Solar AI wants to make solar power more accessible in Southeast Asia
High energy prices are leading to a solar boom across the world, but in Singapore, many home owners are still hesitant to install solar panels because of the high cost, says Bolong Chew, the founder of Solar AI Technologies. The startup wants to make solar energy more accessible in Southeast
Read moreBell, Rogers, Telus spar over provision of wireless coverage in the TTC subway
Bell and Telus are accusing Rogers of stonewalling and refusing to negotiate access to the infrastructure that would allow them to provide wireless coverage in the Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC) subway. In April, Rogers acquired BAI Communications’ Canadian operations (BAI Canada), which built the TTC wireless network. Consequently, rival carriers
Read moreMrBeast’s Olympics video is a geopolitical nightmare
MrBeast stumbled into the heated discourse of global affairs in his latest stunt. The billionaire creator inadvertently stoked generations of geopolitical tension in his latest YouTube video, in which participants from “every country on Earth” competed in “Squid Game”-like elimination challenges for a chance to win $250,000. “Behind me is
Read moreComment on Breaking: Netflix Splits DVD And Streaming Businesses; Creates Qwikster For DVDs by Netflix says its DVD-by-mail customers get to keep their final shipment of discs – Tech Hoodie
[…] when the company tried to break apart its DVD and streaming businesses into two. After creating the brand “Qwikster” for DVDs in 2011, customer backlash ensued and the plan was soon abandoned. Later, Netflix’s then-CEO Reed […]
Read moreCoffee Briefing Aug.22-Women-led Canadian startups qualify for Google accelerator program; Canadians think generative AI increases productivity; Government of Canada invests in small modular reactor project in Saskatchewan; and more
Coffee Briefings are timely deliveries of the latest ITWC headlines, interviews, and podcasts. Today’s Coffee Briefing is delivered by IT World Canada’s editorial team! Missed last week’s Coffee Briefing? We’ve got you covered. Three women-led Canadian startups join Google for Startups Accelerator: Women Founders program Source: Google BorderlessHR, Monark and
Read moreComment on With Many Eyeballs, All Bugs Are Shallow by GPTs, program engineering, and a new age of hacking – InfoTrace
[…] defense rests on a misunderstanding about program flaws. Not all bugs are the same. Most bugs are shallow bugs–mistakes that are very easily acknowledged, pretty frequent, and easy to repair service. […]
Read moreComment on Video: Super-Realistic Dental Training Humanoid “Simroid” by Os robôs mais assustadores que são realmente reais
[…] pelo professor Hamura da Nippon Dental University e apresentado pela primeira vez em 2007 (via Crise tecnológica). Ele não apenas oferece aos alunos uma presença humanóide de aparência realista para praticar […]
Read moreElevenLabs’ voice-generating tools launch out of beta
ElevenLabs, the viral AI-powered platform for creating synthetic voices, today launched its platform out of beta with support for more than 30 languages. Using a new AI model developed in-house, ElevenLabs says that its tools are now capable of automatically identifying languages, including Korean, Dutch and Vietnamese, and generating “emotionally
Read moreTwitch starts testing a TikTok-like clips feed to boost discovery
Twitch’s previously announced Discovery Feed is now out in the wild as a live test following the feature’s announcement back in July. The new feed will surface short clips from streams in a TikTok-like area within the Twitch app, giving offline creators a way to connect with new viewers without
Read moreXplore delivers internet connectivity to more than 27,000 homes in rural Quebec
New Brunswick-based rural-focused internet service provider Xplore announced today that 27,000 homes and businesses in rural Quebec are now able to connect to fibre internet. The regional county municipalities (RCMs) of Pontiac, Les Sources, Vallée de la Gatineau, La Tuque and Papineau will benefit from Xplore’s fibre network, spanning 2,700
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