After announcing a host of new features for Meta’s Muse AI app at its Connect 2026 developer conference this week, the company is opening up requests for early access. Meta shared on Friday that you can now ask Muse to put you on the list to try out its latest capabilities before anyone else. Meta…
A Winnipeg woman is speaking out after she says she was the victim of an elaborate romance scam. “Over the course of six weeks, we talked every day, and I believed that we were establishing a romantic emotional connection,” the woman said. Global News is not identifying the woman as she works with vulnerable youth….
Sri Lanka captain Kusal Mendis celebrates his century during the second ODI against England at Headingley. Photo: AFP LEEDS: Dunith Wellalage took three wickets after captain Kusal Mendis hit a fine century as Sri Lanka beat England by 16 runs at Headingley on Thursday in a last-over thriller to level a three-match one-day international series….
Nscale, a British neocloud, has secured $3.36 billion in financing ahead of its IPO later this year, the company announced on Friday. Structured as a convertible note, the massive funding round underscores the staggering capital required to build out AI data centers. Led by hedge fund Third Point, the new investment includes $2.36 billion available…
Ed Sheeran’s upcoming concerts at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass., have been cancelled due to severe weather warnings in place in Boston and across New England, the venue announced on Friday. Event organizers cancelled Sheeran’s concerts scheduled for Friday and Saturday night “following consultation with local officials, the promoter and tour,” the venue said in…
Larosh, Mahoor bow out in Nagoya; fencing falls to China and swimmers miss the cut Pakistan had a disappointing start to their badminton campaign of the 20th Asian Games being held in Nagoya. On Friday Pakistan’s Muhammad Ali Larosh was knocked out of the men’s singles badminton competition after Kazakhstan’s Makhsut Tajibullayev edged him 2-1…
Anthropic will spend $11.6 billion over seven years on Akamai’s cloud infrastructure, Akamai said Thursday. That’s more than six times the size of a $1.8 billion deal between the two companies that Bloomberg reported in May. The commitment isn’t ironclad; according to Akamai’s securities filing, it depends on Akamai meeting certain delivery and service-availability requirements,…
Canada is speaking to fellow member states of the G7 and G20 to work towards a “pragmatic way to regulate” AI globally, Artificial Intelligence Minister Evan Solomon said on Friday. Concerns around AI safety are “real concerns” that have “accelerated” in recent days with some major data breaches by AI agents, Solomon said. “We need…
Pakistan’s top player rallies past Hong Kong’s Leung in four-game quarter-final Pakistan’s Noor Zaman battled past Hong Kong’s Leung Chi Hin Henry 3-1 in the men’s singles quarter-finals at the Asian Games in Nagoya on Friday, reaching the last four after a fast-paced 28-minute contest. Zaman made a confident start at the Nagoya Kinjo Futo…
Farmers around the world face a pressing problem: The equipment they use to till, plant, and harvest their fields is killing their margins. Studies have estimated that soil compaction can reduce yields by 20% to 60%. Plowing can help, but it’s a laborious and expensive task that harms soil health in different ways. Muju Earth…
