping right is dying, and your next match could be with an AI chatbot
1+ mon, 3+ week ago (826+ words) Sarah Lauren Semkowski was in Toronto and on Hinge when she noticed the conversations were going nowhere. Matches stalled in the app and rarely became dates. So she stopped using it. “It’s kind of a waste of time to be…...
New privacy roll-out means Whatsapp users won’t have to share their phone numbers
2+ mon, 4+ day ago (357+ words) Instead users will exchange messages using their chosen usernames WhatsApp has launched a major privacy update that will let people chat without revealing their phone numbers. Instead, they will be exchanging messages using their usernames, reports the BBC. The platform…...
Ottawa has new powers to ban Chinese telecom companies. It says it’s not planning to use them
2+ mon, 1+ week ago (633+ words) OTTAWA — The federal government has no plans to use its new cyber legislation to ban two Chinese telecommunications equipment companies from Canadian networks, even though Ottawa has described the new law as critical to national security. But at a time…...
Bilingualism helps, but English rules in Quebec's tech sector
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (524+ words) Like many of the city's Internet startups, Woozworld is located on the Main, the symbolic dividing line between English and French. It's a fitting place for Montreal's mostly bilingual entrepreneurial community. Despite the fact French and English have equal billing…...
Maps shows where Canada Post is converting almost 500,000 more addresses to community mailboxes
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (424+ words) Citing its 'deteriorating financial situation,' Canada Post says the shift to community mailboxes is urgent Nearly 500,000 Canadian addresses will lose home delivery as Canada Post forges ahead with conversions to community mailboxes. In an announcement made on Thursday, the crown…...