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In a month-long study of 136 couples, how well partners talked about money predicted how satisfied they were a month later, while how often...

Talking to your partner about money more often did not show up, in either partner’s numbers, as a happier relationship a month later. That is the awkward middle of a new study that followed 136 couples through November 2025, asking...

B.C. Opens $2 Million Call to Help Early-Stage Tech Reach the Market

British Columbia is opening a second funding call designed to help early-stage technology companies prove their products in real-world environments and move closer to commercial adoption. Through Innovate BC’s Early-Stage Demonstration Call, the province will provide up to $2 million...

Psychology says people who never write in the group chat aren’t antisocial or indifferent — they’re often the ones who read every message twice...

There is one in every group chat. Forty messages about where to eat, three voice notes nobody plays, a poll, a photo of somebody’s dog, and then a name sitting at the bottom of the participant list that has...

Psychology says retirees who struggle to find purpose aren’t lazy or ungrateful, they’re often the people who defined themselves so completely through their work...

A man I know spent thirty-one years as a structural engineer. Six weeks after his farewell lunch he had reorganised the garage twice, alphabetised a spice rack he does not cook from, and begun sending me articles at four...

Psychology says people who never make a fuss about their own birthday aren’t indifferent to being loved, they’ve often spent so long making others...

Every group has one. The person who knows your mother’s operation is on Thursday. Who turns up with the right cake for the right kid. Who remembers which cousin is off dairy this year. Ask them what they want...

Treasurer Jim Chalmers just dropped new draft laws on CGT for startups and there’s some good news

The Albanese government has backed away from several of the most contentious aspects of a proposed startup carve-out from its capital gains tax overhaul, cutting the minimum holding period for shares from five to three years, removing a proposed...

Nintendo began in Kyoto in 1889 making hanafuda playing cards, then experimented with businesses ranging from taxis to novelty products before maintenance engineer Gunpei...

Nintendo’s oldest product and its most consequential American machine belong to the same history, but not to a tidy master plan. The business that sold hanafuda cards in Kyoto in 1889 did not spend the next 96 years patiently...

In 1975, young Kodak engineer Steven Sasson built the first self-contained digital camera, a 3.6-kilogram device that took 23 seconds to record a 0.01-megapixel...

In December 1975, a Kodak engineer completed a camera that did not need film. Steven Sasson’s prototype weighed about 3.6 kilograms, made a 100 by 100-pixel black-and-white image, and needed 23 seconds to move the digital file onto an...

Kiwi discount restaurant bookings platform chows down on $10 million

The round was backed by existing investors Altered Capital, Invest South, Mainland Angels and Snowball Effect shareholders, alongside new backers K1W1 and Icehouse Ventures. First Table offers diners up to 50% off their food bill when they book a table...

Canada Expands Support for Businesses Battling Economic Uncertainty in B.C.

The federal government last month topped up funding for the Regional Tariff Response Initiative with an additional $1.5 billion in supports as part of a broader $7.5B package. This includes capital earmarked for businesses in British Columbia, a region rich...
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Snakes, and their ladders

It confirmed the worst suspicions of embittered Australian startup founders and small business owners. We are an afterthought. We...
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