SpaceX IPO: Everything you need to know
SpaceX has captured the attention of media, investors, and the public for years now —…
New Brunswick’s nuclear power plant expected to be off-line for weeks, official says – New Brunswick
By Eli Ridder The Canadian Press Posted September 16, 2026 6:06 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A representative for New Brunswick’s nuclear power plant says it’s expected to remain off-line for a few weeks as they make a repair. The station’s community manager Kathleen Duguay says plant workers…
Rizwan moves LHC against NCCIA summons, questions agency’s jurisdiction
Mohammad Rizwan walks back to the pavilion after losing his wicket in a T20 World Cup match. — AFP/File Notice, according to Rizwan, refers to an inquiry into online betting, gambling. Says investigators did not answer his repeated questions about allegations. Asks LHC to halt NCCIA proceedings until his petition is finally decided. LAHORE: Pakistan…
Knowledgator Releases GLiFormer: A 575M-Parameter Encoder That Hits 91.10 F1 on Nested JSON Extraction Without Generating Tokens
Knowledgator Engineering has released GLiFormer, a schema-conditioned encoder framework for information extraction. One model handles named-entity recognition (NER), text classification, relation extraction, nested JSON structuring, and text embeddings. You pass labels and extraction schemas at inference time. Two checkpoints are on Hugging Face. GLiFormer Base v1 has 264.2M parameters, and GLiFormer Large v1 has 575.6M….
Ford government threatens to cut funding to towns, cities that break ‘Buy Ontario’ rules
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Ford government has written to towns and cities in Ontario, threatening to cut funding if they fail to follow procurement rules designed to boost spending on Canadian businesses. Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing Rob Flack wrote to the heads of council “to make clear our…
Pakistan requests relocation of Asian Champions Trophy from India
Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) cites security concerns amid sensitive bilateral tension Pakistan has formally called for a neutral venue for the 2026 Men’s Hockey Asian Champions Trophy, citing security concerns amid heightened tensions with India, while reaffirming its commitment to competing against all teams. In an official statement, Pakistan Hockey Federation (PHF) president Mohyuddin Ahmed Wani stated the PHF has formally requested the Asian…
After accusations of selling ‘perv glasses,’ Meta prepares to sell a pair without a camera
Meta’s camera-equipped smart glasses have proven more successful than other entrants into the market, but they have also deeply disturbed certain consumers who see them as invasive emblems of a dystopian surveillance society run amok. Now, as the company weathers complaints that it’s selling “pervert glasses,” it has reportedly decided to sell a pair that…
Japan is now home to more than 100,000 people aged 100 or over – National
The number of people aged 100 years or more in Japan surpassed 100,000 for the first time, according to newly released government figures. Japan’s Health and Welfare Ministry statistics released Tuesday confirmed the milestone, showing that Japan now has 107,677 centenarians, up 7,914 from the previous year. 1:40 ‘I just do what I want’: 3…
Babar Azam, Saud Shakeel climb two places in ICC Test rankings
From (left to right) Test captain Babar Azam and batter Saud Shakeel. — Reuters DUBAI: Pakistan Test captain Babar Azam and batter Saud Shakeel climbed two places in the latest ICC Test rankings, while Salman Ali Agha, Noman Ali, Khurram Shahzad and Muhammad Abbas slipped after Pakistan suffered a 3-0 series whitewash against England. Babar…
I Trained a Fly’s Brain to Generate WIRED Story Ideas
Meet PitchFly, WIRED’s latest editorial recruit. He has 165,112 neurons, and they’re all trained to generate story ideas. A sampling of his early output: “The Hidden Weather Problem Inside Surveillance”; “The Engineers Who Think Elon Musk Needs Less Computer Security”; and my personal favorite, “Everyone Wants Cooking. Nobody Has Solved Donald Trump.” PitchFly uses a…
Ford comes close to endorsing Chow in Toronto mayoral race: ‘Read between the lines’ – Toronto
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Ontario Premier Doug Ford went to the very edge of endorsing incumbent Toronto Mayor Olivia Chow, praising her leadership at city hall in the middle of a municipal election campaign. Speaking at an unrelated event in Toronto on Wednesday, Ford had positive words for the mayor, who…
