PARIS: FIFA and the Saudi Esports Federation have postponed the FIFAe Finals 2026 scheduled to take place in Jeddah from October 16 to 25, organisers said on Thursday following recent attacks on Saudi Arabia. A strike on Riyadh’s international airport on Saturday killed at least 12 people and wounded more than 300, with Yemen’s Iran-aligned…
Amazon is placing its bets on ambient computing, not apps, as the future of personal AI. Alongside the launch of the company’s new AI wearables from Bee, Panos Panay, who serves as Amazon’s SVP of Devices, Alexa & Leo, took the stage at TechCrunch Disrupt on Thursday to talk more in depth about where he…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The votes are in, and the Assiniboine Park Zoo’s newest polar bear has officially been named “Mantayo,” the zoo said on social media. A record setting number of votes were cast during the polling process, which opened last week and closed Tuesday, according to the zoo’s post….
ISLAMABAD: Ru Xi Wu of China defeated Gloria Levinsky of the Czech Republic 6-0, 6-3 to reach the women’s singles semi-finals at the W-15 Islamabad Junaid Family Foundation World Tennis Women’s Championships 2026 on Thursday. Wu was among four players to advance from the quarter-finals at the Pakistan Tennis Federation (PTF) Tennis Complex, where the…
Reece Rogers: Not hard at all. Not hard in the least. Our features director, Reyhan, was in the office recently and asked if she could see them and she was a bit shocked. So I feel like we’ll leave it at that. But it was not some kind of jailbreak method. I was not doing…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Three people are dead and at least 10 others were injured in what police said was a vehicle fire involving a City of Calgary bus in the northeast. Firefighters, EMS, police and transit staff were on scene, where smoke and flames could be seen coming from one…
MANCHESTER: Manchester United defender Lisandro Martinez said “anger and frustration” at defeat to Atletico Madrid led to his swipe at the club’s board for a lack of investment in the transfer market. The English giants lost 2-0 in Spain on Tuesday in the Champions League. They are also off to their worst start to a…
Amazon executive Panos Panay has a message for startup founders: Failure is an inevitable, required part of building a successful product. Panay, Amazon SVP of Devices, Alexa, and Leo, shared that advice onstage at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, drawing on his own experience at Microsoft, where he spent more than 19 years and weathered…
Property crime is an issue many Winnipeggers say they want to see the next mayor and council take action on. It’s a concern for North Kildonan resident Chris Grabski. “Lots of door handle checking, we’ve had people rifle through our vehicles, we’ve had one instance where somebody came to our door tried to get in….
SHANGHAI: Top seed Alexander Zverev took “a huge step up” to dismantle Alex de Minaur 6-4, 6-4 on Thursday and roll into the Shanghai Masters semi-finals. He will play Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, who advanced when France’s Arthur Gea retired injured from their quarter-final after 22 minutes. Zverev, who will end the year at world number…
