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If you’ve been thinking about picking up a Kindle before school starts, or for your next vacation, now’s a good time to do it. As part of its Black Friday in July sale, Best Buy has brought the Kindle Paperwhite back down to its all-time low of $124.99 ($35 off). It’s the Kindle we recommend for most people because it has a bunch of features. It’s waterproof and features a sharp 300ppi, 7-inch display, it offers an adjustable warm light for reading at night, and it has great battery life that can last for more than a month on a…

Aberdale brings over two decades of entrepreneurial scaling, public market and private sale experience, and operational leadership to accelerate the clinical and commercial deployment of AiM’s dynamic image-guided neurosurgery system. Worcester, MA, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AiM Medical Robotics, a leading developer of advanced robotic systems for MRI-guided neurosurgery, today announced the appointment of Andrew “Andy” Aberdale as President and Chief Financial Officer. Aberdale brings more than thirty years of deep operational and financial leadership, with a highly successful track record of commercializing early-stage ventures to successful exits, executing high-value corporate exits, and driving rapid organizational growth. Aberdale…

ZUG, Switzerland, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Twelve years ago, on July 22, 2014, the Ethereum presale opened. KeychainX, a Swiss cryptocurrency wallet-recovery firm, has released an on-chain study of the sale. It found that 621 of the original genesis wallets have never sent a single transaction in the twelve years since, holding 1,421,008 ETH — about $2.7 billion at current prices. The study also identified 30 presale wallets that moved for the first time in 2025 and 2026 after roughly a decade of dormancy. On-chain data was captured on July 19, 2026, and valued at an ETH price…

GOLDEN, Colo., July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The severe snow drought that gripped the western United States in this past winter was made four times more likely by human-caused climate change, according to a new study led by researchers at Colorado School of Mines and published July 20, 2026 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). In the Upper Colorado River Basin, a critical source of water for millions of people across the southwestern U.S., the study found that the snow drought was approximately 14 times more likely because of climate change. The study is among the first…

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Pepeto (PEPETO), a crypto built on the Ethereum network, has announced the opening of a new presale stage after the previous round sold out ahead of schedule, and the update lands with the presale past $10.4 million and close to 40,000 holders inside. This new phase is significant for the project’s development as it continues to gain traction across social media, including Telegram, X, and numerous market feeds. New Stage Opens as Demand Carries Over From the Last Round The previous presale stage sold out faster than planned, and the…

Every package includes a main card and a dedicated backup card, allowing users to protect and restore access to their cold wallet without writing a recovery phrase on paper SEOUL, South Korea, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — D’CENT, a hardware wallet brand used by more than one million people across over 220 countries and regions, announced the global launch of DCENT S, a card-format hardware wallet that ships with a dedicated backup card in every package. The main card handles everyday transactions, while the second card, called the R3covery card, restores the wallet if the main card is lost,…

Toronto, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — A new survey from Tangerine Wealth shows nearly half of Canadians (48 per cent) are holding back money they could be investing, with market uncertainty emerging as a key reason many remain on the sidelines. The survey suggests Canadians aren’t avoiding investing altogether, but many are struggling to find the right balance between saving and investing. Among those setting money aside instead of investing it, nearly one-quarter (24 per cent) have parked $25,000 or more, often in chequing or savings accounts. “Many Canadians are weighing the value of keeping money within reach today…

LONDON, July 21, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Austen Little, Head of Product Development at withholding tax reclamation experts TaxTec, has released a summary guidance note on the deployment of AI in highly regulated financial services applications. The guidance draws on TaxTec’s historical and recent product and service development experience to highlight several areas of risk when using or implementing artificial intelligence in capital markets financial services. Mr Little’s guidance note builds on advice from authorities such as the OECD [1], The World Economic Forum [2] and the International Monetary Fund [3], amongst others, urging caution over the risks of machine…

By Staff The Canadian Press Posted July 21, 2026 12:45 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec provincial police say they stopped a 21-year-old man who was driving at more than twice the speed limit on a highway in Laval, a city north of Montreal. Police say the man’s vehicle was clocked at 208 kilometres per hour in a 100 km/h zone on Highway 15. Get daily National news Get daily Canada news delivered to your inbox so you’ll never miss the day’s top stories. Police say local police stopped him shortly before 1 a.m.…

Premier Doug Ford says he won’t tell the LCBO to put American alcohol back on the shelves, after the White House explicitly cited Ontario’s alcohol ban as a trade irritant behind increased tariffs. On Monday night, U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a fresh threat to impose 50 per cent tariffs on most Canadian goods.The announcement pointed specifically to Ontario’s decision to remove all United States alcohol from store shelves last year in response to Trump’s initial tariffs.“Beginning in March 2025, all Canadian provinces and territories halted the purchase, distribution, or retailing of U.S. alcoholic beverages,” the White House wrote on…