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Some of Canada's biggest banks say they are now banning AI agents, like Meta's Muse, while others are taking initial steps to limit them.

Wet cash and white powder at shop. Now a 'standout' home is for sale.

High healthcare costs top the list of financial worries for American voters, a recent KFF poll shows. CBS News medical correspondent Dr. Céline Gounder shares her thoughts.

Nintendo's new Indie World Showcase was a rapid-fire look at upcoming Switch games from a variety of third-party partners--which included several raccoon-themed games amongst the various titles. If you missed it, here's everything announced, from a Witchbrook release date to a sizzle reel of games landing early in 2027. Witchbrook https://www.youtube.com/wat

Amazon has just taken the wraps off a bunch of new devices as part of a string of fall announcements. Today's news focuses largely on new Echo speakers, with a few new smart home gadgets sprinkled in. Here's a roundup of all of the updates Amazon revealed on Wednesday. Echo Show 16 adds a larger […]

Operation Trident, a major anti-narcotics crackdown targeting an international syndicate operating across the India-Myanmar-Bangladesh corridor, marks a significant escalation in India’s fight against drug trafficking. The operation follows broader efforts under the government’s Vision Document on Drug Control 2026-2029, which aims to dismantle major drug ca

Telecoms business raises $3.2bn at $108bn valuation in relief to stock market hit by war in Iran

Arsenal slumped to one of the biggest upsets in the English League Cup’s 66-year history, knocked out by fourth-tier Fleetwood Town.

A whopping 83 league places separated Fleetwood from Arsenal, yet the hosts booked their place in the Carabao Cup quarter-final thanks to their penalty shootout win over the Gunners.

BBC Sport looks at the history of the biggest FA Cup and League Cup upsets after Fleetwood Town's shock win against Arsenal.

New analysis breaks down which industries saw the largest wage growth and hiring gains in recent years.

The data center buildout could cause a massive increase in gas prices as companies scramble for limited supplies and infrastructure fails to meet demand.

Whether Pat Cummins’ call will be looked upon kindly by history will depend on a rather bigger question than Australia’s resilience with the ball – their capacity to put up a big innings with the bat.

EXCLUSIVE: A24’s fantasy video game adaptation Elden Ring is heading to the American Film Market where it’ll be the biggest-budget standalone project ever on sale at a film or TV market. We hear from sources the budget is being pegged between $175M-$200M, but closer to the latter, which takes the project beyond previous tentpoles that […]

From Troy Aikman to Tony Romo, the on-air talent who function as the gateway to the game have become the story, much to the league's chagrin.

Donald Trump heads into the US midterm elections with an issue similar to his political foe Joe Biden.

The 50 biggest contributors have poured $2.77bn into the race, led by Elon Musk's $446m for Republican-aligned groups.

OPINION: National has filled the vacuum with fiscal fantasies.

For most of the AI boom , the bottleneck was chips . Increasingly, it is electricity . In the US, the world’s largest data centre market , the grid interconnection queue holds about 2,300GW of projects, and new AI campuses can wait years for the electricity they need. TrendForce estimates that by 2030, global data centre demand could exceed available grid ca

Anthropic looks set to surpass SpaceX's record-breaking IPO despite so far failing to produce an annual profit.

Trump has been ordered to attend court and answer questions – or drop the matter. But the case is unwinnable.

An energy giant has revealed plans to build the state’s biggest ever gas-fired power station on the same day the WA government declared it wants to boost renewables on the South West power grid from 40 to 75 per cent.

LVMH, Hermes and Gucci owner Kering have reported disappointing results as a prolonged slowdown in China puts further pressure on the luxury industry.

Cyclone Gabrielle nearly destroyed the WoolWorks factory three and a half years ago.

The filing comes weeks after CEO Dario Amodei argued in an essay for slowing the development of the most advanced AI models.

“You Can See Everything” has remained a must-see at the box office, collecting a remarkable $19.5 million from 2,655 theaters in its second weekend — a notable increase in ticket sales from its sizable opening. A24’s buzzy documentary about Theranos fraudster Elizabeth Holmes has grossed $45.1 million domestically to date and will be very profitable […]

Almost six years after launch, Cyberpunk 2077 still has a healthy player base, especially with a new anime spin-off driving people to the Night City source material. The second season of Edgerunners launched last week alongside a beefy update for Cyberpunk 2077 , and unsurprisingly, PC player numbers have spiked. At the time of writing, Cyberpunk 2077 player

President Trump is planning to open up some of the nation's last pristine forests to road building and timber companies. But those who work in the woods say it won't do enough to revive the industry.

Iraq is debating a draft federal budget for 2027 that would be the biggest in its history, but the plan is also the most detached from the country's financial reality. The bill, a copy of which was seen by The National , looks like a welfare-state budget drafted for a stable time, not an austerity plan for a government in the middle of its worst financial cr

Former President Barack Obama, appearing in Ohio Saturday at his first campaign rally for the midterm elections, characterized President Donald Trump as an agent of “chaos and cruelty” and a man of broken promises.

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One school’s scholarship is worth more than $91,000. But a local tutor says students who pursue the prizes have motivations beyond saving money.

I think I could guess where the budget went, but I'm not complaining.

Dubai Fashion Week closed its spring/summer 2027 season with a reminder that the region’s fashion ambitions extend well beyond the runway, with shows and presentations by designers from far and wide, underlining the importance of the Middle Eastern market within fashion. Tarun Tahiliani Indian couturier Tarun Tahiliani closed Dubai Fashion Week in grand styl

The meticulously-planned visit takes in three countries in nine days - but is not without jeopardy.

The prime minister might be dreaming of gold medals in 2040, but he must first navigate the difficult years in between, writes Laura Kuenssberg.

The country's biggest wool scourer is gearing up for a huge influx during the upcoming summer peak season, barely four years after Cyclone Gabrielle nearly destroyed it.

Saber Interactive's driving game Rideshare Stimulator has already made headlines for all the wrong reasons. But while its use of AI and the allegations from a former writer have attracted plenty of attention, Rideshare Stimulator has a far more fundamental problem to overcome: being an enjoyable game to play. You're put in the driver's seat of a rideshare bu

Let's run through the head-to-head, form, team news, combined XI and key clashes ahead of the 265th edition of El Clásico between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

The 15 largest contributors in the US midterm elections have donated over $1.5bn, with tech giants like Elon Musk and anonymous nonprofits leading the spen Read More: https://punchng.com/from-tech-giants-to-anonymous-nonprofits-the-biggest-donors-in-us-midterms/

LeBron James says his home debut was "everything that I dreamed of and more" after the Philadelphia 76ers turned boos into cheers by overhauling a 29-point deficit to beat the Cleveland Cavaliers 114-106.

The cost of the Commonwealth government’s Snowy 2.0 mega-project has exploded from an estimated $6 billion to $25 billion.

Your morning coffee may be packing more calories than you realize, and sugar isn't the biggest reason. A study of 30,000 Americans found that non-dairy creamer has overtaken sugar and milk as the leading source of added coffee calories, helping drive a nearly 40% increase between 2003 and 2018.

Member unions typically submit their wage demands by around February, with companies responding from March onward.

Colombian authorities have seized 7.6 tonnes of cocaine at the Caribbean port of Cartagena

The verdict should be seen as a warning for tech companies that New Mexico will hold them accountable, state Attorney General Raúl Torrez said at a news conference.

With fewer seats on offer and several mayors stepping aside, Tasmania's council elections may radically shake up local government across the island — with just days left for people to cast their vote.

The winners of Restaurant of the Year, Chef of the Year and Service Excellence will be revealed on October 26.

One of the most annoying things about PC games is how long they can take to start, thanks to the traditional shader compilation a game goes through after installation or after getting new drivers. The silver bullet to this might be Microsoft's Advanced Shader Delivery, which was used in Gears of War: E-Day to drastically cut down on its initial launch, and N

"Nearly half of New Zealand adults have unmet need for dental care due to cost," Dental for All campaigner Hana Pilkinton-Ching said.

After a transformative offseason on the floor and off, there are still unanswered questions for the Lakers.

United is opening a 54,000-square-foot lounge as part of the revamp of Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport.

The furore over Sony's decision to effectively kill physical games on its PlayStation platform appears to have died down (for now), and new data from Alinea Analytics shows how wide the split between physical and digital PS5 games is in 2026. As Alinea's head of market analysis, Rhys Elliott, notes , PlayStation's top new 2026 games by physical copies are mo

A boardroom fight, an attempted veto and government intervention have plunged the Tata Group, one of India’s most revered institutions, into a fight over its future.

Top civil servant Richard Jackson recounts that fateful day and how he recovered in the aftermath.

How does every NFL team stack up heading into Week 7? We made our 1-32 list and picked the biggest offensive problem for every team.

<p>More than 200 mostly young people said to be injured after ballistic missile attack on training camp for government forces </p><p>At least 53 people have been killed in a Houthi ballistic missile attack on a training camp for Yemeni government security forces, making it the largest single loss of life since the country’s civil war reignited in September.<