Tradable Bits this week launched four new games for its ARCADE platform. The interactive ARCADE engagement platform launched last year from collaboration between Tradable Bits and MLSE Digital Labs, the innovation arm of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, to empower fan interaction with teams through branded and gamified experiences. The latest announcement regarding ARCADE was […]
Impact Study from VIATEC Highlights Steady Growth for Tech Industry on Vancouver Island
While attending the final Collision Conference in Toronto, Techcouver editor-in-chief Robert Lewis reported on Canadian entrepreneur Asees Kaur winning the 2024 edition of PITCH, the annual event’s iconic early-stage startup competition. Kaur was pitching her startup VoxCell BioInnovation. Named one of Techcouver’s 10 homegrown startups to watch in 2023, Victoria’s VoxCell launched its first product at Collision. The company’s […]
Sustained Therapeutics Advances Medical Innovation Targeting Hard-to-Treat Cancer
A Vancouver-based therapeutics innovator announced this week that the first patient has entered the next phase of a cancer medication trial. The medication from Sustained Therapeutics targets a rare form of cancer, Upper Tract Urethral Carcinoma. A cancer of the inside lining of the kidney, UTUC affects over 7,000 individuals annually across North America. The […]
B.C. Quantum Institute Concludes Canada is ‘Punching Above Weight’ – With Some Concerns
Quantum computing promises a rapidly growing industry sector, data from McKinsey suggest, with potential to out-grow today’s US$670 billion semiconductor market. However, there is a chronic global shortage of quantum expertise to support this growth, warns a new report from Surrey-based Quantum Algorithms Institute, a non-profit organization that facilitates collaboration among industry, academia in Canada. […]
Are Deepfakes Among Us? Vancouver Police Warn Citizens of AI-Powered ‘Cloning’ Scam
Artificial intelligence is spreading and advancing at an astonishing rate, already impacting how many of us learn, work, create, or even socialize. But it’s not all positive. As with any technology, criminals will wield tools for malevolent purposes, and AI is proving no exception to the rule. Recently, the Vancouver Police Department issued a warning […]
Accenture and PeaceGeeks Unveil ‘Virtual Coach’ Project Targeting Newcomers to Canada
PeaceGeeks is a non-profit organization founded in Vancouver in 2011 with a mission to simplify the immigration journey for Canadian refugees and newcomers through digital tools. The organization aims to lead projects that build safer societies, connect displaced and conflict-affected communities, and share knowledge in an effort to amplify discourse for peace. Over the years, […]
Numinus Intelligence Acquires MedBright AI to ‘Enable New Paradigm for Mental Health Care’
Numinus Wellness today announced a strategic acquisition that will also power a rebrand for the Vancouver-based mental healthcare innovator. Numinus launched in 2019 with an aim to research and develop safe psychedelic-assisted psychotherapies. This week, the B.C. firm acquired MedBright AI Investments, a Vancouver neighbour. Established in 2001, MedBright deploys artificial intelligence and machine learning […]
Vancouver Proptech Startup Leasey.AI Wins Big at DMZ Event in Toronto
Toronto Metropolitan University’s DMZ recently held its Insiders Event at the organization’s headquarters in downtown Toronto, where a roster of early-stage portfolio startups showcased their technological solutions across industries. A total of eight participating startups pitched their products to an invite-only gathering of investors, corporate leaders, and DMZ partners. One aim of the showcase was […]
Government Program Helps Fuel Technological Advancement Across BC’s Agriculture Sector
Farmers in British Columbia are accessing new technology with aid from federal and provincial funding programs, the government recently revealed. Facilitated by the B.C. On-Farm Technology Adoption Program and delivered through Innovate BC’s Integrated Marketplace initiative, local farmers are receiving funding to help grow their businesses and increase food production and security in the province, […]
HGTV Star Scott McGillivray Brings New Real Estate Investment Opportunity to addy Platform
As the B.C.-born real estate investing platform approaches 50 opportunities since launching in 2018, addy Technology this week introduced a new product on the platform. Addy recently announced that Scott McGillivray Real Estate Trust II has joined the platform and has licenced the addy platform as an Issuer. The move “marks a groundbreaking moment” for […]