Micrologic raises $45 million for sovereign cloud services

BetaKit - Fri, 09/11/2026 - 15:55

Québec-based sovereign cloud provider aims to win more contracts across Canada.

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Q&A: Amii CEO explains why Canada’s AI literacy initiative is about agency

BetaKit - Fri, 09/11/2026 - 13:46

Cam Linke says literacy can help Canadians have difficult discussions around AI.

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CIBC commits $2 billion to financing smaller defence and dual-use businesses

BetaKit - Fri, 09/11/2026 - 11:40

Toronto-based bank joins BMO, RBC, and Canada’s other big banks in ramping up its support for defence.

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Gravity’s 23-year-old founder left Vancouver for San Francisco. One day, he hopes to come back bigger

BetaKit - Fri, 09/11/2026 - 06:00

AI adtech startup hopes to eventually parlay its $30.5-million USD Series A into a Canadian office.

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Inside the New York lab using genetic genealogy to identify 9/11 victims’ remains

Technology news (CBC) - Fri, 09/11/2026 - 04:00

Forty per cent of the 2,753 people who died at Ground Zero on 9/11 have not had their remains identified, including approximately 10 of the 24 Canadian victims. Last month, the lab announced it made its first identification of previously unknown remains using a breakthrough technique.

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Wildfires, permafrost thaw in Canada causing even more climate change, new study shows

Technology news (CBC) - Fri, 09/11/2026 - 04:00

These climate feedback loops, where climate change triggers more greenhouse gas emissions that in turn feed into even more climate change, could add 20 to 30 per cent more warming over current estimates for this century.

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Meta promotes upcoming data centre buildout at Alberta investment conference

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 17:41

Meta representative Matt Sexton spoke about the $13 billion project’s economic and social impacts.

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Wittington Ventures closes third, $180-million VC fund

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 17:36

Weston family-backed firm plans to back 15 more startups.

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What’s next for trust, innovation, and co-creation in the Canadian FinTech ecosystem?

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 15:47

Ahead of Canada FinTech Forum 2026, Mastercard’s Balinder Ahluwalia on local builders shaping future commerce.

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The tech projects Canada is selling to global investors at next week’s summit  

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 15:23

Pitchbook of investable Canadian projects spans quantum, AI data centres, and carbon capture. 

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These tiny endangered raccoons make their own toys out of trash

Technology news (CBC) - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 14:59

A new study shows pygmy raccoons in Mexico rummaging through bins for paper and other materials, crafting those scraps into balls to play with, and teaching her family members how to do the same.

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Galaxia raises $4.5 million to bring satellite computers to Canada’s space race  

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 14:00

Halifax startup developing AI-powered satellites that can process and analyze data in orbit. 

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Toronto Pearson wants to clear biometric travel for takeoff

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 11:00

The airport is testing facial verification at boarding as it prepares to handle 65 million passengers a year.

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Health study begins examining potential oilsands impacts on Fort Chipewyan

Technology news (CBC) - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 08:00

Many people in a community located more than 200 kilometres north of Fort McMurray have long believed there are links between cancers in their region and the industrial developments upstream along the Athabasca River.

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Manitoba invests $4 million to develop geothermal neighbourhood

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 07:00

The project is part of the province’s Net Zero Action Plan aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

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Waterloo Tech Week returns with new flagship events

BetaKit - Thu, 09/10/2026 - 06:00

The student-led conference features speakers from Inovia Capital, Citadel, and Garage Capital.

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AI researchers 'earnestly believe' it could kill all humans within the next decade, Anthropic employee says

Technology news (CBC) - Wed, 09/09/2026 - 21:05

There is a more than 10 per cent chance that AI could kill all humans within the next decade, a researcher at Anthropic estimated in a post, hours after social media posts went viral from someone saying they had just quit Anthropic over concerns that AI companies are “gambling with our lives” in the AI development race.

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Are AI labs “gambling with our lives”?

BetaKit - Wed, 09/09/2026 - 17:00

Yet another AI researcher has issued a staggering warning: the cutthroat race to build ever-more-powerful AI systems could wipe out humanity. The news: Jacob Coxon announced on Tuesday that he resigned from his role as a researcher at Anthropic because the AI company and its top rival, OpenAI, are “gambling with our lives.” He claimed neither company is acting responsibly when developing AI models, and are instead racing to create self-improving AI systems that humans could lose control of.  BetaKit has reached out to Anthropic and OpenAI for comment on Coxon’s posts. From the source: “The people building AI...

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Clay lands $115-million USD Series D at $7-billion valuation

BetaKit - Wed, 09/09/2026 - 16:40

Canadian-founded go-to-market startup wants to become “the AI growth engine for every company.”

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Celestica, MDA Space, Telesat among tech names on 2026 TSX30

BetaKit - Wed, 09/09/2026 - 16:10

Companies with hardware plays were Canadian tech’s only entrants, while prominent software companies fell off list.

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