(Reuters) – According to the Financial Times, top Chinese enterprises are training their artificial intelligence models abroad in order to gain access to Nvidia processors and evade US sanctions aimed at limiting their growth in sophisticated technology. According to the article, Alibaba and ByteDance are among the tech companies trainingContinue Reading
PARIS (Reuters) – On Thursday, the French antitrust authority dismissed a lawsuit filed against Microsoft by local search engine Qwant, accusing the US corporation of abusing its dominating position. The Autorite de la Concurrence, as the watchdog is called, stated that Qwant failed to present evidence sufficiently persuasive to supportContinue Reading
For the past two years, LinkedIn has been attempting to incorporate AI into many elements of its platform, such as ad text, content production, tailored updates, recruiting help, job seeking advice, and learning resources. The firm is finally bringing AI to one of its most popular features: search. Earlier thisContinue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) — Apple (AAPL.O) announced Thursday that it will decrease commissions for “mini apps” on iPhones and other devices. Apple’s App Store charges up to 30% in fees for digital transactions. Under the scheme unveiled Thursday, that rate would be reduced to 15% for makers of micro appsContinue Reading
Washington (Reuters) – United Airlines said on Monday that the Federal Aviation Administration has cleared the first Starlink-equipped aircraft type, with the maiden commercial flight scheduled for May. The FAA has awarded a Supplemental Type Certificate for the Embraer 175, and the airline anticipates the first commercial flight to beContinue Reading
This year, New Brunswick issued 416 Invitations to Apply (ITA), with 86 issued during the month of April. The number of ITAs granted in the province in April was down 53.8 percent from the 186 issued in March and 40.3 percent from the 144 issued in February. The bilingual provinceContinue Reading
Canada’s Bill C-13 is on its way to the Senate after passing the House of Commons, putting its goal of encouraging francophone immigration into law. Under the proposed legislation, Canada’s immigration minister would be required by law to do something that the present government is already doing: maintain the vibrancyContinue Reading
LONDON (Reuters) – The Business Development Bank of Canada has co-led a C$30 million ($23.98 million) fundraising round for Manifest Climate, a software start-up that helps businesses analyse and disclose environmental risk. Previous investors in Toronto-based Manifest, including OMERS Ventures and Golden Ventures, joined the BDC Capital Women in TechnologyContinue Reading
The strike and lockout at the University of Lethbridge technically concluded at midnight on Tuesday, but the consequences of the almost six-week work stoppage are influencing how the rest of the semester will unfold. Students will return to class on Wednesday morning after being absent since February 10. What wasContinue Reading
It seemed eerily similar to 2012 in downtown Montreal Tuesday afternoon, when over 1,000 students marched through the streets demanding free university tuition. The protest came ten years to the day after the largest protest of the 2012 Maple Spring. Montreal students went again on strike, this time donning redContinue Reading