The trial will be open to creators in the US and Canada. Meta plans to take a 25% cut of the 70% that’s left after the platform fee, leaving creators with just over half of an item’s sale price.

It is also opening a Canadian warehouse later this year to help it grow its business in that country. Parachute recently began selling furniture such as bed frames and nightstands. It also embarked on an executive hiring spree, adding its first chief financial officer, chief merchandising officer, and chief commercial officer.

Internet users in Canada are most likely to discover new TV and video content from friends (57%), per Media Technology Monitor—far above the 41% who rely on personalized suggestions or the 23% who get recommendations from commercials.

The training, in detail: The Canada-based bank has already provided Azure training for around two-thirds of its developers, or 2,000 people, Bloomberg added. Approximately 350 among this cohort have taken full Azure certification exams. The exam cost is as high as CAD$5,000 ($3,988.03), CIO Richard Jardim told Bloomberg in an interview.

Purchasing is presently limited to users 18 years old and up in the US and Canada. More on this: Meta charges a 30% platform fee for any sales on its VR system, Meta Quest. Horizon Worlds will charge a 25% fee for goods and experiences sold on top of that. This would leave creators with just 52.5% of the sale price, with Meta taking the other 47.5%.

In Canada, Podcast Adoption Is High and Still Booming. This year, podcast penetration in Canada will be fifth highest among the 18 markets we break out. By the end of 2022, Canada will pass Australia and Norway to claim the third-highest penetration rate among internet users, behind only the US and Sweden.

Bank of Canada (BOC), which is building technical capacity for a CBDC but “has not found a pressing case for a digital currency, given the present state of the Canadian payments system.”. Policy sets the foundation for CBDC: The IMF noted that central banks’ policy goals help set guidelines for more detailed choices. Those goals include:. Financial inclusion, with differing needs among case studies.