Bigger is not always better, posits Dr. Jonathan Schaeffer.
Schaeffer is the founder of Synsira Software Solutions and a cofounder of the Alberta Machine Intelligence Institute, and he’s referring to artificial intelligence systems.
“Not every AI task needs to be sent...
From the outside, Circle Wellness does not look like a spa. It looks like the sort of large black structure you might hesitate to enter without first texting someone your coordinates. I arrived at its Vancouver, B.C., location on...
Saw This One Coming: Mayor Katie Wilson reportedly fired Police Chief Shon Barnes last night, according to Publicola. He was reportedly seen leaving Wilson’s seventh floor office in City Hall after a long meeting. Multiple sources, including a recently...
ARIES (March 21-April 19): Aries artist Vincent van Gogh lived in Arles, France, for 15 months in 1888 and 1889. It was the most prolific time of his career. His buoyant genius overflowed, pouring out over 200 paintings, including...
Earlier this year, an entrepreneur based in northern British Columbia launched a free app in response to rising wildfires in Canada.
Jeff Parr, a former oil sector employee and self-taught coder, says WildFire Ready keeps users informed by pulling live...
Looking back, I wouldn’t say my family teaming up to launch Pickle at the Palms—a new 20-court indoor pickleball club—was inevitable, but it may have been predictable.
Sports have shaped my life for more than 50 years. I fell in...
Dubbed Camp Startmate, it brought the founders and Startmate team before before the latest Accelerator began. Week Zero is a longstanding Startmate tradition where founders decide where they are going and how ambitious they’re prepared to be. Normally it...
Wealthy benefactors could help fund areas of science beyond health, the head of Australia’s national science agency says, following the organisation’s painful job cuts.
CSIRO chief executive Doug Hilton said there was scope to spread the support, with the medical...
There is a particular kind of silence that can appear around money in later life.
An older parent will discuss the cost of groceries, the electricity bill and the absurd price of a cup of coffee. They may tell you...
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