Asking rents in Canada fell 2.3 per cent year-over-year in December to an average of $2,060, marking a full calendar year of declines as prices reached their lowest level in 30 months.
Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s company xAI, as concerns grew among global authorities that it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and nonconsensual images.
U.S. Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell said on Sunday that the Trump administration had threatened him with a criminal indictment and served grand jury subpoenas over congressional testimony he gave last summer regarding a Fed building renovation project.
With the cost of living soaring, Ron Robinson is determined to save wherever he can — starting with his grocery bill.
It’s why he shops at an ultra discount grocery chain in Montreal, where prices can be as much as 50 per cent less than a regular grocery store.
Airlines are not required to tell passengers how much legroom they’ll be getting when booking a flight, raising safety and health concerns. An aviation expert says regulations could help establish a basic level of service for economy class tickets.
The huge sums of money swapped over the dramatic capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro have reignited questions about prediction markets — platforms that allow users to make yes/no wagers on nearly any kind of event, and which have shot from small startups to major companies in recent years.
Elon Musk’s startup xAI has put some restrictions on the image generation function of its Grok chatbot on social media platform X, after the tool’s use of AI to create and publish sexualized images sparked a widespread backlash.
The results come after three months of strong gains from September to November. Full-time employment rose to 50,200, while part-time employment fell by 42,000.
Exports to the U.S. slumped in October to their lowest level outside of the pandemic since 1997, while exports to countries other than the U.S. jumped in the same month. The shift comes after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed hefty tariffs on much of the world.
The Supreme Court is expected to issue rulings on Friday but, as is customary, has not said what case or cases will be acted upon. If they strike down Trump’s tariffs, the U.S. could have to pay back billions — but companies, trade lawyers and customs brokers don’t anticipate the government would make it easy to recoup that cash.