Stories by Austin Blake

Football fans in Canada have plenty of ways to follow the NFL this year, whether you’re looking for TV broadcasts or full-season streaming. Here’s a breakdown of where to watch NFL games in Canada, as the 2025-26 season kicked off on Thursday. Bell Media will once again serve as Canada’s home for the NFL in...

Back in July, Rogers and Fido increased their connection fee to $80, up from $75. This connection fee is charged when you activate a new line or device that involves a human, but is typically waived if you shop online. We questioned when rivals Telus and Bell would follow suit and as of today, we...

Google is rolling out a new Create tab in Google Photos, bundling together its editing and AI features. The biggest change is the addition of Veo 3, Google’s latest video generation model, which can turn still photos into short video clips. With the feature, users select a photo and choose between prompts like “Subtle movement”...

Eufy used the IFA 2025 trade show to show off several new smart home products, including eufy AI Core, the eufyCam S4, and Permanent Outdoor Lights S4. The AI Core is a compact hardware module that works with existing Eufy systems to process data locally, cutting down on false alerts and keeping user data off...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) says it’s stepping up efforts to make phone, Internet, and broadcasting services more reliable after recent high-profile outages left Canadians cut off—in some cases from 911. The regulator announced three measures. First, Internet and wireless providers will now face new reporting rules for major outages, so public safety...

Govee has announced a series of new smart lighting products at IFA 2025 in Berlin, including upgrades for TVs, outdoor setups and creative indoor displays. The Govee TV Backlight 3 Pro introduces what the company says is the industry’s first HDR triple-camera colour-matching system. It captures on-screen colors more precisely, using HDR imaging for improved...

Apple is developing its own artificial intelligence-powered web search tool that could launch next year, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, citing people familiar with the matter. The system, known internally as World Knowledge Answers, is expected to debut in the spring as part of a major Siri overhaul. Described by some Apple executives as an “answer...

Google has announced a set of new Android updates as part of its September 2025 Pixel Drop, that adds AI-powered writing, more emoji options, and easier ways to share audio and files. Android’s keyboard app, Gboard, now includes built-in AI to help improve your writing. Users can tap to adjust tone—making a message more formal,...

Instagram has released a dedicated app for iPad, answering a long-running request from users who wanted the photo and video platform on larger screens. That's 15 years after the original launch of the app. Talk about making people wait. The new app is designed for iPads running iPadOS 15.1 or later and is now available...

The Quebec government has officially ended its financial support for Northvolt’s planned electric vehicle battery plant in Saint-Basile-le-Grand and McMasterville. The project, once billed as a cornerstone of the province’s battery strategy, will not move forward. In a statement on Tuesday, Minister Christine Fréchette said (translated), “Today, we are ending funding for Northvolt in Québec....

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) is investigating a network failure that allowed some phone calls in the Niagara Region to be misrouted or intercepted this summer, leading to reports of people overhearing private conversations. The problem began on July 24, 2025, at around 10 p.m. ET, when Rogers reported that a suspected lightning...

Telus is set to take full control of Telus Digital, buying all remaining shares it doesn’t already own for $4.50 US per share, valuing the deal at about $539 million US ($743.4 million CAD). The move gives Telus closer integration with Telus Digital to expand AI and cloud-based software across telecom, health, agriculture, and consumer...