Stories by Austin Blake

Interac just announced a deal with identity security company Incode Technologies to beef up its Interac Verified suite with some serious anti-fraud tools, and Canadian businesses are the main beneficiary. The big addition is passive liveness detection, validated to iBeta Level 3 on both iOS and Android. San Francisco-based Incode is the first company to...

KeySmart, the brand behind a bunch of popular everyday carry gear, just dropped the SmartCard Pro, a wallet tracker that's making a pretty strong case for itself at $49.99 USD ($71 CAD). The big headline here is the battery as it runs on a 350mAh wireless-charged battery that KeySmart claims lasts up to 24 months...

Ferrari just unveiled the Luce, its first fully electric car, and it's the one Jony Ive designed. We already saw pictures of the interior teased, but now Ferrari has revealed the exterior at an event in Rome, Italy. Ive designed the iPhone, the iMac, and basically everything Apple made that people actually loved. He left...

Some Bell internet customers are waking up to a surprise in their inboxes, as the telecom giant is rolling out free speed upgrades to select pure fibre subscribers. A Bell customer shared a notification on Reddit after logging into their MyBell account, which revealed that their home internet download and upload speeds were being boosted...

Victoria city council has approved a development permit allowing Telus to install large corporate logos on its nearly complete Telus Ocean building at 749 Douglas Street, according to the Times Colonist. The two signs are roughly 15.4 metres wide and 2.9 metres tall, covering about 45 square metres each, which is well beyond the 4.5...

Anker sent us the SOLIX C2000 Gen 2 power station and PS400 solar panel last fall, and we've had a good chance to put both through their paces across a couple of different situations, with the help of friends and family. We actually got to test the C2000 before summer even arrived. During a couple...

Meta just launched Forum, a standalone iOS app that takes Facebook Groups and rebuilds them into something that looks a lot like a Reddit competitor. The app isn't in Canada yet, but if you have a US Apple ID, you can grab it right now (just use this same workaround back in the day to...

The Formula 1 2026 Canadian Grand Prix is finally here. As the racing world descends on the legendary Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve in Montréal, the anticipation is building for one of the most exciting weekends on the calendar. Whether you are following the championship leaders or cheering on local favourite Lance Stroll, here is the best way...

Major American streaming platforms including Netflix, Apple TV+, Amazon, and Disney+ are facing a tripling of their mandatory contributions to Canadian content under sweeping new rules from Canada's broadcast regulator, and the fallout is already getting loud on both sides of the border. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announced yesterday that online broadcasters...

Anker made some new product announcements yesterday at Anker Day 2026 in New York Citry, giving a glimpse at what the company's been quietly building. The big headline was implementation of THUS, Anker's proprietary AI chip announced back in April, which has made its debut inside Soundcore's newest earbuds, now on shelves in Canada, available...

SaskTel on Wednesday said it has extended its 5G network to Air Ronge, Wilkie, and Thunderchild First Nation, along with more than 160 additional cell sites across rural communities, Indigenous lands, and highway corridors throughout the province. The company has been quietly building out its rural footprint for several months. Its 5G network now covers...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, they say. After Bell introduced daily roaming caps, Telus has now done exactly the same thing, while revamping its wireless plans list. According to changes to the Telus website spotted by iPhone in Canada, there’s now 5GB per day full speed roaming caps, with data afterwards throttled to...