Stories by Austin Blake

A Bell internet customer has sparked a heated discussion on Reddit after claiming their monthly bill has jumped five times in the past year. The customer claims the increases happened throughout 2025 even though their service hasn’t changed. According to their post, the customer’s 3 Gbps fibre plan went from $105 plus tax in January...

Canadians waiting on payouts from the iPhone battery slowdown class action will need to wait even longer. Today, December 11, the settlement administrator provided a new update, saying payments are now expected in early 2026, according to an email to iPhone in Canada. The team says the final payment amounts still cannot be confirmed, as...

Tesla has introduced a new year end feature called Charging Passport, giving owners a personalized look at how they used the Supercharger network throughout 2025. The feature appears inside the Tesla app and compiles stats such as longest trip, favourite stations, total kilometres added and estimated gas savings. It also shows a map of every...

Bell Media and Radio-Canada have rolled out a new subscription bundle in Canada that combines Crave with ICI TOU.TV EXTRA (normally $8.99/month), giving viewers access to a wider mix of French- and English-language content under one plan. The bundled offer starts at $15.99 per month with Standard Crave, which Bell says works out to about...

Rogers 5G service is now live in 34 additional communities across eastern Ontario, following the completion of 34 new cell towers since April. The expansion is part of the ongoing Eastern Ontario Regional Network (EORN) Cell Gap Project, which aims to bring more reliable cellular coverage to rural and underserved areas. The new coverage reaches...

Rogers has officially taken its satellite service out of beta, offering nationwide connectivity through technology powered by Elon Musk’s SpaceX and its Starlink Direct to Cell network. The company doesn’t mention SpaceX in its announcement, but the service is built on that partnership. The Rogers Satellite service now adds support for popular apps that handle...

Google Photos is rolling out new tools that make it easier to put together highlight videos from your clips and photos. If you’ve ever tried stitching together a vacation montage and ended up giving up halfway through, this update is for you. Templates are the biggest addition. On Android, you can pick a preset style...

Apple is adding a holiday twist to its Apple Arcade lineup by bringing the popular game Sneaky Sasquatch to Apple Stores around the world. The game, which has been one of the most-played Arcade titles since 2019, is getting another major update on December 16 called Harvest to Harbor, adding mushroom farming and a new...

Tech reviewer Marques Brownlee (better known as MKBHD) has handed out his annual Smartphone Awards, picking his favourite phones of the year across a bunch of categories, from cameras and battery life to design and value, for 2025. Brownlee says big phones are basically standard now, but for people who want the biggest and most...

Google’s newest Android Canary build is out, and 9to5Google reports that it includes early work from both Google and Apple to make moving your stuff between Android and iPhone a lot smoother. The two companies say the improved transfer tools will show up right inside the setup process when you first turn on a new...

OnePlus has revealed the core hardware for its upcoming Pad Go 2 tablet, which arrives in Canada on December 17. The company is pitching the tablet as a budget-friendly option built for schoolwork, entertainment and everyday multitasking. The Pad Go 2 runs on MediaTek’s Dimensity 7300-Ultra, an octa-core processor made on a 4nm process. OnePlus...

Paramount has jumped straight into Netflix’s lane and is trying to snatch Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) away with a big, bold, all-cash offer. The offer comes after Paramount lost out to Netflix to buy WBD, announced on Friday. The company is offering $30 per share, which is way higher than WBD’s recent stock price, and...