Shares of stablecoin issuer Circle surged Monday after the company reported mostly upbeat earnings and disclosed that a major crypto venture capital fund had purchased $222 million worth of its blockchain tokens. Circle’s shares rose almost 16% to close at $131.76, its highest level since March 18, according to Yahoo Finance. CRCL stock gave back…
By Hannah Sangster Global News Posted May 11, 2026 7:40 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size On Monday, May 11, a wildfire that Saskatchewan officials previously had under control in Starblanket and Little Black Bear First Nations, about an hour and a half northeast of Regina, reignited. Before the…
Hungary is racing to meet an August 31 deadline to become eligible for 10.4 billion euros ($12.2 billion) from the European Union’s post-pandemic recovery fund and while the task is ambitious, it is still achievable, three EU officials said. Hungary’s share of the EU recovery fund money — 6.5 billion euros in grants and 3.9…
A team of researchers from Meta, Stanford University, and the University of Washington have introduced three new methods that substantially accelerate generation in the Byte Latent Transformer (BLT) — a language model architecture that operates directly on raw bytes instead of tokens. Byte-Level Models Are Slow at Inference To understand what this new research solves,…
Trusted Editorial content, reviewed by leading industry experts and seasoned editors. Ad Disclosure Strategy’s Phong Le pushed back against the idea that the company’s Bitcoin identity can be separated from its legacy software business, arguing that the two sides now reinforce each other operationally, financially, and culturally. And a post on X, Le said Strategy’s…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Training camp is well underway for the Saskatchewan Roughriders, and while it isn’t a full go with pads on yet, there are plenty of interesting storylines we’re tracking when it comes to roster battles. While the Riders may have brought back most of their Grey Cup-winning offence,…
Fans around the world were celebrating BTS Mexico tour after Jimin shared a cheerful group photo featuring all seven members of BTS together on stage. Posted on May 10 through Jimin’s social media account, the photo instantly captured attention online as fans flooded social platforms and fan communities with excitement. The image shows the members…
Normal Motors has laid off greater than 10% of its IT division, or about 600 salaried workers — in a deliberate expertise swap: clearing out staff whose experience now not matches and making room for some with AI-focused backgrounds. GM confirmed to TechCrunch that it had performed layoffs; they had been first reported by Bloomberg…
While Bitcoin dominated headlines, Solana and XRP investment products also recorded sharp increases in activity. Digital asset investment products posted inflows of $857.9 million, and extended six straight weeks of positive flows – the highest weekly figure since April 24. CoinShares stated that the increase is likely tied to improving sentiment around the CLARITY Act,…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 11, 2026 6:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Oakridge Park shopping mall in Vancouver, which is part of a massive retail and residential project, has set May 28 as its opening date. The project has been one of North America’s…
