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【多圖】警車湖濱撞車2人重傷送院　3人涉毒被捕

Singtao | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:19 a.m. | Original

【星島綜合報道】多倫多市中心湖濱周一（17日）下午發生涉及警車的交通意外，警車與另一輛汽車相撞後，現場有兩人受重傷送院，另有3人被警方拘捕，涉嫌干犯與毒品有關罪行。

事故於下午約3時45分發生，地點為Queens

Claude AI Wrote A Driver For macOS From Scratch To Enable Compatibility With An HP Printer That Was Only Meant To Work With Windows

wccftech | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:14 a.m. | Original

HP’s Laser printer lineup utilizes a proprietary protocol that prevents these machines from working with macOS and can only be exclusively compatible with the Windows platform. Obviously, you cannot stick with the same operating system forever, so a developer found a way around this limitation by using Claude AI to develop a macOS driver and ensure that compatibility becomes a non-issue.

The image shared by Kuber up top appears to show an HP Laser 1008a, a rather inexpensive printer that relies on the company’s Host

Claude AI was used to write a macOS driver so that it would work with an HP printer

Brazil's President Lula hails oil discovery near Amazon river

BBC World News | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:13 a.m. | Original

The oil discovery was made in the sea about 175km (110 miles) off the Amazon coast but the size of the field is not yet clear.

It is also still unknown whether extracting the oil, which is located at a depth of 2,886m (9,469ft), would be commercially viable.

Conservationists have warned that the area where the exploratory drilling is taking place is very biodiverse.

They fear that any accidents could threaten not just the nearby reefs

ASUS ROG Astral RTX 50 gets 12V-2×6 per-pin monitoring on Linux

VideoCardz | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:11 a.m. | Original

ASUS ROG Astral RTX 50 power connector sensors now work under Linux

ASUS ROG Astral graphics cards can now expose their 12V-2×6 power connector monitoring data under Linux. Developer Krzysztof Sokołowski has released astral-hwmon, an open-source kernel driver that reads current and voltage from each of the six +12V power connections individually. The driver currently targets ASUS cards equipped with the required monitoring hardware.

What makes ROG Astral cards different is that ASUS placed dedicated monitoring hardware directly on the

Madonna leads 2026 MTV Video Music Awards nominations, followed by Taylor Swift

Citynews | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:10 a.m. | Original

NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna leads the 2026 MTV Video Music Award nominations, the network announced Tuesday.

Xi hits out at ‘outside interference’ in Latin America in meeting with Ecuador’s president

SCMP | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:10 a.m. | Original

China firmly supports Latin American nations in upholding their autonomy and pursuing international cooperation based on their own interests, Chinese President Xi Jinping told his Ecuadorian counterpart Daniel Noboa on Tuesday.

“Latin American and Caribbean nations should have freedom to choose their international partners without outside interference,” Xi said, in a veiled criticism of US interventions in the region since Donald Trump returned to the White House in 2025.

Like many of its Latin American neighbours, Ecuador is trying to balance its relations between China and the United States

Rexdale今早接連兩宗槍擊案　男子中槍重傷

Singtao | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:08 a.m. | Original

【星島綜合報道】多倫多Rexdale區今日（18日）凌晨及早上先後發生兩宗槍擊案，其中一名男子中槍受傷，送院後情況嚴重但沒有生命危險。

警方表示，今早7時30分後接報，指Finch Avenue West夾Kipling Avenue附近有人開槍。警員到場後發現一名

This website lets you check if your license plate was ever searched on Flock's cameras

TechSpot News | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:08 a.m. | Original

Serving tech enthusiasts for over 25 years.
TechSpot means tech analysis and advice you can trust .

Why it matters: As the use of AI-powered surveillance cameras across the US becomes increasingly controversial, opponents are pushing back in various ways. One group has aggregated public information into a search engine that uncovers Flock user logs. However, the site can only review a fraction of Flock's database.

HaveIBeenFlocked.com allows users to search license plates to see whether authorities or others with access to Flock's camera

麻疹｜35歲女子今確診曾到聯合醫院求醫 198人列密切接觸者

Singtao | Aug. 18, 2026, 9:08 a.m. | Original

衞生防護中心公布正調查一宗麻疹個案，個案涉及一名35歲女子，她於八月四日起出現發燒和咳嗽，八月九日出現皮疹，當日到基督教聯合醫院急症室求診，及後確診麻疹。流行病學調查顯示，病人並非在本港出生，不確定自

Polaroid and Pokémon Team Up for Polaroid’s Biggest Collab Ever

Peta Pixel | Aug. 18, 2026, 9 a.m. | Original

Iconic photography brand Polaroid has teamed up with the world’s largest entertainment franchise, Pokémon, to celebrate the latter’s 30th anniversary. As part of the team-up, Polaroid is launching nine limited-edition Pokémon items, including special-edition instant cameras.

The Polaroid x Pokémon Special Edition lineup is headlined by a trio of Pokémon-themed cameras. Polaroid launched the Go Gen 3 in June , and it’s the world’s smallest instant analog

ASUS ROG Astral RTX 50 power connector sensors now work under Linux

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