Long-time VP and product leader Satish Kanwar departs Shopify
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R|T: The Retail Times – Shopify adds new merchant tools, loses long-time VP

Plus: Shein makes an aggressive pitch to woo US Amazon sellers. The Retail Times is a weekly newsletter covering retail tech news from Canada…

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Commissioner of Competition Matthew Boswell on the BetaKit Podcast
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Canadians want competition. Our Competition Commissioner needs better tools to fight for it.

The Competition Bureau is the last line of defence for enforcing competition law. But our system is designed to keep the line moving. Canada…

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developers
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How new tools will change the way developers learn to build software |

Developers might soon be flying with an AI Copilot. Major shifts in emerging technologies like generative AI have created both exciting opportunities and new…

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Google search
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Shopify enterprise merchants can now use Google’s AI tools to improve searchability

Google Cloud’s integration increases access to Google’s search and browsing technologies. Enterprise brands can now access Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) solutions for discoverability through…

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ChainSafe closes $25.7 million CAD Series A to build blockchain-agnostic Web3 tools
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ChainSafe closes $25.7 million CAD Series A to build blockchain-agnostic Web3 tools

COO: fundraising in current market “separates the true builders from the noise.” ChainSafe Systems co-founder and CEO Aidan Hyman wants to build his blockchain…

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Hardbacon Simple Rate
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Hardbacon acquires Simple Rate to consolidate financial product comparison tools

Hardbacon is focused on acquisitions that help users bring home the bacon. FinTech firm Hardbacon has acquired Simple Rate as it looks to consolidate…

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