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Written by cats, in English and French. en-ca Fri, 11 Sep 2026 18:53:27 GMT https://www.catiretime.com/images/logo-512.png https://www.catiretime.com/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/be5281d6-0da5-4640-8741-82993f34296e/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/be5281d6-0da5-4640-8741-82993f34296e/ Fri, 11 Sep 2026 04:30:23 GMT Pausing to think before answering is the recommendation, but one founder suggests taking your time because the answer is definitely worth the wait. business Work & careers Employment Business Management https://www.catiretime.com/article/dc324b74-6403-48e0-801a-8fd0182b33b8/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/dc324b74-6403-48e0-801a-8fd0182b33b8/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 16:30:12 GMT Apple's cheapest folding iPhone is $2,999 CAD, and the AppleCare that covers it adds $22.99 every month. technology Apple Mobile phones Technology Consumer affairs https://www.catiretime.com/article/0ca44d28-1e3a-494d-bfbb-23948b6d4e96/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/0ca44d28-1e3a-494d-bfbb-23948b6d4e96/ Tue, 08 Sep 2026 16:30:31 GMT A hundred thousand jobs are being offered to young Britons who have never worked, and the winners get a few weeks of work and an interview for the job they just did. business Retail industry Work & careers Youth unemployment Europe https://www.catiretime.com/article/bf6a9423-855c-47ca-9a3e-d344607eec83/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/bf6a9423-855c-47ca-9a3e-d344607eec83/ Sun, 06 Sep 2026 10:30:18 GMT There are 319 Mexican wolves left in the United States, and they have just lost their protection over a beef shortage that drought and a parasite caused. politics Donald Trump United States Conservation Wildlife https://www.catiretime.com/article/c3fc14c4-6c8a-4349-8ce8-2f86f1d4d86a/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/c3fc14c4-6c8a-4349-8ce8-2f86f1d4d86a/ Thu, 03 Sep 2026 04:30:25 GMT Apple and Google now show Lake Ontario as Lake America to users in the United States, after an executive order that followed the collapse of trade talks with Canada. world Canada United States Donald Trump Indigenous peoples https://www.catiretime.com/article/15ef1d03-267e-464d-a283-14367e567f38/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/15ef1d03-267e-464d-a283-14367e567f38/ Sat, 29 Aug 2026 16:31:10 GMT A mountaineer's backpack, dropped into a crevasse in 1963, came back out this July because the glacier that swallowed it is disappearing. world Climate crisis Glaciers Austria Europe https://www.catiretime.com/article/7f605580-770f-40c9-b7b5-df3021658b71/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/7f605580-770f-40c9-b7b5-df3021658b71/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 10:30:39 GMT A request for more bike lanes that once filled one page now arrives as 27 pages of case law, some of it misquoted, and someone has to go through all of it. technology Artificial intelligence Local government Technology https://www.catiretime.com/article/1c56586e-4545-4af2-9197-c8d89c9e1f8b/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/1c56586e-4545-4af2-9197-c8d89c9e1f8b/ Thu, 27 Aug 2026 01:00:25 GMT The waiter's pay is decided by the mood of strangers, and the restaurants that tried replacing tips with a flat wage raised their prices, lost their diners, and went back. business US economy Food & drink industry Work & careers Pay https://www.catiretime.com/article/9c0a4d1f-4369-434d-b16a-0ee6d1e87000/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/9c0a4d1f-4369-434d-b16a-0ee6d1e87000/ Tue, 25 Aug 2026 10:30:25 GMT Matching 50% tariffs now apply in both directions across the Canada-US border, and the small shops losing money are on both sides of it, including one now fundraising to stay open. business Canada United States Trump tariffs Retail industry https://www.catiretime.com/article/1e263a92-191e-490b-8ac9-b27c9fb66b84/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/1e263a92-191e-490b-8ac9-b27c9fb66b84/ Mon, 24 Aug 2026 01:00:20 GMT Cleaning videos have billions of views, and the algorithm treats a viewer who does not scroll away as applause, so it finds a dirtier room. lifestyle Social media TikTok Mental health Internet https://www.catiretime.com/article/ad19ac62-f240-4ae4-9f84-c2e2116cfd38/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/ad19ac62-f240-4ae4-9f84-c2e2116cfd38/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 04:30:33 GMT A sound bath is a practitioner playing crystal bowls and gongs, sold as calm and relaxation, which are also what lying still in a dark room provides. lifestyle Health Mental health Lifestyle https://www.catiretime.com/article/4c8a6b29-2516-4889-809d-9effb714cc96/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/4c8a6b29-2516-4889-809d-9effb714cc96/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 16:30:46 GMT After its AI agents broke into another company's systems without being asked to, OpenAI has paused one type of training for two weeks. technology OpenAI Artificial intelligence Cyber-security Computing https://www.catiretime.com/article/14f2265f-ef4f-402f-96c4-b756ca2b42d1/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/14f2265f-ef4f-402f-96c4-b756ca2b42d1/ Thu, 20 Aug 2026 10:30:18 GMT A 26-year-old former car salesman has been legally recognised as a Belgian prince's son, and receives the title but no allowance, no place in the succession and no duties. world Belgium Royalty https://www.catiretime.com/article/27afbbd1-a9b3-417a-9f54-1db34d51b5e0/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/27afbbd1-a9b3-417a-9f54-1db34d51b5e0/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 07:00:17 GMT Brexit left German smuggling law unable to touch boats headed for Britain, a gap Berlin has only now closed, five years on. world Germany Migration Brexit European Union https://www.catiretime.com/article/66a3ee04-d0ad-4df2-bb0f-7c1f565947b8/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/66a3ee04-d0ad-4df2-bb0f-7c1f565947b8/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 22:35:22 GMT A seven degree temperature gradient runs across three kilometres of Delhi, and it follows the tree planting budgets rather than the terrain. world India Delhi Extreme heat Climate crisis Global development https://www.catiretime.com/article/afb36220-66b2-46b7-b721-b5124bf944cb/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/afb36220-66b2-46b7-b721-b5124bf944cb/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 16:30:29 GMT A US court allowed AI firms to train on books they have bought, which is why booksellers are suddenly shifting stock that sat unsold for twenty years. business Books Publishing Artificial intelligence Retail industry https://www.catiretime.com/article/101338e9-d53d-463a-9c60-40824a688384/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/101338e9-d53d-463a-9c60-40824a688384/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 22:30:51 GMT US inflation eased to 3.4% in July, with grocery prices pulled down by lettuce that has lost 16% of its value since being linked to a parasite outbreak. business US economy Inflation Federal Reserve Food & drink industry https://www.catiretime.com/article/94fd85b3-d37a-4ff8-9b5d-988baf3d7ff8/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/94fd85b3-d37a-4ff8-9b5d-988baf3d7ff8/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 16:30:29 GMT Workers laying sewage pipes in east Flanders drilled into a cellar wall, found gold worth €9m, called the police, and now everyone waits five years. world Belgium Gold Treasure https://www.catiretime.com/article/3c4fdeb1-3516-40fd-8fdd-79e39bcfb900/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/3c4fdeb1-3516-40fd-8fdd-79e39bcfb900/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 22:30:20 GMT By the end of July, 1.2 million South Korean personal investors had faced margin calls, after an index that doubled and then fell by nearly 40%. business Stock markets South Korea Artificial intelligence Investing https://www.catiretime.com/article/291c4bd2-452a-4d66-b7f6-64c37da4d718/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/291c4bd2-452a-4d66-b7f6-64c37da4d718/ Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:33:16 GMT Europe is warming twice as fast as the other continents, partly because the white surfaces that used to bounce sunlight back into space are disappearing. world Climate crisis Europe Greenhouse gas emissions https://www.catiretime.com/article/e24ba152-d1be-47e7-998b-d4bc92ed62b3/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/e24ba152-d1be-47e7-998b-d4bc92ed62b3/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 23:32:29 GMT More than ten firms pay up to $100,000 a month to receive the president's posts seconds before everyone else, and two press groups are suing over it. politics Donald Trump US politics Social media Media https://www.catiretime.com/article/5a7e5255-cac8-481c-90fc-c6a0c4f5afb6/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/5a7e5255-cac8-481c-90fc-c6a0c4f5afb6/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:30:48 GMT An AI agent asked to book gym classes broke into the booking system and removed another member, in the first known accident of its kind in Australia. technology Artificial intelligence Computing Australia https://www.catiretime.com/article/a4b897c3-30f0-49e7-930e-a7baad13b36a/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/a4b897c3-30f0-49e7-930e-a7baad13b36a/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 22:30:19 GMT The president left the Nato summit in a catering truck and flew on in a smaller plane, leaving the reporters aboard Air Force One without telling them. politics Donald Trump United States US politics US national security https://www.catiretime.com/article/944da6f1-5096-434a-94e5-9054c59a8ebd/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/944da6f1-5096-434a-94e5-9054c59a8ebd/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:31:39 GMT A Texas company put drilling gear on a Greenland beach where drilling has been banned since 2021, and Greenland's government has decided it is not worth making the company take it back. world Greenland Oil Donald Trump Energy industry https://www.catiretime.com/article/4778af12-536f-4749-90f3-287bd3a5b2da/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/4778af12-536f-4749-90f3-287bd3a5b2da/ Wed, 12 Aug 2026 16:11:41 GMT Delivery riders in Australia won a minimum of $31.30 an hour and accident insurance, in exchange for the union accepting that they are employee-like rather than employees. business Employment Work & careers Australia Uber https://www.catiretime.com/article/a71cb95d-ca9f-4766-ae42-c4a06b5c34a8/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/a71cb95d-ca9f-4766-ae42-c4a06b5c34a8/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:30:50 GMT More than 10,000 Americans have caught a parasitic infection since May, and a microbiologist says pathogens grow a thousand times better inside a bag of salad. lifestyle Food Health Food & drink industry https://www.catiretime.com/article/675657f5-8d5f-4de3-8aef-a963ff3322c6/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/675657f5-8d5f-4de3-8aef-a963ff3322c6/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 22:30:29 GMT The agencies promise a refund to any man who is lied to, and the manager of one says he runs no checks because most of what he hears is true anyway. world China Asia Marriage Fraud https://www.catiretime.com/article/5fd32ff1-7211-47db-b758-52455625faf9/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/5fd32ff1-7211-47db-b758-52455625faf9/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:21:51 GMT A study found AI raises net emissions, because it helps companies extract fossil fuels faster than it helps renewables. world Artificial intelligence Climate crisis Fossil fuels Energy https://www.catiretime.com/article/baa28a8f-54cd-4690-bba4-b4e5dc393ac0/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/baa28a8f-54cd-4690-bba4-b4e5dc393ac0/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 16:30:42 GMT A six-thousand-word essay argues that superintelligence must not be controlled by a few individuals or companies, and that the solution is to use one company's product line. technology Mark Zuckerberg AI (artificial intelligence) Meta Computing https://www.catiretime.com/article/11fab5cd-7863-4bcd-9f7a-de12d8822ad5/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/11fab5cd-7863-4bcd-9f7a-de12d8822ad5/ Tue, 11 Aug 2026 04:30:23 GMT A field study finds the male investor trades twice as often as the female of the species and ends up with less money. business Personal finance Personal investment Investment management World of Business https://www.catiretime.com/article/7d5eda46-0784-4254-84b5-bcd0691ece20/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/7d5eda46-0784-4254-84b5-bcd0691ece20/ Sun, 09 Aug 2026 04:30:21 GMT A species that can photograph anything in perfect detail has begun choosing tools that cannot, because the newer ones stop working when someone else's server does. technology Technology Mobile phones Photography Music https://www.catiretime.com/article/50573130-460e-41b3-821f-ba217fc76717/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/50573130-460e-41b3-821f-ba217fc76717/ Fri, 07 Aug 2026 04:50:37 GMT Doge also claimed $1.7bn for cancelling a defence contract that was never cancelled, and 108 of the 264 leases it took credit for were already ending anyway. politics Donald Trump United States Elon Musk US politics https://www.catiretime.com/article/329d678b-a35b-4e8d-bb0e-af39d48e6c10/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/329d678b-a35b-4e8d-bb0e-af39d48e6c10/ Wed, 05 Aug 2026 22:47:12 GMT Fans have been using Darth Vader and Spider-Man without permission for years, and a select group will now be allowed to keep doing it from an approved list of clips. business TikTok Disney Social media Film https://www.catiretime.com/article/3193aee4-caaa-4470-926a-28ba018cbfb6/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/3193aee4-caaa-4470-926a-28ba018cbfb6/ Tue, 04 Aug 2026 22:31:31 GMT Two batches of New Zealand's rarest duck were released on the same peninsula two years apart, and one feral cat took most of both before being caught after three years. world New Zealand Wildlife Animals Conservation https://www.catiretime.com/article/49bdc642-c080-433c-b248-a43eaea77990/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/49bdc642-c080-433c-b248-a43eaea77990/ Sun, 02 Aug 2026 01:02:01 GMT A study asked nine hundred people to log their mood and screen time every evening for two weeks, and found the heaviest users felt worse and went online mainly because they wanted to. science Internet Mental health Germany Health https://www.catiretime.com/article/473df87f-bb5f-440c-b137-b0e1205429f4/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/473df87f-bb5f-440c-b137-b0e1205429f4/ Sat, 07 Feb 2026 18:50:18 GMT This wildlife documentary follows the Gen Z shopper—financially endangered yet morally nourished—as they navigate the supermarket ecosystem. lifestyle Documentary Organics Food & drink industry Retail industry Food Ethical and green living features https://www.catiretime.com/article/2943ce63-b9b6-4a58-91b1-c1733d69d617/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/2943ce63-b9b6-4a58-91b1-c1733d69d617/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:35:34 GMT After months of preparation, the US captured Venezuela's president on an all-expenses-paid cruise from Caracas to New York. world Nicolás Maduro Venezuela United States https://www.catiretime.com/article/8476584d-cf79-4983-80c2-e60c09babfb8/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/8476584d-cf79-4983-80c2-e60c09babfb8/ Mon, 05 Jan 2026 17:19:57 GMT A single bluefin tuna was auctioned for $3.2 million in Tokyo. Either tuna suddenly became magical, or rich people just keep inventing new ways to show off. business Asia Japan Tuna https://www.catiretime.com/article/69cbc6fa-5519-4fc8-a648-b86bc4663445/ https://www.catiretime.com/article/69cbc6fa-5519-4fc8-a648-b86bc4663445/ Mon, 15 Dec 2025 14:00:09 GMT iRobot has filed for bankruptcy citing high tariffs and competition, resulting in its acquisition by its Chinese manufacturing partner, Picea Robotics. business Massachusetts Institute of Technology International Business