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SINGAPORE, May 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qoder officially releases version 1.0, upgrading from an AI IDE to an Autonomous Development Desktop. The new version enables autonomous execution of code generation, verification, and delivery workflows through AI-powered Experts. Qoder 1.0 is now available for download on Windows, macOS, and Linux. Qoder 1.0 delivers a comprehensive agent-centric interaction upgrade, introducing the all-new Quest window, which integrates task management, status tracking, artifact review, and knowledge invocation. After a user inputs requirements, execution, verification, and delivery can all be completed autonomously by the Agent within the workspace. Qoder 1.0 also supports cross-project parallel…

LOS ANGELES, May 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Notorious Design Group (NDG), a company focused on street art collectibles and culture-driven creative products, announced that Drop 2 of its Graffiti Artist Trading Card Collection is scheduled for release by the end of June following the launch of the company’s initial collection release. The Graffiti Artist Trading Card Collection features artists from around the world through original artwork, signature tags, artist stories, limited-edition card variations, and collectible inserts designed to showcase graffiti and street art culture in trading card format. According to the company, Drop 1 generated demand from collectors, street…

NEW YORK, May 16, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Streamflow Finance, the token infrastructure protocol that has been building on Solana for five years, saw its native token $STREAM surge 50% in a single 24-hour window this week. The move is drawing fresh attention from traders and DeFi participants across global markets, including the US, UK, Southeast Asia, and Indonesia, where interest in Solana-based yield opportunities has been growing steadily. What makes this rally worth paying attention to is what sits underneath it. Streamflow is not a new name. It is one of the longest-standing Token distribution platforms on Solana, and…

A Nova Scotia SPCA program that has helped the province’s feral cat population for a decade no longer has the funds to operate. The trap, neuter, return program’s mandate was to spay and neuter outdoor cat colonies, mitigating the problem of overpopulation.On Thursday, the SPCA announced they no longer have adequate funding to continue the program, which began in 2016. “The cost of the program annually was in excess of $180,000 a year, so there was a significant change in the dedicated funding but also when we’re looking at the rising costs, it was taking more and more of that funding…

A West Kelowna, B.C., business owner is speaking out about a frightening confrontation inside his pizza shop, which appears to have been part of a social media prank. Dalwinder Dub, owner of Evergreen Pizzeria, says the incident, which happened last week on a Wednesday evening, went too far.Dalwinder Dub, owner of Evergreen Pizzeria, says the incident happened Wednesday evening when a teenager ran into the restaurant pleading for help.“Please help me, help me, someone is chasing me,” Dub recalled the teen shouting.Security footage shows the teen peering out the front window moments before a second teenager rushes inside, yelling at…

STAFFORD COUNTY, Va., May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Jeff Rouse Swim and Sport Center proudly celebrates its 10-year anniversary on May 17, marking a decade of serving the Fredericksburg and Stafford region as a premier destination for health, wellness, recreation, and competitive swimming. Since opening in 2016, the Rouse Center has evolved into far more than a sports facility. It has become a community gathering place where families connect, athletes thrive, and healthy lifestyles begin. Over the past decade, the Rouse Center has welcomed hundreds of thousands of visitors for swim lessons, fitness programs, birthday parties, community events,…

A group of sex workers in Montreal are calling for a general strike during Grand Prix weekend to demand better working conditions. The Sex Work Autonomous Committee says its members want an end to the nightly fees that dancers are forced to pay to work in clubs, to obtain labour protections, and for the federal government to fully decriminalize sex work.During the strike, scheduled for Saturday, May 23, some will refuse to pay the bar fee, while others won’t take clients. It’s unclear how many sex workers will go on strike as participation is voluntary.A dancer who goes by the name Kit has been working in Montreal’s strip clubs…

Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen and his Artemis II crewmates have shared some of the life lessons they learned preparing for and carrying out their record-breaking lunar flyby last month. Their 10-day mission launched April 1 from Florida, taking Hansen and his three American crewmates — commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover and mission specialist Christina Koch — farther from Earth than any humans before them.The crew attended an event Friday hosted by the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, where they were asked to share advice they learned that could help people on Earth. Here’s what they had to say:On teamworkHansen…

SHENZHEN, China, May 15, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As demand grows for safer air and surface disinfection technologies in occupied environments, 222nm Far-UVC systems are emerging as a promising solution for continuous pathogen reduction across healthcare, transportation, commercial, and public infrastructure settings. Excimerlight, a developer of excimer lamp technologies and industrial UV solutions, announced its expansion into the North American market on May 8, 2026, with the launch of a new filter-free 222nm Far-UVC platform designed for occupied-space disinfection applications. The company’s Far-UVC product line supports configurable power ranges from 3W to 1000W and is intended for applications including hospitals, schools,…

The Artemis II crew visited the Canadian Space Agency headquarters in Longueuil, Que., this week following their historic mission around the moon. The 10-day mission, which launched on April 1, marked the first crewed flight of NASA’s Artemis program and carried astronauts farther from Earth than any humans before them.The crew included Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen alongside NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover and Christina Koch.Following their visit, the astronauts participated in a national morning show, an English-language exclusive interview with The Morning Show. They spoke with hosts Jeff McArthur and Carolyn MacKenzie about the mission, international collaboration and the…