Carney inches closer to majority, as fourth MP defects to LiberalsJessica MurphyCanada digital editor, TorontoGetty ImagesA fourth MP of the current Canadian parliament has defected to join the Liberals, bringing Prime Minister Mark Carney closer to a majority in the House of Commons.Lori Idlout, a member of the left-leaning New Democrats (NDP), is joining the governing party. In a statement...

X tries wooing advertisers by letting them reuse creatives made for other platforms In Brief Posted: 7:41 AM PST · February 26, 2026 Image Credits:TechCrunch Elon Musk’s X is making it easier for advertisers to bring their creative campaigns from other social sites to its platform. On Thursday, the company launched an expanded set of...

Greece Predator scandal: Four convicted over spyware affair that shook GreeceKostas KoukoumakasIn AthensGetty ImagesThe case was heard in a low-ranking court in Athens that hears misdemeanours (file pic)Four people have been found guilty and given jail terms by a Greek court after a wiretapping scandal shook the country in 2022.In what became known as "Greece's Watergate", surveillance software...

OpenAI fires employee for using confidential info on prediction markets In Brief Posted: 3:00 PM PST · February 27, 2026 Image Credits:Bryce Durbin / TechCrunch OpenAI has fired an employee over the employee’s activity on prediction markets, including Polymarket, the company confirmed to Wired. The employee used confidential OpenAI...

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