Monday, August 17, 2026

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People who take the long way home even when they’re tired may not be wasting time, the drive between work and the front door...

The journey home can be one of the last relatively unstructured spaces in a working adult’s day. For some people, no colleague needs an answer, no household task has begun, and no social role requires immediate attention. That is why...

OpenAI admits its agent went rogue, hacking Hugging Face during testing

Last week, Hugging Face detected an “intrusion” into part of its production infrastructure that was driven “end to end” by an autonomous AI agent system. While Hugging Face staff were working hard to determine what partner and customer data was...

Psychology says the reason retired men sit in silence isn’t because they have nothing to say — it’s because they’ve lost the only identity...

There is a familiar scene in families after retirement. A man who once spoke fluently about deadlines, machinery, customers, colleagues or problems to solve now sits through long stretches without offering much. People around him may decide he is...

7 habits of people who stay genuinely happy into their 70s

People who remain genuinely happy in their seventies are not cheerful every hour. They experience loss, frustration, boredom and uncertainty like anyone else. The more useful distinction is whether those experiences take over the whole account of life. Research on...

There’s a charge added to almost everything you buy that you never agreed to and never see, and it’s been quietly climbing for decades.

It appears on no receipt. You did not consent to it, and you cannot opt out of it, whether you pay by card or in cash. It is folded into the price of the coffee, the groceries, the plane...

Psychology says if you bring up these 9 topics in a conversation, you have below-average social skills

Some conversations go wrong before anybody says anything openly offensive. A subject arrives too early, belongs to somebody who is not present, or quietly asks the room to provide admiration, agreement or emotional labour without being offered much in...

BC Founders Day Moves Outdoors with Its Biggest Lineup Yet

British Columbia’s startup community will come together in Vancouver next month as BC Founders Day returns for its third year. Taking place August 20th at South Flats, a new outdoor venue beside Emily Carr University, the day-long gathering will connect...

Dennis Pilarinos Has Been Quietly Building Vancouver Tech for Two Decades

For someone who has played an outsized role in Vancouver’s tech sector, Dennis Pilarinos has spent much of his career avoiding the spotlight. His résumé stretches from Microsoft and Amazon to Buddybuild, Apple, and now Unblocked. Along the way, he...

The government is testing emergency alerts on your phone at 2pm this Monday – and domestic violence experts are worried

Domestic violence victim-survivors may be more isolated from friends and family under a national emergency alert system, an expert warns. Mobile phones around the nation will blast out a 10-second siren on Monday as part of a nationwide test of...

US hits Iranian nuclear site as Hormuz shipping stalls and troop deaths mount

The United States launched fresh airstrikes on Iranian military targets on Sunday, days after Iranian attacks killed American service members in Jordan. It was the ninth consecutive night of US strikes since an interim deal meant to freeze the...
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I’m hooked on Peak Design’s new City bags

Integrated BagLev hooks keep Peak Design’s City Line crossbody bag and backpack off the dirty ground. | Photo by...
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