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"8base has an enormous democratizing effect by affording businesses of all shapes and sizes the ability to digitally transform without enormous budgets or timeframes” - Albert Santalo   It’s not every day when a successful South Florida serial entrepreneur officially announces his or her next venture. This is one of those days. Albert Santalo, founder of CareCloud and Avisena, is bringing 8base out of stealth mode. 8base is a platform and ecosystem for software development. The venture, incorporated in March 2017, has so far been funded by Santalo and angel investors in South Florida and Boston. According to Santalo, 8base will allow citizen developers, or people with limited technical proficiency, to build and host their own enterprise software without having to contract software developers. It also allows engineers around the world to contribute new capabilities to the platform and earn one-time or recurring compensation in the process, he said. The product can be … [Read more...] about Miami serial entrepreneur Albert Santalo announces his next big tech venture: 8base

This is the second of a 10-part series on Toronto’s technology communityAs head of Uber ATG, Raquel Urtasun had her pick of where to settle down with the company and she chose Toronto.“There are many reasons I chose Toronto as a place to live. First of all, it’s a great city, it has a lot of diversity,” she said. “I was working in AI (artificial intelligence) and Toronto is really a global leader in AI and that is one of the reasons I came here. “On top of this, Toronto is a very vibrant city (and a) fantastic place to live. And I really like the diversity here, as well as the fact that it’s a very cosmopolitan city. As a foreigner I actually feel at home in Toronto.”READ MORE: Uber’s self-driving cars back on the road in Toronto after 9-month hiatusOriginally from Spain, she attended University of Navarra for her bachelor’s degree and earned a Ph.D. degree from the computer science department at Ecole Polytechnique Federal de … [Read more...] about Tech in T.O.: Meet Raquel Urtasun, the driving force behind Uber’s self-driving cars

This is the third of a 10-part series on Toronto’s technology communityAbout three years ago, Sabarish Gnanamoorthy said from the moment he put on a virtual reality headset it immediately sparked an interest in technology.“That’s what really piqued interest in [virtual reality],” he said. “I saw how you could create an entire 360 world around you using virtual reality and how you can do that right on your own computer.”At 16 years old, Gnanamoorthy is the youngest augmented reality developer with Microsoft. He said his hope is to help create technology that could be easily integrated into everyday life.“Right now we’re using smart phones, which are 2-D devices, and we’re using it in literally every moment of our lives … But it’s serving as an interference in our lives versus and integration,” he said.“That’s what I thought when I saw virtual and augment reality and how it has the ability to take digital … [Read more...] about Tech in T.O. Next Generation: Meet Microsoft’s youngest AR developer

Protect your investment and keep track of your gear with the newest cases and accessories for the iPhone 11 and AirPods. Tech expert John Biehler shows off some of his favourites … [Read more...] about Tech Talk: Latest accessories from new iPhone 11 and AirPods

Tech & Science After a crew of artificial intelligence bots bested top-of-the-league humans in a video game match on Sunday, Elon Musk urged OpenAI, the research company he co-founded that created the machine team, to next explore ways to forge “symbiosis” between man and machine rather than complete domination. The best-of-three match of the online battle arena game Dota 2 pitted five humans who ranked in the top 99.95 percentile of players against a team of five neural networks known as the OpenAI Five, which learned the game by playing the equivalent of 180 years per day against itself. In two out of the three matches, the bots clobbered the humans, who won the final game only after the audience chose the machines’ players and purposely spoiled their chances of a sweep. After the match, staunch AI skeptic Musk tweeted the research team had done “great work” but should introduce brain-controlled computer devices that allow humans to work with AI … [Read more...] about Is Elon Musk Scared of AI? SpaceX Founder Urges Tech Company to Develop ‘Symbiosis’ Between Man and Machine