The Daily Populous

Germany's Friedrich Merz says Iran has appeared more resilient than the US expected and warned that the conflict is escalating without a clear exit strategy.

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Monday said Iran's leadership is in the process of "humiliating" the United States in the ongoing conflict.

Merz said Washington appeared to lack a clear strategy and questioned what kind of exit the US might pursue. »

A woman had her dead husband appear as a hologram at his own funeral service, which even answered questions from attendees as part of a scripted Q&A.

According to the BBC, the hologram was designed to feel interactive, with the husband appearing on screen and responding to a staged Q&A session as if he were present at the funeral.

When Bill’s hologram appeared, it opened with: “Now, before anyone gets confused, I’m not actually here in Valhalla today. »

The civil lawsuit accuses Altman, OpenAI's CEO, and his top lieutenant, Greg Brockman, of double-crossing Musk by straying from the San Francisco company's founding mission to be an altruistic steward of a revolutionary technology.

Musk, who invested about $38 million in OpenAI from December 2015 through May 2017, initially was seeking more than $100 billion in damages.

But any damages now are likely to be much smaller after a series of pre-trial rulings that went against Musk. »

Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced his plan to create Canada's first sovereign wealth fund.

Describing the fund as "essentially a national savings and investment account," Carney said the fund is being designed to "grow wealth for future generations.".

WATCH | Canada Strong Fund will 'give all Canadians a direct stake' in nation-building projects, Carney says: Canada Strong Fund will 'give all Canadians a direct stake' in nation-building projects, Carney says | Duration 4:43 Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Monday the Canada Strong Fund, the country's first national sovereign wealth fund, with an initial federal government investment of $25 billion over three years. »