The AI Lab PrismML — founded by Caltech researchers and advised by UC Berkeley’s Ion Stoica — has created a version of its tiny language models for smart glasses running on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chips. On Wednesday, at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Summit, the chipmaker showcased PrismML’s 1-bit Bonsai LLM, which can be run locally on AI smart…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size The owner of a private single room occupancy (SRO) hotel on Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside claims a fire earlier this week at a former SRO next door could have been prevented if the city had acted earlier on concerns over the vacant building. Tuesday’s fire at 568 Powell…
PARIS: Carlos Alcaraz has called on tennis chiefs to end late matches at Grand Slams after his record-breaking US Open exit in the middle of the night. Alcaraz’s reign as US Open champion was shattered by Ben Shelton in a five-set thriller that finished at 3.33am local time in New York. The quarter-final started on…
One of the first things I did when I left my full-time job at WIRED was give Claude Cowork access to my email and calendar. After reporting on artificial intelligence for years, I was curious about what the technology could do for me. I had imagined Cowork as a hyper-capable digital assistant, but was let…
By Meghan Unadkat Global News Posted September 24, 2026 4:54 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size New Airbnb data shows British Columbians are staying closer to home this fall. B.C. rural destinations are gaining in popularity, including Haida Gwaii, Powell River on the Sunshine Coast and Colwood on Vancouver…
Germany’s Alexander Zverev will be in action at the Laver Cup. Photo: AFP PARIS: Grand Slam champion Alexander Zverev and American legend Andre Agassi led a staunch defence of the Laver Cup ahead of the latest edition of the polarising event in London this week. In the midst of the packed tennis calendar, Zverev, Carlos…
Lindsey Elliott is big into bolts. At last year’s Bolting Symposium — the 13th annual — she said the highlight was playing “Bolting Bingo” against the many self-proclaimed “torque dorks” who were in the room. A former engineer and planner at ExxonMobil, Elliott has spent years thinking about how to improve the infrastructure that moves…
Canadians say they are dining out at restaurants less than last year amid the heightened cost of living, according to new data from Restaurants Canada, which shows higher income households with the sharpest change. A retail analyst and consumer expert says the report is another example of the “K-shaped” economy writ large, which sees a…
Sri Lankan cricketer and captain Chamari Athapaththu (in the blue Sri Lanka jersey) shaking hands with Pakistan’s Fatima Sana. — AFP/File NISSHIN: Pakistan women will face Sri Lanka in the first semi-final of the women’s cricket competition at the 2026 Asian Games in Japan on Sunday. According to Radio Pakistan, the semi-final will be played…
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