Stories by Austin Blake

Freedom Mobile is marking this year’s Calgary Stampede with both massive plan discounts and a unique virtual reality experience for attendees. The carrier is offering exclusive "Stampede Offers" that are available to customers for 20 months. These limited-time plans significantly boost data buckets compared to their standard website pricing: $30/25GB + 1GB Roam Beyond $35/175GB...

Telus is asking the CRTC to let carriers lock new phones to their network for up to 60 days after purchase, and the company says it plans to start doing it on July 30 whether or not the regulator signs off first. The carrier filed a Part 1 application with the CRTC on May 22,...

This has turned into an unofficial AI announcement week it seems. Just this morning during a livestream event, OpenAI has launched a major update called ChatGPT Work, introducing an autonomous AI assistant capable of handling multi-step corporate projects across multiple workplace applications. The new agentic experience is rolling out globally with a deep focus on...

SpaceXAI (formerly xAI until it was rebranded by SpaceX) has rolled out Grok 4.5 to the public, a new AI model built specifically to handle serious coding and engineering work rather than casual chatbot conversations. Grok 4.5 runs on the company's new V9 foundation, which packs 1.5 trillion parameters. What does that mean? That's a...

Meta has officially announced plans to construct its first Canadian data centre in Sturgeon County, Alberta, backed by an investment exceeding $13 billion. This project is being touted as one of the largest private-sector investments in Canadian history. Construction of the facility is projected to create more than 3,000 jobs, with an additional 300 permanent...

Freedom Mobile has made some changes today its its wireless plans offering, slashing data and also adding expiry labels. The company’s $35 plan now has 10GB data, down from 25GB. As for the 75GB, 175GB and 250GB plan, they all now have a note to say they end today, July 8. This means a revamp...

Bell updated its website yesterday to note a new perk for its higher end plans, with 10,000 Aeroplan points now available. The company's $85 and $100 per month 'unlimited' roaming plans (that have a 5GB/day cap) now indicate you can get Aeroplan points issued "over 12 months of subscription with account in good standing". Initially,...

A Fido customer took to Reddit after noticing the carrier's temporary suspension fee appears to have doubled in a matter of months. According to the post, temporarily suspending service used to run about $7 per month plus tax as recently as three months ago. Now, while planning a trip abroad, the customer says the fee...

Apple rolled out iOS 27 beta 3 and more to developers yesterday, and the public beta should follow in a couple of weeks. This one landed as a fairly hefty download, coming in at 15.04 GB on the iPhone 17 Pro Max, and it arrived alongside a whole batch of other betas including iPadOS 27,...

We're into the thick of summer and that means it's time to take a look at cellphone pricing from Rogers, Telus, Bell and Freedom Mobile in July, compared to June. Let's get right into it shall we? Rogers $65/60GB (was $60) $70/100GB (was $65) Canada-US-Mexico (24 months roaming only; was 12) $85 (was $80)/Unlimited Canada-US-Mexico-Caribbean...

The historic run of Canada Soccer’s Men’s National Team at the FIFA World Cup came to an end on Saturday afternoon, but it drew a record-breaking crowd of Canadian television viewers, according to Bell Media on Monday. An average of 5.4 million viewers tuned in to watch Canada take on Morocco in the round of...

Rogers customers are facing another hit to their wallets as the telecom plans to raise monthly rates for home internet packages. The move marks the second major price hike from the company this year, expanding beyond its recent wireless price increases. According to new billing notices sent to customers last week, Rogers will increase the...