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Apple co-founder says Elon Musk is taking a ‘sledgehammer’ to government agencies

Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple, is criticizing Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE). Wozniak spoke to CNBC and said that Musk’s approach is like taking a “sledgehammer” to government agencies after the department implemented mass firings. “I definitely think that we should look for inefficiencies in government, but pretty much have a huge department…

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Healthtech Connex snags $3.7 million from PacifiCan to help measure brain health  

Healthtech Connex snags $3.7 million from PacifiCan to help measure brain health  

The Pacific Economic Development Agency of Canada (PacifiCan) has announced $18.3 million in funding to help seven British Columbia (BC)-based companies grow.  Life sciences firm HealthTech Connex, one of the largest recipients, will get more than $3.7 million. The company makes a brain imaging device, the NeuroCatch Platform, which it claims can evaluate cognitive function…

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Facit and OBIO reveal first cohort of women founders working on health and cancer innovation with WeSEED

Facit and OBIO reveal first cohort of women founders working on health and cancer innovation with WeSEED

Oncology innovation accelerator FACIT and the Ontario Bioscience Innovation Organization (OBIO) have revealed the first group of startups to benefit from the Women’s Synergistic Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (WeSEED) program.  The program was born from a partnership struck by the two Ontario life science innovation hubs last year to help women STEM (science, technology, engineering,…

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China, Russia ‘very likely’ to use AI to try and disrupt next election: CSE

China, Russia ‘very likely’ to use AI to try and disrupt next election: CSE

A new report says cybercriminals linked to China, Russia and Iran are using generative AI tools like deepfakes to spread disinformation and target elections around the world. Canada, Politics, Tech, World, Artificial Intelligence, canada election, foreign interference : Tech ​A new report says cybercriminals linked to China, Russia and Iran are using generative AI tools like deepfakes…

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Trump pauses tariffs on Canada… again

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday that he would pause tariffs on Canadian goods for a month. While the reprieve is welcome, the events of the last week show just how damaging tariffs could be for both countries. The continued uncertainty around the tariffs won’t help matters. And in a news conference on Thursday,…

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