Technology

A fresh look at the product definition from Philip Kotler: three product levels, four categories and the blurring line between products and services.

ApiVENZ Relief Cream uses patented New Zealand bee venom, clove, pine and eucalyptus oils. Here are the verified product details and what Canadian buyers should check.

TikTok at TIFF 2026: the platform returns as Official Platform Partner with 30 #FilmTok creators, three Q&As and a Market talk with Zooey Deschanel.

A Saskatchewan mail-in survey found 86.34% support youth social media limits for under-16s. The results now head to Ottawa as federal legislation advances.

The CRTC says it will proceed with Cancon streaming rules after the file helped end Canada-U.S. trade talks. Dates for the proceedings are still being set.

TECHNATION’s second Cyber Intelligence Quarterly Brief, published 2 September 2026, warns that machine and agentic AI identities are multiplying faster than Canadian governance can supervise them, citing a Verizon 2026 finding of a 43 percent breach rate.

U.S. solar generation rose 21 percent and wind generation rose 6 percent in the first half of 2026, according to the Energy Information Administration’s Short-Term Energy Outlook published August 11, 2026. Forecasters expect renewable capacity additions to continue through 2027, with the next monthly update due September 9, 2026.

The Federal Trade Commission and attorneys general from 22 states filed a federal lawsuit on August 31, 2026, alleging Amazon used a concealed surcharge in its search advertising auctions for more than seven years, affecting over one million brands and sellers.

GE Appliances has deployed AI-equipped camera systems on assembly lines at its cooking appliance plant in Lafayette, Georgia, to flag production errors in real time ��� a practical example of how manufacturers are using computer vision for quality control and efficiency.

Canada will host its first Investment Summit in Toronto on September 14–15, 2026, with a stated goal of catalysing $1 trillion in investment over five years across clean energy, critical minerals, technology, and artificial intelligence.