Escalating strikes in the war with Iran and a spike in oil prices is expected to further rattle Australia’s sharemarket.
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The FTC Settlement With John Deere Is a Huge Win for the Right-to-Repair Movement
After more than a decade of pushback, farmers and repair advocates have won access to equipment and services John Deere had long kept under its control.
Hedge Fund Scion Arthur Fery Storms Into Wimbledon Semis
British tennis wildcard Arthur Fery is the last British hope at Wimbledon. He’s also the son of a football-mad hedge fund manager and a former professional tennis player.
Mark Carney Meets MBS to Hedge Against the Trump Tariff Threat
The geopolitical landscape has forced an unexpected and pragmatic pivot in Ottawa’s foreign policy architecture. Fresh from a contentious NATO summit in Ankara, Canadian Prime […]
Can a blood test tell if cancer is returning? Research is underway
If the test, also known as a liquid biopsy, is positive, those patients could get additional experimental treatments, to try to prevent the cancer coming back.
Community pushback forces City of Edmonton to change gears on bike lane plans
The City of Edmonton is changing gears on its plan to remove a large section of on-street parking along 50 Street to allow for the installation of bike lanes.
Raging storm batters cottage country straddling Manitoba-Ontario border
As cleanup of yards and flooded basements continues, no more rain is in the forecast for the region on Wednesday or Thursday.
Meta’s new Muse Image model can pull other Instagram users into AI photos
Meta is launching the first AI image generation model made by its Superintelligence Labs division. The Muse Image model now powers the image-making tools across the Meta AI app, Instagram, and WhatsApp, and it’s coming soon to Facebook and Messenger, according to an announcement on Tuesday.It’s part of the growing Muse family of AI models that replace Meta’s Llama lineup. Alexandr Wang, who Meta hired to head up its Superintelligence Labs last year, says on Threads that Muse Image is “agentic,” meaning it works with its Muse Spark large language model “to reason through your prompt, search the…
Discord admits AI moderation bug wrongfully banned users over harmless images
Discord has acknowledged that a bug in its AI moderation system mistakenly banned more than 8,000 users over the past two months, after harmless images—including spreadsheets, chessboards, game textures, as well as white and gray transparent backgrounds—were incorrectly flagged as harmful content. The company confirmed that the issue had been affecting accounts since May, with […]
More than 4,000 charges laid in OPP Canada Day traffic blitz
The OPP laid 4,372 charges during its Canada Day traffic campaign.