Stories by Austin Blake

A Canadian telecom joint venture is rolling out a new tool to help businesses spot when a phone number has been reassigned—a big deal because recycled numbers are quietly becoming a major source of fraud. EnStream, a company owned by Bell, Rogers and Telus (founded in 2005), has teamed up with Proximus Global to launch...

B.C. is scaling back parts of its electric-vehicle strategy while it waits for the federal government to decide what Canada’s national EV targets will look like. The province says it will update its zero-emission vehicle rules in spring 2026, including revisiting its sales targets. Officials say they want B.C.’s targets to line up with whatever...

Telus’ new Sovereign AI Factory in Rimouski, Quebec has been officially ranked as Canada’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer, according to the latest TOP500 list. The system placed 78th worldwide, making Telus the only Canadian telecom provider on the list. The TOP500 ranks supercomputers using the High-Performance LINPACK (HPL) benchmark, which measures sustained performance in...

The CRTC says it’s modernizing what counts as Canadian content for TV and streaming, but the reaction from digital-rights groups suggests the regulator has once again managed to make a complicated system even more confusing — and even less connected to real Canadian life. The update is part of the CRTC’s job under the new...

Telus’ flanker brand Koodo has released Black Friday deals for 2025, the same day as its parent company. Now, it says there’s a Black Friday sale on its website but the deals aren’t exactly huge. Here are Koodo’s current plans: $45/10GB $40/40GB ($10 off, was $50) $55/60GB ($5 off, was $60) $75/100GB So there’s $5-$10...

Telus has launched their Black Friday deals for 2025, offering saving on smartphones and even teasing free Sony PlayStation 5 consoles with internet purchases. The company previously teased it was going to post its Black Friday deals on November 18 and it stuck to its guns, despite Rogers and Bell sharing their “deals” last week....

The Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) is accusing the CRTC of drowning radio and TV stations in pointless paperwork and decades-old processes, arguing the regulator has failed to modernize even basic administrative systems. In a sharply worded letter to CRTC Chair Vicky Eatrides, the group says the Commission’s so-called “red tape reduction” efforts amount to...

A security researcher from Vietnam is showing off something unusual: iPadOS running on an iPhone 17 Pro Max. According to the posts, this isn’t a hidden Apple feature—it’s the result of an exploit that lets you change a system file called MobileGestalt, according to hacker Duy Tran. That file controls how the device identifies itself,...

Apple and Spotify are telling Quebec to slow down on its plan to force streaming apps to highlight more French content and change how their algorithms work. Spotify warned the government that “Imposing rigid quotas or obligations affecting algorithms could harm the user experience and reduce the effectiveness of personalized recommendation systems that are essential...

Apple is preparing a major change to its iPhone release schedule, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. People familiar with the company’s plans say Apple wants to split its lineup into two launches a year instead of dropping everything in the fall. Sources told Gurman that fall 2026 is expected to bring three high-end models—the iPhone...

WaterField Designs has introduced the Neo Sleeve, a neoprene case designed to protect Apple’s Magic Keyboard during transport (you know, for when you take your iMac to Starbucks). The sleeve is available in two sizes—one for the standard Magic Keyboard and one for the model with a numeric keypad. The case is built from 4.5mm...

Videotron has released its Black Friday 2025 promotions, offering monthly discounts on popular smartphones, reduced mobile plan pricing, free activation, and lifetime savings on GIGA Internet packages. Below is a breakdown of the key deals available. Smartphone Deals Google Pixel 10 (256 GB): $45.75/mo for 24 months, $0 upfront (full price $1,098) Google Pixel 10...