*Son of Norway’s crown princess charged with four counts of rape*

[...]Marius Borg Høiby, the son of the Norwegian crown princess, has been charged with 32 offences including four counts of rape, a prosecutor has said.

Høiby, whose mother is the crown princess, Mette-Marit, and whose stepfather is the crown prince, Haakon, Norway’s future king, is expected to stand trial early next year and could face up to 10 years in prison if found guilty of the most serious charges.

The charges, made public on Monday, include the rape of four different women, domestic abuse of a former partner, and illegally filming a number of women, including their genitals, without their knowledge or consent.[...]

https://www.theguardian.com/wo....rld/2025/aug/18/son-

Pourquoi l'IA ne sera probablement plus gratuite dans les années à venir

[...]L'IA fait désormais partie de notre quotidien et, pour la plupart, on en bénéficie gratuitement. Mais ce modèle économique pourrait être chamboulé dans les années à venir.[...]

https://www.bfmtv.com/tech/int....elligence-artificiel

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Moniepoint’s new POS terminal shows the unicorn is playing a long enterprise game

[...]For most merchants in Nigeria, POS machines—close to nine million—do not record sales at all; instead, they are payment terminals, little more than ATMs for card transactions. Staff log orders separately—in notebooks, on a desktop, or in an app—and then process payment on the POS. At the end of the day, managers must painstakingly match card receipts to sales records.[...]

https://techcabal.com/2025/08/....14/moniepoints-new-p

Le niveau d’eau particulièrement bas du fleuve Saint-Laurent pourrait avoir causé l’accident de deux motomarinistes

[...]Le niveau du fleuve Saint-Laurent, à son plus bas en quinze ans, pourrait avoir contribué à un accident de motomarine à Repentigny qui aurait pu coûter la vie à deux plaisanciers retrouvés ensanglantés sur des rochers habituellement submergés. [...]

https://www.journaldemontreal.....com/2025/08/11/le-ni

*More than a dozen Trudeau-era innovation programs have an uncertain future under Mark Carney*

[...]The programs that could end include a pair of efforts to develop and retain Canadian IP, both of which are due to expire at the end of the fiscal year in March. The list also includes digital skills classes for underrepresented youth, a fund to expand women’s participation in venture capital, affordable internet for low-income families and seniors, and more.[...]

[...]Other programs vying for funding renewals include efforts to promote diversity in the public sector workforce through retraining, help diverse entrepreneurs sustain their small businesses, and give new grads initial work experience. [...]

https://thelogic.co/news/trude....au-sunsetting-progra