Sarah Prevette, CEO of Future Design School. Photo courtesy of Nick Menzies Photography Created for     Mark Davidson remembers the outset of the COVID-19 pandemic as a “slow, rolling shock.” He could see it coming, but it was still jarring when it hit. “We heard from the government on a Friday that we’d be back in school on Monday. Then we heard on Sunday: ‘No, you won’t, and you need to enable at-home learning as quickly as you can,’” says Davidson, superintendent of the Medicine Hat Public School Division in southern Alberta. Even with so little lead-time, the divisio ..read more

  Artificial intelligence and machine learning are the present—not just the future—for small businesses. When looking for bottom line efficiencies while keeping up with industry competitors by targeting consumers more precisely than ever, the trick is to use the technology to address specific cases that align with business goals. Here are four ways you can incorporate AI into your everyday business practices. 1. Leverage existing platforms Developing your own AI is expensive and time-consuming—and it’s also unnecessary. Instead, make use of AI technology that larger companies like Googl ..read more

Photo by John Shmuel BEIJING and SHANGHAI — You don’t have to look very far to see evidence of the startup boom in China’s capital. On nearly every main thoroughfare, hundreds of bright yellow or orange bicycles are lined up along the sidewalk, where pedestrians stop to unlock them with their smartphones. The bikes are a ubiquitous feature of many large Chinese cities, where bike sharing exploded into the mainstream overnight and a rush of startup companies flooded the market. While initially chaotic—damaged bikes were tossed haphazardly on the sidewalk and even on the street—a semblance of ..read more

TORONTO, ON – JUNE 05: co-founder of Netflix Marc Randolph speaks at The Audi Innovation Series held at Four Seasons Hotel on June 5, 2018 in Toronto, Canada. (Photo by George Pimentel/Getty Images for Audi) Like a character actor whose name gets buried in the credits, Marc Randolph played a key role in shaping Netflix, but without the acclaim and name recognition of the streaming service’s leading man, Reed Hastings. Randolph co-founded Netflix with Hastings in 1997, leaving the company in 2004. He now spends his time as an investor and mentoring young entrepreneurs. He spoke with Maclean ..read more

Michael Katchen, CEO of Wealthsimple, poses for a photograph at his office in Toronto on Thursday, April 27, 2017. Robo-adviser Wealthsimple has launched a new investment portfolio for observant Muslims, a move the company says builds off its success targeting smaller, underserviced groups of investors. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette Michael Katchen is Founder and CEO, Wealthsimple When I was a university undergraduate studying business about a decade ago, I nearly took a path that’s become a kind of cliché among tech entrepreneurs: dropping out. I was happy with my studies at Western Un ..read more

Cybernetic robot hand and child’s hand point toward each other. (Coneyl Jay/Getty Images)   YouTube clips of Google’s killer robots jumping on tables and doing back flips in top secret lab operated by Dr. Evil wannabes are unsettling. Could armies of these machines be capable of taking over the world some day, or at least small countries like Luxembourg or Sweden, in a scenario reminiscent of Star Wars II: Attack of the Clones? Maybe not, but it won’t be long before we see killer robots replacing humans in perilous SEAL Team Six missions like the one that got Osama bin Laden in Pakista ..read more

Author Daniel Pink speaking at a conference in 2012. (Larry Busacca/WireImage/Wired/Getty) The rise of artificial intelligence is both celebrated and feared. At once a testament to human ingenuity that promises to revolutionize the way we live and work, AI threatens to make untold numbers of jobs obsolete. PwC, for example, estimates nearly 40 per cent of jobs in the U.S. are at risk due to automation, especially in the transportation, manufacturing and retail industries. Earlier this year, senior deputy Bank of Canada governor Carolyn Wilkins warned of job losses and greater income inequal ..read more

(Apple) Apple unveiled the latest iterations of iPhone at their futuristic Apple Park campus in Cupertino, Calif., Tuesday morning. At the first event in the Steve Jobs Theater, the tech giant is hoping not one—but three—new devices will have consumers digging for their wallets to get their hands on a new smartphone. Celebrating the 10th-anniversary of iPhone, here are 10 things you need to know about the newly announced devices: 1. Three new iPhones to choose from Unveiled were iPhone 8 and 8 Plus—an upgrade from their iPhone 7 sibling on the market today. It features an all-new glass ..read more

(Samsung) Samsung is hoping for a hit with the new Galaxy S8, the phone intended to make people forget about the fiasco that was the Note 7. With its exploding battery forcing a recall and ultimately a cancellation, the device is a black mark on the South Korean company’s otherwise good name in phones. With Galaxy S8, Samsung hopes to hit the reset button The Galaxy S8 looks like it will pick up where the Note 7 left off, in a good way. It’s another great device that delivers where it counts and tries for some new things, even if they don’t really succeed. With that in mind, here ..read more

A scene from “The Promise” (Open Road Films) The Hollywood Reporter has an interesting article about the film industry’s problem with internet trolls. It seems that highly motivated armies of online miscreants are interfering with studios’ carefully plotted plans and releases. The latest situation involves The Promise, an upcoming film (pictured above) about the Armenian genocide in World War I starring Christian Bale and Oscar Isaac. The film’s Internet Movie Database page has been flooded with one-star reviews despite the fact that it hasn’t been released yet – it hits theatres ..read more