Sweden’s Andreas Almgren wins the New York City Marathon. Photo: AFP NEW YORK: Sweden’s Andreas Almgren won the New York City Marathon, clocking 2hr 6min 1sec in a spectacular debut at the distance on Sunday. The 31-year-old Almgren, in the spotlight after setting a European half-marathon record in Copenhagen in September, powered through the final…
Republican Sen. Susan Collins says some “tariff exemptions” will be granted on certain Canadian agricultural goods by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration, with less than two weeks to go before the midterm elections. In a post on social media, the senator said she was “pleased to have secured additional tariff exemptions for products crucial to…
Australia’s Megan Schutt in action against England during women’s Ashes second one-day match. — Reuters/File Star Australian fast bowler Megan Schutt was suspended for two matches on Thursday for breaching prescription medication rules. The 33-year-old, who was a standout in Australia’s recent one-day series against Bangladesh, apologised for “failing to meet the standards” expected of…
Over the past decade, head-to-head brain games like QuizUp rocketed in popularity, reaching at one point millions of users. After that, battle royale games like Fortnite and PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds had their moment in the spotlight. Lately, growth of mobile games has slowed down amid a barrage of AI content across platforms. Now, the India-based gaming…
Russ Wyatt, the Winnipeg city councillor facing multiple sexual assault charges, will not return to city hall as the representative for Transcona. Wyatt received just under 11 per cent of the vote and finished a distant fourth place, according to the unofficial results of Wednesday’s municipal election. Lora Meseman takes over the role from the…
Startups have never been under more pressure to grow quickly. To do that, many of them must land large enterprises, the deep pockets of the IT world, as customers. But as any company that sells to enterprises will tell you, it’s not easy to win such contracts. One critical mistake most younger startups make is…
A combo photo shows England forward Harry Kane (L), Spain winger Lamine Yamal (C), and France star Kylian Mbappe R. — Reuters Harry Kane is favourite to become England’s first Ballon d’Or winner in 25 years when the award is presented in London on Monday, but he faces stiff competition from La Liga pair Lamine…
Depending on where you are, the clocks go back one hour at 2 am local time on Sunday. Or maybe they won’t. We’re all going to have to adjust to what provinces are doing now. Meanwhile, New Music Friday has some new releases to help you make it through whatever your clock is doing this…
Google Cloud has announced Agent Compute Engine, a compute service built specifically for AI agents. Google Agent Compute Engine gives each agent its own hardware-isolated microVM. The sandbox holds zero credentials. The service already powers Gemini as an agent for work tasks. Google unveiled it this week at AGNTCon + MCPCon. Customer preview is targeted…
AI hasn’t benefited the bottom line of any big corporations outside the tech industry, according to a note recently published by the chief economist at Apollo Global Management (the private equity giant that used to own TechCrunch). Apollo’s Torsten Slok focuses on what he calls the S&P 493 — the S&P 500, minus Alphabet, Amazon,…
