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Google has picked 14 Canadian AI startups for its latest accelerator cohort, spanning healthcare, finance, industry and agriculture.

Oura launches an AI health model tailored to women, blending medical insight with Oura Ring data to support users through life stages.

Canada's AI-led healthcare boom is running on ageing systems, raising cyber risks and outages that threaten the promise of smarter care.

3DiVi unveils four-layer defence model to harden face authentication against deepfakes and spoofing as remote ID checks surge globally.

TELUS lights up a 125km subsea fibre cable under the St Lawrence, boosting North Shore resilience with a CAD $20m backup link.

Canada marks International Development Week 2026 by spotlighting how trusted identity and high-quality data can unlock truly global partnerships.

A Copenhagen startup says its Argus software can generate full eye prescriptions from a single smartphone photo in under a minute.

Canada commits to expanding high-speed internet to 1,922 rural and Indigenous homes across 28 communities in Saskatchewan.

Unapproved peptide ads and listings have surged across online platforms since 2020, raising fresh concerns over consumer safety and oversight.

Utah tests AI to renew repeat prescriptions without doctors, promising cheaper care but sparking safety fears and regulatory questions.

As payers deploy always-on audits, healthcare must hardwire real-time documentation and coding checks into everyday clinical practice.

Nearly all Canadian healthcare IT leaders rely on legacy systems, raising risks of security breaches and operational disruptions in patient care.

DeepHealth secures FDA clearance for TechLive, a remote scanning system now supporting ultrasound, enhancing efficiency amid rising radiology workloads.

Teradata launches its open-source MCP Server to boost trusted, context-aware AI agents for efficient enterprise data analysis and management.

Teradata unveils the open-source MCP Server to enhance AI-driven querying and analysis of enterprise data, starting with the healthcare sector.

Legacy IT systems hinder rapid AI growth in Australian healthcare, with 99% reliant on outdated tech despite AI use rising from 70% to 93% in 2025.

Canada's healthcare sector leads in AI use for patient care but struggles with outdated IT systems, causing security risks and operational downtime.

Trustwave warns that the increasing digitalisation of healthcare exposes critical vulnerabilities that could threaten patient lives, as detailed in new reports.

SimCare AI has secured USD $2 million in seed funding to enhance its innovative AI-based healthcare simulation platform aimed at revolutionising clinical training.

New Zealand's digital health market is set to grow to NZ$631.9 million by 2029, as healthcare's virtual shift becomes vital amid rising demands and budget cuts.