Iran Says Diplomatic Efforts Continue Amid Ceasefire Push

Iran Says Diplomatic Efforts Continue Amid Ceasefire Push

Iran said diplomatic contacts with the United States remain active but cautioned that major disagreements continue to prevent a breakthrough, as regional mediators stepped up efforts to secure an agreement aimed at ending the conflict that has gripped the Middle East since late February. The latest round of diplomacy unfolded in Tehran on Friday, where…

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500 Poisoned Packages, Hundreds of Companies: TeamPCP’s Worm Just Reached GitHub

500 Poisoned Packages, Hundreds of Companies: TeamPCP’s Worm Just Reached GitHub

A GitHub employee installed a routine VS Code extension update on the morning of May 18, 2026. That single action handed cybercrime group TeamPCP enough access to exfiltrate approximately 3,800 of GitHub’s internal source code repositories — everything from platform infrastructure to proprietary tooling built by the company that hosts more than 420 million repositories…

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Audible Can Now Be Streamed on Apple Podcasts Thanks to New Deal

Audible Can Now Be Streamed on Apple Podcasts Thanks to New Deal

Audible has struck a deal with Apple Podcasts that brings a connected subscription experience to subscribers, which will allow them to stream their shows directly on the iOS platforms. What this means is that users could get to access their favorite shows and content directly on the Apple Podcasts platform and get to enjoy its…

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JAY GOLDBERG: Tripling the streaming tax is a huge mistake

JAY GOLDBERG: Tripling the streaming tax is a huge mistake

Breadcrumb Trail Links News Canada Opinion Columnists Published May 23, 2026  •  Last updated 11 minutes ago  •  3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. Streaming giants are dealing with a significant new tax on revenue in Canada. Getty Images/iStockphoto Article content If…

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Trump Admin Officials Reportedly Tried To Ban Half Of U.S. Voting Machines Over Conspiracy Claims

Trump Admin Officials Reportedly Tried To Ban Half Of U.S. Voting Machines Over Conspiracy Claims

Trump administration officials tried last year to ban voting machines used in more than half of U.S. states, relying on debunked conspiracy theories about foreign interference related to Dominion Voting Systems, according to a new report. Reuters detailed that the effort was led by Kurt Olsen, President Donald Trump’s election-security adviser, who asked whether the…

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Top Pension Fund Faces Fresh Scrutiny After Independent Probe Alleges Secrecy, Weak Returns And Oversight Gaps

Top Pension Fund Faces Fresh Scrutiny After Independent Probe Alleges Secrecy, Weak Returns And Oversight Gaps

The California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS), the nation’s largest public pension fund, has been hampered by secrecy, chronic underperformance, understated investment costs and potential conflicts of interest. The report, released Thursday, was commissioned by the Retired Public Employees Association of California, a nonprofit advocacy group whose members include beneficiaries of the roughly $630 billion…

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Kerry Bodine Champions Human Capability in the Age of AI

Kerry Bodine Champions Human Capability in the Age of AI

Society has been at this crossroads before. A new technology arrives, overwhelms many, and embeds itself so thoroughly into daily life that the question of whether it should have been adopted so freely becomes unanswerable, because it’s already too late. Kerry Bodine, founder of Bodine & Co., believes artificial intelligence is the latest and most…

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Congress Democrats Grill Treasury Secretary About Trump’s $1.8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Congress Democrats Grill Treasury Secretary About Trump’s .8B Anti-Weaponization Fund

Democratic lawmakers are demanding new answers from Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and IRS CEO Frank Bisignano over President Donald Trump‘s settlement with the IRS and the creation of the “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” warning that the deal could turn taxpayer money into a secretive compensation system for the president’s political allies. In a letter sent late Thursday,…

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