Governments of Canada and Ontario invest $219 million in high speed internet access for Eastern Ontario
Today, the governments of Canada and Ontario announced a combined investment of C$219 million to bring high-speed internet access to more than 66,000 households in over 300 Ontario communities, including more than 600 Indigenous households. The investment is going to Rogers, who will be undertaking the project, slated to be
Read moreWe don’t have to reinvent the wheel to regulate AI responsibly
Daniel Marcous Contributor Share on Twitter Daniel Marcous is the co-founder and CTO of april, an AI-driven tax platform. Daniel was previously the CTO of AI-driven navigation platform Waze, which was acquired by Google in 2013. We are living through one of the most transformative tech revolutions of the past
Read moreKlaviyo could break the unicorn IPO logjam
Last Friday, two venture-backed companies filed to go public. Grocery delivery service Instacart dropped its Form S-1 filing along with Klaviyo, a marketing software company from Boston. We dug into Instacart’s filing on Friday but didn’t have time to also spelunk into Klaviyo’s IPO filing. We’re going to do that today,
Read moreRogers stronger than other providers in 5G experience: Opensignal report
Rogers came out on top in six out of eight categories in Opensignal’s latest 5G experience report, outstripping Bell and Telus. The company won best 5G Video and 5G Games Experience, with scores of 76.1 and 86.6 respectively, on a 100-point scale. Bell and Telus trailed behind by a small
Read moreSEC takes first action against an NFT project as an unregistered security
Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Today, the SEC announced its first enforcement action against NFTs in a case that was settled by Impact Theory, the NFTs’ issuer. The SEC said the NFTs issued by Impact Theory were unlicensed securities. The company agreed to a cease-and-desist order, paid $6.1
Read moreA Skype app vulnerability could expose your IP address to hackers — and Microsoft has yet to fix it
Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Microsoft is reportedly dragging its feet on fixing yet another security vulnerability. This time, it’s a flaw in the Skype mobile app that could let hackers obtain your IP address by opening a message with a link — no clicking required, according
Read more10 years at TechCrunch
It’s been 10 years since I stepped off a ledge and landed at TechCrunch. I don’t get self referential a lot here on the pages of TC, but I figured that a tin anniversary is a nice time to look at what we’ve done over the past decade as we
Read moreFounders: See what TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 has in store for you
Early-stage founders, TechCrunch Disrupt 2023 is so close to kickoff! Are you ready for an exciting mix of new ways to help your business grow bigger, better and faster? Here’s a brief rundown of some of the founder-focused activities waiting for you. Don’t have a pass yet? Buy your ticket
Read moreGoogle Flights will now tell you when it’s the cheapest time to book
Google Flights today is releasing a new feature that will help travelers better determine the right time to book. Rolling out this week, the company is debuting new insights that will leverage historical trend data that lets consumers see when prices have typically been lowest to their chosen destination on
Read moreIPOs are back and the Equity crew is feasting
Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts. Hello, and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. Our Monday show covers the latest in tech news from the weekend and what’s making headlines early in the week. As
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