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‘The Ground is Shifting’: Kobalt Leans on Teamwork as AI Disrupts Cybersecurity

Kobalt.io recently unveiled a slew of strategic partnerships. The Vancouver-based cybersecurity upstart has established partnerships with Forward Security, Johanson Group LLP, and Insight Assurance. The “practical” partnerships were forged during Kobalt’s Partner Summit in Vancouver. Kobalt aims to bring the capabilities of...

BC Tech Finalist Viridis Research Is Giving Textile Wastewater a Second Chance

This article is part of a series presented in partnership with BC Tech, profiling the finalists for the 2026 Technology Impact Awards‘ Company of the Year – Startup category. Viridis Research co-founder and CEO Macarena Cataldo-Hernandez’s commitment to clean water...

AI’s first visible employment shock may be hitting the bottom rung of the career ladder: by June 2026, employment among 22–25-year-olds in highly AI-exposed...

The first visible AI jobs shock may not look like a layoff announcement. It may look like a vacancy that was never posted. That is the unsettling possibility raised by a revised Stanford Digital Economy Lab analysis of US payroll...

Energy network management platform Gridsight charges up on $36 million Series B

The round for Gridsight was led by Insight Partners, with support from Galvanize and existing investors Airtree, Energy Transition Ventures and Aera VC. It follows a $7.5m Series A 16 months ago led by Airtree, with cricketer Pat Cummins...

Treasury estimates AI will boost productivity by just 1.2%, but also have a ‘profound’ impact on jobs, as well as interest rates 

These are among the conclusions of a detailed analysis of the economic implications of AI prepared by Treasury for Treasurer Jim Chalmers. As of March, Australia had 162 operational data centres. Another about 130 centres are proposed, taking Australia to...

Between May and December 2025, the share of American students from middle school through college using AI for homework rose from 48% to 62%....

Students did not wait for schools to finish the AI rulebook. Between May and December 2025, the share of American students from middle school through college who said they used AI help for homework rose from 48 to 62 per...

Researchers followed 1,793 BT call-centre workers for six months and found that a one-point rise in weekly happiness was associated with roughly 12% higher...

“Happy workers are more productive” has the suspicious neatness of a sentence invented for a management presentation. It is agreeable, difficult to oppose and vague enough to survive almost any result. Happiness can mean job satisfaction, enthusiasm, a good morning...

During the Second World War, when sugar, butter and cream were rationed and rival firms quietly swapped in cheaper ingredients to keep selling, a...

Business decisions during wartime rationing don’t usually get remembered eighty years later. Most companies faced the same problem, most made the same call, and most of the resulting compromises got quietly absorbed into corporate lore as necessary adjustments to...

This Collapsible, Modular EV Can Be Configured for a Range of Tasks

ENVO Drive Systems has developed something akin to LEGO Technic for adults. The B.C. company has developed several different types of electric vehicles during its decade-plus in business, engineered in-house to excel at specific tasks. But ENVO’s most intriguing offering is...

Numia Brings Healthcare into Home with Launch of Pilot for Cancer Testing

Earlier this year, we reported on a startup based in Vancouver innovating broader accessibility to medical laboratory testing. Numia Health, launched last year by chief executive officer Adrián Sahagún, utilizes licensed physicians and accredited Canadian labs to deliver real lab...
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As Funds Dried Up, Nonprofit Immigration Group Hired Anti-Labor Law Firm to Crush Union

As the two executives of immigration advocacy group Washington Immigration Solidarity Network (WAISN) burned through cash and as donations...
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