Richard Bronson, an entrepreneur who recently launched a startup called Commissary Club, has an unusual background for a founder: in a previous life, he spent time in prison. In the 1980s, Bronson worked for the notorious Stratton Oakmont — the corruption-riddled brokerage firm that was run by Jordan Belfort, the so-called “Wolf of Wall Street”…
Saskatchewan MLAs collectively spent nearly $11 million in taxpayer dollars during the last fiscal year, with opposition members spending more on average than their government counterparts, according to newly released expense statements. The report, released annually by the Legislative Assembly Service, details a range of expenses by each member across four spending categories, including phone…
SINGAPORE: Max Verstappen said Thursday he was determined to settle his “unfinished business” at the Singapore Grand Prix, where he has never won. The Red Bull driver took his first victory of 2026 at the Bahrain Grand Prix in Malaysia last weekend, the 72nd time that he has stood on the top step of the…
JetBrains has released Mellum2.1, an open model built for coding agents and fast sub-agents. Mellum2.1 is a 12B mixture-of-experts thinking model from JetBrains that activates 2.5B parameters per token. It ships under Apache 2.0 on Hugging Face. The architecture is unchanged from Mellum2. The upgrade comes almost entirely from reinforcement learning (RL) in real software…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 8, 2026 12:20 pm Updated October 8, 2026 12:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Guelph say they’re establishing a “homecoming working group” to manage large unsanctioned gatherings after a chaotic University of Guelph party made headlines last week. Police…
The Spaniard enters the event after claiming his first title since returning from injury SHANGHAI: Carlos Alcaraz said he was feeling “mentally fresh” on Thursday ahead of the Shanghai Masters, after the Spanish star won his first title since returning from a months-long injury. The world number three said his body was still adjusting to…
Meet Interface, a new $99 smart ring from AI and hardware startup Natura that’s designed for the era of AI agents. With a press of your finger, you can ask an AI agent to complete a task, capture thoughts, and get things done without reaching for your phone. And while AI is at the heart…
A representative for the Canadian steel industry says he worries that U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs are here to stay for the “long term” as he urged the federal government to strengthen Buy Canadian rules to support the industry. Speaking at the Senate’s foreign affairs committee Thursday, John Cuddihy, a vice president with the Canadian…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam (right) and wicketkeeper-batter Muhammad Rizwan bump fists during a match. — X/ @WisdenCricket/File Pakistan T20I captain Sahibzada Farhan on Thursday said that star batters Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan can return to the national side’s T20I squad at any time. Speaking at the pre-series press conference ahead of Pakistan’s T20I series…
AI may be built in software, but scaling it is becoming a physical-world problem. Every new model, agent, and AI application needs somewhere to run, and an infrastructure connecting them all. At TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, Ben Longmier, CEO of Ambrosia Energy, and Bill Thayer, SVP and Head of Datacenter Solutions at Bloom Energy, come together…
