MONTREAL — Concordia University says it’s partnered with video game studio Ubisoft Montreal on a project to streamline the game development process. The university says researcher Wahab Hamou-Lhadj and his team have developed an artificial intelligence system that automatically identifies coding defects as programmers write them. Concordia says Hamou-Lhadj and his team had access to […]
WASHINGTON — The Latest on President Donald Trump and his ongoing criticism of Amazon (all times local): 5:50 p.m. President Donald Trump says his administration is “going to take a pretty serious look” at Amazon and says: “We’ll see what happens.” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One during his trip home from West Virginia […]
VANCOUVER — A study from a Vancouver-based public policy think tank blames what it terms “misguided decisions” and runaway costs for the current financial crisis at the Insurance Corporation of British Columbia. The Fraser Institute study, authored by John Chant, a professor emeritus of economics at Simon Fraser University, finds the corporation’s problems began years […]
MONTREAL — Walmart Canada is backtracking on its controversial decision to withdraw from a program that provided work experience in its Quebec stores to people with disabilities or autism. The retail giant faced a public relations nightmare that included strong criticism online after a health agency said last week the program’s participants would be losing […]
WASHINGTON — Amazon is spending millions of dollars on lobbying as the global online retailer seeks to expand its reach into a swath of industries that President Donald Trump’s broadsides haven’t come close to hitting. Trump’s attacks over the last week targeted what Amazon is best known for: rapidly shipping just about any product you […]
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is signing off on selling more than $1.3 billion in artillery to Saudi Arabia as Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman visits the United States. The State Department says the administration told Congress on Thursday that it plans to approve the sale. Lawmakers will have 30 days to act if they […]
Copper, one of four business units at Teck besides steelmaking coal, oil and zinc, is a priority for the company
Geoff Morgan talks to energy expert Jackie Forrest about how Canada’s oil industry stacks up against the ‘dominator’ from America
LONDON — The Latest on the Facebook privacy scandal (all times local): 6:30 p.m. Britain’s Information Commissioner says some 30 organizations — including Facebook — are being investigated to see how social media platforms were used in political campaigns. Information Commissioner Elizabeth Denham’s statement Thursday comes a day after Facebook announced that tens of millions […]
NEW YORK — Maribel Perez Wadsworth has been named publisher of USA Today, becoming the second woman to hold the post. Wadsworth is taking up the role immediately following the retirement of John Zidich, USA Today said Thursday. Wadsworth, 45, is also president of the USA Today Network, which has 109 local media properties. She […]