Tech news archives

The moments, milestones and stories that helped shape Waterloo Region tech. Explore the archive and revisit the people, companies and ideas that got us here.

Interac lifts curtain on innovation lab

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Interac officially opened its lab’s doors with a lunchtime event at Area 151. Debbie Gamble, Vice-President…

Makingspace.tech: Home for tech's LGBTQ+ community

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Makingspace.tech is a fledgling organization that aims to “carve out safer spaces and curate them for…

Free seminar June 18 for companies in need of GPS/GNSS testing

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Swift Labs, Testforce and Spirent Communications are hosting this free seminar at Communitech on June…

GRH, UW researchers and Huron Digital Pathology partner on 'revolutionary' medical search engine

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

University of Waterloo, partnered with Huron Digital Pathology and the hospital’s Laboratory Medicine…

Ideas: Innovation tailor made for the military

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

The Government of Canada rolled out a 20-year, $1.6-billion program designed to efficiently target problems…

FleetCarma acquired by Geotab as electric vehicle adoption grows

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Waterloo-based FleetCarma, whose technology eases the adoption of electric vehicles, has been acquired…

P&P Optica closes $3.1 million fundraising round

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

P&P Optica specializes in scanning equipment capable of analyzing food as it’s moving down the production…

In Position: Things to consider as Ontario greets a new government

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

Leadership of our province changed dramatically after a raucous election campaign that was more about…

M-Theory: Hello, I'm a bot, and we should talk ...

Wednesday, August 25, 2021

The idea that using AI for customer service was ever divisive or weird will one day seem charmingly archaic.…

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