Posts by Riah Marton
Holiday shoppers spent a record amount online, searching out deals amid economic anxiety
Consumers splurged this last holiday season, enticed by good deals even as they worried about growth and inflation. Online shoppers spent a record $257.8 billion during the holiday season as they snagged major discounts on electronics, sporting goods and appliances, Adobe data show. The San José company, which analyzes online transactions on its Adobe Analytics…
Read MoreMEJIA, ALIAKBARI: Ottawa’s ‘green economy’ fails to fulfil promise
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Opinion Columnists So, what economic benefits did Canadians receive for all these billions? Not much. Despite the massive rise in government spending, the green sector’s share of Canada’s economic output increased only marginally… Published Jan 07, 2026 • Last updated 5 days ago • 2 minute read You can save this article…
Read MoreContributor: Tech can avert catastrophic fires. What’s missing is coordination
A year ago Los Angeles woke up to a red sky. Schools closed, and families packed into cars not knowing when or if they would return. In the end many couldn’t. The series of destructive fires that lasted throughout January also hurt those whose homes did not burn down — they displaced communities, strained public…
Read MoreSun Letters to the Editor, Jan. 5, 2026: ‘Putin talking nonsense’
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Opinion Letters Published Jan 05, 2026 • Last updated 1 week ago • 3 minute read You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. In this pool photo, distributed by Russian state-owned agency, President Vladimir Putin meets Russian First Deputy Prime Minister in…
Read MoreElon Musk company bot apologizes for sharing sexualized images of children
Grok, the chatbot of Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company xAI, published sexualized images of children as its guardrails seem to have failed when it was prompted with vile user requests. Users used prompts such as “put her in a bikini” under pictures of real people on X to get Grok to generate nonconsensual images of…
Read MoreTesla dethroned as the world’s top EV maker
Elon Musk’s Tesla is no longer the top electric vehicle seller in the world as demand at home has cooled while competition heated up abroad. Tesla lost its pole position after reporting 1.64 million deliveries in 2025, roughly 620,000 fewer than Chinese competitor BYD. Tesla struggled last year amid increasing competition, waning federal support for…
Read MoreSee Kourtney Kardashian’s Daughter Penelope, 13, Tower Over Her During Gilmore Girls Set Visit
Kourtney Kardashian’s Daughter Penelope, 13, Looks All Grown Up During ‘Gilmore Girls’ Set Visit Where Kourtney Kardashian leads, her daughter Penelope Disick will follow. The Kardashians star was joined by the 13-year-old, who she shares with ex Scott Disick, during a recent visit to the Gilmore Girls set located on the Warner Bros. Studios backlot…
Read MoreThe biggest startups raised a record amount in 2025, dominated by AI
The excitement around artificial intelligence led to a record year for certain types of fundraising. Silicon Valley’s AI companies secured record funding in 2025, even as investors advised startups to shore up as much capital as possible before a potential AI bust. The largest private U.S. companies raised a record $150 billion in 2025, overshadowing…
Read MoreJOCK FINLAYSON: Dark clouds loom over Canada’s economy in 2026
Breadcrumb Trail Links News Opinion Columnists Since the start of 2025, our principal trading partner has been ruled by a president who seems determined to unravel the post-war global economic and security order that provided a stable and reassuring backdrop for smaller countries such as Canada. Published Dec 31, 2025 • Last updated 18 hours ago…
Read MoreThis Long Beach studio is designing America’s cheapest EV truck
In an echoing Long Beach studio, an ambitious team of designers is trying to reinvent how electric vehicles are made. Slate Auto has assembled a team of EV engineers from Tesla, Rivian and elsewhere to develop America’s least-expensive EV truck. In the warehouse space near construction supply shops and a Western-themed bar, designers have built…
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