WHITEHORSE – Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai says Bell should be embarrassed by the terrible cellphone service the territory has been getting over the last several months. In a letter to Bell Canada CEO Mirko Bibic, Pillai says Yukoners have experienced frequent dropped calls and poor coverage even while downtown in the capital of … Read more
More than 97 per cent of Windows sensors are back online, CrowdStrike’s CEO George Kurtz said on Thursday, nearly a week after a software update by the cybersecurity firm triggered a global outage. The company’s Falcon platform sensor is a security agent installed on devices such as laptops and desktops that protects them … Read more
Last year, reported child pornography cases increased by more than 50 per centin Canada, in part due to more cases being sent to police by specialized internetchild exploitation units, according to a Statistics Canada report. In 2023,there were 21,417 incidents of police-reported child pornography — a 52 per cent increase in the rate … Read more
OpenAI said on Thursday it is selectively rolling out SearchGPT, an artificial intelligence-powered search engine with real time access to the information from the internet. The move puts the Microsoft-backed startup in direct competition with Google, the dominant search engine in the market. Following OpenAI’s announcement, shares of Google’s parent company, Alphabet … Read more
In the run up to the Paris Olympics, athletes have been stepping up their preparations in order to maintain their edge over competitors. But for Australia’s Matt Dawson, those preparations looked a little different this year, with the field hockey player opting to have part of his finger amputated in order to compete … Read more
The Law Society of British Columbia says a DNA test shows a former judge and Order of Canada recipient accused of falsely claiming to be Cree “most likely” has Indigenous heritage. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond previously served as B.C.’s representative for children and youth, and was well known as a lawyer on Indigenous rights. … Read more
PARIS – The feuding this week among officials in the Olympics, the anti-doping world and the United States government over eradicating drugs from sports is hardly new. They’ve been going at it for decades. The tension reached a new level on the eve of the Paris Games when the International Olympic Committee awarded … Read more
PARIS – French sprinter Sounkamba Sylla will be allowed to participate in the opening ceremony at the Paris Olympics wearing a cap to cover her hair, an agreement reached with the French Olympic Committee after Sylla said she was barred because of her hijab. During Friday’s opening ceremony, which includes a parade by … Read more
KANSAS CITY, Kansas – A man who officials say worked for one of North Korea’s military intelligence agencies has been indicted for his alleged involvement in a conspiracy to hack American health care providers, federal prosecutors announced Thursday. A grand jury in Kansas City, Kansas indicted Rim Jong Hyok, who is accused of … Read more
MIAMI, Fla. – Content warning: The following story contains graphic descriptions of alleged sexual assault. Reader discretion is strongly advised. In a WhatsApp chat that quickly devolved into depravity, a group of U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agents boasted about their “world debauchery tour” of “boozing and whoring” on the government’s dime. They swapped lurid images … Read more
