Bell Media's Crave has announced its list of new movies and shows coming to the streaming service in April 2024. Some top highlights this month include HBO Originals The Synanon and The Sympathizer, along with the Max Original series Conan O'Brien Must Go, plus the movie streaming premiere of Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell's Anyone...
New Brunswick-based Xplore announced its broadband expansion project in Prince Edward Island is seeing some significant progress, exceeding its initial targets. The telecom has successfully connected nearly 3,400 premises to gigabit-speed fibre Internet, surpassing its initial commitment of 3,000—and is aiming to reach nearly 4,000 by August 2024. Also, Xplore's fibre Internet speeds of up...
The ongoing investigation into the $60 million ArriveCan app continues and seemingly never ends. Officials from the Canada Border Services Agency spoke in front of MPs at the House of Commons Government Operations Committee yesterday, sharing their accounts of what happened. "I do believe ArriveCan provided value for money. I don’t believe it provided best...
Google announced today the rollout of a full version of Chrome for Arm-compatible Windows PCs, a move aimed at enhancing the browser's performance and security across devices. Mark Chang, Group Product Manager for Chrome, explained the browser's design to be fast and secure, with ongoing improvements to support the latest platforms. This latest version of...
Australia-based Canva announced it will acquire the British makers of photo editing software, Affinity, which has popular apps for Mac, iPad and Windows users. Affinity has over 3 million users worldwide that use its professional design software, including Designer 2, Photo 2 and Publisher 2. "While our last decade at Canva has focused heavily on...
Ridesharing services Uber and Lyft are facing a class action lawsuit in British Columbia, alleging those that require wheelchairs or similar devices, don’t have access. The lawsuit was filed at the B.C. Human Rights Tribunal, with David Sheldon listed as the complainant. He is a quadriplegic reliant on a motorized wheelchair, and claims in December...
Apple’s plans for in-house made Apple Watch displays using microLED tech has been axed, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The reason for the project cancellation? Sources claim it was due to high cost and complexity with the plan. The result now is Apple reorganizing its display engineering teams and also cutting jobs in the U.S...
The City of Toronto has approved a partnership with Rogers to deploy cameras and sensors at five key downtown intersections to monitor and analyze traffic flow, in an attempt to get rid of gridlock. According to Rogers, the 5G artificial intelligence system will record real-time data on vehicle, pedestrian, and cyclist movements as part of...
A former UPS employee is currently facing charges for the alleged theft and resale of Apple products valued at $1.3 million from a warehouse in Winnipeg. Orville Martirez Beltrano, 30, is accused of stealing around 866 Apple items from the UPS facility on King Edward Street, exploiting his position as a local sorting supervisor—a role...
Microsoft’s first Surface PCs with a dedicated Copilot AI button on keyboards are here, but they are geared towards the enterprise. On Thursday, Microsoft unveiled the Surface Pro 10 for Business and the Surface Laptop 6 for Business with Copilot buttons on the keyboard. The Surface Pro 10 for Business features Intel Core Ultra processors...
This afternoon, Elon Musk’s Neuralink introduced the world to its first human clinical trial participant: Nolan, a 29-year-old who became a quadriplegic following a diving accident eight years ago. The Neuralink chip, implanted in Nolan’s brain, has enabled him to play chess and control his Apple MacBook Pro cursor with his mind, which is pretty...
Toronto Police Chief Myron Demkiw announced a significant surge in carjackings within the city, marking over a 100% increase in the first three months of 2024 compared to the same timeframe last year. Statistics unveiled on Monday show a total of 68 carjackings since January 1, reflecting a 106% rise from the previous year. Demkiw...
