Technology

BIV's coverage delves into all issues affecting tech businesses in Vancouver and British Columbia

Reform Canadian SR&ED tax credit: American IT and innovation think tank

Report finds Canadian business investment in R&D far below global average

Rogers to tap Starlink satellites to help early detection of B.C. forest fires

Special sensors, 5G and SpaceX's Starlink to aid in real-time smoke detection in B.C.

Amazon to hire 6,000 workers in Canada for full-time, part-time and seasonal jobs

Hiring comes as Amazon invests more than $70M in pay increases for fulfillment and transportation employees

'Love robots' are moving into this B.C. seniors home

Kiwi and Mango will be spreading robotic love on the weekends

SFU professor-led team dives deep into this space study in Texas

The project led by Burnaby-based professor Andrew Blaber could provide new details about how to keep astronauts healthier for future space missions.

Canadian tech organization urges 'responsible' approach to AI regulation

Urgings come as the technology has garnered an explosion of interest in recent months because of big developments to generative AI systems

BC Hydro’s Powertech Labs expands into U.S.

Powertech Labs' new U.S. subsidiary to focus on hydrogen fueling infrastructure

TikTok partnerships plentiful in Canada amid bans, foreign interference accusations

Concerns persist that data the app owned by Beijing-based ByteDance collects on users could end up in the hands of the Chinese government

Foresight clean-tech accelerator marks 10th anniversary

Accelerator-supported companies have raised $1.5B over past decade

US$35m Tentarix financing to add business for Vancouver's ITS

Vancouver's Innovative Targeting Solutions (ITS) partners with San-Diego-based Tentarix to make drugs