Meta released Glimmer this week, an open-weight AI model anyone can download and run on their own hardware — a contrast to Muse Spark, the company’s more powerful model that stays locked behind its own APIs. The release landed alongside a letter from Mark Zuckerberg arguing AI should be “for everyone” rather than controlled by a handful of labs, but as Equity’s…
Reviewed by Brian St. Pierre, MS, RD “Is this drug going to steal my job?” That’s the thought many health and fitness coaches had when GLP-1 medications first hit the mass market. Though semaglutide (Ozempic) became available in 2017, it initially felt like a theoretical threat. Prescription rates were still very low; it seemed like…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size B.C. Premier David Eby gave his cabinet a mini shuffle on Friday morning after his finance minister announced she has been diagnosed with cancer. In a statement issued on Thursday, Brenda Bailey said, “A few weeks ago, I was diagnosed with early-stage, treatable cancer and given a…
WELLINGTON: New Zealand Football said on Friday it had withdrawn support for FIFA boss Gianni Infantino and called for an independent review into his aborted plan to sell off part of the World Cup. Infantino came under renewed fire this week in an open letter signed by three confederations — UEFA, North and Central America’s…
Google announced on Friday that it will now allow users to remove a visible watermark from its AI generations, including images, videos, and songs. The company specified that this won’t affect the invisible SynthID watermark and C2PA standard-related metadata. Josh Woodward, the company’s VP for Gemini, said in a post on X that this toggle…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted August 14, 2026 1:11 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A bail hearing for a man accused of making a bomb threat against the U.S. Consulate in Halifax was adjourned for a third time Friday. Halifax resident Ali Assakereh was charged Tuesday with…
Pakistan Check captain Babar Azam has been suggested to take relaxation for the rest of the continuing three-day apply match in opposition to the Skilled County Membership (PCC) Choose XI after being struck on his proper hand. Babar sustained the harm on the second day of the apply fixture, prompting the Pakistan crew’s medical workers…
Marco Arment, the indie developer who created popular apps like Overcast and Instapaper, and who previously served as Tumblr’s chief technology officer, is out today with his latest creation — an alternative to Apple’s Reminders designed for procrastinators, called Unforgetful. The new iOS and Mac app works with your current Reminders database, but it’s designed…
Canadian wholesalers were busy in June as sales rose nine per cent from a year earlier, according to Statistics Canada, with all seven subsectors reporting higher sales. The agency said Friday that June saw comparable wholesale sales (which exclude those of petroleum, petroleum products and other hydrocarbons, as well as oilseed and grain sectors) top…
Mohammad Nawaz looks on during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026 Super 8 match against England at Pallekele Cricket Stadium on February 24, 2026 in Kandy, Sri Lanka. — ICC LAHORE: All-rounder Mohammad Nawaz has been ruled out of the remainder of the National Champions Cup 2026 after suffering an injury, the Pakistan Cricket…
