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Last week, the federal government announced $84 million to install more than 8,000 new electric vehicle chargers across Canada and promised a new National Charging Infrastructure Strategy. It was a welcome encore following the release of a new auto strategy in which Canada re-committed to an EV future.  But on the charging front, Canada could and should think bigger than one-off funding announcements. One way to kickstart a Canadian charging strategy is to use the tools we already have and designate the build-out of a coast-to-coast EV charging network a ‘project of national interest.’  An estimated 16 to 25 million EVs are projected to be on…

Our energy infrastructure is close to failing—in fact, the ASCE (American Society of Civil Engineers) puts our energy grade at a D+. Narrowing in, the U.S. power grid includes an estimated 180–200 million distribution poles, which often have a lifespan anywhere between 50 and 70 years. Here’s the challenge. As with most infrastructure here in the United States, many of them are aging, and many are located in regions increasingly exposed to extreme weather. “Utilities need to make a difficult decision,” says Dominique Meyer, CEO of Looq AI. He says they ultimately need to decide whether these poles need to…

Xflow, an Indian fintech startup, has secured backing from both Stripe and PayPal Ventures in a $16.6 million funding round. The investment comes as the company works to carve out a position in cross-border B2B payments, a market still dominated by banks and manual processes. The Series A round was led by General Catalyst, with participation from existing investors Square Peg, Stripe, Lightspeed, and Moore Capital, while PayPal Ventures joined as a new backer. The all-equity round values the Bengaluru-based startup at $85 million post-investment and brings its total funding to more than $32 million to date. Despite rapid digitization…

Researchers at CU Boulder have developed highly efficient optical microresonators that could support a new generation of powerful sensor technologies. A microresonator is a microscopic structure designed to confine light in a small space. As light circulates inside, its intensity increases. When that intensity reaches a sufficient level, scientists can carry out specialized optical processes that enable sensing and other advanced functions. “Our work is about using less optical power with these resonators for future uses,” said Bright Lu, a fourth year doctoral student in electrical and computer engineering and a lead author on the study. “One day these microresonators…

On Monday, creative suite maker Canva announced the dual acquisition of startups Cavalry, which works on animation, and Mango AI, which works on improving ad performance. UK-based Cavalry works on 2D motion animation for different verticals such as advertising, marketing, gaming, and generative art. Canva said that Cavalry’s tooling will add to the existing capabilities of Affinity, Canva’s professional creative editing suite for photos, vectors, and layouts, which it acquired in 2024 Canva revamped Affinity’s design last year and made it free for all users. The company said that since then, people have downloaded the software over five million times.…

Happy customers don’t mind too much There’s nothing particularly wrong with that. Critics moaning about Apple’s famed low storage levels would only find something else to complain about if Apple loaded more storage inside its devices. There’s always going to be something that can be improved. For Apple management, those complaints will be weighed against the company’s industry leading consumer satisfaction rankings. It tells Apple’s leaders that yes, while storage is clearly an issue to many people, it’s not enough of a problem to severely dent the value of the “Apple experience.” There’s a lot of truth in that. After…

Agentic AI has clearly moved beyond buzzword status. McKinsey’s November 2025 survey shows that 62% of organizations are already experimenting with AI agents, and the top performers are pushing them into core workflows in the name of efficiency, growth, and innovation.However, this is also where things can get uncomfortable. Everyone in the field knows LLMs are probabilistic. We all track leaderboard scores, but then quietly ignore that this uncertainty compounds when we wire multiple models together. That’s the blind spot. Most multi-agent systems (MAS) don’t fail because the models are bad. They fail because we compose them as if probability…

At the doorstep of 2026, Synthetic Data Generation (SDG) has shifted from a niche capability to a central pillar of enterprise AI outlook. It now powers model training, supports safe product testing, and protects sensitive data across heavily regulated environments. Gartner estimates that three out of four businesses will use generative AI to generate synthetic customer data by 2026. This clearly underscores the critical role of synthetic datasets. Add to it the growing compliance pressures and accelerating AI adoption, organizations are now turning to platforms that can deliver high-quality, privacy-safe datasets at scale. Here are the Top 5 Synthetic Data…

Three and a half years ago, I sat down with Amazon Distinguished Scientist and VP Byron Cook to talk about automated reasoning. At the time, we were seeing this technology move from research labs into production systems, and the conversation we had focused on the fundamentals: how automated reasoning worked, why it mattered for cloud security, and what it meant to prove correctness rather than just test for it.(Catch up on our first conversation)Since then, the landscape shifted faster than any of us anticipated. When AI systems generate code, make decisions, or provide information, we need efficient ways to verify…

Posted by Vijaya Kaza, VP and GM, App & Ecosystem Trust The Android ecosystem is a thriving global community built on trust, giving billions of users the confidence to download the latest apps. In order to maintain that trust, we’re focused on ensuring that apps do not cause real-world harm, such as malware, financial fraud, hidden subscriptions, and privacy invasions. As bad actors leverage AI to change their tactics and launch increasingly sophisticated attacks, we’ve deepened our investments in AI and real-time defenses over the last year to maintain the upper hand and stop these threats before they reach users.…