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🏙️ Toronto Local News
CityNews Toronto
Man, 48, charged with impaired driving in deadly Brampton hit-and-run
A 48-year-old man has been charged with impaired driving following a deadly collision in Brampton that killed a motorcyclist early Saturday morning. Emergency crews were called to the area of Bovaird Drive and Yellow Brick Road shortly before 4 a.m. for reports of a collision between a motorcyclist and an SUV. The 21-year-old motorcyclist was […]
CBC Toronto
Oshawa's mayoral race expands as new candidates challenge for top spot
The race to lead Oshawa has shifted from what once appeared to be a single-candidate field into a crowded, four-way contest.
CBC Toronto
21-year-old motorcyclist dead after hit and run crash in Brampton: Peel police
A 21-year-old man is dead after a hit and run crash in Brampton early Saturday morning, said police.
CBC Toronto
Here's what you need to know to get around Toronto during Pride weekend
Thousands of people are expected to be in the city for Pride festivities, as well as the FIFA World Cup and other events, said Toronto police Insp. Trish Johnston at a news conference.
Global News TO
Senegal, Iraq fans to head to stadium for Toronto’s last World Cup group match
Toronto is set to host its final FIFA World Cup group-stage match on Friday, marking the halfway point of the tournament as city officials celebrate the city's culture.
🌍 World Headlines
Al Jazeera
Israeli drone attack kills young girl in Gaza safe zone
Israeli drones struck tents in al-Mawasi, Khan Younis, killing two Palestinians and wounding several others.
Al Jazeera
Bosnia: The lilies and dragons of the World Cup
Football is bringing out in our nation what the corrupt elite would not like to see.
BBC World
Meloni and Trump: A very public fall-out that is proving very hard to fix
Italy's PM was not long ago being called the "Trump whisperer", but their relationship has gone from public attacks to personal insults.
The Guardian
Whereabouts of nearly 300 people with Ebola unknown in DR Congo
Fears over ‘huge community transmission’ as modelling predicts thousands of deaths in DRC by September The whereabouts of almost 300 people who have tested positive for Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is unknown, according to Africa’s top public health official. The humanitarian crisis amid the conflict in the affected areas means more than 1 million people are living
BBC World
US strikes Iran after attack on cargo ship
Iran accuses the US of violating their deal and says it struck targets linked to American forces in response.
🤖 AI News & Updates
The Hacker News
Chinese-Speaking APT Deploys New TinyRCT Backdoor in Southeast Asia Campaign
A Chinese-speaking advanced persistent threat (APT) actor has been linked to a new custom backdoor called TinyRCT as part of cyber attacks aimed at government entities and critical infrastructure in Southeast Asia. The activity, particularly aimed at state-owned enterprises in the energy and government sectors, has been attributed to a threat actor called CL-STA-1062, which Palo Alto Networks
VentureBeat AI
Claude Code costs up to $200 a month. Goose does the same thing for free.
The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code , Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of software developers worldwide. But its pricing — ranging from $20 to $200 per month depending on usage — has sparked a growing rebellion among the very programmers it aims t
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI poaches Uber India chief to lead its biggest market outside the US
The hire marks OpenAI's latest push into India, expanding offices, partnerships and hiring.
VentureBeat AI
Listen Labs raises $69M after viral billboard hiring stunt to scale AI customer interviews
Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs , needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers seemed impossible. So he spent $5,000 — a fifth of his marketing budget — on a billboard in San Francisco displaying what looked like gibberish: five strings of random numbers. The numbers were actually AI tokens. Decoded, they
TechCrunch AI
OpenAI limits GPT-5.6 rollout after government request, says restrictions shouldn’t be the norm
“We don’t believe this kind of government access process should become the long-term default,” says OpenAI. “It keeps the best tools from users, developers, enterprises, cyber defenders, and global partners who need them.”
💻 Tech News & Updates
Hacker News
Like a Bouncer at a Bookstore: Texas' App Store Accountability Act
Article URL: https://cdt.org/insights/like-a-bouncer-at-a-bookstore-texas-app-store-accountability-act-is-unconstitutional/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698402 Points: 3 # Comments: 0
IEEE Spectrum
Why Does a Bank Need a Chief Scientist?
This article is brought to you by Capital One . After five years leading natural language understanding and eventually the entire Alexa AI organization at Amazon, Prem Natarajan made a nontraditional move: He became Chief Scientist at a bank. Not just any bank: Capital One, a financial institution serving over 100 million customers, helping everyday Americans manage their financial lives. For Nata
Hacker News
Anonymous GitHub account mass-dropping undisclosed 0-days
Article URL: https://github.com/bikini/exploitarium Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698617 Points: 39 # Comments: 6
Hacker News
Suspicious Discontinuities
Article URL: https://danluu.com/discontinuities/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698151 Points: 48 # Comments: 5
Hacker News
Zuckerberg's Increasingly Bizarre War on Whistleblowers
Article URL: https://pluralistic.net/2026/06/27/zuckerstreisand-2/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48698684 Points: 102 # Comments: 28
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