Stories by Austin Blake

Paramount+ has announced that Tulsa King will return for Season 3 on Sunday, September 21, 2025. Starring Sylvester Stallone, the crime drama was Paramount+'s top original series globally in 2024. The second season's premiere drew 21.1 million global viewers, setting a platform record. According to the company, it also saw a major jump in engagement...

Bell is publicly pushing back against Telus’ lobbying efforts to keep accessing competitors’ broadband networks instead of investing in its own. In a pair of posts on X, Bell highlighted recent comments from two analyst reports questioning Telus' strategy in Ontario and Quebec. Bell quoted a July 28 report from National Bank of Canada that...

The Ontario government has officially cancelled its $100 million internet deal with SpaceX's Starlink, according to Global News. The plan was originally signed last November to bring satellite internet to about 15,000 homes in northern Ontario. A government spokesperson confirmed the decision in an email, writing: “Our government has cancelled the Starlink contract. We are...

Leaker Evan Blass is at it again, this time sharing more alleged leaks of Google’s marketing images for the upcoming Pixel 10 lineup. Google is set to officially announce its Pixel 10 family at an event next month, but now Blass has shared what claims to be some interesting marketing images and specs. Check them...

Apple’s internal AI division has taken another hit, with a fourth researcher leaving the company in just a month, according to a report from Bloomberg. The latest to exit is Bowen Zhang, who specialized in multimodal AI and was part of Apple’s foundation models group, the team behind Apple Intelligence. Zhang is reportedly joining Meta’s...

OpenAI has launched a new “study mode” in ChatGPT, designed to help students work through homework and tough topics step by step, instead of just giving them the answers. The feature is available starting today for all logged-in users on the Free, Plus, Pro, and Team plans, with access for ChatGPT Edu accounts coming in...

MacPaw, the company behind CleanMyMac, just launched a new feature called Cloud Cleanup that helps Mac users tidy up their cloud storage the same way the app already does for local files. The tool works with iCloud, Google Drive, and OneDrive, letting users see what’s taking up space and delete or unsync files they don’t...

More than $84 million in funding from the federal and B.C. governments will go toward expanding high-speed internet access in rural and Indigenous communities across the province. The joint announcement, made Monday by federal Secretary of State for Rural Development Buckley Belanger and B.C. Citizens’ Services Minister Diana Gibson, includes over $77 million for 15...

We're about to round the corner into August, unofficially the month of back to school preparation. Bell has some back to school deals available on its website, while Virgin Plus is touting its wireless plans as back to school (like what Koodo is doing). Here are Bell's back to school deals on its website: Mobile...

Bell is teaming up with Toronto-based AI company Cohere to bring secure, Canadian-based artificial intelligence tools to governments and businesses across the country. In a statement issued to iPhone in Canada, Bell said the deal is meant to deliver “full-stack sovereign AI solutions,” meaning everything will be kept in Canada—from data to infrastructure—without relying on...

BritBox is dropping a packed lineup for August 2025, headlined by two major UK dramas: Last Tango in Halifax and Happy Valley. There’s also a week-long “Crime Spree” starting August 26, with daily drops of mystery shows like Sister Boniface Mysteries, Dublin Murders, and more. Check out the full listings of what's news on BritBox...

Meta has officially named Shengjia Zhao as Chief Scientist of its new Superintelligence Labs, the company’s latest push into advanced AI. Mark Zuckerberg announced the news on Friday, calling Zhao a "pioneer" in the field who has already led major breakthroughs, including a new way to scale AI systems. Zhao helped create Meta’s Superintelligence Labs...