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Canada’s Competition Bureau has taken legal action against Alphabet’s Google, accusing the company of engaging in anti-competitive practices within the online advertising sector. The Bureau has filed an application with the Competition Tribunal, requesting a court order that would force Google to divest two of its major ad technology tools. Additionally, the watchdog is seeking a penalty to ensure Google’s …

A recent study has revealed that the smallest asteroid ever recorded to hit Earth, and the only one to be accurately measured, was roughly the size of an average cat. This tiny asteroid, named 2022 WJ1, exploded in a spectacular green fireball over Canada in 2022. Remarkably, it was detected just three hours before it entered Earth’s atmosphere. Published on …

A massive solar storm struck Earth nearly 2,700 years ago, with evidence preserved in tree rings. This event, unlike modern solar storms, was so rare that only six similar incidents have been recorded in the past 14,500 years, with the most recent occurrence taking place between 664 and 663 BCE. These extraordinary solar storms are known as Miyake Events, named …

A prominent figure in the field of artificial intelligence has issued a serious warning, not about the technology itself, but about the individuals controlling it. Yoshua Bengio, a Canadian computer scientist often regarded as one of the pioneers of AI, shared his concerns in an interview with CNBC, highlighting that certain powerful tech moguls may aim to replace humans with …

On Saturday, an Israeli airstrike targeted the outskirts of the southern town of al-Baysariyeh in the Sidon district, marking the second such attack since the Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire came into effect. According to Israeli army radio, the strike was aimed at a site believed to house Hezbollah rocket launchpads. This follows a similar airstrike on Thursday, when the Israeli military reported …

U.S. Major General Jasper Jeffers from the Special Operations Command Central arrived in Beirut on November 27 to take up his role as co-chair of the mechanism overseeing the cessation of hostilities between Israel and Lebanon. He will work alongside Senior Advisor to the President, Amos Hochstein, according to U.S. Central Command. This mechanism, established to monitor and enforce the …

The ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah has brought a sense of hope for normalcy back to southern Lebanon, particularly for the fishermen who have long started their days by taking their wooden boats into the Mediterranean. For the past two months, Israel’s blockade of southern Lebanon, during its conflict with Hezbollah, had kept many fishermen grounded, disrupting both their livelihoods …

Hezbollah held a public funeral in a southern Lebanese village on Friday to honor five of its fighters who were killed in the conflict with Israel. This marked the first public funeral organized by the militant group since the escalation of the war in late September. During the ceremony in the village of Maarakeh, Zeinab al-Haj, holding a bag of …