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How 1Password plans to build a passwordless future

Now in a key 18-month window, 1Password plans to ramp up its shift to passkeys in 2023. Big Tech companies have recently made headlines…

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Meta’s additional staff cuts further call into question Facebook parent’s Canadian hiring plans
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Meta’s additional staff cuts further call into question Facebook parent’s Canadian hiring plans

Meta plans to shed 10,000 employees, scale back hiring in second major round of layoffs since November. Meta Platforms has decided to lay off…

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H|T: The Healthtech Times – AstraZeneca announces big Canadian expansion, hiring plans
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H|T: The Healthtech Times – AstraZeneca announces big Canadian expansion, hiring plans

Plus: BetterHelp barred by FTC from sharing data with Facebook. The Healthtech Times is a weekly newsletter covering healthtech news from Canada and around…

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Hootsuite follows Twitter lead as company ditches free plans

Twitter eliminating free API access is expected to have wide-ranging implications. Hootsuite recently followed in the footsteps of fellow social media company Twitter in…

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CoinSmart accepts collapse of Coinsquare acquisition, but plans to seek monetary damages

CoinSmart has accepted that its Coinsquare acquisition deal is not going to happen anymore, but the Canadian crypto trading platform is not happy about…

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UK autonomous vehicle company Oxbotica plans to expand Canadian presence following $140 million USD raise

Oxbotica plans to hire for up to 50 new roles in Toronto office. United Kingdom (UK)-based software company Oxbotica, which develops solutions for…

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Government of Canada reveals plans for $360 million National Quantum Strategy
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Government of Canada reveals plans for $360 million National Quantum Strategy

NQS aims to support Canadian quantum research, talent, and commercialization. The federal government has unveiled its National Quantum Strategy (NQS), which is meant to…

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New BC innovation minister Brenda Bailey lays out how she plans to support province’s tech, innovation

Minister: “the most important thing in our tech sector … is people, and this government is very serious about continuing our competitive advantage of people.”…

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Meta mass layoffs hit Canada less than a year after major expansion plans

Meta’s Canadian offices were not insulated from the layoffs that hit the parent company of social network site Facebook this week. Meta’s broad reductions…

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Ontario Teachers-backed FTX plans sale to competitor Binance following liquidity crunch
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Ontario Teachers-backed FTX plans sale to competitor Binance following liquidity crunch

Ontario Teachers isn’t the only Canadian pension fund to be burned by a bad crypto investment. The Ontario Teachers Pension Plan (Ontario Teachers) bet…

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