Agentic assistants have a structural problem: the context that makes them useful — deal documents, privileged files, client records — is exactly the context users cannot send to a cloud endpoint. This week, Perplexity shipped its answer for Mac. Hybrid compute splits a single Perplexity Computer task between frontier models in the cloud and a…
Health care advocates in Lethbridge, Alta., gathered Tuesday as Alberta’s Bill 11 took effect, calling on the federal government to take action over concerns the legislation will create a two-tier health-care system. Bill 11 allows physicians to work in both the public and private systems, including providing paid services while continuing to work in the…
Most production voice stacks are three systems stitched together. One model transcribes, a second separates speakers, and a detector decides when the user stopped talking. Each hand-off adds latency and a new failure mode. Muse Voice Transcribe, announced by Meta Superintelligence Labs this week, collapses those three jobs into a single autoregressive model. Meta calls…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia legislator Ian Paton said RCMP have asked to interview him on Wednesday, and expects them to ask about allegedly being offered a job to give up his seat so Conservative Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay could run. Paton, who quit the Conservative caucus last week among an exodus of MLAs from the official Opposition, said Findlay’s chief of staff Chris…
Attackers are attempting to target X users following the launch of X Money. After numerous X users reported receiving unsolicited password reset emails, a representative said the social media company was actively investigating the issue but had not yet found evidence that the hacks were successful. On Tuesday, X product engineer Mridul Singhai posted to…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted September 1, 2026 10:56 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size British Columbia’s attorney general is condemning Islamophobia after the Fleetwood Islamic Centre in Surrey says members of its congregation found the facility vandalized with threatening graffiti and pieces of raw bacon. Niki Sharma…
On Tuesday, Google announced it’s rolling out five new updates designed to make Android phones more accessible, useful, and personalized. Announced in a blog post, the features include those aimed at reducing motion sickness, helping blind and low-vision users navigate their surroundings, remembering where users leave important items, and another that adds new ways to…
The Vancouver Whitecaps know they wear a mighty target when it comes to the Canadian Championship. The club has hoisted the Voyageurs Cup four years in a row and are looking to become the first team to ever collect five consecutive titles. The journey continues Wednesday when the ‘Caps host fellow Major League Soccer side CF Montreal in…
OpenAI shared new details on its forthcoming Astra model, which the company said is the first large language model to meet its “critical cybersecurity threshold,” in preparation for its imminent release. “We plan to make Astra available soon,” OpenAI’s blog post reads, “but access to its most advanced cybersecurity capabilities will be more limited.” The…
For more than 85 years, the Alberta Motor Association (AMA) has trained Grade 5 students across the province to become safety patrollers. It has a strong track record of keeping kids safe. “During that time, there have been zero serious injuries or fatalities when a patroller has been on a crosswalk,” said Allison Purcell, AMA…
