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Google faces a European Union directive to open up its Android operating system to artificial intelligence rivals for certain features and give search data to competing online engine providers. The EU watchdog said that under the bloc’s Digital Markets Act Google must allow users to activate their preferred AI assistant via voice commands by July…

Netflix Inc. has been one of the worst stocks in the market over the past 12 months as concerns about the video-streaming giant’s plans and prospects refuse to go away. Now, investors worry that its earnings report after the close will confirm those fears. The shares have lost about 45 per cent since hitting an…

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the Canadian government is earmarking $2 billion over four years to build armoured combat support vehicles in southwestern Ontario. The federal government said it entered a strategic partnership with General Dynamics Land Systems – Canada Corp. , a unit of U.S.-based General Dynamics Corp. , to build 190 vehicles in…

Prime Minister Mark Carney spent almost $160,000 on airplane food during a single trip last November, according to documents seen by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation. The advocacy group reports that the PM and his “entourage” dined on chicken chasseur (French chicken stew), Chilean sea bass and “death by chocolate” dessert during a single trip last…

Cases of cyclosporiasis in Michigan, bordering Ontario, increased by more than 500 reports in a single day to reach 4,312, according to state health officials . Meanwhile, the number of Quebecers who have the parasite has jumped by 166 per cent. A mounting outbreak of the foodborne illness with an unknown source that can cause…

Canadian woman, Kaitlyn Tracey, has been taken into custody by ICE for outstaying the Visa she used to enter the U.S. ICE wrote in a July 15 X post that Tracey “ entered the United States on April 14, 2024, on a visa set to expire on September 6, 2024. In violation of our nation’s…

Prime Minister Mark Carney continued to face questions on Thursday about the financial details of a deal his government made with the United States to open the Gordie Howe International Bridge on July 27. In particular, Carney was pressed on what share of the tolls will go to each party, given that originally Canada was…

Four years into one of the deepest housing corrections in Canada’s history, there are signs the market may be hitting bottom. National figures out yesterday from the Canadian Real Estate Association suggest sales, new listings and prices have all stabilized, said Robert Kavcic, senior economist at BMO Capital Markets. “Don’t be surprised if we’re seeing…

Ellis Jacob, chief executive of Cineplex Inc. , tells FP that people are returning to theatres for the social experience and new movie formats. “The 15- to 30-year-olds are tired of looking at their iPad at home. They want to be out for that social experience,” he says. When the U.S. does well, Canada ‘still’…

A Hamilton, Ont., podcaster is liable for more than $40,000 in damages and legal costs after saying on a livestream that married rivals of his were biological siblings whose incestuous relationship caused their son’s autism. As part of the ruling, Ontario Superior Court Justice A.J. Goodman ordered Tuesday that political content creator Spencer Butts reimburse…