Stories by Austin Blake
Bell Just Stopped Using X for Customer Support—Here’s Why [Update]
If you’re looking to get support from Bell, don’t @ them anymore on X. According to Bell today, it says it’s now “unable to offer customer support on Twitter/X”. Bell blamed it on "technical issues with our social listening provider.” A social listening provider is a company that offers software or services to monitor and...
Google Launches Deep Think AI Model for $340/Month in Canada
Google has rolled out its new “Deep Think” AI feature inside the Gemini app, but only for those subscribed to its top-tier AI Ultra plan—which costs around $339.99 a month in Canada. Deep Think is designed to take more time thinking through complex problems using a technique Google calls “parallel thinking.” Basically, it brainstorms multiple...
Telus Offloads Cell Towers in $1.2B Deal With Pension Giant
Telus is spinning off its cell tower business in a major deal with one of Canada’s biggest pension funds. The company announced it’s selling a 49.9% stake in its new tower operator, called Terrion, to La Caisse (CDPQ) for $1.26 billion. Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, is a Montreal-based Canadian pension fund manager...
SaskTel Extends Support for Wildfire Evacuees into August
SaskTel says it’s extending support measures for customers affected by wildfires in northern Saskatchewan. The move comes as evacuations continue across the region. Residents from evacuated communities will not be charged for wireless data overages, and those with SaskTel Internet, maxTV Stream, or Home Phone services will see those charges credited. The support is now...
Tulsa King Season 3 Release Date Set for September on Paramount+
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 Puts Telus on Blast: Quit Moaning, Build Your Own Network
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...
Ontario Pays Unknown Fee to Axe Starlink—15K Homes Left in the Dark
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...
Google Pixel 10 Lineup Leak: Here are New Images and Specs
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 Loses 4th AI Researcher to Meta in Just One Month: Report
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...
ChatGPT ‘Study Mode’ for Students is Here: What You Need to Know
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...
CleanMyMac Now Helps You Clean Up Your Cloud Storage Too
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...
Feds, B.C. and Telus Team Up on $84 Million Internet Expansion
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...
