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One-hundred-year-old Roy Allen is set to make history next month by becoming the first centenarian to walk 5K for the Tamarack Ottawa Race Weekend. Allen is walking to raise funds for several seniors’ organizations, including some that have helped his wife, Melba, who has dementia.“They’ve all helped with her care and I can do this to help them get going,” he told The Canadian Press.Allen, who turned 100 earlier this month, is fundraising for the Council on Aging of Ottawa, the Dementia Society, Perley Health and the Gloucester 50+ Centre.He has collected more than $2,300 for the organizations so far.Originally…

Researchers at the University of Missouri-Kansas City and the University of Arizona say that between 2005 and 2019, the number of words we speak out loud to another human being fell by nearly 28 percent. And that has likely only gotten worse following the pandemic.The researchers actually counted the number of words we were speaking on average (16,632 in 2005). They looked at data from 22 studies in which over 2,000 people recorded audio of their daily lives. Over time, as ordering through apps became the norm, texting increased, and our lives became increasingly online, they found that number had…

A federal judge has granted a last-minute reprieve for the truck driver who caused the deadly Humboldt Broncos bus crash, temporarily preventing his imminent deportation to India. Lawyers for Jaskirat Singh Sidhu appeared in Federal Court on Friday, hoping to avoid Sidhu’s deportation, which was scheduled for Monday morning.Sidhu, a rookie Calgary trucker, drove through a stop sign and into the path of the bus carrying the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League team at a rural intersection near Tisdale, Sask., in April 2018.Sixteen people died, and 13 more were injured, sparking a nationwide outpouring of grief, condolences and tributes.Sidhu entered guilty…

I knew things were not quite right when I had to throw a towel over a broken Ikea lamp to block out its light. How did I get here? I cover fancy and capable tech for a living, and yet, it took me two years to get rid of a pair of old, broken Ikea lamps in my bedroom. Then I got some floor lamps from Govee that changed everything.Those Ikea lamps were around for two years after I moved from Orange County to Los Angeles. Soon after that move, my mom’s Parkinson’s disease — a neurodegenerative condition with no…

NEW YORK, April 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As digital asset markets continue to evolve, investors are facing increasing levels of data complexity and market volatility. In this environment, AI trading bots are emerging as a key tool in modern investing. AriseAlpha announced the launch of its free automated trading platform, designed to enhance efficiency in both cryptocurrency and stock market investing through data-driven strategies. This development reflects a clear shift in financial markets, where decision-making is increasingly supported by real-time analytics and algorithmic trading systems rather than manual execution. Rising Complexity in Crypto Investing In recent years, cryptocurrency markets have…

NEW YORK, NY, April 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Third Space Art Foundation will present a performance by ruby onyinyechi amanze (Nigeria/USA) as part of 1922 Revisited, a live arts program taking place during the preview week of the Venice Biennale, May 5–9, 2026. Curated by Dr. Janine A. Sytsma, the program brings together artists from across Africa and its diasporas to engage a historical moment in the Biennale’s exhibition history through contemporary performance. _____ ruby onyinyechi amanze’s practice consists of large-scale drawings on paper that explore the relationship between physical magnitude and aesthetic weightlessness. Using a set of recurring…

Hi, friends! Welcome to Installer No. 125, your guide to the best and Verge-iest stuff in the world. (If you’re new here, welcome, send me cereal recommendations, and also you can read all the old editions at the Installer homepage.)This week, I’ve been reading about NASA seamstresses and friction and Muskism and scooters, highlighting the heck out of Jeff VanderMeer’s terrific new short story, listening to the Dissect podcast’s new season about Daft Punk, giving Firefox another run as my go-to browser, having my mind blown by amazing music video directors, and nodding along to John Oliver on prediction markets.…

Apple and Samsung dominate the US phone market, and they’ve done so for years. Together with Google, they’ve shaped our sense of what a smartphone is and what it can do, pushing the boundaries of mobile photography, software, and processing power. But over the last few years, they’ve sat back, content to iterate rather than innovate — and in the interim, China’s tech giants have plowed ahead. Now a gulf is growing between the phones on sale in the US and those available in the rest of the world. US phone buyers are missing out.Some of the blame for that…

Montreal public health is warning of an alarming increase in drug overdoses in recent weeks, tied to the presence of fentanyl mixtures. Since the end of March, health authorities say they have recorded a significant rise in the number of non-fatal overdoses in the city. Frontline workers say they have also seen the increase.“We consulted our staff when we received this notice, and indeed we have seen a tick up. We see about five overdoses a week,” said James Hughes, president and CEO of the Old Brewery Mission.Workers say rises in overdoses among opioid users are not unusual, but what…

Photo courtesy of Georgios Pipelidis Munich-based retail analytics company Ariadne has appointed CEO Georgios Pipelidis to lead its U.S. operations after his permanent relocation to the United States. MUNICH, April 25, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The move marks a corporate expansion update from the company, which says its deployment network now reaches 139 customers across more than 32 countries through over 7,000 installed sensors. The leadership move places Ariadne’s top executive closer to a region where the company has been building activity across retail stores, shopping centers, and airports. North America now stands at the center of the company’s next…