Deliveries from online shopping orders and subscription services are clogging already-crowded city streets around the world with delivery trucks and vans, adding to greenhouse gas emissions and causing safety and traffic concerns by blocking bike and bus lanes. Online retailers, delivery companies and cities are all looking for solutions.  Amazon is betting on new technology…

Environmental groups urged a Norwegian appeals court on Tuesday to take emissions from the country’s oil and gas exports into account when ruling on the government’s decision to allow oil firms to explore in Arctic waters in 2016. The session follows the dismissal by a lower court of the lawsuit against the Norwegian state by…

The founder and CEO of Vancouver-based Hootsuite has announced he is stepping down after 11 years at the helm of the social media company. In a letter to investors, Ryan Holmes said becoming a first-time father has led to him doing a lot of reflecting. “With a Herculean quarter of my life spent on building…

Rogers Communications and the University of British Columbia (UBC) have fired up what is believed to be Canada’s first 5G-powered smart campus. A company statement said the launch allows university researchers to test real-time 5G applications as Rogers prepares to unveil a national network of the ultra high-speed 5G mobile wireless system next year. The system is the fifth generation of…

The RCMP has launched an internal review to make sure it’s obeying the law in the way it monitors Canadians’ social media accounts, according to documents obtained by CBC News. The national police force says it keeps an eye on social media accounts (Twitter, Facebook and Instagram, among others) in two ways: reactively, after a crime has…

Matthew MacNeil might benefit more than most from smart speaker technology — but it has never really worked properly for him. That’s because the 29-year-old Tillsonburg, Ont., resident has Down syndrome, and devices like Google Home often have trouble understanding people who don’t use typical speech patterns. “It’s tough when talking fast; it doesn’t pick up my voice usually,”…