In a surprising turn of events, some employees at QHR Technologies in Kelowna have been let go. The company, which specializes in electronic medical records, was bought by Loblaws in 2016 for a whopping $170 million through its subsidiary Shoppers Drug Mart Inc. This week, the company underwent a ma
There's big news in the tech world! Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and US-based Amkor Technologies are teaming up to bring advanced chip packaging technology to America. This is a game-changer, especially for the AI market. TSMC has a massive facility in Arizona that will han
When you think about Canada, you might imagine polite people and cold winters. But there's something else happening up north that should catch your attention. In recent years, acts of radical Islamic terrorism have been on the rise in Canada. This isn’t new—Canada has seen incidents like the “Toront
In the Metropolitan Detention Center of Brooklyn, two notable figures are sharing a dormitory-style room. The rapper Sean Combs, known as Diddy, has been denied bail on serious charges like sex trafficking and racketeering. He's been there for almost a week. His new roommate is Sam Bankman-Fried, th
You might be surprised to hear that OpenAI, known for its cutting-edge AI technology, has recently faced a hacking incident. But this time, it wasn't about their advanced models; instead, it was all about cryptocurrency. Scammers took over OpenAI’s Newsroom X account and started pushing a new coin c
A sneaky app called WalletConnect appeared in the Google Play Store. It looked like a real crypto wallet, but it was actually a scam. The app had over 10,000 downloads before people started noticing something fishy. Around 150 users lost their cryptocurrency because they trusted this fake app too mu
On Thursday, a federal judge in Missouri hit the brakes on President Joe Biden’s student loan cancellation plan. The move came just as it seemed the plan might finally move forward after another judge allowed an earlier pause to expire. Six Republican-led states had rushed to request this new hold,
Last Friday, JD Vance, the Republican nominee for vice president, addressed a crowd in Lindale, Georgia. He pointed out that the state has over 400,000 undocumented immigrants, with about 120,000 of their children enrolled in public schools. Vance believes this is straining Georgia's education syste
Do you love sipping apple cider in the fall? Be careful! Health experts are warning that unpasteurized apple cider can make people very ill, especially those who are more vulnerable like kids and older adults. Why is this happening? Unpasteurized cider might have harmful bacteria because many orchar
The Department of Homeland Security has some serious concerns about what the next year will bring. They're worried that people with ties to terrorism might try to sneak into the country through our borders. It's not just about who is coming in, but also where they're coming from. The number of peopl
