ZSA Technology Labs has launched a backpack designed specifically for split keyboard users. The CEO expresses enthusiasm about the product, describing it as the world's first such backpack and highlighting its quality design.
X users discuss Robinhood's cryptocurrency platform and related tokens, including announcements of Robinhood Canada's new Toronto office opening, token price predictions, and discussions of blockchain-based assets and projects built on the Robinhood Chain.
Robinhood announced an upcoming product event for September 29-30 and opened a new Toronto office for its crypto division. The platform is expanding blockchain support, adding Circle's Arc mainnet integration to enable direct USDC transfers, while various tokens and projects build on the Robinhood Chain ecosystem amid discussions of fake token launches.
A relocation guide for remote software engineers considering a move to Canada, highlighting the VanHack program that sponsors visas and helps over 100 engineers relocate while maintaining their current jobs. The guide provides resources for visa research, cost of living, salaries, and job search information, noting Canada's strong tech sectors in cities like Toronto, Vancouver, and Montréal with particular strength in AI, cybersecurity, and quantum computing.
AMD acquired Toronto-based Taalas, which has developed specialized silicon that etches AI models directly into chips rather than loading weights from memory. The HC1 chip runs Meta's Llama 3.1 8B at 17,000 tokens per second with minimal power draw, enabling high-speed AI inference on desktop or mobile devices without reliance on centralized data centers.
Project Blinkenlights transforms buildings into giant interactive light displays, beginning with a 2001 Chaos Computer Club installation in Berlin and expanding to major cities across three continents. The project includes installations in Paris, Toronto, and others, ranging from monochrome pixel displays to full-color systems, with tools for converting custom media into facade animations.
Loblaw Company Limited conducted a large-scale LED drone advertisement over Toronto's Fort York on September 10, promoting its President's Choice Health app with health-related questions and a QR code. The 15-minute aerial display, which received city and NAV CANADA approvals, sparked online debate about commercial use of airspace, with critics calling for such advertising to be banned.
TIFF 2026 (September 10-20) features 293 films including 15 book-to-screen adaptations. Notable adaptations include Kat Sandler's directorial debut YAGA, Andrew Haigh's A Long Winter, a documentary about Vietnamese refugee experiences, and Siân Heder's Being Heumann about disability rights activist Judy Heumann.