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Rokid AI glasses have come to Canada

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Rokid AI glasses have come to Canada

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Rokid’s artificial intelligence (AI)-powered smart eyewear is now available in Canada through an exclusive partnership with Markham, Ont.-based Ming’s Optical.

CIBC introduces first agentic AI banking workspace

CIBC announced its proprietary agentic AI workspace, CIBC AI 2.0 (CAI 2.0), the first of its kind in Canadian banking. CAI 2.0 puts agentic AI into the hands of team members for productivity gains and to complete complex tasks.

Celestica $3B equity offering to advance AI infra

Celestica Inc. (CLS-T), a leader in data centre infrastructure and advanced technology solutions, announced an equity offering totaling $3 billion, in order to fund investments in its business to support unprecedented multi-year demand from its customer base.

White Star Capital closes $350-million global fund

White Star Capital has closed its fourth global venture capital (VC) fund at $350 million, with backing from a number of Canadian and European investors, as the firm hopes to continue delivering strong returns amid a tough fundraising landscape.

Intellistake signs $17M defence AI acquisition for NanoAi

Intellistake Technologies Corp., a technology company developing software using AI, blockchain and digital-asset infrastructure, has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire NanoAi Technologies Inc. which has developed proprietary standoff detection devices.

The Coldcard hack that's stolen over $100M in bitcoin

If you're a bitcoin user, then you may be familiar with Coldcard — a bitcoin-only hardware wallet and the latest target of a data breach. Hackers reportedly drained more than US$100-million of bitcoin from Coldcard hard wallets.

Shopify reports higher profit in Q2 from a year ago

Shopify reported a profit of US$1.5 billion for its second quarter, up from US$906 million in the same quarter of 2025. Shopify — which keeps its books in U.S. dollars — reported revenue of US$3.58 billion.

Spotify forecasts weak profit as user growth slows

Spotify forecast third-quarter profit below Wall Street estimates on Tuesday, after the streaming giant reported slowing user growth in major markets of Europe and North America, driving shares nearly four per cent lower in premarket trading.

Advisors say 'show me' as AI, tech giants report earnings

As the world's largest technology companies report earnings, financial advisors are focused on whether AI spending is translating into durable results. Polling from Fidelity Investments Canada ULC during recent FidelityConnects webcasts, revealed big questions from financial advisors regarding AI trades. 

Google shakes up AI leadership with departures, moves

Google parent company Alphabet (GOOGL-Q) announced a leadership overhaul of its AI division, with AI chief Demis Hassabis leaving his main managerial role and several leaders of its Gemini model, including veteran engineer Jeff Dean, departing the company.

Hackers are calling financial firm employees: Google

In age of AI-powered autonomous cyberattacks, the crude, tried, tested hacking techniques of tricking victims into doing things they shouldn’t are still producing great results. Groups of unknown hackers are targeting and breaking into large financial firms in the U.S.

Meta apologizes to India for restricting PM Modi’s post

Meta Platforms’ chief global affairs officer Joel Kaplan apologized to India’s Information Technology Minister for briefly restricting a post by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in July. India’s Information and Technology Ministry summoned Meta executives when Facebook restricted the post.

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