Karachi reports polio case as Pakistan’s 2026 tally hits seven
A health worker administers polio drops to a child on the first day of a…
Antonelli struck with illness ahead of Mexico GP
The Italian needs to finish ahead of his title rivals to strengthen his championship bid MEXICO CITY: The biggest weekend in Kimi Antonelli’s motor racing life so far began in silence on Thursday when he was excused from media duties at the Mexico City Grand Prix due to a viral illness. Instead of attending news…
Waymo taps Toyota to supply robotaxis for Japan and the U.K.
Waymo will begin testing autonomous Toyota bZ4X vehicles in Japan next year as part of a broader partnership with the automaker to provide electric vehicles for robotaxi operations in international markets, including the U.K. Under the partnership announced Friday, Toyota will manufacture the 2027 bZ4X vehicles and integrate Waymo’s self-driving system at its Takaoka factory…
Bayern brace for Dortmund showdown
MUNICH: Bayern Munich host long-time foes Borussia Dortmund on Saturday after a rollercoaster week punctuated by coach Vincent Kompany’s hospitalisation and Harry Kane’s Ballon d’Or triumph. Germany captain Joshua Kimmich, a mainstay in Bayern’s midfield, has missed three games on compassionate leave due to the sudden death of his father. Luis Diaz, Manuel Neuer, Jamal…
Edge0 Releases Audio8-TTS-Realistic, a 0.6B Voice Cloning TTS Model
Edge0 has released Audio8-TTS-Realistic, an open-weight text-to-speech model for zero-shot voice cloning. Audio8-TTS-Realistic is a 0.6B-parameter model that clones a voice from 1 reference clip and transcript. It supports 23 languages, 12 more than its predecessor. The weights and code ship under Apache 2.0. For developers, the catch is competitive multilingual accuracy at a size…
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GM reaches $220M settlement over selling drivers’ private data
General Motors will pay $220 million to 36 states to settle allegations that it illegally sold private driving behavior and location information to data brokers. As part of the settlement, GM must get drivers’ express consent before it collects or shares their driving and location data — terms that are in line with separate agreements…
Winnipeg Blue Bombers returner Trey Vaval named CFL’s top special-teams player for 2nd time – Winnipeg
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 29, 2026 6:02 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A historic first for Trey Vaval. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ electrifying kick returner was named the CFL’s top special-teams player for a second straight season Thursday. Vaval became the first player in league…
Amazon reported booming cloud revenue but otherwise missed expectations
Amazon reported its third-quarter earnings on Thursday and missed analysts’ expectations for both its total revenue and earnings per share. There were other murky numbers in the report that scared investors, too, including how much cash the company is burning through. But the report did have a big, bright spot: Its cloud unit, Amazon Web…
Loss of Canadian shoppers a $64M hit to Washington State: report
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Businesses just over the U.S. border in Whatcom County say the loss of Canadian shoppers continues to hit them hard. “There’s been a little bit of ups and downs, but right now we’re actually at a little bit more than 20 per cent of a loss of…
Elon Musk is ‘truly a genius,’ says Vladimir Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin said that he and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk are in “close contact” about Rassvet, Russia’s answer to Starlink, Musk’s internet satellite service. “Elon Musk is a genius, truly a genius,” Putin said at the Russia-Africa Summit on Wednesday. “He has already had more than 5,000 such satellites in orbit, while we…