Tesla owners are finding ways to distance themselves from CEO Elon Musk after his controversial involvement with the U.S. government has sparked anger towards the California-based automaker. Tesla owners across North America are reporting swastikas and other anti-Musk messages spray painted on their vehicles as a way to protest against the South African-Canadian businessman. To…
The Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) has named Canadian artificial intelligence (AI) leader Richard Sutton and his American colleague Andrew Barto as the recipients of the 2024 ACM AM Turing Award for their work developing the foundations of reinforcement learning (RL). Sutton is a professor of computer science at the University of Alberta and a…
Apple’s best-selling laptop just got better with the ultra-snappy M4 chip and a few other small upgrades. This builds on last year’s announcement that all Macs come with 16GB of RAM, making the MacBook Air great for most people. The M4 chip improves upon the M3 by adding two more cores to both the CPU…
Alongside the new M4 MacBook Air, Apple is adding more power to the Mac Studio. You can now pre-order versions with either the M4 Max or the M3 Ultra chipset. Both new models include Thunderbolt 5 ports, but you can spec them a little differently. The M4 Max version can handle up to 128GB of…
The Government of British Columbia has made its Interactive Digital Media Tax Credit (IDMTC) permanent and increased it from 17.5 to 25 percent. The increase, which will go into effect in September 2025, was announced as part of the province’s 2025 budget. This sort of funding aids those working in the video game, VR/AR and…
When Canada announced on Friday, January 10, that it was winding down its federal EV incentive program, it kicked off a weekend of EV buying across the country, especially in Quebec. On Friday, the government claimed there was $71 million left in the account, and by Monday, the account was closed. After announcing that the…
Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify has launched a new feature to help merchants set up and design their store using artificial intelligence (AI). The company announced the feature launch in a post on X, coinciding with another post from Shopify president Harley Finkelstein explaining how it works. In a video, Finkelstein explained that merchants can describe…
Virgin Plus is the latest wireless provider in Canada to artificially increase prices by adding an automatic payment discount to plans. The Bell-owned provider’s website now states that prices include a $10/mo autopay credit. However, Virgin hasn’t changed its plan prices, which means that the actual cost of plans has increased. Virgin’s current plan offerings…
Google is working on a more intelligent, contextual assistant called Pixel Sense. Pixel Sense, previously rumoured to be called ‘Pixie,’ is reportedly an on-device assistant for Google Pixel devices. Last year, rumours suggested that it would be on the Pixel 9 series, but Google was tight-lipped about the new app, and it’s now going to make…
Two Winnipeg-based tech hubs are merging to launch a new non-profit and a new funding program for early-stage startups. Both organizations will continue to offer their current programs to fulfill existing funding agreements. The new organization, Manitoba Innovates, aims to energize the province’s tech ecosystem and is the joint product of local accelerators Tech Manitoba…