Stories by Austin Blake

Two of Paramount+’s biggest dramas are officially on the calendar, just in time for fall TV watching. Landman returns for its second season on Sunday, November 16, 2025, streaming exclusively on Paramount+ Canada. The show, from Taylor Sheridan (Yellowstone) and Christian Wallace, is set in the oil boomtowns of West Texas and follows Tommy Norris,...

The UK government has told Apple to build a backdoor into its iCloud service to give officials access to encrypted backups belonging to British users, according to the Financial Times. The order, issued in early September under the Investigatory Powers Act, is limited to UK citizens’ data. A previous demand in January had sought global...

Videotron has expanded its Helix Internet and TV platform to Drummondville, Magog, Rimouski, and Saint-Hyacinthe, adding nearly 93,000 households to its service area. The rollout gives residents in those cities access to Helix high-speed Internet and customizable TV packages. The service includes features such as a voice-activated remote and support for managing connected home devices....

Google is rolling out a redesigned Google Home app starting today, October 1, built to support its new AI assistant Gemini. The update focuses on speed, reliability, and unifying Nest features that were previously spread across multiple apps. The new app loads faster and crashes less often, with Google reporting up to 70% quicker startup...

Opensignal has released its 2025 Global Mobile Network Experience Awards, and Canada’s major wireless players are standing out on the world stage. Telus and Bell were named Global Leaders for 5G coverage, ranking just behind global winner T-Mobile. All three of our major telecoms—Rogers, Telus, and Bell—also earned Global Leader status for 5G reliability, putting...

Apple has introduced the Powerbeats Fit, a new pair of true wireless earbuds designed for workouts and everyday use. The earbuds come in four colours: Jet Black, Gravel Gray, Spark Orange (similar to the Cosmic Orange iPhone 17 Pro), and Power Pink. The highlighted feature is a flexible wingtip that tucks into the upper ear...

Meta's WhatsApp is just now adding support for Apple’s Live Photos and Android’s Motion Photos, a feature that’s been around for years. The update, announced September 29, lets users share moving photos with sound in their chats. Live Photos, which debuted with the iPhone 6s back in September 2015, capture a quick three-second clip alongside...

Electronic Arts (EA) has agreed to be acquired in a massive $55-billion US (about $76.5 billion CAD) all-cash deal by a consortium that includes Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), Silver Lake, and Affinity Partners. The agreement, announced today, will see the investor group buy 100 per cent of EA’s shares for $210 each—a 25...

Image credit: Apple When the Detroit Tigers visited the Boston Red Sox at Fenway Park on Friday, Apple TV+ closed out its 2025 Friday Night Baseball season with a milestone: iPhones were used as live broadcast cameras in a Major League Baseball game for the first time. Four iPhone 17 Pro units (in the latest...

Canadian golf fans woke up Friday morning eager to catch the start of the Ryder Cup from Bethpage Black in New York. Instead, many were met with documentaries about Jack Nicklaus or Tiger Woods—and not a single tee shot. TSN golf analyst Bob Weeks was among the first to flag the issue. “Oh boy. Someone...

Apple is secretly running a ChatGPT-style iPhone app to get ready for a major Siri overhaul coming next year, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. The app, code-named Veritas (Latin for “truth”), isn’t something you’ll see in the App Store. Instead, Apple staff are using it behind the scenes to test what the new Siri can...

YouTube channel Max Tech ran a blind camera showdown between Apple’s iPhone 17 Pro Max, Samsung’s Galaxy S25 Ultra, and Google’s Pixel 10 Pro XL. The channel shot 30 scenes (in Maui at the Snapdragon event)—daylight landscapes, portraits, ultrawide, macro, 5–30x zoom, selfies, and night photos and video—then asked two judges (host Vadim's wife and...