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Descrease article font size Increase article font size Nunavut MP Lori Idlout brings an “invaluable contribution” to the Liberal caucus, Prime Minister Mark Carney said a day after she crossed the floor from the NDP to the Liberals. “I’m honoured to welcome Nunavut Member of Parliament, Lori Idlout, to the team as the newest member of our Liberal caucus,” Carney said in a social media post, along with a picture of him with Idlout.Idlout is the Liberals’ fourth floor-crosser, putting the minority government in position to gain a majority in the House of Commons should the Liberals win at least…

AI-generated artist Tilly Norwood and the company behind her released a new music video speaking directly to her critics. As AI evolves, Hollywood faces questions over legal protections, copyright infringement and human labor. Jo Ling Kent reports.

A Zoox robotaxi is seen driving on Nov. 19, 2025 in San Francisco, California.Justin Sullivan | Getty ImagesAmazon’s Zoox is making its toaster-shaped self-driving vehicles available through the Uber app in Las Vegas starting this summer, the latest sign of momentum in the nascent but fast-growing robotaxi market.As part of a multiyear partnership announced Wednesday, the companies said they plan to make Zoox rides available in Los Angeles next year. In both cities, Zoox will continue to offer rides on its own app as well.Amazon, which acquired Zoox in 2020, is way behind Alphabet’s Waymo, the U.S. robotaxi leader. Waymo…

Jill Biden says her book scheduled to be published in June will discuss her feelings about the three-week stretch when her husband ended his political career.

Bimantoro Kushari Pramono, lecturer in human-computer interaction at Universitas Indonesia, told CNA that systemically, social media platforms are “indeed designed to keep users engaged for as long as possible”.Their business model, he added, is based on the attention economy, meaning algorithms continuously display the most engaging content according to users’ preferences.”The problem is that the state fundamentally does not have access to these algorithms because they are proprietary business assets of platform companies. As a result, the government’s ability to control how these algorithms operate is actually very limited,” said Bimantoro.In such a situation, the most realistic policy option for…

Brazzaville, Republic of Congo – On main roads and public squares across the Congolese capital, posters are up featuring the seven main candidates vying for president.But at the Moukondo Market in Brazzaville’s fourth district – between lively discussions, people jostling for space and saleswomen trying to attract customers – many voters are less than enthusiastic about this weekend’s election.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemsend of listFortune, a 27-year-old unemployed university graduate who did not want to give his last name, said he does not expect much to come from the polls.“When you see how money is spent during the campaign,…

An accountant who worked closely with Jeffrey Epstein for more than a decade and became an executor of Epstein’s estate after his death is facing questions Wednesday at a closed-door deposition before the House Oversight Committee.Richard Kahn was one of Epstein’s closest associates in his final years, managing his finances, investments and other minutiae, such as renovations on Epstein’s private Caribbean island.Kahn is the first of two executors of Epstein’s estate expected to testify before the committee. The other, lawyer Darren Indyke, is scheduled to sit for questions on March 19. Kahn arrived on Capitol Hill on Wednesday morning, and his attorney…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! The fatal crash of a police helicopter during the pursuit of an active shooter in Arizona last month may have been caused by a mechanical issue, according to a National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) report released Tuesday.Arizona Department of Public Safety trooper-paramedic Hunter Bennett and aviation supervisor pilot Robert Skankey were both killed in the crash on Feb. 4 in Flagstaff.The preliminary NTSB report said there was no evidence that the Bell 407 helicopter, known as Ranger 56, was hit by gunfire. It also stated there were no known issues with the…

Michael Groves thought he had appendicitis. In January 2021, he went to the emergency department with abdominal pains, but after testing, medical staff ruled it out and he went home.A couple of days later, Groves, who lives in Ottawa, saw blood in his stool, so he told his family doctor.Both the pain and bleeding stopped, but she decided to schedule the 49-year-old for a colonoscopy for that April to be on the safe side.“The idea that it could be colon cancer, that never came to mind,” Groves said in an interview.He was put under for the procedure and when he…

It burns hotter, faster, and is “changing the nature of Australia’s deserts” – now, leaders are travelling to Canberra to plead for action.