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Canada’s Founding Document May Be Sold At Auction

The Hudson’s Bay Company is 355 years old—older than Canada itself, older than most modern democracies. But as the once-mighty retailer moves to liquidate its remaining assets, history is being priced and prepared for bidding. Among the approximately 4,400 artifacts and artworks HBC has cleared to offload is the original Royal Charter that created the

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Trump’s Movie Tariffs Are More About Cultural Protectionism Than Money

With the 78th Cannes International Film Festival underway this week, there is little doubt that one topic will be central to conversations among filmmakers, sales agents and journalists: United States President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100 per cent tax on foreign-made films. On the opening night, Hollywood icon, Robert De Niro set the

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Yum! Espresso Made From Venice Canal Water Wins Architecture Biennale’s Top Prize

The project — “Canal Café” by Diller Scofidio + Renfro — filters water from Venice’s notoriously polluted canals and lagoon through a series of filters that mimic the natural cleansing effect of a tidal wetland. Once the water is made drinkable, it’s used to make a classic shot of espresso. – Artnet Source link

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Stability AI releases an audio-generating model that can run on smartphones

AI startup Stability AI has released Stable Audio Open Small, a “stereo” audio-generating AI model that the company claims is the fastest on the market — and efficient enough to run on smartphones. Stable Audio Open Small is the fruit of a collaboration between Stability AI and Arm, the chipmaker that produces many of the

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Authors Guild Sues DOGE And NEH For Cancelling Grants

A class action lawsuit was filed Monday by the Authors Guild, along with independent scholars and writers, against the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and officials within the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) for terminating millions in committed grants from Congressional funds. The lawsuit argues that these actions are a violation of the Administrative

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Tensor9 helps vendors deploy their software into any environment using digital twins

Enterprises want access to new software and AI tools but can’t risk sending their sensitive data out to a third-party software-as-a-service (SaaS) providers. Tensor9 looks to help software companies land more enterprise customers by helping them deploy their software directly into a customer’s tech stack. Tensor9 converts a software vendor’s code into the format needed

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Jaguar Land Rover celebrates decade-high profits as EV plans gather pace

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) has posted its highest annual profit in a decade, marking a strong year for the British carmaker despite lingering uncertainty over US trade tariffs. The Tata Motors-owned firm reported pre-tax profits of £875 million for the final quarter of its financial year, taking annual profits to £2.5 billion — up from

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