Canada stories
AI infrastructure operators can now bill by usage rather than GPU rental as Rafay adds token metering and access controls to its platform.
About 60 Indigenous students in New Brunswick will gain IT and cybersecurity training as employers struggle to fill cyber roles across Canada.
MSPs can now add 24/7 threat monitoring and incident response without building their own security operations centre, as Acronis goes global.
Poor logins are pushing 68% of consumers to abandon or switch providers, as trust in AI and data handling lags sharply.
Despite a population surge, Canada’s patent count barely moved in 2024, underscoring a widening gap between research and domestic investment.
Women still fill only about a third of jobs in Canadian tech, despite five years of diversity spending and pay reviews across 70 firms.
Projects are being told to pause unless they can prove a problem is suitable for AI, as Canada tightens early-stage checks on spending.
The funding will help expand Vancouver research, manufacturing and clinical trials, with hundreds of jobs and student co-op places expected to follow.
Rising fees and tighter household budgets are pushing more Canadians to split their money across digital and traditional providers.
Rising demand from data centres and industry is exposing Canada’s fragmented power market, leaving provinces short of a national grid to share electricity.
Canadian researchers and firms can now seek up to CAD $1 million per project as a new programme backs AI tools for drug discovery and trials.
Despite widespread AI backups, just 39% of UK businesses are fully confident they could recover cloud data after a cyberattack.
The pilot could ease pressure on Ontario hospitals by spotting deterioration in seniors at home before conditions worsen.
Poor communication is undermining retention across North American workplaces, with many engaged staff still planning to quit within a year.
AI disruptions and cyberattacks are forcing organisations to back up models, prompts and knowledge bases, not just files.
The funding will help five British Columbia projects expand satellite, drone and maritime technologies with dual-use defence applications.
Avion Rewards members will soon get a new booking portal with flexible point redemptions and pricing tools as RBC shifts travel tech to Hopper.
Novice investors can now start with CAD $1 as TD targets younger Canadians who want simpler, low-cost access to shares and funds.
The move comes as lenders seek digital alternatives to legacy collections systems in a UK market handling more than GBP £60 billion of consumer debt.
Consumers will soon get faster access to deposited funds, while banks face new fraud rules and stablecoins enter a regulated Canadian framework.
