About 800 Canadian employees are being laid off by SkipTheDishes and its parent company.
SkipTheDishes and Just Eat Cut 800 Jobs in Canada Amid Restructure
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CBSA to Use Facial Recognition App for People Facing Deportation: Documents
The Canada Border Services Agency plans to implement an app that uses facial recognition technology to keep track of people who have been ordered to be deported from the country.
Manitoba to Ban Cell Phones in Classrooms This Fall
WINNIPEG — Manitoba is following in the steps of other Canadian provinces to enact its own ban on cell phones in the classroom.
Canadian News Engagement Down Significantly One Year After Meta’s Ban: Study
A new study is painting a grim portrait of how local Canadian news outlets are struggling to reach audiences one year after Meta’s news ban.
Editorial: One Year Since the Online News Act Caused a News Ban
WINNIPEG — It’s been one year since Meta’s news ban — triggered by Canada’s Online News Act — has severely impacted small media outlets across the country.
Food Delivery App Expands to More Manitoba Cities
SkipTheDishes is now available in three more Manitoba cities as part of a network-wide expansion to include Winkler, Morden and Thompson.
Canadian Flights, Hospitals, Border Disrupted During Global Technology Outage
A global technology outage grounded flights, disrupted hospitals, backed up border crossings and even upended coffee orders in Canada on Friday, as issues persisted hours after problems with Microsoft services were said to be on the mend.
Can AI Be An Author? Federal Court Asked to Decide in New Copyright Case
The Federal Court of Canada is being asked to declare that only humans — and not artificial intelligence — can be considered authors under Canada’s copyright law.
Creators Urge Ottawa to Force Disclosure of ‘Black Box’ AI System Training
Canadian creators and publishers want the government to do something about the unauthorized and usually unreported use of their content to train generative artificial intelligence systems.
City of Winnipeg to Implement AI Pilot Projects to Enhance Services
The City of Winnipeg is set to launch six innovative pilot projects aimed at improving customer service through the use of artificial intelligence (AI).
AI Chatbots Use Canadian News, But Ottawa Won’t Say If They Should Pay For It
The federal government is dodging questions about whether AI companies should be paying Canadian news publishers for content their chatbots are openly using.
Google Signs Deal with Organization to Distribute $100M to Canadian News Companies
Google announced which organization it has selected to distribute the $100 million the tech giant has promised to Canadian news companies Friday.
