Amazon invested a further $2.75 billion in growing AI power Anthropic on Wednesday, following through on the option it left open last September. The $1.25 billion it invested at the time must be producing results, or perhaps they’ve realized that there are no other horses available to back. The September deal put $1.25B into the […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Month: March 2024
B.C. financial regulator, other agencies join warning about ‘pig butchering’ investment scams
The B.C. Securities Commission is the latest agency to warn provincial residents about so-called “pig butchering” investment scams.
Okanagan College gives sneak peek as new student housing tower nears completion
Okanagan College has given a sneak peek at its new student housing in Kelowna, as the project nears completion.Dignitaries, including Lisa Beare, Minister of Post Secondary Education and Future Skills, got a tour of the 216-room building at the corner of K.L.O. Road and Campus West Road.&ldq…
Oregon signs right to repair into law
Oregon Governor Tina Kotek on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 1596 into law, joining California, Colorado, Maine, Massachusetts and Minnesota in a growing list of states embracing a right to repair for citizens. The law is set to go into effect January 1. The bill’s coauthors Janeen Sollman and Representative Courtney Neron took inspiration from California’s […]© 2024 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Global News at 11 moves to a full hour on April 1
“At a time when local news coverage is in decline, we are thrilled to expand our newscast at 11 p.m. to one hour,” Bhupinder S. Hundal, news director and station manager said.
Woman critically injured in chain-reaction collision on DVP has died in hospital: police
One of two people critically injured in a chain-reaction collision on the Don Valley Parkway last month has died in hospital, Toronto police say.
Canadian bridges are safe, officials say, after U.S. bridge rammed by ship collapses
Canadian authorities tried to reassure the public about the safety of bridges in the country following the collapse of a bridge in Baltimore, Md., early Tuesday morning after it was rammed by a container ship. Halifax Harbour Bridges, which operates…The post Canadian bridges are safe, officials say, after U.S. bridge rammed by ship collapses appeared first on Canadian Underwriter.
Questions fly as ministry seeks comment on Dresden landfill, recycling proposal
A new Environmental Registry of Ontario posting on proposals for a dormant landfill near Dresden indicates the Environment Ministry has heard local residents’ and municipalities’ concerns.
Zameer’s lawyer suggests Toronto police testimony ‘made up’ in first-degree murder trial
A grainy security camera video is at the heart of some tense moments at the first-degree murder trial of the man accused of running down a Toronto police officer, as his defense lawyer said testimony from police officers didn’t match what it shows and suggested the officers were making their story up.
High-risk offender with history of sexual crimes involving children released in Calgary
A high-risk offender with a history of sexual crimes against children has been released into the Calgary community.