Stories by Austin Blake

SpaceX’s Starlink appears to be suffering another outage and it’s affecting users in Canada, the U.S. and beyond, with many stating the outage occured around 9:30pm PT on Sunday evening (12:30am ET on Monday). In Canada, we’re seeing reports of Starlink being down in Alberta, with over 8,000 reports of outages in the past hour...

A $200 million fibre-to-the-home internet project is now underway in Newfoundland, with nearly half the cost covered by taxpayers. Ottawa and the provincial government are contributing a combined $92 million through the Universal Broadband Fund, while Xplore is paying the rest. The initiative will extend gigabit-speed internet to about 24,000 rural households by laying 6,000...

Apple’s artificial intelligence group is bracing for another shake-up. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports, citing people familiar with the matter, that Robby Walker—a long-time executive tied to the company’s AI strategy—is preparing to leave in the coming weeks. Walker has worn several hats at Apple. He previously led the Siri team, but that role was reassigned...

Apple is holding back shipments of its new iPhone Air in mainland China while it works with regulators on approval for eSIM. The company updated its Chinese website on Friday, replacing the original September 19 release date with the note “release information to be updated later,” according to the SCMP. Pre-orders had been scheduled to...

This morning’s iPhone 17 series and iPhone Air pre-orders were set to start at 5am PT/8am ET, but the Apple Store didn’t go back online until 5-6 minutes after. Apple did have some humour to say, “we love that early energy” on its waiting screen, and then “excited? So are we,” asking people to stay...

The federal government is looking at whether to scrap heavy tariffs on electric cars from China as EV sales in Canada continue to slide, reports CTV News. A Nanos survey for CTV News found 62 per cent of Canadians either support or somewhat support removing the current 100 per cent tax on Chinese-made EVs. Some...

Telus is accusing Rogers of using its control over Canadian media to keep rival ads off the air and off the ice. In a filing with the CRTC in early June and posted to the Commission’s website on Tuesday, Telus claims Rogers and its subsidiaries "have refused to allow Telus to advertise on Rogers’ media...

Apple’s new iPhone Air is thinner than three stacked American quarters, and company executives say that’s no accident. In interviews with The Wall Street Journal, Apple design leaders explained why they pushed for such a dramatic new look. “It’s something that we dreamed about for a long time, to make just an incredibly, shockingly thin...

If you want to make sure you snag an iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro or iPhone Air on launch day, here’s how to get set up ahead of Friday's pre-orders that kick off at 5am PT/8am ET. 1. Use the Apple Store app Head to apple.ca or open the Apple Store app on your iPhone....

Sony has launched a new app called PlayStation Family, now available on iOS and Android, to help parents manage how their kids use PlayStation consoles. The app puts all of the parental controls in one place, allowing parents to set limits, monitor activity, and adjust settings from their phone instead of the console. In videos...

Telus-owned Public Mobile is giving its customers a way to bundle popular streaming services for cheap. The carrier has teamed up with its sister company Koodo to sign up for Stream+, which combines ads-based or premium versions of Netflix, Disney+, and Amazon Prime into one plan. “Streamline what you stream on,” reads the email obtained...

Yesterday at Apple’s September special event, the company unveiled new AirPods, new Apple Watches and iPhones. New for September are AirPods Pro 3, Apple Watch Series 11, Apple Watch Ultra 3, iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro and the super thin iPhone Air. At Apple’s event, they always offer a hands-on session for media and below...