A single Postgres table with two indexes outscored every published RAG pipeline on MuSiQue and ranked third on BRIGHT against systems with fine-tuned retrievers. While the numbers are great, they're really just to prove that more is less…

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How Waymo could push Toronto taxi and Uber drivers off the road

CBC

TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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How Waymo could push Toronto taxi and Uber drivers off the road

Waymo's plan to bring driverless ride-hailing vehicles to Canada has some drivers and advocates concerned the market is about to get more crowded and that more rideshare and taxi drivers could find themselves out of work.

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Queen of Canada documentary director wants you to know her followers are still out there

CBC

TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Queen of Canada documentary director wants you to know her followers are still out there

CBC News spoke with Queen of Canada director Cristian Gomes and journalist Mack Lamoureux about their new documentary, and why it focuses on Romana Didulo's past followers.

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10 students suspended at Lévis, Que., high school for posting AI-altered images of staff

CBC

TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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10 students suspended at Lévis, Que., high school for posting AI-altered images of staff

Ten students at a high school in Lévis, Que., have been suspended after several AI-altered images of teachers and school staff were posted to Snapchat. Experts say both teachers and students need more education about the risks of AI and…

CBC

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How Red Bull Accidentally Built One of the Most Successful Media Empires in Sport

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TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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How Red Bull Accidentally Built One of the Most Successful Media Empires in Sport

So imagine this: it’s 1984, and you’re in Thailand, and you just had this drink that cured your jet lag, and thought, you know what would make it better: “Bubbles”. Hard to imagine? Well, lucky for us, a certain Austrian entrepreneur has…

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SKIP LOCKED vs. Redis: When Should You Use a Database Queue?

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TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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SKIP LOCKED vs. Redis: When Should You Use a Database Queue?

SKIP LOCKED is an option for SELECT ... FOR UPDATE . It tells the database: if another transaction has already locked a row, don’t wait for it. Skip that row and return the next one that is free. It sounds like a small detail, but it was…

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Beyond the Autopilot: Reclaiming Corporate DNA with System One AI Decision Contracts

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TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Beyond the Autopilot: Reclaiming Corporate DNA with System One AI Decision Contracts

I came across a really thoughtful HBR’s (Harvard Business Review) AI at work article in Economic Times Magazine that reminds us not to let AI erode the skills that give a company its edge . The HBR article’s coolest example is a…

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Can AI Understand You Better Than You Understand Yourself?

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TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Can AI Understand You Better Than You Understand Yourself?

Anyone who has read this far will ask: but is that really you? It is a fair question. Knowing my birthday and whom I met last week is not enough to be called me. My calendar knows that much. I approach this question through the word…

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Knife-wielding minor attacks guard at Israeli embassy in Belgrade, is shot dead

Times of Israel

TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Knife-wielding minor attacks guard at Israeli embassy in Belgrade, is shot dead

Serbian interior ministry calls incident 'terror attack,' says assailant had Islamic State flag on Instagram account, shouted 'Allahu Akbar' during assault

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How an AI Bot Turned 30 School Emails a Week Into One Daily Digest

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TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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How an AI Bot Turned 30 School Emails a Week Into One Daily Digest

This is a story about how my wife and I went from several school emails and texts a day to one short digest every afternoon, and about what it took to trust an AI bot to write it. Getting the bot to summarize was the easy part. Most of the…

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Ukraine: massive fire engulfs buildings after Russian strike on Kharkiv

Euronews

TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Ukraine: massive fire engulfs buildings after Russian strike on Kharkiv

Five people, including a 4-year-old child, were injured in an overnight Russian drone strike on Kharkiv. The attack set several buildings ablaze, with firefighters working under the threat of further strikes.

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Zara Lopez cuts ties with Viva Hot Babes; speaks out vs Katya Santos, partner

Philippine Daily Inquirer

TechnologyOct 28, 2026 · 1 min

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Zara Lopez cuts ties with Viva Hot Babes; speaks out vs Katya Santos, partner

Zara Lopez announced that she is permanently “closing the chapter” with Viva Hot Babes, while also revealing an apparent feud between her and Katya Santos and her partner, Paolo Pilar. Lopez issued a statement on her Facebook page on…

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