AMD announced the acquisition of Toronto-based AI chip startup Taalas for an undisclosed sum on August 6, 2026. Taalas specializes in etching AI model weights directly into silicon to enhance inference performance, part of AMD's strategy to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware.
AMD announced the acquisition of Toronto-based AI chip startup Taalas for an undisclosed sum on August 6, 2026. Taalas specializes in etching AI model weights directly into silicon to enhance inference performance, part of AMD's strategy to challenge Nvidia's dominance in AI hardware.
Gunfire was directed at the US Consulate in Toronto early Monday morning, marking the second shooting at the diplomatic facility in 2026. Police pursued a suspect vehicle but called off the chase due to dangerous speeds; no injuries were reported.
Richard Sutton, 2024 Turing Award winner and reinforcement learning pioneer, has founded Oak Lab in Toronto after departing from John Carmack's Keen Technologies. The startup aims to build AI agents that learn continuously from their environment, challenging what Sutton calls the 'weak and inefficient' methods of current deep learning.
Toronto police have identified a 'multilayered' gun-for-hire network responsible for dozens of shootings across the Greater Toronto Area, including attacks on the U.S. consulate in March, Jewish schools and synagogues, and waste management facilities. Police Chief Myron Demkiw indicated that youth are being hired to carry out these crimes.
Substitute striker Cyle Larin scored for co-hosts Canada to secure a 1-1 draw against Bosnia and Herzegovina in their World Cup 2026 Group B opener in Toronto, earning the nation's first point in their third World Cup appearance after Jovo Lukic had given Bosnia the lead.
Activists unfurled a massive banner reading 'Kick Israel out of FIFA' over a World Cup logo in Toronto on Friday, hours before Canada's opening match, while Iran's delegation reported that 15 officials were denied U.S. visas for the tournament.
Ghana midfielder Thomas Partey will miss his nation's first World Cup game against Panama in Toronto after Canada refused his visa application. The former Arsenal player faces seven counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, to which he has pleaded not guilty.
Canadian-Moroccan Bollywood star Nora Fatehi will perform the official FIFA World Cup 2026 song 'Siir Siir' at the tournament's opening ceremony in Toronto on June 12, 2026. The track, created with producer Sanjoy and French artist Vegedream, aims to deliver a message of unity, celebration, and multicultural representation.
