Perplexity has released Portable Computer, a local-first build of its agentic Computer platform that runs the agent harness, orchestrator, planner, tool router and post-trained models directly on NVIDIA DGX Spark. The local model, inference engine, tool sandbox and app connectors ship as one packaged system, every task begins on the device, and work handled by…
Jim Popp is gearing up for long days in front of a computer screen. On Monday, the Ottawa Redblacks appointed Popp as a senior football adviser. The move came after the 0-10 club fired vice-president of football operations Shawn Burke on Sunday. Six days earlier, team president Adrian Sciarra stepped down. Defensive co-ordinator Will Fields…
India’s Prasidh Krishna (C) celebrates with teammates after taking the wicket of Sri Lanka’s Kamindu Mendis during the third day of the second Test at the Sinhalese Sports Club Ground in Colombo on August 25, 2026. Photo: AFP COLOMBO: Sri Lanka on Tuesday were fighting hard to avoid follow-on when rain brought an early end…
Nitter, an open source project that allowed people to read X posts without logging into or even opening the X app, has received cease-and-desist letters from X demanding that it shut down. The news was shared via a brief message posted to the project’s website, and follows X’s earlier attempts to knock Nitter offline by…
Over 700 American products are set to be tariffed by Canada as the trade war between the two nations continues to escalate. Effective 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 8, Canada will impose 15, 25 and 50 per cent counter-tariffs on products drawn from those targeted by the U.S.’s Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs, equaling…
Babar Azam returned to captaincy for the third time. Photo: AFP Pakistan face a daunting task to revive their three-match Test series against England when the second match begins at Lord’s on Thursday, with the visitors under pressure to produce a vastly improved performance. Pakistan were beaten by an innings and 103 runs at Headingley,…
Instagram is making one of the most tedious parts of creating Reels easier. The company announced Tuesday in a Threads post that it’s rolling out “First Draft,” a new editing feature that automatically trims selected video clips and removes pauses, pulling together the best moments into an initial cut. Instagram says the process can produce…
Country music icon Dolly Parton died in Nashville, Tenn., on Tuesday at the age of 80. Her death was announced in a video by her nephew, Bryan Seaver. “I am representing the Parton and Owens family today, announcing the passing of my Aunt Dolly Rebecca Parton Dean. Sister, sis, Aunt Granny to one generation and…
The spinner has breached Article 2.2 of the ICC Code of Conduct in the second Test Sri Lanka spinner Prabath Jayasuriya has become the third player to be sanctioned for an incident during the second ICC World Test Championship contest against India after he was hit with an official reprimand following his dismissal in his…
SpaceX has announced it will build a second spaceport for future launches of its Starship mega-rocket at a former Exxon property in Louisiana, ending what the company says was a seven-year search for a suitable location. The new launch site will sit along the Gulf Coast in Vermilion Parish, west of New Orleans and roughly…
