Apple’s new foldable phone, Duo, is the alternative for anyone who prefers technology as their drug of choice.
Tim Cook’s replacement as CEO, Apple hardware veteran John Ternus, helmed the $6.2 trillion tech powerhouse’s annual product launch in California overnight,...
NSW treasurer Daniel Mookhey announced the fund at the Sydney Investment Summit today. It will kick off in FY2028, should the government be reelected. It will coinvest alongside universities, which have a strong startup creation culture, including UNSW Founders,...
A friend cancelled dinner on me last month. The message ran to about 240 words. There was a deadline, a sick flatmate, a replacement bus service, and a closing line asking whether I was annoyed. I’d already typed “no...
A generous-looking serving can contain less ice cream. Christopher Hsee’s 1998 experiment made that distinction visible by comparing a portion piled above a small cup’s rim with a larger portion sitting below the rim of a bigger cup.
In “Less...
The next chapter was waiting at the gym. In an experiment with 226 people, access to an enticing audiobook became part of the incentive to turn up for a workout.
Katherine Milkman, Julia Minson and Kevin Volpp tested the arrangement...
Vancouver Island has generated billions of dollars in wealth and produced globally successful technology companies, but the investors holding much of that capital and the founders building the Island’s future rarely find themselves in the same room.
A new Victoria...
Vancouver healthcare technology company Cortico has launched a free, open benchmark designed to measure whether artificial intelligence models can safely support clinical decisions—not merely pass medical exams.
Called MedSafe-Dx, the benchmark evaluates how large language models respond when a patient...
A company based out of Coquitlam is aiming to combine the convenience of meal-kit delivery with the affordability of grocery store pricing.
Satiafy promises that, after a couple minutes of initial setup, everything after is “automatic” (except for the whole...
Innovation UBC is accepting applications for the spring 2027 cohort of Venture Founder, its flagship entrepreneurship program for UBC researchers, innovators and students ready to turn discoveries and ideas into new ventures.
The 16-week program provides participants with practical training,...
A woman in a Bangkok co-working space reached past my elbow last week to get her own laptop bag off the floor, and apologised. Then she apologised for apologising. I watched the second one land and thought, there it...
