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TechPong 2018
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After a three-year pause, TechPong bounces back for 2023 return

 Author: George Holt  Published Date: July 20, 2023

The annual ping pong-powered charity event has raised $400,000 over six showings. Vancouver-based ping pong and fundraising event TechPong has announced it will return…

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Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter
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Yoshua Bengio, major tech leaders call for six-month pause on advanced AI development in open letter

 Author: George Holt  Published Date: March 29, 2023

Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and DeepMind scientists also signed the letter. Yoshua Bengio, the co-founder of Montréal-based Mila, along with hundreds of tech leaders,…

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With Canadian tech IPOs on pause, private markets face a higher bar
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With Canadian tech IPOs on pause, private markets face a higher bar

 Author: George Holt  Published Date: June 3, 2022

The pendulum swings back to the private market. It wasn’t that long ago that the “pandemic effect” helped drive a record-breaking IPO boom among…

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