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No decision on temporary Ontario Science Centre location, minister says

No decision on temporary Ontario Science Centre location, minister says

TORONTO — Ontario has not made any decisions on a temporary science centre while a new one is being built at Ontario Place, the infrastructure minister said Tuesday, despite previously indicating one would be operating by Jan. 1, 2026.
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Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit but must face trial on pirated books

Anthropic wins ruling on AI training in copyright lawsuit but must face trial on pirated books

In a test case for the artificial intelligence industry, a federal judge has ruled that AI company Anthropic didn’t break the law by training its chatbot Claude on millions of copyrighted books.
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EQB chief executive Andrew Moor, who took on Canada's big banks, dies at 65

EQB chief executive Andrew Moor, who took on Canada's big banks, dies at 65

TORONTO — Andrew Moor, who grew EQB Inc. into Canada's seventh-largest bank during his nearly two-decade tenure at the helm and pushed for more innovation in the financial sector, has died.
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Waymo's robotaxis to start carrying passengers in Atlanta, expanding Uber partnership

Waymo's robotaxis to start carrying passengers in Atlanta, expanding Uber partnership

Waymo's robotaxis will begin carrying passengers through parts of Atlanta on Tuesday in an expansion of a partnership with Uber that began earlier this year in Austin .
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Tech execs say building up tech ecosystem means resisting allure of U.S., acquisition

Tech execs say building up tech ecosystem means resisting allure of U.S., acquisition

TORONTO — A trio of the biggest names in tech say they resisted the allure of the U.S. — and cash-rich businesses that saw them as an acquisition target — and hope the next generation of Canadian entrepreneurs will do the same. Shopify Inc.
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Canada's first beach cleaning robot is coming to Ontario parks this summer

Canada's first beach cleaning robot is coming to Ontario parks this summer

SUTTON WEST — Don’t be alarmed if you see a Zamboni-like rover roaming Ontario's shores this summer – it’s a beach cleaning robot being tested in some provincial parks.
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Life on the other side: Refugees from 'old media' flock to the promise of working for themselves

Life on the other side: Refugees from 'old media' flock to the promise of working for themselves

NEW YORK (AP) — Six months ago, Jennifer Rubin had no idea whether she'd make it in a new media world. She just knew it was time to leave The Washington Post, where she'd been a political columnist for 15 years.
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Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon

Japanese company blames laser tool for its 2nd crash landing on the moon

A laser navigating tool doomed a Japanese company's lunar lander earlier this month, causing it to crash into the moon . Officials for ispace announced the news from Tokyo on Tuesday. The crash landing was the second for ispace in two years.
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Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

Early-season heat dome brings highest temperatures in years to parts of Eastern US

NEW YORK (AP) — An intense and nearly historic weather pattern is cooking much of America under a dangerous heat dome this week with triple-digit temperatures in places that haven't been so hot in more than a decade.
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OpenAI scrubs mention of Jony Ive partnership after judge's ruling over trademark dispute

OpenAI scrubs mention of Jony Ive partnership after judge's ruling over trademark dispute

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A budding partnership between OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and legendary iPhone designer Jony Ive to develop a new artificial intelligence hardware product has hit a legal snag after a federal judge ruled they must temporarily stop mark
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