Stories by Austin Blake
Public Mobile Updated Its Plans Thursday. Here’s Everything That Changed
Telus-owned Public Mobile has tweaked its plans list, making changes on Thursday. Here’s where Public Mobile’s plans stand as of Friday, June 12, 2026: $22 talk and text 4G $25/25GB (was 3GB) 4G $29/35GB (was $30/20GB) 4G $35/40GB (was 25GB) 5G Canada-US-Mexico + 1000 int’l minutes $40/100GB 5G Canada-US-Mexico 5G + 1000 int’l minutes $45/150GB...
Canada vs Bosnia Is Friday. Here’s How to Watch the World Cup Opener
Canada kicks off its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign on Friday against Bosnia-Herzegovina at BMO Field in Toronto, and the stakes couldn't be higher for the host nation. This is just Canada's third World Cup appearance ever, following 1986 and 2022, and the first time the team has made it to back-to-back tournaments. Granted, they...
Canada Wants to Ban Kids from Social Media. But the Fine Print Affects Everyone
Vancouver-based non-profit and digital rights group, OpenMedia, is welcoming parts of the federal government's newly tabled Bill C-34, the Safe Social Media Act, but is calling for major amendments before it becomes law. OpenMedia Executive Director Matt Hatfield said the bill brings back some of the better elements of the previous Parliament's unpassed Bill C-63,...
Canada Rules X Broke Privacy Law Over AI Images. One Day Before the SpaceX IPO
Canada's Privacy Commissioner has found that X and xAI violated Canadian privacy law over the Grok AI image tool being used to generate non-consensual sexualized deepfakes. In a report released today, Commissioner Philippe Dufresne said the Grok image-generation tool was launched without proper safeguards or any real consideration of the privacy harms it could cause....
Canada Just Tabled a Social Media Ban for Kids Under 16. Here’s What Happens Next
The federal government has officially introduced its long-awaited online safety legislation (social media ban for kids under 16), tabling Bill C-34, known officially as the Safe Social Media Act, in Parliament today. The bill would require social media platforms and AI chatbot services (ChatGPT, Gemini, etc) to take responsibility for harmful content on their platforms,...
YouTube Is Streaming the First 10 Minutes of Every World Cup Match for Free
YouTube has announced that official media partners will be able to live stream the first 10 minutes of every single FIFA World Cup match for free, via TSN's YouTube channel. That means fans can catch the opening kickoff of all 104 games for free, right on YouTube, before being directed to their local broadcaster for...
PS Plus Game Catalog June 2026. All the New Games Coming This Month
PlayStation Plus subscribers in Canada are getting a packed June Game Catalog lineup, with some big titles hitting the service this month. Here's the full breakdown of what's coming and when: Available June 10 Sonic X Shadow Generations (PS5, PS4) Available June 16 Final Fantasy XVI (PS5) Gitaroo Man (PS5, PS4) — Premium only Available...
The First Colour Kindle Scribe Just Launched in Canada. It’s Nearly $1,000.
Amazon's redesigned Kindle Scribe lineup is now available in Canada, including the first-ever colour version of the popular note-taking e-reader, which is shipping out today for those that pre-ordered last month. Here's what you'll pay: Kindle Scribe Colorsoft: $829.99 Kindle Scribe: $679.99 Kindle Scribe without front light: $579.99 The new Scribe is noticeably thinner and...
Canada’s Telecom Watchdog Just Graded Your Provider. A Lot of Them Failed.
Canada's telecom ombudsman just gave a bunch of wireless, internet, phone and TV providers a failing grade, and the results aren't great for Canadian consumers. The Commission for Complaints for Telecom-television Services (CCTS) released its 2025 compliance report cards today, and they paint a pretty clear picture: a lot of providers are making it harder...
Anthropic Launches Claude Fable 5: Its Most Powerful AI Model Yet
Anthropic launched Claude Fable 5 today, its most capable model ever made available to the public. It leads nearly every benchmark the company tested, covering coding, knowledge work, vision, and scientific research. The model shares the same underlying architecture as Claude Mythos 5, the restricted version running since April through Project Glasswing, a US government...
Everyone Assumed Siri AI Was Just Gemini. Apple’s Craig Federighi Says Otherwise.
Apple’s Craig Federighi and his team recently held a technical briefing following the WWDC keynote to pull back the curtain on iOS 27 and the new Siri AI. A major focus was clarifying the company’s collaboration with Google, as Apple aims to differentiate its new Apple Intelligence from existing chatbot experiences. The technical talk was...
More Apple Features Are Coming This Fall. Here’s Everything Else From WWDC.
Apple has announced a wave of new features coming to its core services later this year, following a packed (that's an understatement) WWDC keynote presentation yesterday. The tech giant revealed updates that will change how users interact with Apple Maps, manage their digital wallets, and share location details with family and friends. “We’re excited to...
