Stories by Gary Ng

Elon Musk announced on early Monday his artificial intelligence company xAI will be open sourcing its chatbot Grok. "This week, @xAI will open source Grok,” said Musk at 1:41am PDT on X. When someone replied that OpenAI should do the same, Musk replied, “OpenAI is a lie." https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1767108624038449405 Grok is xAI’s chatbot that is available...

Rogers and Fido appear to be in the giving mood, yet again. Some customers are receiving text messages notifying them of more data bonus freebies. The text message from Rogers is offering 20GB of free monthly data for 24 months. "It's our way of showing appreciation to our most valued customers - that's you!”, says...

Rogers-owned Fido is expanding one of its exclusive special offers outside of Quebec. Fido has been offering some customers in Gatineau and Ottawa a special $50 plan with 120GB of data, along with Canada-US talk, text and data. This special offer has since expanded to Toronto area numbers, according to info obtained by iPhone in...

Apple has launched sales of its new M3 MacBook Air in Canada, after unveiling the upgraded laptop earlier this week. The M3 chip makes the MacBook Air more powerful for work and play, with up to 18 hours of battery life (same as M2). Apple touts faster performance by a factor of 1.6x versus the...

Telus-owned prepaid brand Public Mobile announced this week its legacy rewards program is coming to an end in May. Customers are being informed of the change by text message and email by March 8, 2024. The text message reads, "Public Mobile here. We're making changes to our rewards program and these changes impact you. Starting...

A new live stream coming exclusively to Netflix, which will see Jake Paul take on boxing legend “Iron Mike” Tyson, set to take place on Saturday, July 20, 2024. The globally available fight will take place at AT&T Stadium (80,000 seats) in Arlington, Texas, part of a Netflix collaboration with Most Valuable Promotions (MVP), the...

Apple has released new software updates today, including the latest versions of tvOS, watchOS, macOS and more. Here’s what’s available: visionOS 1.1 tvOS 17.4 HomePod Software 17.4 watchOS 10.4 macOS Sonoma 14.4 macOS Ventura 13.6.5 macOS Monterey 12.7.4 Windows Migration Assistant v3.0.0.0 (Sonoma) You'll notice there are updates for older Macs running macOS Ventura and...

Videotron’s Fizz Mobile has adjusted its pricing for regular and beta users, iPhone in Canada has learned. Compared to pricing less than a month ago when Fizz expanded its beta to southern Ontario and also to more locations out west, we are seeing some prices decrease for the most part, while some have gone up...

Apple’s self-driving electric car project was recently killed entirely—an expensive $1 billion experiment that saw its demise based on indecision and high hopes. Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman has now shared an exposé detailing what Apple was thinking for its car project and why it was shelved. It seems Apple was a bit overconfident in its abilities...

Uber has announced its Driver app in Canada now supports Android Auto. This means drivers with Android phones can now hook up their devices to compatible vehicles with Android Auto, and leverage the larger display in cars for the Driver app. This makes for easier navigation and drivers can see busy areas more clearly, as...

SaskTel today announced it has expanded its infiNET internet service to more communities in Saskatchewan. Esterhazy, Macklin, Unity, and Wynyard now have infiNET service as part of the crown corporation's $200 million Rural Fibre Initiative. Select areas in these communities will get fibre internet access by late March “As Saskatchewan’s homegrown communications leader, we’re committed...

Last fall, Telus-owned Koodo debuted some Black Friday plans alongside its rivals, including a $29 per month plan with 30GB of data. Four months later, Koodo has notified customers of a price increase already on this $29 plan, according to info obtained by iPhone in Canada. Koodo noted an update on customer billing statements, noting...