Hashtag Trending: NASA asks Canada to continue with AI help; TSA plans for facial recognition; Uber unveils rewards program

First up on Reddit: NASA’s administrator Jim Bridenstine says he really wants Canada to contribute on artificial intelligence and robotics. He added that this could include a next-generation Canadarm on the Lunar Gateway

‘Netflix’ for businesses tools, Shopify updates app store

Shopify’s app store is getting a facelift as the e-commerce company uses machine learning to try and create a more personalized experience for users. The Ottawa-based company announced the changes on Wednesday, with

Canadian AI marketer grows team

Toronto-based Atomic Reach continues to grow and shake up the field of content marketing, announcing two new additions to its executive team. It was announced last week that Paul Roscoe would now be

New minister of digital government gets thumbs up from Trudeau, ITAC

The Information Technology Association of Canada (ITAC) is pleased with the latest cabinet shuffle in Ottawa, especially the appointment of Scott Brison as the country’s new minister of digital government. Brison, who is

Cybersecurity risks at the World Cup – Tech in Sports Ep. 48

All the latest sports tech news of the week, including World Cup predictions, ticket purchasing through Snapchat, ball tracking at the US Open, and more! Plus, we spoke with Alexis Dorais-Joncas, a security intelligence

2 Truths and a Lie with Dell EMC’s Michael Sharun

Michael Sharun was crucial in representing Canada's interests during the massive Dell-EMC merger in 2016, and has been the president of enterprise sales in Canada for Dell EMC ever since. But instead of

It pays for Canadian bloggers to go Canuck

If you’re a Canadian blogger or blogger wannabe, it pays to go the Canadian web hosting route. Well ... it doesn’t literally pay, but it appears to be much to your benefit to

Uber Canada’s new GM on changing company culture, winning back trust in the great white north

From allegations of a toxic work culture and drivers committing sexual assault to CEO Travis Kalanick stepping down, it’s safe to say Uber had a rough 2017. It’s struggled in Canada too, with

CRTC exec director reconfirms Canada’s commitment to net neutrality

Telecom watchdog Chris Seidl reiterated the importance of net neutrality in Canada during a House of Commons committee meeting yesterday. The executive director of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) appeared before

One-third of Canadians have been a victim of cybercrime, says Accenture survey

Correction: An earlier version of this story stated that almost two-thirds of Canadians have been the victim of cybercrime. Accenture has since corrected this statistic to one-third of Canadians. It’s no secret that

Amazon HQ2 sweepstakes: which Canadian cities submitted bids?

OVH to position itself as a cloud alternative

PARIS – Stephane Aisenberg, the co-founder of France solution provider Linkbynet was watching a TV news program recently where the host asked why Google was not in France? Aisenberg said, at the OVH

Obama’s former CTO on the importance of STEM

Washington D.C. -  When Megan Smith took the stage for her keynote at the SAS Analytics Experience 2017 conference, she opened with a quote from the first President of the United States, George

Canada’s summer of ransomware ends with a spike [Malware map]

Editor's note: Story and map updated with malware data from August 2017. Overall malware infections were on the down curve over the summer in Canada, but it looks like hackers are focusing in