Neowin News Feed for: Toronto

Nvidia is opening a new AI research lab in Toronto

João Carrasqueira — Wed, 13 Jun 2018 17:46:02 +0000

Nvidia has announced that it will be opening a new research lab in Toronto focusing primarily on artificial intelligence and deep learning. The new lab will be led by professor Sanja Fidler. Read more...

Sidewalk Toronto to kick off first roundtable in March

Paul Hill — Tue, 27 Feb 2018 21:52:01 +0000

Sidewalk Toronto has announced several dates in which the general public can meet with the team to put forward ideas for Quayside. Project updates will be shared by Sidewalk Labs at the meetings. Read more...

Lyft comes to Canada, first expansion outside the U.S.

Paul Hill — Mon, 13 Nov 2017 19:22:01 +0000

One of Uber's main rivals, Lyft, has decided to expand out of the United States for the first time. Next month, people from Toronto will be able to use the ride hailing service. Pricing isn't known. Read more...

Alphabet plans to build futuristic neighbourhood

Paul Hill — Wed, 18 Oct 2017 14:50:01 +0000

The Alphabet company, Sidewalk Labs, is partnering with Toronto in order to build a futuristic neighbourhood which will re-imagine transport and city design in order to make life better. Read more...

New York, Paris and other major cities band together to force Airbnb, Uber to the table

Vlad Dudau — Tue, 21 Jun 2016 09:06:01 +0000

Major cities around the world are reportedly banding together in an effort to use their size and market power to bring Airbnb, Uber and other "charing economy" companies to the negotiating table. Read more...

Two people commit suicide over Ashley Madison hack

Justin Luna — Tue, 25 Aug 2015 05:46:01 +0000

In a recent report by the Toronto police, two people associated with the user data leak of Ashley Madison have committed suicide. They also warn about a scam that claims to delete Ashley Madison data. Read more...

Updated: Neowin ROCKS Toronto: Neowindex North America 2010 comes to a close

Brian Donohue — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:09:32 +0000

Neowin's annual "Neowindex" staff get-together starts today. Staff from the Western side of the pond are meeting up in Toronto, Canada, for a fantastic weekend of brainstorming, sightseeing, and general debauchery in true Neowin.net style.... Read more...

Toronto blogger embarasses NASA climate experts

Mon, 20 Aug 2007 01:07:11 +0000

Stephen McIntyre, amateur meteorologist from Toronto, has embarrassed NASA scientists by catching an error in recent climate-change data: climatologists at NASA's Goddard Institute of Space Science (GISS) in New York now concede that 1934, not... Read more...

City of Toronto disconnects workers from Facebook

Thu, 10 May 2007 22:57:47 +0000

The City of Toronto has banned its 23,000 employees from using the social networking site Facebook on work computers. Politicians, however, are exempt from the ban because they use Facebook to communicate with their constituents,... Read more...

Toronto Readies Massive Downtown Hotspot

Tue, 23 Jan 2007 22:22:57 +0000

Toronto Hydro Telecom's recently installed a six-square kilometer Wi-Fi hotspot in downtown Toronto that will deliver Internet upload and download rates at a consistent 5 Mbps. The Wi-Fi deployment called OneZone is the largest in... Read more...

Apple plans Toronto retail store

Sun, 21 Nov 2004 00:50:30 +0000

Apple Computer is taking its retail act north of the border. The Mac maker confirmed to CNET News.com on Friday that it plans to open a store in Toronto in mid-2005. Apple... Read more...