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Xbox CEO Asha Sharma has had a busy week. Sharma held an internal town hall with Xbox employees today, just days after announcing an Xbox Game Pass price cut, commenting on the status of the Xbox mobile store, and teasing a mysterious Xbox and Discord partnership. One of the items on the agenda for the employee all-hands was scrapping Microsoft Gaming.Sources familiar with the meeting tell me that Sharma announced that Microsoft is returning to using Xbox for its gaming division, instead of Microsoft Gaming. “Xbox needs to be our identity,” said Sharma, noting that Microsoft Gaming was a departure…

MONACO, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AlphaPepe is moving closer to a major Binance listing milestone as the Q2 2026 exchange debut window approaches. The presale has crossed $940,000 raised, Stage 14 is live at $0.01570, the holder count has passed 7,900, and the AlphaSwap demo has already moved beyond 1,000 active users ahead of public trading.The timing lands as Bitcoin price prediction headlines turn bullish again. Bernstein has kept its $150,000 year-end Bitcoin target and described the recent drawdown as a confidence shock rather than structural damage, while broader ETF demand and institutional accumulation continue to support the…

Futurionex DENVER, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — As the complexity of digital asset market transactions continues to rise, Futurionex and the automated trading program service platform MicAi-X have disclosed the phased results of their collaboration. The execution system built around “embedded automated trading” by both parties is being regarded as an important example of exchanges transitioning from manual operations to programmatic infrastructure. As a system upgrade starting from the underlying execution logic, this collaboration is drawing widespread market attention to the future evolution path of trading models. Reviewing the progress of the collaboration, both parties have successively completed key…

The City of Calgary has released its highest priority recreation projects, which includes building new facilities as well as upgrades and renovations on existing recreation centres across the city. The 17 projects are among the first wave of GamePLAN, the city’s 25-year strategy to address a growing strain on the public recreation system caused by aging facilities, rising costs and a rapidly-growing population.GamePLAN was approved by the previous city council, which endorsed the most ambitious funding option of between $200 million and $250 million annually.According to the strategy, that option will increase the availability of swimming lessons by 40 per…

Ikea shared a sneak preview of three pieces from a new experimental collection, set to be fully revealed at an annual company event on May 13th. One of the pieces is an inflatable chair that looks like a far cry from the cheap and lumpy inflatable furniture popularized in the ‘90s.This isn’t the first time Ikea’s designers have experimented with inflatable furniture. The Ikea Museum website has an entire page dedicated to what it calls an “idea that fell flat.” In 2000 the furniture maker introduced its inflatable Rolig easy chair and Innerlig sofa but they were expensive and suffered…

MONACO, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AlphaPepe is closing in on the $1 million presale milestone as Stage 14 stays live at $0.01570 ahead of the Q2 2026 exchange debut. The move comes as Shiba Inu price prediction headlines swing back toward the $0.0001 bull case, with traders watching Shibarium growth and burn-rate momentum as the next big SHIB narrative. Shiba Inu remains one of the strongest blue-chip meme narratives, but its upside now depends on ecosystem growth, burns, and broader market conviction building over time. AlphaPepe is moving in an earlier window, where the presale is still open,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Conversations around transit safety have prompted one Edmonton city councillor to revisit talks of installing fare gates at some LRT stations in the city. Ward pihêsiwin Coun. Mike Elliott says fare gates could help with people’s perception of safer transit systems while also giving revenue a boost.Fare gates have been discussed by prior councils before. Former city councillor Tim Cartmell explored the idea of a fare gate pilot project. It was ultimately shelved when administration came back with installation and attendant costs to flag fares totalled $7.2 million.Elliott believes the city is…

Claude users can access more apps with Anthropic’s AI now thanks to new connectors for everything from hiking to grocery shopping. Anthropic already supported connecting numerous work-related apps to Claude, like Microsoft apps, but this expansion focuses on personal apps like Audible, Spotify, Uber, AllTrails, TripAdvisor, Instacart, TurboTax, and others.Some of these apps, such as Spotify, already have similar connectors in OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Once an app is connected, Claude will suggest relevant connected apps directly in your conversations, like using AllTrails for hike recommendations. Anthropic notes in its blog post announcing the new connectors that, “Your data from [connected apps]…

MONACO, April 23, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — AlphaPepe has rolled out a major AI DEX update as the presale pushes past $940,000, keeping Stage 14 live at $0.01570 ahead of the Q2 2026 exchange debut. The update lands as Dogecoin price prediction headlines swing back toward the long-awaited $1 level, with new ETF access and rising institutional attention putting DOGE back into the center of the meme-coin conversation. Dogecoin remains the blue-chip meme benchmark, but its path higher still depends on outside catalysts building over time. AlphaPepe is moving in an earlier window, where the product is already being upgraded,…

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Warning: This story may be disturbing to some viewers. Discretion is advised. A video showing some goslings being forced off a Kelowna, B.C., balcony on Doyle Avenue has sparked outrage and calls for action.A group of men wielding pool noodles and other objects could be seen coralling the family of geese toward the ledge of the building.Then the tiny birds could be seen falling four storeys to the ground onto the pavement.Two adult geese then swooped down to check on their goslings.A few were not moving, according to witnesses. Get breaking National…