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By Noah Rishaug Global News Posted June 1, 2026 8:07 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The air on Geary Crescent still smells like smoke three days after an intense fire that claimed three houses and severely damaged two others on Friday. The space where these homes once stood is fenced off and filled with debris.Resident Amy Arcano surveyed her house and the surrounding area. The heat from the flames melted the vinyl fronting on her house and cracked her windows.The fire had briefly spread to her side of the street. Get daily National…
Meta’s AI support chatbot helped hackers hijack Instagram accounts, as reported earlier by 404 Media. In a video shared on Telegram, a hacker shows how they could take over an account by asking Meta’s chatbot to switch the email associated with someone else’s profile and then reset the password.Meta rolled out its AI-powered support assistant in March, which is supposed to help with things like resetting your password, setting up two-factor authentication, and regaining access to your account. As shown in the Telegram video, a hacker simply asked Meta’s support chatbot, “Just link to my new mail address i send…
By Hannah Sangster Global News Posted June 1, 2026 7:29 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Despite having the lowest unemployment rate in Canada, just over 20 per cent of Saskatchewan’s children are in poverty. With economic pressures only continuing to build, Food Banks Canada says social assistance in the province is not enough to live on.Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative’s senior researcher in issues and policies says these numbers aren’t at all a surprise, due to the government not having an anti-poverty strategy. © 2026 Global News, a division of Corus Entertainment Inc.
New documents are laying out the potential route for the controversial pipeline from Alberta to B.C.’s coast. The documents, obtained by CBC News, show a number of options for the pipeline, with the majority of those ending in Northern B.C.Alberta has released a new promotional video as it continues to make its case for a new oil pipeline to the B.C. Coast.“My takeaway, looking at all of them, was that it was going further north than Northern Gateway and a lot of terminuses in Nisga’a territory,” Heather Exner-Pirot, with the Macdonald-Laurier Institute, said.“The Nisga’as are co-proponents of Ksi Lisims LNG,…
Google’s new “24/7” AI agent, Gemini Spark, can be shockingly good at doing things on your behalf. But I’m not sure it’s worth the financial cost and potential privacy tradeoffs.The company gave me access to Spark last week. Google advertises Spark as an AI agent that can take on tasks and work on them in the background — even tasks that have multiple steps — allowing you to put your phone down or walk away from your computer. It also advertises at the very top of the Spark website that it’s “always under your direction,” that “you choose to turn…
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Altcoin momentum is returning as investors prepare for the next phase of the 2026 crypto cycle. While several established projects continue consolidating, early stage presales are becoming one of the biggest areas of interest across the market. Pepe Dollar ($PEPD) is quickly becoming one of the most discussed names among traders searching for the best crypto presale in Q3 2026. PEPETO remains popular because of its meme, but Pepe Dollar is drawing attention through its stronger meme culture, payment utility, gaming ecosystem, and transparent community model. As demand grows for…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Police in Toronto say they’ve charged five people over protests in the Bathurst Street and Sheppard Avenue West area, where officers recently began to curb demonstrations. Investigators said the arrests were for the wilful promotion of hate, allegedly targeting the Jewish community, and dated back to demonstrations in mid-March.They said five people attended a pro-Palestinian rally in the area and either displayed or handed out “antisemitic signs,” while some of those accused disguised their identity at the time. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll…
Nvidia’s announcement that it’s getting into the consumer laptop chip space with RTX Spark is huge. Apple has proved for years that Arm-based chips can perform incredibly well while also delivering great battery life — at least on the Mac. In the Windows world, performance hasn’t fully matched up under Qualcomm chips, mostly in the graphics department. There’s clearly still untapped potential, and Nvidia seems to be promising to deliver it.This could be Windows’ moment to blow us away with a new generation of supremely capable chips, much like Apple’s back in 2020, with the introduction of the M1. But…
San Antonio, TX, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — U.S. Global Investors, Inc. (NASDAQ: GROW) (the “Company”), a registered investment advisory firm with longstanding experience in global markets and specialized sectors, today announced that it will restate its earnings per share (EPS) figures for the three-month and nine-month periods ended March 31, 2026, as previously reported in the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the third quarter of fiscal year 2026. Nature of the Restatement The Company identified a miscalculation of basic and diluted weighted average shares outstanding used to determine basic and diluted EPS. Within a supporting spreadsheet,…
LOWER HUTT, New Zealand and MEDE, Italy, June 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Stelar s.r.l., a global pioneer in Fast Field Cycling (FFC) NMR relaxometry, and HTS-110, a developer of cryogen-free magnet systems for over 20 years, have jointly announced the global launch of the 3Tracer HF Relaxometer 2.0. This next-generation Nuclear Magnetic Relaxation Dispersion (NMRD) system delivers powerful 3 tesla high-field metrology directly to the laboratory benchtop. “The launch marks the culmination of a close, continuous collaboration between the two teams, uniting advanced magnet technology with a fully re-engineered, user-centric workflow.” Gianni Ferrante, CEO of Stelar. Conventional NMR typically…