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Toronto police are searching for a pair of suspects after a series of break-ins at multiple west-end businesses on the morning of New Year’s Eve. It is alleged the man and woman attended six different commercial premises on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2024, between 1:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m., in the Queen Street West and Ossington Avenue area.Police say the man used a rock to break the front door, targeting the cash tills once inside the premises, while the woman remained a lookout and used her backpack to conceal the stolen property.Global News contacted several business owners in the area who…

A middle-aged man died in the emergency room at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre (HSC) on Tuesday morning, according to hospital officials. HSC chief operating officer Dr. Shawn Young would not reveal what medical emergency caused the man’s death, citing patient privacy laws, but did say the man was a low-acuity patient, and was waiting in the ER for a long time.“Those waits can be quite long,” said Young. “When we look at those patients that wait the longest, those 90th percentiles, they can be up to 10 hours and longer, and this patient would have fit that.”Young said the patient…

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Brelyon, the pioneer of immersive display technologies, today announced a proprietary rendering architecture called Visual Engine, built with NVIDIA NIM microservices, to help users more effectively and quickly re-render or augment screen interfaces in real time. Brelyon Visual Engine uses NIM capabilities along with real-time shader programming to generate and augment content in real time. Text-to-image models function in the following way: users type in a prompt in a text box and out comes an image. Image-to-video models let users upload an image along with a prompt to generate new video content.…

Toronto, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Caseware, a global leader in cloud-enabled audit, financial reporting and data analytics solutions, today announced the acquisition of LeaseJava, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed and developed by leasing standards experts. Cloud-based LeaseJava enables audit firms, corporations and non-profit/government entities to manage their leases and ensure compliance with accounting standards such as ASC 842, IFRS 16 and GASB 87. These standards were published by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), and Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) respectively.  LeaseJava provides support for lease modifications without the need to create…

NEW YORK, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — HUMAN Security, Inc., a leading cybersecurity company committed to safeguarding every step of the customer’s online journey by defending against bots, fraud, and digital risk, today announced its partnership with TollBit to protect against unauthorized AI scraping bots, enforce robots.txt directives, and enable publishers to monetize their content. This partnership delivers unmatched capabilities for content-driven enterprises to safeguard their digital experience. Today’s announcement marks a new chapter of accelerated growth and innovation for HUMAN and TollBit, underscoring their shared commitment to defend against bots, mitigate unwanted content scraping and create new monetization…

Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP Securities Litigation Partner James (Josh) Wilson Encourages Investors Who Suffered Losses Exceeding $100,000 In Capri To Contact Him Directly To Discuss Their Options If you suffered losses exceeding $100,000 in Capri between August 10, 2023 and October 24, 2024 and would like to discuss your legal rights, call Faruqi & Faruqi partner Josh Wilson directly at 877-247-4292 or 212-983-9330 (Ext. 1310). [You may also click here for additional information] NEW YORK, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Faruqi & Faruqi, LLP, a leading national securities law firm, is investigating potential claims against Capri Holdings Limited (“Capri”…

Experts warn that Meta’s decision to end its third-party fact-checking program could allow disinformation and hate to fester online and permeate the real world.The company announced today that it’s phasing out a program launched in 2016 where it partners with independent fact-checkers around the world to identify and review misinformation across its social media platforms. Meta is replacing the program with a crowdsourced approach to content moderation similar to X’s Community Notes.Meta is essentially shifting responsibility to users to weed out lies on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and WhatsApp, raising fears that it’ll be easier to spread misleading information about climate change, clean…

Orlando, Florida, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — United Access in Orlando, Florida is excited to announce its relocation to 3451 Parkway Center Court, Orlando, Florida 32808. The new store is conveniently located only five miles down the road from the previous location at 4401 Edgewater Drive.   This move is aimed at better serving mobility customers by providing a more inclusive and welcoming space. Designed based on customer feedback, the new facility enhances the in-store experience for customers with diverse mobility needs.  “Relocating our Orlando store is all about enhancing our customers’ independence,” said United Access President Chad Blake. “This…

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said “there isn’t a snowball’s chance in hell that Canada would become part of the United States,” on the same day U.S. President-elect Donald Trump declared that he’s open to using “economic force” to acquire Canada. Trump, speaking at a press conference at Mar-a-Lago, refused to rule out the use of military force to seize control of the Panama Canal and Greenland. He was also asked if he was considering using military force to acquire Canada. “No, economic force,” he responded. “Because Canada and the United States, that would really be something.” “You get rid of…

TomTom releases its most comprehensive traffic index yet, providing insights on 500 cities across 62 countries. Access the full report here: www.tomtom.com/TrafficIndex AMSTERDAM, Jan. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TomTom (TOM2), the location technology specialist, today releases the 14th edition of its TomTom Traffic Index, an annual report that provides a unique overview on global traffic trends. This year’s edition features 500 cities across 62 countries on 6 continents, making it the most robust and complete analysis ever, made available to any observer. The TomTom Traffic Index uses unified metrics to rank these cities based on their average travel time,…