Stories by Austin Blake

The European Union is set to slap a historic fine against Apple, marking the company's first such penalty for antitrust infractions within the EU, according to The Financial Times. The fine, expected to be around €500 million ($539 million USD), stems from a European Commission investigation into Apple's music streaming service practices. According to sources...

Eurogamer has corroborated earlier reports that the anticipated release of Nintendo's Switch 2 console has been delayed to the first quarter of 2025. Initially slated for a later 2024 launch, the decision to push the release into early next year is so the Switch 2 debut will have a more robust lineup of games, according...

Epic Games, the creator of Fortnite, has announced its plans to expand the Epic Games Store to iOS platforms in Europe. The company confirmed it has secured its Apple Developer account again on Friday, signalling a new phase in its relationship with Apple amidst ongoing legal disputes. Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney acknowledged the move...

The James Smith Cree Nation has a new Indigenous-led emergency alert system, leveraging the new FirstAlerts feature on Talking Stick, an anonymous chat app by Ottawa-based TryCycle Data Systems. The feature was announced by Chief Wally Burns on Wednesday, and comes nearly eighteen months following a devastating stabbing incident in the community that resulted in...

Investigations into numerous federal departments have uncovered severe security flaws, putting the privacy of Canadians at risk. The Privacy Commissioner of Canada (OPC) has brought to light these alarming issues in two reports to Parliament, focusing on privacy breaches at Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA), and the Royal Canadian...

OpenAI has unveiled Sora, a text-to-video model designed to simulate the physical world in motion, marking a significant leap forward in AI's ability to understand and interact with real-world scenarios. Basically, you just write a text prompt and video is created using AI, similar to the company's DALL-E for image generation, but this time for...

Apple on Thursday touted Apple Arcade games for its Vision Pro, detailing how there are now 12 "extraordinary" spatial games specifically designed for the headset, alongside a library of over 250 titles. “This is just the beginning of a new era in gaming, with players being fully immersed in stunning game worlds and interacting with...

The tiny consulting firm known as GC Strategies, operating from a bungalow in West Ottawa and employing just a handful of staff, has been awarded approximately 140 contracts totalling nearly $258 million since 2015, including 46 without competitive bidding, as reported by La Presse on Wednesday. This total tally of contracts received has come under...

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg weighed in on the competition between their Quest 3 headset and Apple's Vision Pro, declaring the Quest 3 superior in both value and overall product quality. In a video shared on his Instagram account on Tuesday evening, Zuckerberg provided a detailed comparison of the two headsets, emphasizing the Quest 3's advantages...

Rogers has reshuffled its leadership team following the departure of Zoran Stakic, the president of residential operations. Stakic was previously an executive with Shaw, but joined Rogers as part of the merger of both companies. He has left the company for personal reasons. According to Rogers spokesperson Sarah Schmidt to the Globe and Mail, Stakic...

Super Bowl LVIII marked a historic moment on X (formerly Twitter), setting new records in user engagement and brand participation. Impressions, user posts, and video views soared, with increases of 31%, 41%, and 75% respectively compared to last year, revealed X on Tuesday. This was helped by the overtime victory by the Kansas City Chiefs...

Apple Cash users will soon have a new way to spend their balance with the upcoming iOS 17.4 update, thanks to the new Virtual Card Number feature.