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Meta’s AI strategy focused on Muse growth as legal challenges dent earningsMeta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said that more than 10 million people in the US and Canada have set up Muse accounts in a month and a half and growth remained strong.TechOct 22
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Meta’s AI agent Muse is stirring growing privacy fears. What to knowEarlier this month, Meta launched Muse, a personal AI agent which is raising some concerns among experts over data privacy issues.ConsumerSep 29
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‘Stick Run’ game creator Manuel Otto dead at 30 amid Twitch livestreamIn a statement, Stick Run said, 'It is with a heavy heart that we confirm and announce the passing of our creator, developer, and fellow Stick Runner, Marc-Manuel Alexander Otto.'TrendingOct 22
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N.S. woman says duct-cleaning company used AI-generated photos to fake workA Dartmouth, N.S. woman says her recent experience with a duct-cleaning company has left her feeling scammed and alleges she was shown AI-generated photos of supposed work.CanadaOct 22
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2nd female lawmaker in Australia targeted days after alleged vehicle attackWestern Australia Police said it was alleged that the man made 'verbal threats while in possession of an improvised martial arts weapon (nunchucks).'WorldOct 22
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Burlington couple behind $265K Taylor Swift ticket scam to likely avoid jailA Burlington couple who defrauded more than a hundred people out of $265,000 by selling them Taylor Swift concert tickets faced some of their victims in a Milton courtroom Tuesday.CrimeOct 6
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High-risk sex offender with lengthy criminal record to live in WinnipegWinnipeg police are warning the public about the release of a man from prison who has a lengthy history of sexual assault and other violent crimes against women.CrimeSep 2
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2 pilots killed in firefighting helicopter crash near YosemiteOne of the pilots was Greg King, who used to work for the Alaska Division of Forestry and Fire Protection and fought several wildland fires in that state.U.S. NewsSep 22
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Repeat Pokemon heist pushes Winnipeg owner to quitTerri Settle says she thought she solved her Pokemon card theft problem in August. Now she said she is planning to stop selling the cards after the ones she has left are sold.LifestyleSep 26
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‘Real-life miracles’: Support pours in for officer injured in Belleville shootingConst. Jeff Smith remains in hospital in critical but stable condition after he was shot in a flurry of bullets discharged outside the Sons of Jacob synagogue on Sunday.CrimeSep 23
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David Marsden, the architect of CFNY and the Spirit of Radio, has diedDavid Marsden, the program director who made CFNY one of the most influential radio stations in the world back in the late 70s and early 80s, has passed away.EntertainmentSep 28
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Indigenous filmmaker Georgina Lightning mourned by family, friends: ‘Shattered’RCMP confirmed a woman died after a horse veered off the track and struck a woman on Enoch Cree Nation. Her family confirmed it was Georgina Lightning who was hit.CanadaSep 6
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Jacques Doucet, the ‘Voice of the Expos’ for 33 seasons, dies at 86Jacques Doucet, known as the "Voice of the Expos" after calling the team’s games for 33 seasons, died Thursday evening at the age of 86.SportsAug 28
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Meta reaches US$18B settlement in youth social media harm lawsuitThe settlement was reached during a California federal trial, averting one of the highest-profile tests yet of allegations that social media companies harmed young users.U.S. NewsAug 26
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Zuckerberg put growth before child safety, ex-Meta exec allegesArturo Bejar, a vocal Meta critic, made the allegation in a landmark trial over claims brought by a coalition of states that could reshape Facebook and Instagram.U.S. NewsAug 19
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2 dead in livestreamed Philippine school attack, second in two monthsHundreds of students were evacuated after shots rang out in the high school building of the Ateneo de Zamboanga university campus in the southern port city of Zamboanga.WorldAug 18
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Alberta to hold first AI data centre town halls this weekData centre development has been met with fierce pushback from some residents concerned about water use, pollution and the potential impact on electricity bills.CanadaAug 19
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Frank Beard, ZZ Top’s drummer, dead at 77'Today, Elwood and I lost a great friend and collaborator, and the world lost one of the most naturally innovative drummers,' ZZ Top co-founder and guitarist Billy Gibbons said.EntertainmentAug 19
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Dolly Parton, country music icon, dead at 80'This video announcement is something Dolly asked of me years ago, before I fully absorbed it as a future reality,' Dolly Parton's nephew, Bryan Seaver, said in a video.EntertainmentAug 25
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Sellers move to less-regulated markets over Ontario’s ticket resale legislationThe legislation, aimed at levelling the playing field for sports fans and concertgoers, mandated that resale tickets cannot be listed for more than face value.PoliticsJul 31