Stories by Austin Blake

Amazon held its first-ever Canadian Upfronts this afternoon in Toronto, bringing out celebrities, sports stars, and executives to show how Prime Video and Amazon Ads are changing the way Canadians watch—and how advertisers connect with them. Actors from The Boys, Terminal List: Dark Wolf, and top athletes like RJ Barrett, Sarah Nurse, and Teresa Resch...

Uber has officially expanded its ridesharing service to all of British Columbia, offering residents and tourists another way to get around the province. The app is now available provincewide, but actual ride availability will depend on whether local drivers have signed up and are online. Uber says it’s working to recruit more drivers in each...

Nike and the LEGO Group are launching a multi-year global partnership aimed at inspiring kids through active and creative play. Starting July 1 (Canada Day), fans can get their hands on the first LEGO x Nike set: a 1,180-piece LEGO Nike Dunk set, designed for builders aged 10 and up. The set includes features like...

End-to-end encrypted messaging app, Telegram, is teaming up with Elon Musk’s AI company xAI in a one-year partnership that will bring the Grok chatbot to over one billion users on the messaging platform. Telegram founder Pavel Durov announced the deal on May 28, revealing that Telegram will receive $300 million in cash and equity from...

Apple is preparing a major shake-up in how it names its operating systems, according to people familiar with the company’s plans, reports Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman (who continues to slowly leak details from WWDC). Starting later this year, Apple will reportedly move away from version numbers like iOS 18 and switch to a year-based naming format—meaning...

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) spent nearly $113,000 of taxpayer dollars on a study that found almost a third of Canadians had complaints about their telecom service—but most didn’t know what to do about it. The conclusion was what many already suspected: a third of Canadians are frustrated with their telecom providers, but...

Apple is making it easier for Canadians to repair their own devices, which now includes the iPad. The company announced today that its Self Service Repair program will expand to the iPad and arrive in Canada this summer, giving iPad users access to the same manuals, tools, and genuine parts used at Apple Stores and Authorized...

According to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple is preparing to launch a dedicated video game app later this year across the iPhone, iPad, Mac, and Apple TV. The new app will replace Game Center and serve as a one-stop hub for everything gaming—from achievements and leaderboards to in-game chat and curated content from Apple, say people...

In a rare move, Apple has quietly acquired RAC7, the tiny two-person game studio behind Sneaky Sasquatch, one of Apple Arcade’s most popular exclusives. It marks the first video game studio acquisition in Apple’s history, reports Digital Trends. RAC7’s track record includes well-regarded indie titles Dark Echo and Splitter Critters, but Sneaky Sasquatch, released in...

The nation’s largest private sector union is calling on the CRTC to step up and protect local news, warning that the country’s media landscape is in crisis and urgently needs stronger regulations for foreign streaming platforms like Netflix and Disney+. On the final day of hearings on Tuesday related to the future of Canadian content,...

Telus continues to tweak its wireless plans page, this time changing which plans get the fastest 5G+ download speeds, now again showing as up to 2Gbps. Just last week, the following plans from Telus had 5G+ download speeds only up to 1Gbps. But today, Telus updated this to show up to 2Gbps speeds for its...

Bell Media has released what's new on its streaming service Crave for June 2025. Here are some highlights coming to Crave. On June 1, HBO debuts The Mortician, a true-crime docuseries about a funeral home’s shocking descent into exploitation. June 2 brings It’s All Gonna Break, a Crave Original documentary exploring Toronto’s indie music scene...