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Disney Plus starts password sharing crackdown ahead of November price increase

Disney Plus starts password sharing crackdown ahead of November price increase

TORONTO — Disney Plus is joining the crackdown on password sharing. The Walt Disney Company started emailing its subscribers this week to signal changes to its streaming platform's user agreement, which include "restrictions on account sharing.
Movie Review: Humans take a back seat in the stunning AI, sci-fi epic ‘The Creator’

Movie Review: Humans take a back seat in the stunning AI, sci-fi epic ‘The Creator’

The artificial intelligence in Gareth Edwards’ “ The Creator ,” a visually magnificent if by-the-books epic, is not the AI making headlines at the moment.
Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies

Auto workers union to announce plans on Friday to expand strike in contract dispute with companies

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union says it will announce on Friday how it plans to expand its strike against Detroit's three automakers. The union says President Shawn Fain will make the announcement at 10 a.m.
Canadian pot companies cheer as Senate committee advances cannabis finance reforms

Canadian pot companies cheer as Senate committee advances cannabis finance reforms

WASHINGTON — Canadian cannabis companies and their investors cheered a Senate committee's decision Wednesday to push forward with measures designed to ease federal financing restrictions on their U.S. counterparts.
Tech community weighing how to balance AI's risks and rewards at Elevate conference

Tech community weighing how to balance AI's risks and rewards at Elevate conference

TORONTO — Members of Canada’s tech community are concerned about how the country will rein in the risks of artificial intelligence without stifling innovation.
Quincy Jones is State Department's first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push

Quincy Jones is State Department's first Peace Through Music Award as part of new diplomacy push

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Quincy Jones , who once embarked on an international diplomatic tour with jazz great Dizzy Gillespie, will receive the U.S. Department of State's inaugural Peace Through Music Award.
Interac expanding e-transfer service, Wealthsimple to join

Interac expanding e-transfer service, Wealthsimple to join

TORONTO — Interac Corp. is broadening the range of financial institutions that can participate in its e-transfer service, with financial services firm Wealthsimple as the first to become a new participant under the expansion.
Erotic thrillers of ‘80s,’90s inspire twisty French film ‘The Origin of Evil’

Erotic thrillers of ‘80s,’90s inspire twisty French film ‘The Origin of Evil’

A mysterious woman, down on her luck and working a miserable job at a tinned fish factory, makes contact with the extremely wealthy father she’s never met — and his suspicious heirs — in the French thriller “The Origin of Evil.
Pipestone shareholders approve merger with Strathcona Resources

Pipestone shareholders approve merger with Strathcona Resources

CALGARY — Shareholders of Pipestone Energy Corp. have voted to approve a merger with Strathcona Resources Ltd., a deal the companies say will create what will be the fifth largest oil producer in Canada.
Buffy Sainte-Marie documentary nominated for 2023 International Emmy Award

Buffy Sainte-Marie documentary nominated for 2023 International Emmy Award

A career-spanning documentary about celebrated Canadian musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie has been nominated for an International Emmy Award.
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