Poolside has released Laguna S 2.1, a 118B-parameter open-weight model built for agentic coding. It is a Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) model with 8B activated parameters per token. It supports a context window of up to 1M tokens in both thinking and no-thinking modes. The weights are on Hugging Face under an…
Glassnode reported improving derivatives activity despite muted spot trading in the Bitcoin market. Speculative activity in the Bitcoin market is showing signs of recovery even as spot market participation remains subdued, according to Glassnode’s latest findings. The analytics firm said spot trading activity continues to lack conviction, as Spot Volume fell below the lower statistical…
The family of an 11-year-old Calgary boy named Parker, who went missing from his dayhome on July 16, is thanking Calgarians for their “compassion, determination and truly heroic efforts” as the search continues for their son. Describing the experience in a social media post as “an incredibly painful time,” the family also provided an update…
(What the 2026 FIFA World Cup Revealed About Football – and Ourselves) Every FIFA World Cup crowns a champion. Only a few leave behind a legacy that transcends the trophy itself. The 2026 FIFA World Cup was one such tournament. For more than a month, billions around the world paused their daily routines to witness…
Rudi Garcia was appointed Belgium head coach in January 2025. Photo: AFP/FILE LONDON: Rudi Garcia has left his role as Belgium coach after his side were knocked out of the World Cup quarter-finals, the Belgian football federation (RBFA) said on Monday. Garcia, 62, took over the Red Devils in January 2025 before guiding them to…
All the big entertainment apps are starting to look the same, and that’s not an accident. For a decade, platforms fought over who would dominate a single format: music, video, podcasts, audiobooks. Now, powered by AI, they’re fighting over something bigger — becoming the app you default to whenever you have time to kill, no…
Lawmakers in the US House Committee on Agriculture’s Subcommittee on Commodity Markets, Digital Assets, and Rural Development held a hearing on how the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) could address oversight of prediction market companies, including discussions of pending crypto market structure legislation. In a Tuesday hearing on “Examining Customer Protections and Market Integrity in…
As Alberta encourages more AI data centre investment and more projects are proposed in the province, a new poll shows most people are concerned about the potential impacts. The Leger poll shows 44 per cent of Canadians would support AI data centre development in their own province, while 42 per cent would oppose it. The…
The government on Tuesday increased the price of petrol by Rs4.93 and that of high-speed diesel by Rs7.15 per liter to pass on the impact of fluctuating global prices following renewed regional hostilities in the Persian Gulf. Following the changes, the price of petrol stands at Rs320.73 per liter and that of HSD at Rs367.21….
Thousands of fans braved the cold and the rain to welcome home the players. Photo: AFP/FILE LONDON: Thousands of fans braved the cold and rain Monday to give a rapturous welcome to the Argentine football squad who landed back home without star Lionel Messi, after their World Cup final loss to Spain. It was not…
