
Secretive, never profitable Palantir makes its market debut
Hybrid provider of software and consulting services often embeds its own engineers with clients.
Tesla says new feature automatically stops its cars for traffic lights
Update of the electric car company’s cruise control and auto-steer systems will slow the car whenever it detects a traffic light.
Spy agencies must be transparent about new data crunching, analyst warns
By next year, some 50 billion devices will be connected to the internet.
OpenText Corp. to buy cloud-focused Carbonite Inc. for US$1.42B
Acquisition will be the ninth cloud-focused acquisition for Waterloo, Ont.-based OpenText.
Interac acquires Ottawa-based digital security company 2Keys
2Keys designs, develops and operates digital identity systems.
Lightspeed POS to buy Australia-based Kounta for up to US$61M
Point-of-sale platform has more than 7,000 customer locations in Australia and New Zealand.

CAM system improves productivity
High-performance software covers a range of machine tool applications.
Shopify to buy fulfilment solutions company 6 River Systems for US$450M
Online retail platform says acquisition will give it access to fulfilment software and robotics.
SYSPRO a leader in ERP value matrix for third consecutive year: report
Tech researcher cites company’s Bot innovation and Microsoft Azure partnership.
AP Sources: Boeing changing Max software to use 2 computers
In the new configuration, both of the plane’s flight control computers would be monitored by software.

Canadian manufacturers exercising extreme caution in adopting technology
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BlackBerry expands partnership with LG Electronics as it reports Q1 results
BlackBerry QNX software will be used in infotainment systems, digital instrument clusters and telematics systems for internet-connected vehicles.

Eight signs your accounting software is holding you back
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Smart recruiting for the future
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Machinery manufacturers: How’s your service?
IFS study shows you can turn it into a profit centre.