England’s Joe Root reacts during match. — Reuters LONDON: Joe Root was reappointed as England’s Test captain on Thursday, with ex-New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming named as head coach as the team embark on a new era. The announcement from the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) follows the sacking of Brendon McCullum as Test…
Okta on Thursday agreed to acquire AI identity security startup Permiso Security, betting that demand for protecting AI agents and other machine identities will grow as enterprises deploy autonomous software across their operations. The identity management company did not disclose the terms of the transaction. But TechCrunch has learned that the acquisition is valued at…
Canadians’ ownership of cryptocurrencies increased to 25% in 2026 from 10% in 2023, new data from the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) shows. In the results of a survey released on Tuesday, the OSC found that crypto ownership and awareness among Canadians had increased since a few years ago. The survey polled 2,360 individuals aged 18…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Toronto’s annual celebration of African music and culture will not take place this year, with organizers blaming the City of Toronto for a slow response time on new capacity restrictions at Woodbine Park. Afrofest was preparing to celebrate its 38th year of festivities, but said communication with…
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) said Thursday that it has seen a sharp increase in cyclospora infections among travelers returning from Mexico and urged people to follow proper food and water safety measures while traveling abroad. The agency said Cyclospora is a parasite that causes stomach illness, usually through contaminated food, and cannot spread…
Reports said Gianni Infantino told FIFA member associations they would each receive US$40 million if they backed the Fifa Forward Enterprise plan. Photo: AFP PARIS: FIFA president Gianni Infantino said Wednesday that the proposed launch of a private subsidiary to expoit the commercial benefits of the World Cup was “an opportunity but not an obligation”. In a video released…
Moonshot AI has open-sourced MoonEP, an Expert Parallelism (EP) communication library for distributed Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) workloads. The team announced the release as a library built to make expert-parallel communication more efficient at scale. It ships under an MIT license. MoonEP arrived as part of Kimi K3 Open Day. Alongside the K3 model weights and technical…
Ethereum continues to trade within a critical technical area after recovering sharply from its June lows. While the broader rebound remains intact, the latest price action suggests momentum is fading as buyers and sellers battle for control beneath major resistance. Ethereum Price Analysis: The Daily Chart On the daily timeframe, Ethereum remains below both the…
The Ontario government says the wildfire situation is currently moving in a “reassuring direction” with 80 fires extinguished in the past two weeks. According to the province, 159 fires are still raging across northern Ontario, with 30 burning out of control. Officials said that cooler temperatures and precipitation have helped, but that could soon change….
PPP Chairman Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari warned on Thursday that a stolen election in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) would start a “countdown” for the federal government. Polls in AJK are being held in three phases over security concerns, with the first set of polls held in Mirpur division on Monday. Scuffles, violence and allegations of rigging…
