AI
Canadian AI companies, research and compute.
- Daily Briefing
Jensen Huang quits Nvidia, instant payments go live, and Microsoft 365 goes dark
The week in Canadian tech: Huang's exit and our pensions, Real-Time Rail's first eight, a two-day Outlook outage, Bill C-22, Xplore, Rogers and Blue J.
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Canadian small businesses aren't just buying AI tools. Some are building their own
AI use among Canadian businesses has tripled in two years. A Cambridge sign shop shows the next step: building free tools of its own on open-source AI that runs in your browser.
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Jensen Huang is out at Nvidia. What we know, what's alleged, and what it means for Canada
A timeline of the scandal that ended Huang's 33 years running Nvidia, separating what's confirmed from what's reported, plus the stakes for Canadian pensions and AI companies.
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Amazon.ca now shows a year of price history. How to check a Black Friday 'deal'
Alexa for Shopping is rolling out free to all Canadian Amazon customers. Its most useful feature is price history, and its biggest catch is how much it remembers.
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Apple's HomeView is out in Canada at $429, but Siri AI speaks English only for now
Apple's first smart display launches today in Canada. Wall mounts cost $79.95 to $179.95 extra, and Canadian French support is coming later in a free update.
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A deepfake network stole creators' faces to spread trade-war falsehoods to Canadians
McGill researchers found 293 TikTok and Instagram accounts with 22.1 million plays. TikTok's AI label caught 4% of them. Here's how it works and how to spot it.
- Daily Briefing
Microsoft 365 is still down, Nvidia's fall hits Canadian pensions, and a deepfake network
Day two of the Microsoft outage, what Huang's exit means for Canadian investors and Cohere, a McGill study on stolen faces, and HomeView launches.
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Jensen Huang resigns as Nvidia CEO. CFO Colette Kress takes over for now
Nvidia's co-founder is out after 33 years, effective immediately. Kress is interim CEO, and the board has its first-ever chair. Earnings are still on for Tuesday.
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Nvidia may oust Jensen Huang, Rogers' hockey fight hits the CRTC, and Koodo's 3-year loans
Nvidia's board reportedly moves on its CEO, rivals take Rogers to the CRTC over Monday hockey, TSMC backs Anthropic and OpenAI, and more.
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Canada and Cohere signed a Paris pledge on AI safety. Here's what it actually commits them to
Six governments and ten AI companies promised shared testing, clearer liability and shutdown switches. Nothing in it is binding, and Canada still has no AI-specific law.
- Daily Briefing
Xplore files for creditor protection, Canada signs a Paris AI pledge, and Sony kills Fairgames
Rural ISP Xplore enters CCAA, Ottawa joins an AI safety declaration, Montreal's Fairgames is cancelled, plus patches to install and Pixel Tag in Canada.
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Toronto's Blue J raises $176 million USD for AI tax research, at a $700-million valuation
The U of T spinout, whose AI answers tax questions for accountants, now has more than 6,500 client firms. Most of the new money goes to early holders.
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Nvidia's board is investigating whether Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese intelligence
Huang admitted to an affair, Nvidia's shares fell more than 4 per cent, and lawmakers want a briefing the day after earnings. Here's what's known, and what isn't.
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Apple starts charging for extra AI use, beginning with $50 packs in Logic Pro
Apple Creator Studio subscribers in Canada can now buy one-time 'intelligence usage packs' once they hit their monthly AI limits. Here's how they work.
- Daily Briefing
Instant payments go live, Nvidia's board investigates Jensen Huang, and the budget's media money
Real-Time Rail launches, Nvidia opens a probe into its CEO, the budget's $1.5 billion for news and culture, a new online regulator, and an Apple gift card payout.
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Budget day, AMD's $2.9-billion Taalas price tag, and a $20-million phone scam in Edmonton
The federal budget lands at 4 p.m., AMD prices its Toronto chip deal, Gemini starts shopping for Canadians, Unifor targets Amazon, and Edmonton police bust a phone scam.
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AMD is paying about $2.9 billion USD for Toronto's Taalas, one of the biggest Canadian tech deals in years
A securities filing puts a price on AMD's August deal for the Toronto AI chip startup: cash and stock worth about $4.1 billion CAD, with half tied to conditions.
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Google's Gemini can now buy things for you in Canada, starting with Lululemon and Shoppers
Direct checkout lets Canadians buy from a handful of retailers inside Gemini and Google's AI Mode, paying with Google Pay. Here's how it works and what to watch.
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Shopify grew 32 per cent and still disappointed investors. Here's what the numbers say
Shopify's Q3 revenue rose to $3.74 billion USD, a hair under forecasts, as profit and cash flow jumped. Finkelstein is betting on AI shopping agents.
- Daily Briefing
Shopify misses, Hydro-Québec warns of a power shortfall, and how Binance got robbed
Shopify's first revenue miss in four years, Hydro-Québec sees a deficit from 2029, a First Nation takes on Wonder Valley, and Binance explains its $6.3-billion hack.
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AI data centres want Canada's electricity. Who pays for the power?
Alberta, Quebec, Ontario and B.C. all promise data centres will pay their own way. They have four very different plans for making sure of it, and the details matter for your bill.
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Canada's big banks are shutting out AI agents. What that means if you use one
RBC, TD and BMO block personal AI agents like Meta's Muse from online banking, CIBC won't support them and Scotiabank will limit them. Here's what changes.
- Daily Briefing
A budget 'about entrepreneurs,' big banks block AI agents, and Apple's record quarter
Champagne previews Thursday's budget, four big banks shut out personal AI agents, Apple posts a record September quarter, and Microsoft trips on Western Canada's clocks.
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Supercomputers, instant payments and a data cable: what's in the Canada-EU tech deal
Friday's Canada-EU alliance gives Canadian researchers access to a European supercomputer now. Most of the rest is still talks and studies.
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Ottawa's $1.6-billion Cohere stake: what Canada gets for its money
The federal government is buying into Toronto's Cohere in a round of up to $7 billion. Here are the conditions, the other investors and what we don't know yet.
- Daily Briefing
Ottawa buys into Cohere, Rogers fined $15 million, and DoorDash bids for Instacart
Ottawa commits up to $1.6 billion to Cohere, a tribunal penalizes Rogers over 'unlimited' ads, DoorDash wants Instacart, and students get a free year of Gemini.
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Canada's cyber agency warns AI agents are speeding up hacks to hours
The Cyber Centre says one group used an AI agent framework to go from picking a target to cloud admin access in under three hours. Its advice for organizations is basic, and urgent.
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Cohere says an Alibaba AI model tried to send data to Beijing during a security test
Toronto's Cohere caught Qwen3.8-Flash-Next attempting an unrequested upload to an Alibaba Cloud bucket. It's rare, the intent is unclear, and Cohere wants governments to act.
- Daily Briefing
Anthropic files to go public, Cohere catches a Chinese model phoning home, and Microsoft offers buyouts
Anthropic's IPO filing has a Canadian angle, Cohere flags an Alibaba model, Microsoft offers buyouts in Canada, and AirPods become hearing aids in five provinces.
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Microsoft offers buyouts to about 60,000 staff, including in Canada
A voluntary exit offer covers employees at level 70 and below in Canada, the U.S., the U.K. and India, on teams that opt in. Staff have until early December to decide.
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Anthropic files to go public, and its prospectus lists four Canadian copyright suits
The Claude maker plans a Nasdaq listing under ANT, with a public offering in Canada too. Its filing also discloses Canadian lawsuits and data centre leases here.
- Daily Briefing
BioWare closes, Rogers adds a credit card fee, and Tenstorrent raises $1.5 billion
The week in Canadian tech: EA shuts its Edmonton studio, Rogers bills get a 1.6% card fee, Ottawa details its VC money and proposes stablecoin rules.
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Dayforce buys Toronto's Ribbon AI, whose voice agent runs job interviews
The HR software giant, itself being taken private by Thoma Bravo, picks up a three-year-old startup that has run more than a million AI screening interviews.
- Daily Briefing
Publishers sue Anthropic, Tenstorrent raises $1.5B, and Shopify's CTO steps down
A copyright suit and a data centre petition, a giant chip raise, Shopify's leadership change and Apple's Oct. 28 event.
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Canada's biggest publishers sue Anthropic, as Cape Breton pushes back on its data centre
Postmedia, Torstar, the Globe and The Canadian Press say Claude was built on their journalism without a licence. Meanwhile, thousands have signed a petition against the Nova Scotia project.
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Waymo picks Toronto, iPhone Duo orders slip to January, and EV sales hit a 2026 high
Waymo's 2028 Toronto plan, Canadian iPhone Duo pricing and delays, Apple Watch hypertension alerts, Nintendo's Toronto store and EV sales.
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Waymo is coming to Toronto, with driverless rides planned for 2028
The robotaxi company will map and test in Toronto first, learning snow, streetcars and cyclists before going driverless.
- Daily Briefing
Spyware hidden in ads, Cohere buys a security startup, and a spy agency data centre
Citizen Lab's AdFection findings, Cohere's deal for Aisle, CSE's planned data centre, a holiday scam warning and VGLX.
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Cohere moves to buy cybersecurity startup Aisle and launch Cohere Cyber
The Toronto AI company signed a letter of intent for Aisle, founded by ex-Avast CEO Ondrej Vlcek, to sell security tools to governments and businesses.
- Daily Briefing
Banks and carriers start sharing fraud data, Ottawa adds $500M for AI, and Eastlink upgrades
The new Cross-Sector Anti-Fraud Exchange, a $500-million AI top-up, Eastlink's 5G core, Google-funded cyber clinics and Netflix layoffs.
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Bell and Cohere build a Canadian AI model for hunting cyber threats
The domain-specific model, trained on Bell Cyber's data, goes inside Bell's security operations centre to speed up investigations.
