Shopify reported Q4 2025 revenue up 30.6% YoY with strong growth in merchant solutions and B2B sales, while Amazon's Q1 2026 revenue rose 16.6% YoY, driven by a 28% growth in AWS and a booming ad business. Shopify focuses on empowering independent merchants with software and AI tools, showing robust cash flow and initiating its first buyback. Amazon invests heavily in infrastructure and AI chips, betting on long-term returns despite high capital spending. Investors will watch Shopify's merchant growth amid tariff pressures and Amazon's AWS margins and ad resilience to gauge which model delivers sustainable profits.
Bill C-22 in Canada faces strong opposition from tech leaders and experts who warn it threatens the digital economy by undermining data privacy and encryption. Quebec's tech sector, especially in AI and cloud infrastructure, could lose investments, t...
Canada's proposed Bill C-22 faces strong opposition from major tech firms like Meta, Apple, and Signal, as well as VPN providers, due to concerns it could force companies to weaken encryption and compromise digital privacy. Industry leaders warn this...
