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Stop renting intelligence: Why Canada needs to build its own AI stack

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Canada’s GBP £925.6 million AI pledge backs chips and servers, but critics say true sovereignty needs home-grown models, not US black boxes.
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Embrace acquires SpeedCurve to boost user-centred observability

Tue, 18th Nov 2025
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Embrace acquires SpeedCurve to enhance its observability platform with advanced web performance monitoring, uniting mobile and web user experience insights.
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Canadian News v. OpenAI: The suit that could change LLM regulations

Wed, 6th Aug 2025
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Canadian news orgs have sued OpenAI over copyright breach claims, challenging how AI models use journalistic content for training and commercial gain.
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Aerologix & Soar team up to create massive digital atlas

Mon, 30th Dec 2024
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Aerologix and Soar have teamed up to launch the world's largest digital atlas, integrating over 36,000 drone pilots with 700,000 maps.
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Adobe, New York Times and Twitter announce content authenticity initiative

Tue, 5th Nov 2019
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Adobe is developing an opt-in system that will allow creators and publishers to securely attach attribution data to content they choose to share.
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Confirmed: HP's Hurd moves to Oracle

Tue, 7th Sep 2010
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Former HP Chief Executive Mark Hurd has been appointed Co-President of Oracle, the US software giant has confirmed.
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Operation Misery

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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The White House condemns the leak of over 90,000 US military documents by Wikileaks, but President Obama uses it to advocate for a change in Afghan war tactics.
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Its a Wonderful (and big) Life

Wed, 1st Sep 2010
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The convenors of YouTube’s ‘Life in a Day’ project now have a mammoth task on their hands: editing more than 4500 hours of footage.
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FBI and Wikipedia stand-off over logo

Wed, 4th Aug 2010
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The FBI has demanded that Wikipedia remove its seal from their website and has threatened legal action if it is not taken down.
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NZ tree house wins at 2010 Webbys

Tue, 1st Jun 2010
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Everything that’s wonderful and weird about the internet was decided recently at the 14th annual Webby Awards –.