It’s been 25 years since terrorists attacked the United States by crashing two commercial passenger jets into the World Trade Centres, one into the Pentagon and another that was taken down by passengers over a field in Pennsylvania. Thousands of people died that day. Many who lived through witnessing it remember the tragedy as if…
PARIS: France will not support the candidacy of Gianni Infantino, who is running for a new term as FIFA president in March 2027, the French Football Federation (FFF) announced on Thursday. The FFF is aligning itself with the position of other European federations such as Belgium, Italy, Scotland, Sweden and Wales, who have also publicly…
Mecka AI, a startup that collects and analyzes human motion data to train humanoid robots and other robotics, is nearing a new round led by Sequoia Capital at a valuation of about $500 million, according to two people with knowledge of the deal. The new financing comes just three months after Mecka announced that it…
The clock is about to start ticking on an effort to force a referendum on Saskatoon’s proposed Downtown Event and Entertainment District (DEED). The first signatures on a petition to ensure a public vote on DEED will be collected Saturday with the “Official Petition Signing Kickoff” at Hampton Village Square. Ken Wood and his team…
MADRID: Many Real Madrid fans were disappointed when the club extended Vinicius Junior’s contract this summer, amid speculation he might depart for Arsenal. The Brazilian remains one of the key players of the modern Madrid era, having scored the winning goal in the Champions League final in 2022 and netting again as Madrid won the…
Keith Rabois has spent most of his 13-year career in venture capital associated with Khosla Ventures’ longtime home in Menlo Park, California. But that’s changing. Speaking Thursday night at TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC event in New York’s West Village, Rabois confirmed that Khosla Ventures is opening its first-ever office outside Sand Hill Road. The new outpost will…
Parti Québecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon came under fire from his rivals on Friday after revealing that his planned sovereignty referendum would cost at least $130 million. While three of the five leaders in the campaign argued that there were better ways to spend this money, sovereigntist left-wing party Québec solidaire defended the proposed expense….
Fatima Sana’s all-round heroics go in vain as Sri Lanka conquer Pakistan by four wickets in the semi-final Sri Lanka overcame a spirited Pakistan challenge to win the second semi-final of the Women’s Asia Cup by four wickets on Thursday, chasing down a target of 131 with eight balls to spare and booking their place…
Anthropic has published a new plugin evals workflow for Claude Code. The claude plugin eval command runs a plugin against realistic prompts, grades what Claude produced, and compares the result with a run where the plugin is not loaded. It answers 3 questions plugin developers could not previously measure: does the skill trigger, does it…
TORONTO – Chad Kelly is preparing for the unexpected. The quarterback will lead the Toronto Argonauts (6-6) against the struggling Ottawa Redblacks (0-11) on Saturday afternoon. Kelly and Co. return to BMO Field just five days after a 37-22 Labour Day win in Hamilton while the visitors have been off since dropping a 45-24 home…
