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Why we should 'fight like hell' against Big AI
Tech journalist Karen Hao, who once worked in Silicon Valley as an engineer, is sounding the alarm on holding AI giants accountable. She argues people need to push back against massive companies that are ‘consolidating a historic amount of economic and political power, terraforming our earth, reshaping our geopolitics’ as well as our lives and […]
American figure skater Ilia Malinin on course for 3rd world title
American Ilia Malinin banished the ghosts of his disastrous Olympics on Thursday, skating into the lead after the men’s short program at the world championships in Prague, a month after a shock eighth-place finish in Milan. Source link
After Brier win, Matt Dunstone seeks more curling glory at men's world championship
Matt Dunstone, Colton Lott, E.J. Harnden and Ryan Harnden out of Winnipeg’s Granite Curling Club open the LGT Men’s World Championship on Friday afternoon against South Korea and at night against Italy in Ogden, Utah. Source link
Carney says apology needed for Indigenous spying program
The prime minister said there should be a public apology for a spying operation targeting hundreds of Indigenous people that had the support of the federal government. Source link
EU charges porn sites with breaching tech safety rules, could face fines
The EU accused Pornhub, Stripchat, XNXX and XVideos of breaching rules by letting children access pornographic content on their sites. Companies can be fined as much as six per cent of their global annual turnover if found guilty of Digital Services Act breaches. Source link
Physicians want N.L. to hit pause on a mandatory, province-wide electronic health information system
Doctors in Newfoundland and Labrador says quick implementation of a province-wide electronic health information system threatens to harm patients and push some physicians to retire or leave the province. Source link
2 people experiencing homelessness died in past 24 hours, says Montreal mayor
Soraya Martinez Ferrada says two people experiencing homelessness in Montreal have died in the past 24 hours Source link
Raul Castro participating in talks with U.S., Cuba's president says
Former Cuban president Raul Castro is involved in talks between the island and the United States, Miguel Diaz-Canel said Wednesday. Source link
Israel kills senior Iranian naval officials, Trump continues threats to Tehran to negotiate
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iranon Thursday to “get serious” about a deal to end nearly four weeks of fighting, after its foreign minister said Tehran was reviewing the U.S. proposal but that there were no talks on winding down the war. Source link
Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games. Source link