FOXBOROUGH: Kylian Mbappe recovered from having a first-half penalty saved to score a magnificent opener that set France on their way to a 2-0 win over Morocco in their World Cup quarter-final showdown on Thursday. Mbappe’s weak spot-kick was easily saved by Moroccan goalkeeper Yassine Bounou, but he made up for that by producing a…
Today, Meta Superintelligence Labs released Muse Spark 1.1. Alongside it, Meta opened a public preview of the Meta Model API. That second part is the structural change. Meta’s models previously reached developers mainly as open weights. Muse Spark 1.1 is closed, hosted, and metered per token. So the question is narrow. Where does it belong…
Rising spot activity alongside falling leverage suggests long-term buyers may be replacing speculative traders. Ethereum (ETH) is trading at nearly 65% below its all-time high, with attention around the asset at an almost annual low, even as its largest network upgrade since The Merge is due within weeks. But an analyst tracking the setup says…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size A Toronto transit operator suffered a “violent assault” on Wednesday evening, according to the TTC’s CEO, who says they are now recovering at home. In a statement posted to social media, Mandeep Lali said the incident had happened at Wilson Station, where the transit operator was assaulted…
Authorities said 237 factory workers and two delivery personnel were at the facility when the fire broke out. BEIJING: At least 28 people were killed after a fire swept through a shoe factory in eastern China’s Fujian province on Thursday, prompting a massive rescue operation involving more than 500 firefighters and emergency personnel. The blaze…
Spain are yet to concede a goal at the 2026 World Cup. Photo: AFP ATLANTA: Belgium meet Spain in the World Cup quarter-finals on Friday with the daunting task of breaching the European champions’ watertight defence for the first time at the 2026 tournament. In beating Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal 1-0 on Monday, Luis de la Fuente’s men…
Interactive · OpenAI GPT‑5.6 · July 9, 2026 GPT‑5.6 tier, cost and benchmark explorer Every number below is taken from OpenAI’s published GPT‑5.6 eval tables and price list. Move the controls to see how tier choice changes spend and score. Three durable capability tiers The number is the generation. Sol, Terra and Luna are tiers…
Paul Grewal, who has served as Coinbase’s chief legal officer since 2020, announced that he would transition to an advisory role at the exchange starting on July 31. In a Thursday X thread and LinkedIn post, Grewal said Coinbase’s legal vice presidents Molly Abraham and Ryan VanGrack would step into new roles as general counsel…
By The Canadian Press The Canadian Press Posted July 9, 2026 4:59 pm Updated July 9, 2026 5:27 pm 2 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size TORONTO – Hayley Wickenheiser and the Toronto Maple Leafs are parting ways after the hockey legend spent eight seasons working in the NHL team’s front…
The funeral prayers for assassinated supreme leader Ali Khamenei were offered late on Thursday as hundreds of thousands of mourners, braving sweltering heat and calling for revenge, massed in his hometown of Mashhad. An Israeli strike assassinated Khamenei in late February on the first day of the Middle East war. Following the funeral prayers, the…
