Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books
Judge approves a $1.5B Anthropic settlement over pirated books used to train the Claude chatbot Thriller novelist Andrea Bartz is photographed in her home, in the Brooklyn borough of New York, Sept. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)Updated 11:01 AM…
Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation
Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation Meta Furious Over Bombshell Smart Glasses Revelation “Despite the billions of reasons not to, Meta seems to have created the capacity to turn their customers into a distributed surveillance…
Victoria falls short on housing
Over the last six years, the city approved building permits for only 29 per cent of its target of 700 new medium-income homes, and just 60 per cent of its 700 low-income home target. Andrew A. Duffy Listen to this article 00:05:24 The City of Victoria…
Give more than you take
Give more than you take by Craig Leweck, Scuttlebutt Sailing News Volunteerism impacts the health of the sport, which I wrote about in a 2014 column for Sailing World (below). Over a decade later, which way is the pendulum swinging? Answer this…
The Mets are bad, even by Mets standards
The Mets are bad, even by Mets standards Nick Iluzada On Fridays, the Brew’s Dave Lozo looks at a sports business story that says a lot more than just the final score of a game. It’s easy to make jokes about the Mets being terrible, but the Wall Street…
Smith had a card to play against Trump’s tariffs
PRESS RELEASE: Smith had a card to play against Trump’s tariffs. She folded before the hand even started. July 22, 2026 AFL President says Premier’s refusal to use Alberta’s energy leverage against Trump is “cowardice and negligence” CHARLOTTETOWN —…
After the Flames, Wildfires Pollute Drinking Water for Years
After the Flames, Wildfires Pollute Drinking Water for Years After the Flames, Wildfires Pollute Drinking Water for YearsJune 8, 2026Reading time: 4 minutes Full Story: The ConversationAuthor: Qingshi Tu, Loretta Li, Raul de Leon Rabago (Stephen…
French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input
French Polynesia objects to an American seabed mining plan made without its input Grist · a day agoby Anita Hofschneider · Indigenous Affairs The government of French Polynesia plans to challenge an American startup’s proposal to explore the waters just…
Porsche wants you to love electric cars
Porsche wants you to love electric cars. It’s 2027 Taycan even got e-gears to prove it. If you are spending a few hundred thousand dollars on a car and it’s sporty, it’d better make you feel the rush with rumbling and grunting. That’s a peeve…
