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Why Huawei arrest deepens conflict between US and China

December 7, 2018 by Paul Wiseman and Frank Bajak, The Associated Press, Washington

Arrest of Meng Wanzhou, Huawei's chief financial officer heightens skepticism over the trade truce that Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping reached last weekend in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Top transformative technologies identified

December 6, 2018 by EP&T Magazine

Lux Research releases annual list using data science combined with expert insight

Nemko opens wireless test lab in KW region

December 5, 2018 by Stephen Law

Cambridge EMC / Wireless testing and certification facility seeks to tap burgeoning IoT development

Varitron makes strategic acquisition in Quebec

December 4, 2018 by EP&T Magazine

Acquiring XCELSIA Technologies opens up new markets and facilitates access to talent pool

GM’s push into new technologies expected to boost peer to peer car sharing

December 3, 2018 by Ian Bickis, The Candian Press, Toronto

General Motors signaled a major pivot towards new technologies and mobility platforms when it announced the closing of its Oshawa assembly plant, but it will be playing catch-up to start-ups that have pioneered in the field. One of the spaces it’s…

Keysight test services aim to accelerate time to market

December 3, 2018 by EP&T Magazine

KeysightCare enables design and test engineers to speed innovation

Element AI leverages presence at Montreal conference

December 2, 2018 by EP&T Magazine

Montreal-based AI firm seeks to make an impact with the global community during Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) Conference

Sidewalk Labs unveils more plans for high tech Toronto community

December 2, 2018 by Tara Deschamps, The Canadian Press, Toronto

Google affiliate Sidewalk Labs unveiled more details around its ambitious plan for a high-tech Toronto community on Thursday, but it’s unclear as to who will own what in the company’s futuristic neighbourhood, and who will pay for it. Sidewalk revealed…

Canada’s digital technology supercluster officially launches

December 1, 2018 by EP&T Magazine

British Columbia-based Digital Technology Supercluster will receive $153M in funding from the Ministry of Innovation, Science and Economic Development

OMEGA Engineering unveils updated Canadian website

December 1, 2018 by Stephen Law

Designed to offer B2B customers a consumer-oriented experience, OMEGA Engineering, Norwalk CT, is now inviting its Canadian customers to explore its updated website – completely overhauled just for them. The new Canada-specific website delivers cutting-edge functionality, as well as improvements…

IRWIN Industrial to distribute PEM fasteners

November 30, 2018 by EP&T Magazine

PennEngineering, a global leader in the development and manufacture of precision fasteners, is expanding its sales channels in Canada by signing an agreement with Irwin Industrial, Aurora ON, to distribute its PEM fasteners product range. PEM brand fasteners utilize self-clinching,…

Improving medical device tracking a slow, imperfect process

November 30, 2018 by Meghan Hoyer, The Associated Press, Washington

For nearly two decades, health advocates have pushed to standardize the way medical devices are tracked and studied. They eventually landed on a solution that others, including other parts of the medical industry, already had adopted – a unique code…