Ethan Park

Led by 20-year-old business student Ben Baril, residents voiced fierce concerns over soaring electricity and water bills, climate impacts, and the strain the multibillion-dollar facility will place on provincial infrastructure. The morning demonstration outside a northern Alberta county office brought out crowds chanting Down, down with corporations and waving signs targeting the tech giant and … Read more

Hackers are tampering with Wi-Fi equipment in hotels and conference centers worldwide, altering Domain Name System settings to redirect business travelers to fake Microsoft 365 login pages and malware downloads. Cybersecurity researchers and Microsoft attribute the active campaign to an operation tracked as Storm-2945, which began exploiting captive portal networks in early May 2026. Business … Read more

Freshly leaked promotional renders reveal design updates for the vanilla Pixel 11 and the Pixel 11 Pro Fold, including unique display dimensions and camera modifications. Marketing Renders Reveal Design Updates and Gemini Integration The upcoming Google Pixel 11 lineup will put artificial intelligence front and center. Alongside software positioning, the hardware itself shows subtle but … Read more

Apple and Amazon released second-quarter earnings on Thursday, posting revenues of $109.4bn and $200.6bn respectively as investors scrutinize high capital expenditures on artificial intelligence infrastructure amid broader semiconductor market shifts and leadership transitions at Apple. The latest quarterly reporting period brought a dual test of investor sentiment toward big tech, balancing soaring corporate revenues against … Read more

Apple CEO Tim Cook used his final quarterly earnings call to report $109.4 billion in revenue for the third fiscal quarter and reiterate his confidence in incoming CEO John Ternus, who takes over the role on September 1. Apple shares dipped about 7 percent in after-hours trading. Outgoing chief executive Tim Cook pointed to severe … Read more

Google is rolling out a new tool in the macOS Gemini app that allows English-speaking users to transcribe speech and clean up filler words directly into any desktop app. Available now with more languages planned later, the feature also includes a screen-aware reasoning mode for summarizing files and rewriting text. The updated desktop application arrives … Read more

WhatsApp has expanded its browser-based service with support for end-to-end encrypted voice and video calling, allowing users to make and receive calls through WhatsApp Web without downloading the company’s Windows or macOS applications. WhatsApp announced the feature on July 28 alongside several other calling improvements, including transfers between devices, waiting rooms for group calls, faster … Read more

OpenAI is developing a family of devices designed for interacting with its artificial intelligence models, according to company president Greg Brockman. Speaking in an interview on Joanna Stern’s YouTube channel, Brockman did not confirm specific rumors about a smart speaker or a wearable device, stating only that users can expect the hardware soon. Developing a … Read more

The upcoming Samsung Galaxy S26 FE has appeared on Denmark’s UL Demko certification database, confirming support for 45W fast charging ahead of an expected September launch, while Google app references and Bureau of Indian Standards filings point to an imminent rollout. Samsung’s Fan Edition lineup is gearing up for its next iteration. While attention remains … Read more

Microsoft has launched a new cybersecurity-specialized model named MAI-Cyber-1-Flash alongside an agentic cybersecurity system dubbed Project Perception, according to announcements reported by TechCrunch. The platform is designed to deploy teams of agents to assist with and automate various security workflows, including identifying and remediating bugs. Microsoft Launches Project Perception and MAI-Cyber-1-Flash According to TechCrunch, Mustafa … Read more

Nvidia is in talks to provide a roughly $250 billion financing backstop for OpenAI to lease a massive 10-gigawatt data center in southern Ohio. Developed by SoftBank subsidiary SB Energy, the infrastructure project could ultimately cost more than $500 billion as technology companies race to fund soaring artificial intelligence demands. Nvidia is in advanced talks … Read more

Under new education plans announced for England, pupils will be able to study technical subjects alongside core academic learning starting at age 14. The pathways will link directly to local industries and jobs, with rollout expected by 2028 to tackle high rates of youth unemployment. New technical education routes are coming to secondary education in … Read more