India’s captain Shubman Gill runs between the wickets during the fourth day of the first Test. Photo: AFP GALLE: India were all out for 193 in their second innings, setting Sri Lanka a victory target of 372 on day four of the opening test in Galle on Tuesday. India claimed a first-innings lead of 178…
Etched on Tuesday announced that it has raised another $700 million at a $21 billion valuation, led by Jane Street after the famed quant fund tested and bought the startup’s AI hardware. Even by AI standards, this valuation step-up is jaw-droppingly fast. Etched was valued at $5 billion in December. It raised a $300 million…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Regional District of Okanagan-Similkameen says about 150 structures have been damaged or destroyed by the Bald Range wildfire, 40 of which are in the district of Summerland. The Bald Range wildfire is still listed as out of control and has now grown to 21,391 hectares since…
The side won all six matches, with Mahek Desai taking 16 wickets to earn Player of the Tournament honours Chetna Pagydyala, the USA captain, had also played the 2025 edition of the Under-19 World Cup. Photo: AFP USA booked a third consecutive appearance at the Under-19 Women’s T20 World Cup after winning the Americas qualifier…
Cartesia has released Sonic-3.6, the newest version of its real-time text-to-speech model. It arrives roughly three months after Sonic-3.5. The new change is naturalness, and this one is independently checkable. Sonic 3.6 now holds #1 on both Artificial Analysis speech leaderboards — 1,283 Elo on the Provider Voice board and…
Pop star Selena Gomez’s legal team is speaking out after she was accused of fraud in a lawsuit by investors who say she failed to fulfil her duties to build and promote her mental health startup. Gomez’s lawyer, Mathew S. Rosengart, shared a statement with People and Rolling Stone, saying, “The allegations that Selena Gomez…
PARIS: A damaging split within Asian football deepened Tuesday as the region’s top official hit back at a Qatari challenge over the confederation’s move to join UEFA and CONCACAF in targeting FIFA president Gianni Infantino. Infantino has been the butt of scathing criticism ever since launching, and then withdrawing within days, a plan to bring…
Companies are still grappling with exactly how software development should work in the AI area, but one early answer is the so-called software factory. Essentially an agent loop that’s built around the traditional stages of software development, the software factory approach has become a popular way for companies to remake their engineering organizations for the…
A single-vehicle crash knocked over a number of hydro poles in Brampton, Ont., Tuesday morning, causing thousands of homes and businesses to lose power. Peel police were called to the scene on Rosedale Avenue just off Main Street North around 1:15 a.m. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so…
Pakistan captain Babar Azam will miss the first Test against England at Headingley on Wednesday due to finger injury, head coach Sarfaraz Ahmed said on Tuesday, leaving Salman Ali Agha to lead the visitors in the series opener. Babar was struck on his right hand during Pakistan’s practice match in Kent and has since developed…
