Stories by Austin Blake

At Google I/O, the company has just previewed some new Gemini-powered AI features coming to Gmail on mobile devices. One new feature is called Summarize, which appears at the top of your emails. Tap ‘Summarize’ and it will give you some highlights of the email. The email example was about figuring out which roofing company...

Google has debuted Imagen 3, its highest quality text-to-image generation model yet, at Google I/O, happening right now. Imagen 3 can create visuals with incredible detail, realistic lighting and fewer distracting artifacts, says Google, creating quick sketches to high-res photos. Some examples were shared and it’s crazy how these look so real thanks to AI....

Not to be outdone by OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4o announcement yesterday showcasing demos of AI seeing and explaining the world, Google has revealed Project Astra. This prototype from Google DeepMind is "exploring how a universal AI agent can be truly helpful in everyday life." The demo below was captured in a single take in real-time, shared at...

Google has kicked off its annual developer conference this morning at 10am PDT/1pm EDT, happening right now. At Google I/O, the company has shared some new features and AI updates coming. With Google Photos, a new feature coming is Ask Photos, powered by the company’s generative AI, Gemini. Ask Photos now "makes it easier to...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved Corus Entertainment's request to reduce its Canadian content spending requirements from 8.5% to 5% of revenue, starting May 13, 2024. Corus, the country's largest provider of independent programming, submitted a proposal last fall, seeking a reduction in spending obligations for programs of national interest (PNI) and...

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and the company’s team unveiled significant updates to ChatGPT and introduced GPT-4o, the latest model in the GPT series, during a presentation on Monday. The new model, which boasts being smarter, faster, and natively multimodal, will be available to all ChatGPT users, including those on the free plan. Previously, GPT-4 class...

British Columbia Supreme Court has dismissed a lawsuit against Freedom Mobile, following a SIM swap scam that allegedly led to the theft of over $60,000 in bitcoin from Surrey resident Sepehr Tahmasebpour. The court ruled in favour of the telecom, citing a mandatory arbitration clause in the service terms which the plaintiffs claimed they were...

Apple is reportedly close to finalizing an agreement with OpenAI to incorporate ChatGPT technology into iOS 18 for the iPhone, according to sources familiar with the negotiations, reports Bloomberg. The anonymous sources also indicated that Apple has been in talks with Google about potentially licensing its Gemini chatbot, but this hasn’t resulted in a deal....

Yesterday, Telus reported its Q1 earnings, seeing customer growth year-over-year, due to high demand for mobility and fixed services. Telus saw 45,000 net mobile phone additions, while mobile network revenue and fixed data services increased 2.9% and 2.7% respectively. There are now over 9.8 million mobile phone subscribers. The company’s net income was at $140...

Apple has now issued a public apology for its supposedly offensive iPad Pro ad that aired the day of its new tablet announcement.  The ad showed a bunch of musical instruments, toys and more, getting crushed, only to result in the thinnest Apple product ever, the new M4 iPad Pro. The video was shared on...

Bell Media has expanded iHeartRadio Canada by adding 39 Corus radio stations, available across all platforms. Available on the iHeartRadio Canada iOS and Android app and the web, new Corus radio stations include Toronto's Q107 and Vancouver's CFOX; Calgary's Country 105 and Edmonton's CISN 103.9; Kitchener's 91.5 The Beat, playing the best of pop; and...

Apple's latest 2024 iPad Pro line up revealed today introduces a tiered feature system where high-capacity models come with exclusive benefits after you open your wallet, which is a classic move by the company. The top-tier 1TB and 2TB models—priced from at least $2,229—offer 16GB of RAM and the option for nano-texture display glass, which...