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Lightspeed targets larger retailers with ShipStation shipping deal
Lightspeed targets larger retailers with ShipStation
Lightspeed Commerce Inc. (LSPD-T) has partnered with ShipStation to help retailers ship more orders from their store shelves as the Montreal-based company pursues larger customers and a bigger share of their online sales.
Flock backlash isn't slowing real estate surveillance boom
Local governments around the U.S. are in the midst of a debate around privacy and security as the prevalence of surveillance provider Flock Safety cameras. Commercial real estate is brimming with a growing menu of artificial intelligence-driven video surveillance solutions.
Buy Canadian scanner apps have exploded online
One app tells you a bottle of Heinz tomato ketchup is prepared in Canada, another deems it partially Canadian, while a third calls it “not Canadian-owned.” It can be difficult to discern which products are truly Canadian and which aren’t.
ALL IN 2026 draws 10,000 attendees from 50 countries
Marking a record-breaking year on all fronts, ALL IN wrapped up its fourth edition yesterday in Montréal following two days of high-level conferences, hands-on workshops, and major announcements shaping the future of AI and tech in Canada and beyond.
Infrastructure tipping points for growing tech companies
There is a point in a tech company’s growth where infrastructure stops being background plumbing and starts consuming meaningful engineering attention. Younger companies have the luxury of few users and a team small enough that someone usually knows the services.
Beacon buys New York’s Haize Labs to boost AI reliability
Toronto-based AI rollup company Beacon Software has made another acquisition, this time focused on expanding the capabilities of its operating technology stack. Beacon has purchased New York City-based Haize Labs, a firm that stress test's AI agents for real-world deployment.
Tabby is using AI to make accountants obsolete
Ahad Ali was a successful accountant, overseeing a team and handling 2,000 returns a year. “We did bookkeeping, accounting, sales tax, taxes, everything,” Ali says. Then he noticed his work was increasingly dictated by the frictions of accounting software.
Canada’s plan to counter U.S., China AI is taking shape
The biggest deal in the Canadian AI sector started over coffee last fall in Frankfurt, when Cohere Inc. chief executive officer Aidan Gomez met informally with a small team from German company Aleph Alpha, including Ilhan Scheer, now its co-CEO.
Amazon blocks Meta’s Muse AI agent from its retail site
Amazon.com has blocked Meta Platforms Inc.’s new AI agent from its retail site after the social media company declined a request to remove the bot. Meta’s Muse is designed to help people carry out common online tasks.
Gemini: The latest AI model to hack other companies
Similar to OpenAI’s breach of Hugging Face, the Gemini hacks were less noteworthy for being particularly sophisticated and more for the fact that they were conducted by an AI model. These breaches took place during cybersecurity testing by Irregular.
Lawsuit alleges illegal agreement on AI slowdown
A new lawsuit claims Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI and Google made an illegal deal to slow the pace of their respective AI development. The lawsuit argues that the leading AI companies violated U.S. antitrust laws when they agreed to coordinate slowdown efforts.
Universal Pictures is rethinking Musk movie: report
Universal Pictures might be rethinking the Musk documentary, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Universal has the international rights to Musk for regions besides the U.S. Though Universal might drop the rights, it’s possibile for another studio to pick it up.
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