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Quantum tech firm BTQ to acquire France’s QPerfect

Jesse Cole July 2, 2026

Vancouver-based BTQ will pay just over $30 million CAD for the French quantum firm.

Alex Riehl July 2, 2026

Anthropic says the jailbreak that prompted the contentious foreign-access ban worked on other AI models, as well.

Madison McLauchlan July 2, 2026

Local telecom to use connectivity for communications and emergency response.

Alex Riehl July 2, 2026

Toronto’s University Health Network debuts new neurosurgical technique to insert Elon Musk-owned medical device.

Josh Scott July 2, 2026

Shopify had accused Singapore-based Shopline of copying its e-commerce software.

Devi Narayan July 2, 2026

A former police investigator argues that AI security needs to be treated as a distinct discipline.

Cory Doctorow July 1, 2026

Cory Doctorow argues that the best way to reclaim our digital sovereignty is to jailbreak Canada.

Alex Tapscott July 1, 2026

Alex Tapscott on what the Canadian Pacific Railway teaches us about building Canada’s next great national projects.

Jesse Cole July 1, 2026

Minister Evan Solomon spoke to the government’s shift from supporter to stakeholder on The BetaKit Podcast.

Madison McLauchlan June 30, 2026

CEO says there’s “no reason” precision timing tech can’t be built in Canada.

Jesse Cole June 30, 2026

The Toast Talent Marketplace is scheduled to roll out its beta version in the next two weeks.

Alex Riehl June 30, 2026

Acquisition of Toronto FinTech bolsters SoFi’s case to be “the everything app for digital financial services.”

Jesse Cole June 30, 2026

Investment follows similar funding last week in Manitoba.

Madison McLauchlan June 30, 2026

CEO says new AI contract tool is “bigger” than launch of its first copilot product.

Madison McLauchlan June 30, 2026

New tool aims to flag and rework biases in writing and AI datasets.