Google is bringing a more personal version of its Gemini AI assistant to your car
Google is making the Gemini AI assistant that’s already in millions of cars, trucks, and…
Upwind raises $400M after walking away from Datadog acquisition offer
Upwind, a San Francisco startup that uses AI to secure cloud infrastructure, has raised a $400 million Series C round at a $3.8 billion valuation led by Bessemer Venture Partners, with participation from existing backers including Greylock Partners and Craft Ventures. The round comes nine months after Upwind closed its previous $250 million financing at…
Family of soldier badly burned at CFB Wainwright speaks about his injuries
Cheryl Ramage is proud to have two sons in the Canadian Armed Forces. Both were training at CFB Wainwright when a fire ripped through the base earlier this month. The mother of four was attending dinner theatre when friends sent a text message asking: “Are your boys OK?” “I had no idea what was happening,”…
Google DeepMind Introduces Gemini 4 Carbon, Its Top Model for Cyber Defense and Coding
Google DeepMind has introduced Gemini 4 Carbon, its strongest model to date. Gemini 4 Carbon is a frontier model from Google built for long-horizon agentic coding and cybersecurity defense. It ranks #1 on the updated v5.0 Artificial Analysis Intelligence Index with a score of 59. For developers, the catch is access. Carbon starts with a…
Lorne Doerkson says Conservatives committed to all campaign promises
B.C. Premier-designate Lorne Doerkson says he is committed to keeping every campaign promise he made leading up to his party’s provincial election victory. In a one-on-one interview with Global News, Doerkson said that he wants to be clear about this issue. “We’re really committed to everything that I promised,” he said. “It was why during…
Apple’s touchscreen MacBook Pro pushes laptop pricing to a new extreme
Apple has officially entered the touchscreen MacBook Pro era, and apparently, it wants to drain your wallet while it’s at it. The new touchscreen MacBook Pro starts at $2,899, which is already a hefty price tag in this economy. But if you want the absolute top-of-the-line model with every possible upgrade, prepare to cough up…
Montreal’s ‘raccoon guy’ collected over $110,000 in cryptocurrency fees – Montreal
A Montreal man who has come to be known as the “raccoon guy” says he has made over $110,000 in transaction fees from an obscure cryptocurrency named after his adopted pet. The “Pepper” coin was launched on Oct. 10 by an online trader using the name “Hiruzen,” who said he named it after Louka Berman’s…
Should AI Decide Your Court Case? This Judge Says Yes
People will find out when they produce fake images to the court that they are committing perjury and they will go to prison, just as if they’d forged a will. I think we need to be cautious about predicting disaster. I’m very optimistic. You’ve previously described an “inevitable” future where simpler civil cases are adjudicated…
Israeli Election Live Updates: With Votes Nearly Counted, Rival Blocs Must Now Wrangle for Power
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel fell short of outright victory on Tuesday night. But he has still emerged with a good chance of clinging to power. Mr. Netanyahu, 77, has plenty of political blessings to count after the vote. His Likud party is set to remain the largest in the Israeli Parliament, defying the…
Pakistan regroup for tri-series final
KARACHI: Pakistan’s batting coach Michael Smith has said that Pakistan must put their disappointing defeat behind them and focus on preparing for Saturday’s ODI tri-series final against Sri Lanka. He urged his charges to rediscover the collective performance that helped them become the first side to qualify for the final. Smith acknowledged that Pakistan had…
Anthropic just launched tools to show companies what their AI spending is buying
The financials Anthropic shared with investors this week suggest that its AI coding tool, Claude Code, is every bit the business success the frontier lab wanted. The company recorded an operating profit in the second quarter, and 900% net revenue retention — that is, spending from the same customers in Q3 2025 grew nine times…
