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A highly transmissible variant of the coronavirus is spreading through Canada, driving another wave of infections, even among those who have recently recovered from COVID-19. The Omicron subvariant BA.5, and to a lesser extent, BA.4, is largely behind the latest wave — the seventh of the pandemic and the third since the arrival …
Read More »Facing up to a ‘polycrisis’ that the Bank of Canada may not have the tools to fix
The word “polycrisis” has been used before to describe an intersection of troubling economic and political events, but Jacqueline Best suggests we are living through an episode that may really warrant the designation. As the Bank of Canada struggled this week to quell anger at soaring prices with a half-point …
Read More »Google unveils new features and tools to support local news
Google has launched new tools and features for both readers and reporters designed to aid local news organizations, it announced today. The headline feature is a carousel that shows local news in response to search queries, launching around the world in all languages starting today. Google initially launched the feature …
Read More »H2O.ai raises $100M at a $1.6B pre-money valuation for tools to make AI usable by any kind of enterprise – TechCrunch
H2O.ai — a startup that has developed an open-source framework as well as proprietary apps that make it easier for any kind of enterprise to build and operate artificial intelligence-based services — has seen a surge of interest as AI applications have become more ubiquitous, and enterprises beyond tech companies …
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