July 2026

Toronto-based fintech Wealthsimple closed the second quarter of 2026 with $155.6 billion in assets under administration, up 24.7 per cent from the previous quarter and 84.1 per cent from a year ago, said the company on Thursday. Wealthsimple now has 3.6 million clients, not including tax filers, and says nearly a quarter of Canadians between...

Google Earth has added new AI tools directly into its web platform, allowing people to generate custom imagery on top of real satellite photos. Powered by the Nano Banana 2 generator (Google's AI image generator), the feature lets users zoom in on any neighbourhood on the map and visualize potential changes or historical scenes. Anyone...

Yahoo has rolled out a redesigned version of its Weather app, and it's available now for iOS users in Canada and worldwide. The update brings a cleaner layout along with better forecasting, interactive radar, and a lot more environmental data than the old version had. The biggest change is how the app frames a forecast....

Rokid has officially announced the Canadian launch of its AI-powered smart glasses, featuring the world's smallest Micro-LED projection engine.

Best Buy Canada's Door Crashers sale begins today, July 30th with savings of up to $300 on select laptops.

The federal government intends to scrap the requirement that foreign streamers (mainly US) like Netflix, Apple TV+, Paramount+, and Prime Video pay a share of their Canadian revenue into domestic content funds (CanCon), replacing that money with taxpayer funding instead. The plan surfaced in a July 17 court filing and has since been confirmed by...

Bell Media has released its complete programming lineup for Crave in August 2026. As for highlights? Football fans can go behind the scenes with HBO’s Hard Knocks: Training Camp with the Seattle Seahawks premiering August 4, while DC Studios launches its highly anticipated superhero mystery series Lanterns on August 16. The schedule also features home-grown...

No Name Mobile which runs on the Bell wireless network has tweaked its data plans on Wednesday, increasing data buckets ahead of the back to school season. Here are No Name Mobile’s plans as of July 29, 2026: $19/2GB $25/6GB $30/30GB (was 20GB) $35/45GB (was 35GB) As you can see, the higher end $30 and...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has temporarily paused upcoming deadlines in its review of fees that prevent Canadians from switching cellphone and internet plans. Major telecoms including Bell, Rogers, and Telus were originally required to submit their responses by July 30, 2026. Interventions from the public were also due on the same date....

Wealthsimple Predict is now live on the App Store and Google Play, giving Canadians a regulated way to trade on the outcome of real-world events from their phone. It's a standalone app rather than a feature inside the main Wealthsimple app, though existing clients sign in with the same credentials and open a separate Predictions...

Google has added voice input to the Gemini app for macOS, letting you talk to it from inside whatever window you happen to be working in rather than switching over to a separate app. The way it works is you long-press the Fn key and start talking. By default that gives you dictation, but a...

Copper theft is spiking across Canada, knocking out internet, TV, and phone service for thousands while cutting off access to 911 emergency services, according to Bell yet again. Bell said on Wednesday it logged 993 incidents of copper theft and vandalism in the first half of 2026, which is a 78 per cent increase compared...