EV buyers can soon get the $7,500 tax credit at time of purchase
Starting in January, the IRS will make the $7,500 federal EV tax credit available immediately via dealers. The Treasury Department announced the update on Friday, noting that dealers will have the option to “reduce the purchase price of the vehicle or provide cash to the buyer.” The update also applies
Read MoreGoogle execs predict GenAI could be major windfall for Canada
If used in a responsible way, generative AI (GenAI) represents a technology shift and breakthrough not witnessed since the advent of the mobile phone, says Sam Sebastian, vice president and general manager for Google Cloud Canada. Speaking at a recent media roundtable, Sebastian and other company executives discussed the many
Read MoreBill C-18 draft regulations fail to sway Google
The government’s draft regulations to address concerns with Bill C-18 have again failed to sway Google. “While the Government has publicly indicated its confidence that our concerns can be resolved through the regulatory process, unfortunately the regulations fail to sufficiently address the critical structural problems with the Act that regrettably were
Read MoreAddition theorems
Earlier this week I wrote about several ways to generalize trig functions. Since trig functions have addition theorems like a natural question is whether generalized trig functions also have addition theorems. Hyperbolic functions have well-known addition theorems analogous to the addition theorems above. This isn’t too surprising since circular and
Read MoreSubatomic speed, math misadventures, and the biggest fraud trial in history
Ben and Ryan talk about the work that earned the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics and how it might make computers way faster. Plus: California’s efforts to transform how math is taught, Unity’s new fee structure, and the trial of FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried.
Read MoreElectric seaglider startup Regent takes flight with $60M in new funding
The promise of electric aviation has been weighed down by the limited range of batteries and the long certification process. Regent co-founder and CEO Billy Thalheimer, who previously worked at Aurora Flight Sciences, has looked to maritime — and more specifically, electric seagliders — for the answer to these two
Read MoreOpenAI said to be considering developing its own AI chips
OpenAI, one of the best-funded AI startups in business, is exploring making its own AI chips. Discussions of AI chip strategies within the company have been ongoing since at least last year, according to Reuters, as the shortage of chips to train AI models worsens. OpenAI is reportedly considering a
Read MoreCyber Security Today, Week in Review for the week ending Friday, October 6, 2023
Welcome to Cyber Security Today. This is the Week in Review for the week ending Friday, October 6th, 2023. I’m Howard Solomon, contributing reporter on cybersecurity for ITWorldCanada.com and TechNewsday.com in the U.S. In a few minutes guest commentator Terry Cutler of Montreal’s Cyology Labs will be here to
Read MorePack away your mittens, startup winter is over
Welcome to Startups Weekly. Sign up here to get it in your inbox every Friday. As I sat down to write this week’s Startups Weekly, I do what I do every week: Read every story on TechCrunch. This week, that meant reading 212 stories on the site, and you know
Read MoreTechCrunch+ Roundup: AI investor survey, calculating TAM, inside the FTX trial
If you haven’t found traction with customers and aren’t generating revenue, you should be in fundraising mode already.
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